Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
THE QUEENS DRAWING ROOM.
A Debutante Tells All About Her En-
perience at Buckingham Palace.

London society is Still talking about
the drawing room 1t is an unendins
source Of interest to newspaper readers.
A debutante gives in an interview in the
Pail MIL GaZttte a decidedly interest
ing chat about her experiences:
Are you glad IFS over:" | asked. 4
should just think I was Oh. it is ana
ordealr
We're YOU frightened?" Not ut first.
only so tired of it all Why, CiSSy ana
l have been wondering ana rehearsing
and preparing for weeks, haven't we,
Cis?"
But tell me about today" "Wen.
got up at and had some breakfast
about S, l couldn't eat much, though. e"
THE dressing was n long job, l sup
/ poser "Oh, dreadful: and we had to
be in the Mall by II o'clock, or we
should not have been In time to see
the queen"
How do you menu" why, she gets
tired, por dear, and deputies one of the
( princesSes to take her place, and
don't call that the real thing. you
/ know"
How long did it take you to dress ?"
/ More than two hours nearer three.
I think; but the man took quite an hour
doing my hair"
How did you like your probation time
I'm The Mail? Did you hear any rude or
( diSagrp lble remarksT ooh! few
certainly, but I think the elderly ladies'.
who are some of them so very decol-
lete, you know, suffer more in this re-
spect-or perhaps they like it, Other
wise there are such things as opera
cloaks and wraps. l had mine, and be
meath the shelter of that and hiding TO
some extent behind my bouquet l stood
fire comfortably. The most disagreeable
incident was a horrid man who put his
head into the carriage window and
puffed his filthy tobacco smoke right i'm.
to our faces Oh, you may shake your
head, Cis, but it's positively true"
But what about the presentation
itself?" I said. when you really saw
the queen how did you feelT'
"Oh. l was awfully nervous"
Here a dark, selfpoSseSsed young
lady, who had just arrived struck in
with: Don't talk NONSENSE, dear ]
don't believe in nervousness. l call it
gauchcried-no else One would
imagine you had never been in society,
my dear child, to hear you talk How
can a girl who is accustomed to de-
cent society feel nervous? l never did.
"Oh, but you're quite an old stager
This is your third season" Yes, but
] wasn't an old stageT at my first draw
ing room, my dear, aL1 the only thing
felt nervous about was, as ! told you,
the business of judging my distance"
Judging your distancer ! exclaimed;
what do you mean?" ''Why, she
frightened me out of my wits" chmed
in my debutante, by telling me that
if was not careful to calculate my
distance | should probably fan right
on her majesty who, YOU know, is
quite a little thing, in height at amy
rate-Or else courtesy SO far from her
as TO be out Of reach altogether
And did you judge your distance
properly"
"Never thought any more about it
all the bother Of getting ready had put
it out Of my head | suppose til the
moment come, then it flashed across
my mind and | thought | was too
near and tried to back a little, and my
knees felt MS if they had given away,
and how | got up or touched the
queens hand-it is a little, fat, dmp-
led hand-I don't know. | believe /
made two awkward sort of charity girl
hobs and, instead of giving the proper
number of courteSies to the other royal
ties and backing out Of their presence i'm
a graceful manner, l just ran away"
"Oh, but that's nonsense said the
sister. You wouldn't be allowed 10,
and ] feel that I've thoroughly dis
graced myself l fancied that every
one was laughing at me-"
We'll all that I know is, that I did;
you know"
That's possible my dear" remarked
the old stager Of twenty. lut hardly
probable, for they were most likely all
too busy in watching the rest Of the
noyices and seeing how the next one
behaved herself TO bother any more
about YOU
ITS rather a costly matter going to /
a drawing room, is it notF' "Wel Of I
course, you can spend anything you like,
but it's the married women who wear
the fearfully expensive gowns"
ooh, but the debutantes are not al (
lowed TO 90 in for that sort Of gor-
geousness, are theyY ooh, no, you
mustn't be gorgeous, but very simple f.
dress may cost a great deal Of money" .
what is the cheapest dress, then, do F.
YOU Think" Not less than twenty
five, probably thirty-fve guineas. One /
girl / know managed to do the whole
thing-dress train, shoes, veil and
feathers for fifty. but that is really I
very. very modest sum TO spend
Did that include a bouquetT" Yes, .
think so, but not very good one"
How DO you ike the new Victoria
bouquet Very much indeed It's
charming. The long stalks make a ham F..
de in some ingenious way, and the
blooms drop down in the most delight .
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