The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-15

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an ordinary dinner dress; and I really
don't know which would have been worse
to be obliged to rush into the presence
| OF the queen in an unfinished condition
| or TO Keep ner majesty waiting. However
| we were not late My maid and l worked
hard; and really al the end. when sur
| Veyed myself in a tall cheval glass, l
| could not help feeling that l looked rather
| nice / was all in white-my mamma says
| that white suits me, and ] really think Ii
does-and the length of my train set eff
| the hight of my slender figure and white
| feathers nestled very becOmngly in my
dark hair / knew that 1 was looking
| my very best; but my heart was beating
uncOmfOrtably fast. and though l HAD
| looked forward to dining with the queen
as quite the most delightful thing in the
| world, now that the moment had arrived
! l would have given worlds to have been
able to escape from the ordeal However.
| there was no help for it, so l followed my
| mamma into the grand corridor and We
| proceeded slowly in the direction of the
NlullS room, Wnlc1 was right at the OK
| IRENE end Of the Prince of Wales tower.
It was a wonderful place, that corri-
/ dor. Imagine an endlessly long, lofty
apartment, lighted by tall windows look
| ing out into the courtyard and extending
/ round two sides of the great quadrangle.
on the inner side innumerable doors OPEN
1 ed Into suites on suites of rooms of all
kinds-guest chambers, including a spe-
| cial suite for the Prince and Princess of
| Wales. and another known as the tapes
| try apartments, which is given to other
| distinguished visitors, Ike the Empress
| Frederick or the Duke of Connaught; the
| queens own bedroom and bOudoir, the
| three drawing rooms, the private and
state dining rooms, and the suite devoted
to the use of Princess Beatrice. on the
| outer side, in the spaces between the
windows, were huge pictures representing
events of the reign. An immense number
/ OF portraits adorned the walls, which were
beautifully wainscoted in sage green and
| gold, while the ceiling was trea ted in
cream and gold in most artistic design.
| As for the china, it was perfectly won
| derful, and there were quantities Of II In
the most exquisite cabinets. l was told
later that there was one set OF Rose du
Barri which was worth $4,000, and that
many of the sets were practically price
| less. I wanted to stop and gloat over all
the wonderful and beautiful things which
we kept on passing; and especially should
1 have liked to have looked for the bust
and Bible Of the good and gallant Gen.
Gordon, which | knew were placed some
where In the corridor; but my mamma
called to me peremptorily whenever 1 loi-
| tered, and so l was obliged to hurry on.
We turned round the angle of the cOrri-
| dor, and then the second arm of 1t opened
| before us with its long vista of windows,
! portraits, pictures, and cabinets. About
! a quarter of the way down we perceived
a small group OF people standing near
one OF the doors These were evidently the
! other guests. AS we came nearer we rec
ognized several faces and one dear old
man began to talk TO me about the ways
and wonders of Windsor. eve shall not
| dine in the state dining room" he said,
| but in the oak room, which is the queens
! private dining room, and there she always
receives, her guests when the party is
| under sixteen. That is the door the
one near the picture Of Lord Beaconsfeld."
He told me further that Princess Beatrice's
rooms were by far the most beautiful in
| the whole castle, and they were full of
| the most exquisite works of art The
| queens own rooms were magnificently
! furnished, but the style was stiff and an
! tique-more grand than comfortable. Her
toilet service was one of the curiosities
of the castle, for it had belonged orig
inally to queen Anne. Another curiosity
was wonderful clock in the state apart
| ments, which went for a year when wound
UP. and kept excellent time. A third was
a marvellous malachite vase which had
been given to the queen by the horrid
| Emperor Nicholas of Russia, and was
taller than man. He was going on to
| tell me about some of the portraits when
the master of the household and several
| other officials came toward us and direct
| ed us to arrange ourselves in two rows
along the corridor, the ladies on one side
! and the men on the other. My mamma who
was the most important lady present,
stood furthest away from the door of the
| oak room, and l stood next to her; from
which it was evident that l was the next
| most important persons, though / was
certainly the youngest, and two of the
| ladies were wives of ministers.
We waited for a few minutes in this po-
sition and then somebody hustled in and
| announced that the queen was coming.
| Ny heart began to thump violently and
| curious thrill crept down my back-and
| then there was her majesty in the black
| dress and white cap and small coronet
which are so familiar to us. Then / real
| lied that while l was staring my NAM
| ma was courtsying; and so, quite over
| come by shame and confusion, I courte-
sled, too-as low as possible to hide my
| bushes and not at all in my best style,
which my mamma used to say was quite
! swan-like but, anyhow, l had just suffi-
| cient sense to take Mr.. Politicus' arm
| when he offered it to me. but otherwise
| [ must have behaved as if l had got soft
! ening of the brain. However, L discov-
| cred later that it did not matter, because
| it was not considered etiquette to speak
! loud or talk much, and the proper thing
| really was to keep ones attention hxpd
| chiefly on the queen in the hope that she
| would condescepd to address one I must
/ admit that Ahls was the very last thing
/ that I hoped for; and. as 1 thought In
/ highly improbable that she would speak
! to me when there were mamma and the
/ ministers wives to talk to I allowed nv
/ ewes to wander and to admire the beau~
| tiful gold plate and flowers the magnlh-
| cence of the whole display on the table
| the fine tapestry with which the walls
\ were adorned, and the portraits of the
| dear darling Princess of Wales, the sweet
| little Duchess of Albany, and the-well
! the Duchess of Coburg. Ner was I mis-
| taken; her majesty did not address me
| at all, but cdlhned her conversation to
| nv seniors-if that can be called a con-
versation which in chiefly carried on by
| one person. In spite Of my intense awe
| / almost burst out laughing at the sight
| of mamma sitting up so mum and saving
| so little
But after all there was a marvellous
| sameness between this and other dinners
when the first impressions. had worn of
| a little. The plate was gold instead OF
silver, the servants were in scarlet and
| gold Everies, and there was the queeni
| But otherwise the chief distinction was
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