The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06

ladies' In private. and when perfectly s.
ease she xss accustomed % throw on al
form 10 sing. 20 joxe and make merry VITA
the maids Of honor. ard - tell amusing
anecdotes. Indeed Lady bloone ED.
snale maid OF honor, wss frequently csisea
upon 10 dance Scotch reels Sttl Der
majesty In those days the queen Used 10
take interest even II toe most 1lA4as
thing, and Lady bloomfield tells o.
she queen having spent 80 entire
evening IN watching her spin rfngs on one
Of the drawing room tables. The queen
even supplied her with her own rings, and
gave her the history Of each. Ore. snasii
enamel vita S flav diamond IN the CEN
ter. which her majesty still wears 20 ms
day. was given 20 asr on Der sixteenth
birthday by Prince Albert Of Saxe-toouFg.
who subsequently became Der aesoAna'
which shs still wears next 10 aeF ~e3oAns
ring. was given 20 her oy her hasoaiid on
the occasion of their be;r9thzl.
I ntsy add that The maids % honor OF
the queen. II they 90 not happen - ne
actually the daughters Of peers, receive ty
virtue of their oltce she righi 20 prenx Tue
xord honorable before their CHRISTIAN
name Thus. the queens maid Of honor,
Adeisne Lotus. IS no "a. married the DINER
xfav. vas known, not SIS Miss Ade.lne
Lotus, but as the Honorable" Adellne
Lotus.
The principal ladies' of the queens bed
chamber write great many OF the queen
private letters, make purchases Tor heF.
call On people 10 whom the queen Stsnes
TO SHOW some attention. anu. above all.
collect gossip for the deiectstton Of her
majesty For, ike al the members on
her house. there Is nothing that the queen
IS so fond Of as OF the tittle-tattle OF the
London world.
see that have stated that the ladies
1. F.s~l& all
paid. Nhise this is true. II must he borne
in mind that shey have. on the other hand,
= good many expenses. for, although the
queen is herself very fond OF wearing her
dresses until they become absolutely rusty
and dowdy from old age and constant use,
vet she dlslikes sameness in dress on tae
part of the ladies around her. Moreover.
she 3 exceedingly particular as 70 the
CO.. or. ii; and above al cut oi the garments,
and while she does not require them 10 &c
too much decoliette for evening wear. YET
she abhors anything partaAing oil nlga
dress on such occasions.
Several OF the principal feminine mem
bers o. the queens household change each
time that a ministry goes out OF Once
This custom was iuaugurated during The
prime ministership OF the late SIR Robert
/ Peel who objected TO the fact thai the
queen should be surrounded and therefore
in a measure influenced By the female
relatives OF bis political opponents, The
queen at first strongly opposed TINS de-
inand on the part OF Sir Robert, and only
yielded hen at length Sir Robert threat
ened to resign the premiership. The
political crisis which took place on that
occasion figures in English history under
the name of the bed chamber quarrel.
Occasionally very peculiar calls are made
on the services of lady in waiting, and
one especially which occurs 20 me at the
present moment is that Of the Countess
Macclesiield, who is the favorite lady OF
the bed chamber of the Princess OF Wales.
The birth of the iatter's eldest son took
place very unexpectedly and premainreiy
at Frogmore on the return OF her royal
highness from a skating party on the La
at Windsor, known by the name OF Nir-
ginia Water. There was no time 20 sum
mon either doctors nor nurses, and IL was
the Countess Macclesheld who ofnciated
in both capacities, being the hrst person to
welcome on his entry into this world the
late Duke of Clarence.
am glad TO say that no such cali as THIS
was ever made upon any of the ladies' In
waiting during the years which | spent az
the court of Austria. In those days, how.
ever, before the empress had been deoarred
by her physicians from equestrian exer-
else. the duties of lady In waiting were
of q considerably more fatiguing nature