The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-23
ROYAL DRAWING ROOMS.
Scenes at One Of Her Majesty's
State Receptions.
Features of tho Amir That Are Regarded
with Disfavor by American Ladies'
Who Go to Call Upon
tho Queen.

Entertaining accounts reach me from
London, says New York World
writer, concerning the two drawing
rooms and the participation of Amer
Jeans Everybody complained of tho
long delay experienced In reaching the
palace, delay partly owing, of course.
ITO the crowd and partly to the fact that
the doors were not opened by the
queens orders until two o'clock in the
afternoon. 1t was necessary, however,
to be in line long before that time in
order to be near the doors when opened
and secure any presentation at oil. The
first day, according to one authority,
was fortunately both fine and warm,
but even this fortunate circumstance
Imitigated but very little the necessary
Inconvenience and annoyance entailed
lby the queens action. 1t is contended,
of course, that English women, and pre-
sumably American women, ''should not
lbe compelled to await her majesty's
pleasure for over an hour in the broad
daylight in a state of semi-nudity, to be
lstared at and criticised by the refuse
land population, attracted to the mall by
1.-THE barbaric sight OF number of half
lclothed ladies waiting to pay their re
aspects to the queen. Even the most OBJ
estimate adhercntS of the divine right Of
kings cannot find plausible excuse for
such outrageous defiance of elementary
principles of good taste and hospitality"
Here is a highly -colorcd description of
some of the carriages in line and the
women in them, who were waiting to
kiss the hand of the queen. 1t is taken
FROM, n TOr,,1Or, m, 1,lio.tton.
''One lovely and innocert-loolling,
slender creature was calmly reading a
.yellow-bacllcd French novel, as if she
!imagincd that thereby she would nc
quire a suitable tone for the court. In
another carriage family party of four.
including papa disguised as general
who we're all wcdgcd in so tightly
that they looked as if they would have
to be taken out with forlz-were bust
ly engaged in discussing slight lunch
of sandwiches and flask containing
some liquid, which went down very
quickly.
''In third q Notwithstanding virego
was obviously engaged in battle royal
with two young girls, though what the
ROW was about it was hard TO say. Her
lgesticulations were, however, SO very
furious, and the way she opened her
enormous mouth so comic, nat at last
quite number of inquisitive spectators
gathered round to observe the fun, with
remarks of an encouraging but uncom-
Iplimcntary character. Finding herself
the center of attraction she ceased her
'harangue and contented herself with
attempting to wither the crowd by
q 70, holt
Sin fourth carriage two elderly la
dies were asleep, or pretended to be,
and paid no attention To small boys
who cxhorted them to change here for
Bucl1ing'am paliss,' and added the
cheering intelligence that the lady in
the next carriage 'ns jist ad ft' At
"a fifth really beautiful creature was
holding levee of admirers at her open
windows in spite of the wind. One lady
had brought nurse and baby with
her-whether with the view Of admins
tering surrcptitious nourishmcnt to the
latter or not did not trnnspirc. Another
was so overcome by the heat, the strong
scent of flowers, and possibly the previ-
GUS lunch, that she tainted and had to
be taken ANONYMOUSLY home in hud-
died heap. What sweet temper she
must have been in when she recovered
to find that after all the trouble and
expense to which she had gone, her
weakness or her grccdincss, or both,
had done her completely out Of the re-
ward of her labors. Meanwhile the
crowd In the mall amused themselves
by chatting the life guartlsmcn, who
were ranged two and two along the
road, as if waiting for n new ark"
Woman's Wit.
Another grand lady, whose death is an