Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-04
GUEST AT WINDS
Who Are Said Not 50 Re Wade Owe
 Comfortable as a Rule.

Who Are Said Not 50 Re Made over
 Comfortable as a RuIe.
 A German newspaper correspondent who has made visit of inspection to Windsor has been retailing for the benefit of the Ber- lin public some interesting and what the St. James, Budget designates as surprising in- formation concerning the Queen and her guests.
 After remarking that since the arrival of the Empress Frederick life at Windsor Cas- tie has shaken off it's customary drowsiness and is now marked by martial music the chatter of royal equipages and the incessant arrival and departure of visitors the writer imparts to his readers that to be guest of the Qaeen Is no slight honor though in win- ter time the honor is not without it's draw backs. Her majesty he tells us is so harden- ed to the weather that she never permits fire in her sleeping chamber; and conse- quently no fire can be allowed in the bed- rooms of her guests and the feebler members among them are therefore left to shiver in their apartments and invariably leave the castle with an attack of influenza which is known and dreaded in society under the ap pellation of "Windsor cold" The Duke of Richmond and Gordon was the only per son who ever ventured to complain in her ma1GEGY'6 presence Ol GuS HduG Ol uI6 III LIS bedroom. "The Queen replied with an icy eoldness which made the duke turn very hot. T never feel cold' D; and the duke never again had occasion to shiver in & room at the royal castle. The ladies have naturally more to suffer than the gentlemen from this Artic custom; for in accordance with court require ments they must appear at table in low neck dresses and have to make toilets in rooms devoid of warmth. With them the "Winasor cold" soon makes itself apparent and then supervenes q further perplexity for only the finest cambric pocket handkerchiefs are permitted to be used. The story Is told that the wife of former German ambassa- dor once under these circumstances spirited from the royal table and concleaned beneath her handkerchief napkin to assist her in her dire perplexity.
 At the royal table which our informant confidently assures US has special reput- ation for Shocking bad cookery and cold plates and is not less remarkable for the sting mess of its menu," no one may address the Queen who nevertheless is very fond of live- ly conversation at dinner. If any guest has good story-especially of dogs or members Parliament-to tell he must confide it aloud to his neighbor. It the Queen laughs others may laugh; if she remains impassive so are her guests and the story falls Hat Should the the story lead to question be asked by her majesty the narrator addressing his reply still to his neighbor and he must be careful that it does not assume the form of an in- terrogation as in no case must the Queen be questioned. Gen. Grant once sinned griev- ously against this commandment when he permitted himself at the royal table to ask the Queen why she kept on her gloves at diuner-an observance which all her lady guests are bound to follow. The reply was a universal shaking cur heads all round the the table and the general afterward said that he would gladly have hurried himself into the thick of the fercest battle to have escap- ed the looks of the courtiers.
 It is noteworthy continues our historian sympathetically that the Queen does not use her knife and fork in English fashion but after the good old German style. As soon and the royal meal proceeds steadily with the right hand. To carry the knife to the as it is also to sop up the sauce with piece of bread. A well known Roumanian prince onee filled all the Queens guests with horror when not satisfied with committing these un- pardonable offences he proceeded to convey his potatoes from his plate to his mouth with his fingers. Never again WAS he invited to the royal table. At dinner the Queen we are told drinks almost exclusively cham pagne and that from good-sized glass which is frequently repleEished.
 The conclusion which the observant re- porter presents to his readers is that on the whole visitors to Windsor castle are not made too comfortable; and yet he asks im- pressively who would not be guest of the Queen of England.