Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-03

Honorable Mrs. Herbert, wife of General Her.
bert, most arstocratic lady, was one of those
favored, and on ringing to order her carriage
was told that 1.-THE coachman had gone out"
She had to telephone for a cab. When she en-
tered the ballroom at Government House. the
first thing she saw was her coachman dancing
with Lady Aberdeen. This is fact!
Another day Mrs. Herbert and a friend were
asked there to lunch and went at the appointed
hour. After keeping them waiting half an
hour in the drawing room Lady Aberdeen came
In, apologizing for keeping them, but said that
the 'Haddo club had a meeting that morn.
ing and she only hoped the servants would
have time to get them something to eat. Evil
IDENTIFY the servants hadn't, for after another
long interval tray was brought into the draw
Ing room with small plate of ham sandwiches
%nd some cold tea not fit to drink, and that
was all the lunch they got.
The dOmestics at the vice regal mansion are
most insolent. They don't attend to the guests
and make audible personal remarks about
evening at dinner lady asked the butler for q
fork. and he replied haughtily, MADAM, all
you require is on the table,"
At an evening party a few weeks ago friend
of mine told me that when she went in to sup.
per-quite early, too-five or six of the maids
were sitting down at the supper table, stuffing
themselves as fast as they could. One was at
last induced to pour out a cup of coffee. but
poured out another for herself at the same
time, endeavOring to enter conversation with
the guests.
The servants wear no uniforms-not even cans
and aprons, which Lady Aberdeen regards as
badges of servitude. Other peoples servants
are beginning to follow suit and say they will
not wear them either.
His excellency always calls her excellency
mother" both in public and private. At the
state drawing room, held in the senate cham.
Der at the beginning Of the parliamentary ses.
sion, every Jack and Jill in Ottawa was pres.
ent, while but few society people put in an ap-
pearance. Mother got tired Of standing
when the ceremony was about half over, so ev.
erythlng came to a standstill for her to rest
She was just going to sit down on the throne. -"
but remembered in time her husband repre-.
sented the queen, at any rate in public, what
ever he might do in private. There was no.
where else to sit, so they split the difference
and dangled their lower limbs, to the great ed.
1ficat1on of the galleries. He chatted to hie
aids-de-camp and she to her ladies in waitino
till sufficiently rested to continue.
Lady Aberdeen's appearance is against her
She has good clothes and jewelry, but seems ia
throw them on. At the recent drawing room
no two people would have looked more out al
place, and certainly if caricature of vice re.
gal state were intended Lord and Lady Aber.
deem have most effectively provided spectacle
IT, make loyalists weep and republicans jeer.
There Is quite romance connected with
Lord Aberdeen's marriage. The young nee,
was on q walking tour through Scotland, and
knowing that he was somewhere near the cas-.
tie of Lord Tweedmouth he thought he would
call on him. However, as the hills were enyel.
oped In q thick Scotch mist, he soon lost hi,
way and wandered about helplessly for hours
When it lifted slightly, he perceived in the
distance young Scotch lassie, very plainly
dressed In homespun and accompanied only by
large collie dog. Thinking her some shep.
herds daughter, he said, my good girl. can
You direct me to Lord Tweedmouth's2',
To his surprise and embarrassment. the
good girl" replied, II should think could.
considering have lived there III my Life, heinz
his daughter = $ -
They chatted merr1ly after this, and on
reaching tho castle It turned out that tho Ia
theirs OF the young people had been Arm
friends years ago The acquaintance thu
made ripened into hiendship, friendship intn
love, and their wedding bells rang Nov. !. l877.
The union has been most fortunate one Tor
Lord Aberdeen. as he possesses morbidly
sensitive and nervous temperament and n
frightened. itseems, by his own shadow, hang
Ing persistently to his wife's apron strings a
all occasions. Indeed Il Is . common eayino
that she q the better man Of the two.