The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-16
ALBERT tDWARDAT HOME
oAI1r IIrt or THE pRINUa or
wA1AS At H11 COUNTRY sEAL

Il Id. !.
Twp Distinct Sets Inrited to sancring-
hAm-Evcry Clock ON the Place
HAN sn Hour Fest.
"YWO distinct sets are invited to
Nv the Prince Of Wales's country
liS seat; one from Friday to Nom
day, and one from Monday or
Tuesday to Friday; the former gener-
ally including bishop, dean or three
eminent statesmen, and sprinkling
of musical, literary and artistic celeb
rites.
You have found carr;ages and I,o-
page WINS awa;t;,,o What 3a known ea
The t.royal tra;n,e-a anecial rnn inst
when the Prince ,is in residence-and
YOU and your fellow-visitors have driven
up to the spyincipal entrance.
There Won aiiaht and are-usbered by
the footman into spacious hall or ss-
Ion. whert, Won are received with the
iistinonisbedu GRACE and courtesy for
which your ro1aj host and hoatess are
so Justly celebrated.
You have only time for a rapid glance
Mt tho massive oak carving and yaIna.
BILE paintings fchief of which ia one
portrayinp the family at afternoon tea
by Zichy) before you And yourself be.
Ing conducted to the handsome suite
of apartments Won will occupy during
your visit.
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mont and .ha dive % bour Sa;nn , 90
It is time to prepare. If YOU have not
been here before. let me give Won
word of warning. or Won will commit
tho dreadful sin of unpunctuality.
Every clock on the place, from the
loud-voiced one over the stables to the
tiniest Of continental masterpieces, is
kept half an hour fast.
Tho ringing out of the hour thirty
minutes before YOU expect it is start
ling in the extreme, and your maid or
.nan has q bad time of it until you dis
cover the discrepancy.
At last, however, you are ready, and
in duo, time find yourself amid the
company in the grand dining saloon,
where dinner is served in state, al
though not with the frigid formality
one is inclined to expect.
A certain degree ofnervcusressm must
DO felt by all, on the first occasion they
dine with royalty; but your host and
hostess are so extremely affable, and
have such a happy gift of putting peo-
pie at their case, that you insensibly
| forget their august position, and find
! yourself chatting with comfort and en-
| joyment.
The tables are oblono The Prince
| md Princess facing each other nj tbe
center: the aoor-es are most Of them
| lie Of poEshed oak
In the draw;ng room after dinner
there NAV be nnns;cNtbe Iad;ss of th,
| family are all rood OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! h.,,s tableanx y;vants or noss;bIv. .
| Garnet dance If yonr tastes do No,
| lie in these directions or after yo,
have enioved them for a suf;cient time
| you have the choice of usin0 the hill
| lard room.
| In the moraino Won wil, And breal
fast served at o o,clock in the 6in;n,
saloon. As, however, the Prince ant
Princess generally take theirs in theil
private apartments there is no formal
ity, and you do not feel bound to tn,
punctuality imperative when you NEE
their royal highnesses.
Perhaps you have letters to write
and 1 may as well here remark tina
the postal arrangements are first rate
There is a postoffice inside the house
which is also money order Office.
Three deliveries day come in tha
way, while mounted men meet tn
trains at Wolferton station. There i
also telegraphic communication wit
central London, Kings Lynn an
Marlborough House, and telephone t
Wolferton station, the stud farm
agents, bailiffs, etc.
The Princes morning room is
room plainly and usefully fitted ON
furnished in light oak. There 20
viii SEQ such batch OF correspond
ence that you will be inclined to VOL
der whom 1t will be got through, bu
the Prince is a capital business mn
and nothing is lost sight of.
II during visits one OF the annui