Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-10
Queen VtctoriA'e Gift.

NEW YORK, Aug. "A London cable
says: The private comment in aristo-
cratic circles that has been created as q
result of the fact that the queen was not
represented in the list Of marriage gifts
bestowed upon the Princess Louise on
Saturday hes apparently goaded her
majesty into authorizing a kind OF semi,
official statement on the subject. Prob
ably the exasperating comments Of the
society papers have had no little
to do with this unusual step.
Edmund Yates, through his World,
was polite enough TO suggest
that the queen had probably bestowed
upon her granddaughter one of the mum.
erous assortment Of India shawls that she
keeps in camphor for Just such occasions;
and which, during the past few years,
she has distributed with something of a
lavish hand. Per contra, Labouchere
through the columns of Truth, to say
nothing OF his nightly little. tattle in the
lobby of the house Of commons, has been
unkind enough to suggest that her
majesty failed TO figure in the list of
donors upon the suspicious occasion in
question in order that it should ap-
pear that her financial circumstances
were not of a nature BETTING her station
in the realm; and that, rather than
be represented by a gift which, in actual
value, might be valued at many hundreds
of pounds less than some of the offerings
OF the nobility, she preferred not to
figure in the array OF presents at all.
But, according to the semi official state.
ment referred to, all this gossip and
rumor does the aged sovereign no small
injustice. An interview was procured
lord chamberlain and what he has to say
will appear tomorrow in the leading
papers Of the country. AS everybody
knows it is customary for every aristo.
cratic bride to have her dot" In some
caees this is settled on her hus-
band to be, in order that proper
provision may be made for
her support in a style betting her
rank. IN ether cas.s, where toe groom
is possessed Of considerable wealth in his
own right, this dot" prior to the cere.
moDy, is settled ol tAe bride for her eX-
elusive use and control. But in this in
stance the fair bride was minus the Gus
tomary dot" and what was more to the
point, the financial circumstances Of her
illustrous father, the heir apparent, were
of such a character that even with the
extra allowance Ct S45, 0C0 per quarter,
that it was agreed by the Cabiner should
be reported by the committee on royal
grants, that il wouldbe impossible for him
to make any settlement upon his daug lter
except at the expense OF his numerous
creditors. In this emergency the grand.
mother cam, TO the rescue and twenty
four hours before the betro;hal was
officially communicated to the Court Jour
nal. papers were signed by which her
majesty transferred a portion OF the in.
come from certain property and amount
ing to GA, 900, or $50, 600, annually upon the
royal bride for her exclusive use. A check
for Ope.fourth of this amount, representing
the first quarterly payment, had a place
among the wedding presents, but for OBJ.
vious reasons it was not exposed to pub.
lie view. In addition TO this provision,
moreover, her majesty betrayed the en-.
tire cost Of the brides trosseau. and
which is placed. by those ia a position &c
know, at $37, coo.