The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-21

he was, and what she understood his
name and business to be, and how he
spent his time. Finally he said
What do l usually do when you
come up. as you say you do, every
morninglr
"Well, sir,~ she replied, you usu-
ally order a penny roll. a pennyworth
of tea, snd an egg or a chop for a
penny. Then, sir. | bring you a plate,
cup, and saucer, q penny pat of butter,
and a knife and fork and napkin
well, bring me what you think
best, said he, and he gave her four
pence. as she suggested.
In half an hour or less, he says, he
was seated at a table with a steaming
pot of tea, a picturesque fried egg.
two or three slices of toast, a plate and
fork. and las is the rule in England) a
tiny pat of butter on a plate almost as
big as the n he was to eat on. That,
he says, is the way needy bachaelors
live in the modern Babylon.-JuIidn
Ralph, in Hdgper's Weekly.
A Tiresome Honor.
Dining with the Queen is a great
honor. OF course, full court dress
must be worn by the ladies; the
gentlemen either wear heir court
dress or the Windsor uniform, which
is really an ordinary dress coat. faced
and cuffed with red silk, and adorned
with gilt buttons instead OF the ordin-
AIRY black ones.
The guests assemble beforehand in
a waiting oom-at Balmoral this Is
called the ante room, but at Windsor
the Grand corridor is used for this
purpose. They range themselves in
two rows, the ladies on one side and
the gentlemen on the other, and the
persons OF highest rank are placed
furthest from the door at which the
Queen will enter. At about nine
o'clock the Queen appears, and when
she has received the s~alutstions OF her
guests she passes down between the
two rows to the door Of the state din
ing room and goes straight in to
dinner.
The guests join in couples and fol-
low her. During dinner there is very
little talking. The guests v
is not according TO etiquette to speak
loud. From time to Time the Queen
speaks to some one of her guests; but
at ~ 10 AOt plOPCA ~ 0AoeAHlGO ~
her, there is naturally not very much
done in tho way of conversation be-
tween her Majesty and subjects.
Dinner usually lasts for an hour or
so, after which the whole party adj
journs to the drawing-room. Here
the Queen makes a few remarks to
each guest in turn, which the latter
reply to suitably, and without the
gmatIQSf fraQQ of aFlrfnaIIfV
This ended, the Queen returns to
her private apartments, and the din
ner party is ended. 1t must be added,
however, that dull as these entertain
ments are, there is not a single person
who would seriously wish never to be
present at N for an invitation to
dine at one of Royal palaces with
the Queen is the highest social honor
that can be conferred on a subiectE
The Lady.
It's a Wonder the Boys All Like Her.
The first mention Of ice cream that
is found in history is in the account of
the festivities following Washington's
first Inauguration as President, in the
city of New York in 1889. Among the
ices used upon that occasion was ice
cream, which is said to have been pre-
pared under the direct supervision of
Dolly Adams, wife Of John Adams,
the second President. Mrs. Adams
was at that time the brightest star in
social and diplomatic circles. Dolly's
popularity by no means diminished
when ii was discovered that she was
first to suggest the new confection---
50. Louis Republic.