The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-16
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We visy,pcS seSs are invited 20
,Iy the Prince Of Wales's country
l,s seat; ono from Friday TO Mon
day, and ono 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 fmve found carriages and lug
pnge vnns awaiting what Is known as
she royal train"--a special run just
when the Prince ,is in residence-and
you and your fellow visitors have driven
up to the principal entrance.
There you alight, and are'ushered by
:hho ffvvtslnan into . spacious nail or sa-
Loon, where you are received with the
distinguished grace and courtesy for
which your royal host and hostess are
so Justly celebrated.
You have only time for rapid glance
at the massive oak carving and valua-
bic paintings (chief of which IL one
portraying the family at afternoon tea
by Iichy) before you find yourself be-
Ing conducted to tho handsome suite
of apartments you will occupy during
your visit
A cup of ten and some light refresh
mcnt, and the dinner hour being 1880,
It is time to prepare. If you have not
been here before, let mo give you
word of warming. or you 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 On hour fast.
Tho ringing ont of the hour thirty
minutes before you expect it is start
ling in the extreme, and your maid or
.nnn has bad time of it until you dis
coyer tho 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 i'll state, al
though not with the frigid formality
one is inclined to expect.
A certain degree ofnervousnessm must
DO felt by all ON the first occasion they
dino with royalty; but your host and
hostess are 30 extremely affable, and
have such n happy gift of putting peo-
| plo ut their case, that You insensibly
forget their august position, and find
yourself chatting with comfort and en-
joyment.
The tables are oblong, the Prince
nnd Princess facing each other Mt the
center; the hoor-as arc most of them
is of polished oak.
In tho drawing room, after dinner,
there may be music--the ladies of the
family are all good musicians-per-
haps tabloaux vivants, or possibly a
carpet dance. If your tastes do not
lie in these directions, or after you
have enjoyed them for sufficient time,
you have the choice of using the bill
lard room.
In tho morning you will find break
fast served ut o'clock in the dining
saloon. AS, however, the Prince and
Princess generally take theirs in their
private apartments there is no formal
ity, and you do not feel bound to the
punctuality imperative when you meet
their royal highnesses.
Perhaps you have letters to write
md 1 may as well here remark that
tho postal arrangements nre first rate
There is postoflicc inside the house.
which is also n money order office.
Three deliveries day como i'll that
way, while mounted men meet tn,
trains Mt Wolfcrton station. There il
also telegrnphic communication will
central London, Kings Lynn ano
Marlborough House, and telephone t.
Wolferton station, the stud farm
agents, bniliGs, etc.
Tho Princes morning room is
room plainly nnd usefully fitted an,
furnished i'll light oak. There yo,
will SEQ such batch of correspond
enco that you will bo inclined to won
der when it will be got through, bu
! the Prince is capital business mal
nnd nothing is lost sight of.
Ii during visits one of the annua
balls should take place you are mos
fortunate. There are three of them -.
tho County" the tenants" and tn,
"Scrvants, the first, of course, bring
ing the elite, but the two latter some
times presenting a curious mixture.
Tho tenants, ] may say, are allowed
70 Introduce d limited number o
friends, n privilege highly valued ant
| h'oNh oouSho hitci ny VIC ulOSt remote
acquaintances of each and every tcnan
on the estate.
A most wonderful display of color
distinguishes these Norfolkites brigh
of hue, too, and moro often than no
danes of fifty got up in the style o.
damsels of eighteen.
The dancing, too, is study; coun
try dances, reels and jigs follow eacl
other in such quick succession that the
band i'll the gallery at the tar end dc
not have any too easy time of it,
Through everything the same kindly
interest is displayed by the royal host
and hostess; their interest never
wanes, and their courtesy never flags
hut every one is noticed and mado tc
feel rs much at ease as possible.
After the Prince mas dispatched his
necessary business, he generally take.
his visitors round to view the parks,
gardens. model farm. stables. kennels