The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-30

to women. Look out for men with crook
ed fingers, which are not made crooked
by accident. They belong as a rule to
men with bad instincts, and the criminal
class has no palmer brand.
CARRY LEE.
KISSING vICTOKIA's HAND.
Some Things IL Would be Well to " now II
You Think OF Calling on the Queen.
Court customs now, in England, are
much >impliied, owing, it is said, to
Queen Vlctoria's and Prince Albert's ar.
rangements; but they would still seem ex-
tIeme In our unceremonious land, says
joel Benton. To be receive d at court one
must have an invitation in the lord
chamberlain name, who is the head of
the queens household. This officer walks
before her majesty in a state procession,
and stands xt to her at levee or draw
ing-room, where he announces the name
of each guest who approaches the royal
presence. The lord chamberlain has the
palace key in his custody, and conducts
the queen to ber carriage. There is also
a vice. chamberlain.
The lord steward has the whole direction
Of the royal household be ow the stairs,
the treasurer of the household, the comp
troller of the household. the master of the
horse and the master Of the buckhounds
have duties which their titles mark out
and they carry wands of Office. The mas-
ter of horses is the only one who can use
the sovereign's horses, carriages, pages,
or footman. There are also attached to
the royal person a cap ain of the yeoman
of the guard, a private secretary, keep
er or the queens private purse, master of
ceremonies, lords in waiting, gentlemen
ushers of the private chamber, equerries,
pages OF honor, ETC.,
These last are dressed in antique COS
tune, ard attend at receptions and on
state occasions. The groom of the robes
and the young pages carry her majesty s
train on state occasions. There are also
maids of honor, mistress of rooes, ladies
in waiting. etc, The maids IF honor
have the title of ''hs norable," and when
they marry receive present of El 200
from the queen.
Foreign ministers are received at court
after complicated order of precedence.
which sometimes causes irritation between
these representatives OF different nations.
In former years actual hos,ilities have been
provoked by disputes concerning rights OF
favor. Only ministers, among diplomats,
can ask an audience of the sovereign. A
consul or a charge d'affaires may, when
representative of the minister, in his ab.
sence only. At the present time there are
no fixed rules as to classes, but there are
as to the process of getting permission.
Fall dress" is prescribed, the lady guests
wearing trains. which are carried on the
lie I arm until the door leading across the
picture gallery is reached. when it is
spread out by the pages in waiting. and
then the progress for few yards is very
SLOW, regulated by the wearer of the pre-
ceding trai4.
Persons of high rank among the ladies
have the privilege of being kissed by the
queen. Other ladies make low curtsey
and kiss the queens hand, which she
places on the palm eff their hand. If the
queen coudescends to kiss an untitled
person this person still must not expect to
return IL kiss in kind, but must kiss only
her hand. or course a lady before reach
ing the queen must have her right hand
urgloved.
Visitors require two cards to attend a
queen S receptioE-one to tee left with tn,
queens page in attendance in the presence
chamber, and the other to be delivered Ia
the lord in waiting, who will announce
the name to her majesty. To other mem.
bers OF the royal family who stand near
the queen in receiving, only a curtasey is
made, in a general way, to all.
After passing the royal company at
levees only the ministers and great officers
of the household remain long the throne.
room" And at the drawing-rooms only
the ladies of the ministers of the great
officers of the household and of the foreign
ministers can remain after the processio on
has passed along and separated.
But there are some things that need to
be shaken-the more the better There is
the bed-the old fashioned feather bed !;
where it remains it will stand good
deal of agitation. There is the coal sift-
er, a candidate for much straight, back
and-fortb jerking; there is the carpet in
the gladstone house-cleaning time, that
will take it all around and across without
the least harm; there Is your head, too,
when you ought to give it a vigorous
No" Thus you see there are many
chances for thorough, wholesome shaking
in the smaller areas. And Samson, you
remember, used to go ont and shake him
self-a very useful operation. too, when
his strength came tardily. albeit it did not
avail after his locks were gone. Ones
self may be. after all, the best point at
which 20 begin when the shaking impulse
Is on.-Selected.