The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-06


When these state liveries are renewed, how
ever, the old garments become the per.
QulSltes OF the WeaTers, who derive a con-
siderable sum from the sale OF the gold lace
with which they are adorned. The queens
footmen are quite numerous and COM
mence with wages amounting to $3.50 year,
which in course Of time rises to 800 per
annum, but no farther. Out OF this money
they have to pay for their own washing.
They are under command of several So
called sergeant foOtmen, whose salary does
not exceed 5000 year. Their liverles re-
semb!e those of the royal coachmsn which
have above described and on grand occa-
sions they carry IN their right hand long,
gold-mounted cane, or staff almost five feet
long. The royal footmen are, every one Of
them, over SIX feet in hight, and. of course,
are clean shaveu.
w hen the queen drives ont one Of these
Iootmen Is ordinarily seated in the rumble
OF the royal carriage, the other place being
occupied by her mejssty's Scotch gilIe,
Francis Clarke, who has succeeded to the
office held so many years by the celebrated
John Brown. He of course, is arrayed in
1ull highland gaib, with kilt and plaid
or the royal stewart tartan. 1t is on his
arm that the queen leans on entering and
leaving her carriage, during which time the
cO6chman, the footman aud the two mill
tary officers who, arrsyed in plain clothes,
gallop alongside the ROYAL carriage on
horseback as equerries, rem aiming wi b heads
barred.
Her majesty has likewise couple of Hin
doc servants, gorgeously arrayed in pictu-
RESCUE oriental costumes. These darkies
are, however, a source of endless trouble
and annoyance on account OF their queer
preJudices with regard to the cooking of
their food, and objects OF general detesta-
ton To the entire royal household.
do not know what salary Francis CLARKE,
the queens highland gilIie, now receives,
but it is a fact that his predecessor, John
Brown, was paid at the rate Of Sl,5J0a
year, beside which he received an immense
number OF presents from his royal mistress,
TO whom he was accustomed to talk in the
most free and unconstrained manner. HIS
title used to be page of the presence, and it
was be who practically controlled the access
OF every one to the queen. He would per-
NIT no one, not even her majesty's own
children, to enter their mothers presence
without previously having taken her pleas
ure in the matter and obtained her consent
thereto. On one memorable occasion at
Windsor, when the queens eldest daughter,
the widowed Empress Frederick, at that
time Crown Princess of Germany, was
about to pass into her mothers apartment
unannounced, John Brown deliberately
barred the way and declined to allow her 10
beforehand. So Indignant was this
imperious lady at this treatment
on the part Of a man whom she re-
garded in the light Of a mental, that she
demanded from her mother his dismissal,
and, on the queen declining to accede to her
wishes, she left Windsor in a huff with her
husband aud suite, and established herself
at the German embassy, in London, where
she remained during the remainder of her
stay in England. Nor did she ever become
the guest Of her mother again until after
John Browns death. / may add that the
late Earl of Beaconsheld, who was aware Of
the high favor which John Brown
enjoyed with his royal mistress and
of the interest which she gener-
orally manifested IN the gillie's o0nversa-
tion, was careful to pay great attention to
the man, and on one occasion when the
earl happened to be awaiting The arrival Of
the queen at the entrance to the palace on
her return from a drive, saw him step
forward and shake hands warmly with
John Brown as the latter was about to help
her majesty TO alight, The queen seemed
pleased by this condescension on the part Of
the earl, aud it may safely be taken for
granted that the Ri. Hon. Benjamin lost
nothing by his little piece of diplomacy.
Besides the Scotch, English and Indian
male servants, the queen has a couple Of
German attendants who 20 by the name Of
jaeger, and who attend her majesty wher.
ever she goes. When in full dress they are
CARRIED In the most magnificent fashion
plumed hats green coats with gold en-
Eroideries and q short sword, or, rather,
hunting knife, the hilt of which is of gold
mounted buck horn. These German jae-
gers are an institution that owes its origin
to the prince oonsort; for in
Germany, not only every royal parsonage,
but moreover every good nobIemRu
or ambassador has his special body jaeger.
The Prince of Wales jaeger, for instance,
invariably attends his royal master TO all
the dinners at which the prince may he
present. He stands behind his princes
chair, Rrrayed In a scarlet coat, aud the
dishes with which the prince is to be served
are invariably handed to him TO place before
his royal highness. None of the ordinary
servants of the esta olishment is permitted to
to serve the prince himself
The kindness and the consideration lavishe6
by the queen upon her domestic servants
is manifested also in the pages of the books
which she has written, concerning her Life
in the Highlands" Their names are FREE
Quently mentioned therein, together with
homely little comments on their traits and
character, and, indeed, one may gather
sion that they play for more important
role than either statesmen. officials or
courtiers in the queens life. For the names
of such personages as Sir Robert Peel, Lord
8eaconsfeld, Mir. Gladstone and Lord Pal
msrston figure much more rarely in these
descriptions by the queen Of her home life
than the name, for instance, of her High
land servant, John Brown.
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