The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-10
A SIMPLE BREAKFAST.

A SIMPLE BREAKFAST.
Breakfast is an informal affair,
and as rule it is eaten alone, as
Princess Beatrice is rot yet up at
9, and the queen is ever anxious
that this daughter should sleep
long. But as rule an omelet.
toast and tea comprise the first
meal of royalty. Nor does she
hnger long over any portion of the
meal but the tea, and this she en-
Joys today as much as in the days
OF her happy courtship.
Her weakness becomes apparent
frequently during the day and a
rare Scotch whisky, diluted with
water, is ever at hand to revive
her. As yet Lady Somerset and
the other great temperance agita-
tors Of Great Britain have not vet
protested against the use of this
beverage 10y the queen.
HER DONKEY CARRIAGE.
AT 10 she frequently, and during
these spring days daily, rides in
her donkey carriage through the
gardens that surround the roval
palaces. Her Indian attendants
carry her gently into and out of
the many-springed vehicle, and
the donkeys seem to know that
they are Carrying burden on which
the eyes of the world are resting,
for which they 90 along at an even
trot, never swerving in the least,
never startled by an unusual sight,
and never moving quicker than at
a pace of about five miles an hour.
DOES LITTLE WORK NOW.
At II she returns to her working
room and that means nova DAYS
cup of bouillon and a rest. In
the room near by are Colonel Bigse
and Lord Comays, her secretaries
and the routine of correspondence
is all gone over very carefully by
them In fact, the queen relies
on them for much of the labor that
it was formerly pleasure for her
to perform. such as dictating re-
sponseS, writing personal letters of
congratulation or confidence. Now
her wish is -igniticA by word or
nod, and 50 the queen answers her
voluminoUs corrrspo dence. unless
it be a letter to her grandson, Em-
perOr William, or to her daugter.
the Empress Frederick, or to some
other dear relative; these she al
most almost always dictates to the
princess Beatrice, 1t is after "A
light luncheon that the queen
makes the calls on her intimates
for which she il famous, but they
are now growing less and less ire
quent. The duchess of Teck is
occasionally honored, but that IS
only when the oueel is feeling cs.
pecially bright, when the day is
'clear aud the air is crisp,
DINNER TIE ONLY FORMAL MEAL.
But the preparations ter dinner
always a formal affair, take up am
other hour or two. The queen
must rest frequently, and SO her
attendants move very slowly and
cause her as little annoyance 2s
possible. But the dinner itself
finds the queen one of the dainti.
est Of eaters. Perhaps a little
soup and some fruit viii form her
entire menu, Yet she fingers over
every dish so that none of those
about her will be annoyed by any
apparent desire on her part to com
plete the meal. When ROYALTY
has finished a course it is ended
fer all who dine about the palatial
board.
Some novel and rdr dish i. al
most always served IN the menu
when the queen is at Windsor. 70
day it will be a royal baron of beef
cut from some fine West Highland
bulloc k, bred and fed in Winsor
park and purchased for her majes-
ty by the queens purveyor, Mr..
Webb. 1t is on the great spit in
the Windsor castle kitchen that the