Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-08

TIE QUEEN AT HEB TYPEWRITER.
The queen has even learned to operate
the tyuewriter herself, as has also her
daughter, Princess Beatrice, and the
click OF the machine may be heard In
the private apartments OF the sovereign
at Windsor and Osborne.
OF course this new fad Of the soVer-
eipp IA not without its advantages, as
her handwriting, never very clear, mas
not improved with age and lDhrmlty,
and many Of those old mistakes Whlch
from time TO time used 70 creep Into the
court circular, much Of which is written
BY the queen, was due to the illegl0illty
Of her handwriting.
Nv the court circular I do not mean
Anv newspaper, but merely the dozen or
two lines dated from Windsor or Os-
horne. as the case may be, and briefly
detailing the manner in which the SOW
ereiQn has spent the previous day, as
well as the names of the people whom
she has either received as guests or 20
whom she has granted audiences. This
little budget may be found at the foot
OF the editorial articles Of all the Lon
don daily newspapers and is read with
pever-faiHng interest by the queens
subjects.
Another invention OF which she has
becOme a most enthusiastic patron Is the
phonograph, and the instrument which
, was presented TO her some time ago Is
in constant use, and accompanies her In
All her fittings. She is continually hav-
ing cylinders charged with the princi-
pal airs from her favOrite operas and
composers.
Under the circumstances II Is odd
that the queen should have so long re-
sisted the introduction OF the electric
light at Windsor and at Osborne,
and il Is only recently that it has sup
planted gas In the royal residence. For
many years all kinds OF influence has
been brouuht 70 bear upon her to In
duce her to consent 20 its Introduction.
But she seemed 20 have kind OF preiu-
= dice against 10 and to object to it not
only on account OF the alleged crudity
of The light, but also because or her
idea that it presented a greater danger
of fire than any other mode Of illumina-
ton.
1t was only by means OF the greatest
diplomacy that the master OF her house
hold. old Gen. SIR John COwell, who has
lust been appointed to the post of
deputy constable Of Windsor castle, sue
ceeded In obtaining her consent 70 the
introduction Of experimental electric
lighting in an outlying portion Of the
castle, far away from the apartments
Inhabited by herself.
At first the experiments proved fall
ure, much 70 the delight Of the queen,
who took a quiet pleasure in pointing
out 20 Sir John and to the other men,
beers Of her household how correct she
had been to protest against it. Further
experiments followed and these proved
SO successful that even her majesty was
won over and has now permitted the In
stallation Of the light throughout the
castle at Windsor and at the palace at
Osborne.
The duke of Portland, fred by the
example Of his neighbOr, the duke Of
Newcastle, has added q private chapel
to Welbeck abbey, his superb country
chapel is not new structure. 1t was
FIRST built as a riding school, was subse-
Quently used as library and has now
been converted into a chapel The en-
tire interior has been remodeled, marble
slabs supporting an ala0aster cOrnice
and entablature dividing the nave from
the aisles, the seating being arranged
on the cOnventual system, two rows of
canOpied stalls running east and west.
The altar piece is a silver electrOtype
from a plaster model depicting the an
nunciation.
OF course all this 10 nOwise bears any
comparison with the duke Of Newcastle S
private chapel az Clum0er, for that is
more Of church and even Of cathe-
dral than o chapel, both in its dimen-
sions aud the grandiose style Of Its arch
itecture.
These private chapels, which are to
be found in many Of the country seats
Of the British aristOcraCy, demand the
services Of private chaplainS. Quite a
number Of the present bench OF BiSh-
OPS. who now sit in the House OF Lord:
rs spiritual peers Of the realm, passed
the first years Of their ecclesiastical ca
reers acting as domestic chaplainS "a
some nObleman or other.
Indeed, this practice Of maintaing a
priyate chaplain as q member OF the
household is one Of the surviving relics
Of old feudal times, aud is still kept W
in many parts of England. The clergy
consider il no iniraction OF their dignt
ty TO accept such positions as these
their status having consider
ably improved since the reign
Of Oueen Anne and Of the first oil
the two Georges, when the domestic
chaplain used generally to marry hel
ladyship's chambermaid.
even know of q dean OF the church
of England who does not hesitate tC
describe himself with sentiments oil
prideas the domestic chaplain OF a GER
tain noble duke, and who draws the
emoluments to the Office.
A short time AGO referred in these
columns TO the fact that the so-callec
Naundorff, the grandson Of the man whC
claimed to be the dauphin OF France
popularly believed to have been muir
dered in the Temple prison shortly aft
er the death on the guillotine Of BIZ
parents, King Louis XVI. and Queer
Marie Antoinette, had been arrested and
Indicted for obtaining money under
false pretense from Mrs. Weldon, thI
English woman so well known for hsl