The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-21
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What is known as the London sea-
son commences about the 1st of May
and lasts we'll on into July. The
Queens "drawing rooms as they
are STYLED, are held either in the
London season, or sometime IN the
spring preceding. At these "draw-
ing rooms" of the Queen,
any person who can get the recon-
mendation of the Ambassador or
Minister of his country, can have an
opportunity to see her Majesty and
others of the Royal family. Ladies
make up by far the bulk of the per-
sons presented. There is another
kind of official royal reception called
"levee," in contradistinction to
drawing room;" on these latter oc-
casions, one can get the very best
view possible of the high, civil, mill
tary, naval and diplomatic officials
of Great Britain, but ladies are never
presented at these "levees."
The present writer had an oppor-
tunity of seeing almost the entire
Royal Family, not at one of these for
NAL "drawing rooms" or "levees,"
but on the occasion of royal fete
given by certain members of the
Royalty of England to the Crown
Prince of Russia, when much of the
stiffness of etiquette was thrown off,
and an opportunity was afforded of
seeing these lofty personages ming
ling like other ladies and gentlemen
in ordinary society.
Referring once more TO the "draw-
ing rooms," each Ambassador or
Minister of the various countries
represented at the English Court has
the official right to request that GER
tain persons. whose responsibility he
vouChes for, shall be presented. Sup
pose any of my readers being in
London, desired to see the official
parade and etiquette of such an oc-
casion, and get glimpse of royalty.
they would make the request of the
American Minister, and their names
would be sent in a number of days
in advance, to an official called the
Lord Chamberlain" Each person
who is favorably recommended re-
celves two large cards, one of which
is given up at the entrance to the
palace, and the other is kept till the
reception room is reached, when it is
handed to the Lord Chamberlain,
who reads from the card and calls
out the name of the person present
ed. The "drawing rooms" at which
the fair sex are presented are held at
Buckingham Palace. The Queen is
most uncompromising on all matters
of morality, and she has made it an
memorable rule that no divorced wo-
man, no matter how innocent a vic.
tim she may be, and no matter how
hard the circumstances of the case,
shall be presented. The "levees,"
which are often presented by the
Prince of Wales, frequently occur
at St. James Palace, one of the old
est of the royal houses. This build
ing was erected by Henry the Eighth.
Here the i'll fated Charles the First
slept before his dreadful walk
through the window of the banquet
ing room at Whitehall to the black
draped scaffold. Here Queen Anne
Boleyn amused herself, and Queen
Mary died. Let us now return for a
moment to the occasion of the fete
given to the Russian Crown Prince a
number of years ago. The Queen
will occupy our attention on this &C.
caSlon, naturally. 1t is but just and
right to say that the ordinary pic
lures of the Queen which we Ameri-
cans see by no means give US cor
rect idea of her general pose and
figure. She did not appear at that
time to be over five feet two or three
inches in height, while her pictures,
representing her on raised platform,
with sweeping draperies spreading
out below her feet, give false idea
of her carriage and figure, making
her much taller and more stately
than in reality she is. Her photo