The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-12-04
..IeOndon Correspondence :

celebrated very quietly. but nevertheless
he had down few special friends To
Sahdringhsm. and he got any number Of
presents, including one from his wife.
Though he is now gray headed. and very
much grandfather. he is very funny
when be receives presents, for wher as,
Of course, all his letters are opened by
his secretaries. he never will allow par
eel to be touched, but insists on cutting
the strirg and removing all the wrap
pers himself. He Gays be loves getting
presents. When he uncarths an offer
ing that pleases him bis glee is quite
boyish; the gift has . be taken over the
houss to show to everybody. 1.-The can't
quite make out what he has got or who
the sender is. His Royal Highpess winks
his left eve very fast. This is fact, odd
as it may sound; he always winks when
he is surprised at anything; don't think
he can help it. BY the way. this habit
of opening all his own parcels is objected
to by the officers of the household, who
are always On the lookout for internal
machines and similar devices. Their
alarm is surely needless; the Prince is
far too popular to be made the victim of
anarchists. Atleast he seems to think
60. for when such fears are expressed to
him he always laughs very heartily.
Poor little Princess Maude has had to
consent to living in Denmark. but the
King, in order to comfort her, has given
her house "all 10 herself She fifty
refused TO live in the beautifully furnish
cd flat 10 one of the palaces which had
been got ready for her. because" as she
said, .you met all sorts of people as you
went in and out, So now she will at
least have privacy. Her new home is
small. but Mat does not matter for the
present.
People are still wondering and gossip
ing about the Buccleuch puzzle. E..
Why the Duke of Buccleuch should have
been given the Garter left vacant by the
Marquis OF Northampton's death, where
as everybody expected that either the
Duke of Portland or the Duke OK Bed,
ford would receive 1t. Additional sur.
prise is felt because the Duke is already
a Knight Of the Thistle, aud il is vel
established rule that the two decorations
are hardly ever conferred on one man.
I believe the real reason for the unusual
honor is the Queens foudness for the
Duchess Of Buccleuch, who vas her
Mistress of the Robes for lorg while
and is persona gratissimd at court.
Besides. both the other Dukes areyoung
men. and can vel afford to wait until
another Garter falls to the Queens dis
posal. The Duchess Of Buccleuch was
Hamilton. sister TO the Duke OF Abar-
corn and the Marc! ioness of Bradford.
60 she is great aunt to the famous MARI
borough baby. Her eldest son, Lord
Da!keith, is married tooneof the Brioge-
mans: she has four other sous, OF whom
Lord George is in the smart Tenth Hus-
ssrs, the P.iuce of Wales regiment and
the one to which the poor Duke Of Clar-
ence be;on ged. The daughters. LAZY
Katharine and Lady Constance Scott,
are OF our smartest ard best behaved
girls. great favoIiies az court and certain
to make brillian: marriages. In fact.
all the SCOTS of the RCccleuch and
Oucensbcrry clar are so eminently COM
me IL fdut that it is not al all surprising
to experts in such matters that Her
Majesty should specially honor them.
Several additions to the ranks OF
ar;stocratic authors have lately been