The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-03-01
The Queen Of ItalY,a Tact.

which celebrated the silver wedding Of
the King and Queen of Italy, the Ger
man Emperor was driving with King
Humbert through the streets of Rome.
There was no parade. The two mon
archs were merely taking an airing
presently Wilhelm, who is much more
pens to be, turned to the King and said:
Lets call out the troops for sa-
lute!'
King Humbert suggested that it WAS
hardly practicable; that it was not the
custom to call out the Italian troops
merely to salute the King.
Why! exclaimed the impuIsiye Ger
man monarch with Il laugh. you are the
King! Can't you call ont your own
troops when you like?'
oh, replied the King, not caring to
have the issue pressed; here comes Mar
guerite; we will ask herr
The Queens carriage, with Her Males
ty and the German Empress was follow
King. with a quietly humorous show of
Difference. referred the matter to the
Queen, who took in the predicament in
stantly, and. graveyy addressing the.
| Emperor. said. You see we are close
to the Vatican, and fear it would alarm
the Pope if we were to call out the
troops. He is not accustomed to such
displays under his windows, and i should
not like to alarm the dear old man.
There was 10 salute that day,
| ! have heard Queen Marguerite called
1.-The personification of Charity" When
one of her friends advised her to be
economical because one never knows
what may happen" the Queen replied
NO: what comes from the country
must 90 back to the country" She is an
enthusiastic and discriminating patron OF
art. and has done much to encourage lace
manufacture and the production of silk
embroidery in Italy: she is actively in
terested in founding industrial schools
for girls: she contributes literally to hos
pitfalls, and orphans and blind asylums
and goes to the children's hospitals and
tells stories to the youngsters and brings
them toys.-Arthur Warren in Ladies
Home Journal
An Englisl, Social Function.
'Come and take tea with me ut s.
is one of the most welcome sounds ON,
can hear in dirty. foggy London. TIL.
greater the fog. the more lenetratin.
the damW,ess. all the more cheerily rings
that sound. Nothing i'll the whole British
constitution has Il more solid raison d'ctr,
than tea. No one who has not felt tn,
London fog penetrate to his very mar
row can appreciate the full force O
this statement: words would he as useless
in his case as they are needless in tina
of the experienced sufferer Tea is real
tea is earnest: tea is Il necessity CROWN,
out of the very nature of things: tea is :
Function in very, truth. and: to m!
mind. most vital function of life il
England. Americans would all he al
nervous as peas i'll Il pot if they drank te:
at home as much and as often as tn
English do here: but only come to Eng
land and the most American of American
will gladly strike his coiors to tea TIL
stimulant is necessity second only to din
ner. No one thinks of emitting it. bu
wherever he is. whatever he is doing
The Church of England may become dis
established, but never tea.
what! not wait for tea! Why,
should have headaches all day long if
did not have my tea. Thus the English
woman, who: straightway rings her tea
bell on hospitable thoughts intent. The1
the maid or butler brings in the tea table
covers it with a dainty white cloth o
damask or embroidered linen. and pull
out shelves from underneath whereon ar
displayed the plates of thin bread ant
butter, cakes and biscuits, which are al
ways served with tea. / have never seel
these little tea tables in America. will
sliding or unfolding shelves underneath
for the bread and cakes. leaving tn
! Whole top OF tIle tuDle Tor the tea service
alone; but here they are quite common
and are certainly very handy. l hav
also seen the bread or cake served on :
little circular bamboo or lightwood stan,
of three or four shelves just large enough
for a plate; this is passed around an,
each guest may take what he prefer
without confusion or waiting. Hot muf
fins are sometimes served and sometimes
those delicious English scenes. somethin,
like our soda biscuit. buttered and pipin,
hot from the oven. Bread and butter i
cut very thin and left just as sliced from
the loaf. l have not yet seen it double,
into sandwiches. Cake is never omitted
but is tradition itself. find it too swee
and destructive of flavor to go well will
delicate tea. Sometimes four or fiy
different things are served and tea be
comes quite a hearty meal.
l have always seen the tea service
brought in OH tray, and never the te:
table ready laid i'll the drawing room. n
it SO often stands at home The bell i
rung for it. or the servant brings it at
without being told. Coffee is sometime
served with it. The other day I saw :
most fascinating little hot-water KEITH
in tea service. 1t was an exact repro
duction in silver of one of the archai
Greek vases in the British museum
with it's queer imperfect shape. flarin;
spout like the muzzle of a blunderbuss
and incised design of grotesque liohs.-
Harler,s Bazaar.