The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

In regard 10 theatrical companies play
ms AZ Windsor or elsewhere. away from
their own tleaters. by special command
OF her majesty. the manager receives d
handsome Zee for the services Of the com
pany. and. In addition. the queen Is in
the habit OF presenting him and the prin-
cipat enembers OF the company with sou
Fenirs OF une occasion. which usually take
the form Of articles OF jswelry.
There is very general belief that royal
people never wear the same undercar-
ments twice. but this is a simple fiction
for on the borders OF Richmond Park IS
situated the building in which all the
royal clothes are washed The entrance
70 this building IS protected by a lodge,
ana there Is close guard kept on the
door and no visitors are allowed except
ny special permit which is not often
given
The building is evry interesting inside
Along the sides Of the passages are huge.
WeL-aired cupboards. in which are tons
Of soap Of different kinds. with chests Of
soda and carbonate Of soda below.
The ordinary household linen, such as
tablecloths. napkins. dOyleys, curtains.
etc, as well as towels, sheets and pillow
Sips, arrive in huge baskets, and are
taken out, sorted and compared with the
lists sent from the various royal house
holds.
The personal linen arrives in wooden
boxes, and is sorted in special room.
Each box has brass plate. bearing the
owners name, as well as a number.
All the machinery is Of the most per-
Iect KIND and any improvements are
adopted at once. All the work is con-
Quoted with the regularity of clockwork.
and extreme cleanliness and order are
apparent everywhere.
The clothes, when washed. are placed
IN heaps each pile representing those be-
longing to the various royal residences.
Most OF the linen is marked in red cotton.
with the initials Of the royal residence,
y. r, 20. H." or "B. c." meaning
buckingham palace. Osborne house, and
Balmoral castle. Above these letters are
the initials "V. r T."
The linen is of the finest and best made
and the table linen is of beautiful pat
terms, formed by the queens monogram.
intertwined with emblematfcal designs of
the rose, shamrock and thistle
Royal underlinen is beautifully made.
and Of the finest materials, trimmed with
real lace. Some of the lace on the young
or princess petticoats is almost priceless.
There are little ribbons run about neclxs
and sleeves Of the garments. and they are
very Frenchy, altogether. The royal laun-
dry bill for a year is $4,000.
The private apartments of the queen at
windsor are as a closed book to all gem
oral visitors to the royal residence, and
they are exceedingly interesting in every
way.
To get to them one has to pass through
n large number of state apartments, the
walls and furniture of which are covered
with hangings of great beauty. and also a
long conservatory, which the queen uses
as a promenade, the walls being nearly
hidden by masterpieces of great painters
From this apartment one enters the an
teroom and this and the queens boudoir
are appointed with furniture and tapes
tries of cardinal-colored, gold-striped dam
ask
On the door of the boudoir is an inscrip-
ton in her majestys own Handwriting:
Every article in this room my deeply Ia
mented husband selected for me in the
Path year of my reign"
Around a huge bay window hang med
allion portraits of all the English rulers.
from William the Conquerer down to the
queen herself.
The next apartment is described as the
reading room. and is like a study. In it is
a huge bust in ivory. of the Prince Con-
sort-a beautiful work of art The tides
on the chairs and sofas in this room were
all worked by the queen and her daugh-
ters. There is another inscription by her
majesty here also, which reads: whilst
threading the fabric, our eve was delight
ed, from time TO time, by the sight Of the
noblest of all husbands
In the queens own bedroom are some of
the finest Gobelins in the world, represent
ing the four seasons, and which were a
present from the French to the English
court in 1779
Under a glass cover are the remains of
the first bouquet ever presented by the
Prince Consort to the queen, and also of
her majesty's bridal wreath. over low
ottoman hangs a COLLECTION of portraits of
the royal children, all painted at the age
of l year. This chamber was used for the
christening Of the first child Of the Prince
Henry of Battenberg.
The ordinary dining room contains a
huge cabinet in which is displayed a dinner
service Of seventy pieces, once the proper
ty of the unhappy King Louis XVI, and
which the English crown acquired at great
cost after his death. In the middle of the
dining room, which is decorated in white
and gold, is mounted the famous punch
bowie left by George IVA splendid OBJ
ject of art.
In the queens dining room the paintings
are exclusively of the Flemish school Two
entire walls in this chamber are covered
by artistically wrought Venetian mirrors.
and all the toilet requisites are of solid
gold, with concentrations of rosa, corals.
and opals
The finest and cosiest room. however
is the tea room, with its service of trans
UEInE
decorated with beautiful paintings illus
trating incidents in the queens life This
service the queen received from her sub
jects on the occasion of her jubilee.
When her majesty is at Windsor she
takes almost as much personal interest
in the care of her private apartments as
the average well-to-do English housewife
does OF her drawing room, busting the
things carefully herself
There is always a special etiquette for
visitors who are on calling terms with
the queen, and any little breach of this
etiquette is quickly noticed by her mai
esty. both she and the Princess of Wales
being great sticklers for the letter of the
law.
If any ordinary visitor, who is on init
mate terms with the queen, wishes to
be received by her majesty, he or she
must call at a time likely to find her mai
esty at leisure, and the visitors name
is taken to her in the ordinary way. At
ter waiting a long time the visitor is
conducted by q page of the presence to
the queens room. Courtesies from ladies
and deep bows from gentlemen are some
times followed by the queen shaking
hands, but she more frequently does so