The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20
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Ely. one OF the Queens dearest friends. fathe
| Of ono OF her Majssty's maids Of honor. diet
and lott the post Of Custodian Of the Crow
Jewels vacant The ONCE is absolutely IN tn
Gift OF the Queen. and with It goes. besides
handsome emolument set Of rooms in tn
Tower OF London. opposite the Traitor's Cat
"A quaint abode within the massive walls. Will
. narrow passage leading from the sittini
| rooms past the domestic ofices, TO the vaultet
chamber where the well-Guarded treasures re
| pose behind tall iron ratings. not un'ik;
those that encompass the tombs Of the scali
gers at Verona. From the windows Of tht
Custodian's parlor glimpses are caught Of thu
Thames, and in the slanting rays OF nm autumn
sun through the golden haze Of low.lyinf
mists the scene evokes faint "Reminiscences o.
the Venetian lakoons.
| It is strange how often huge prossic Lon
| don. when Il hides It's Grifny nonotony undel
the softenins mantle Of It's fogs. assumes q
likeness to distant and picturesque lands. A,
HYDE Park the hackneyed Serpentine will. ii
| November. with its blurred and changed out
| tines. take an air OF Venice. The river under
| the bridges might at times stand for the vel.
low Tibsr or tho swift Arno. Southern lands
should be visited In summer and northern ones
IN winter In order to judge them ut their best
In the Same way London. the city Of foRs
should be seen during the season when they
prevail. Hateful In the season. the big city. in
spite Of the curses deep and lond hurled at Its
climate. has It's characteristic charm ii
the close Of the yeat. charm not felt per-
haps By the inhabitants or the passing tourist.
but which surely inspired Turner Tho mon.
uments Of the metropolis Ate never seen to
such advantage as through the neecy curtain
dropped over them BY the rnists. half vapor.
half smoke. that float around them. The dome
Of st. Paul looms rs large as 81 Peters Ia
Rome; the Monument rises to greater
heikhts when its bristlins head 10 mercifuily
hidden In the clouds: the dreary. succeed
thoroughfares OF South Kensington. partly OBJ
liberated. reveal only the rosy facades OF some
newly constructed gabled house Of red
brick: the broad squares might be
solemn. tree-girt ponds, and the level
swnrds Of the parks. no longer frinsed
with tall houses. . Wild open moorland. West
minister. 30 we'll able to confront the glare Of
day. loses nothing By being set in q feattery
frame. and 1t blends harmoniously with the
more recent Houses Of Parliament while the
screaming little Thames omnibus steamboats,.
hushed and shadowy. might be silent gon-
dolas gliding by ducal palaces The busy
hives OF Somerset House and Charing Cross
cease to be only the centres from which COM
rnercial population IL constantly streaming to-
ward the Mansion House; the Royal Exchange
and the Bank Of England. behind their Gre
clan porticos. are the temples Of industry.
while further eastward the Guidhsll. maenifl-
cent and severe. fs at once palace. . tribunal
and church.
The sovereigns entombed In the metropolis
OF Westminster could. perchance. ON such
day recognize their ancient capital far better
In it's busy centres. may be. than in Bucking-
ham Palace. which Is 30 difficult to invest
with any grace. and. OF all the royal resi-
dences. is the least easy to enter Very few.
except those who are invited to the three or
four concerts and balls each year. are ermit-
ted to visitit and then only by tho special favor
OF Sir Henry Ponsonby or Lord Latham. the
Lord Chamberlain. Buckingham has neither
the imposing feudal grandeur Of Windsor nor
the Old World character Of Hampton Court
still redolent with the memories Of Henry
Will and Anna Boleyn. Although It cost
1t can boast OF no architectural beauty. pre-
senting only the massive style Of architecture
OF the unartistio epoch Of 1880.
In 1908 John Sheffield. Duke Of Buoking-
ham. built q modest dwelling house among
the mulberry gardens Of the locality. It passed.
into the hands Of George I'LL. who settled It
on Queen Charlotte. 1t was destroyed In
1923 BY George w.. who on the same site laid
the foundations Of the present structure. His
death interrupted the construction. which was
resumed later on and finished twelve years
later. when Victoria was Queen. She inhab.
tied the palace for the Hrst time In 1887. The
interior is ss cumbrous and heavy as the "a
cades. but It is furnished and decorated with
great magniHcence and luxury. The Prince
Consort took an immense interest in Bucking-
ham Palace. He made the apartments not
only rich but comfortable. and II in
his lifetime he was not credited with all
the good work he did. since his death
1t has been gradually borne upon the
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are rs Esn ana
PERHAPS. because. being on higher level.
bB6lubL HOuseWlieIy prOIa- |
patton. The Prince Consort seems to have |
been powerless to prevent certain errors Of |
Judgment as, for instance, when gigantic |
pieces Of Italian furniture: incrusted with
the delicate specimens o. a puref ar. instead
q a. being sent to take a more ,beflt- |
However. for more priceless than pictures and
china 'Ss ts p 81 old
The rare vases are counted BY h4ndreds
ssns' o s9R%prsing specMens that are never
81 her china as OF her laces, and values &c he. |
y yond GGr, nn and Jewels: she can give
Sevres. q. single piece Of which would excite
The covetousness 2f the collector
I4 1s,s revolutionary sM ora dating l9 France from
Ions which robbed her neishbors s ~ the
ne whtSh were :, s Ids sna
sst,G S. o. chine wsa s Snmpsnoed BY George
.erpisces OF ceramic 6rt on which Boucher
,na TrsSna I'd had had Painted hsE
,Qses which would be Considered ohann fo.dax