The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-19

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eaen ietler separately. and when he I,
'ne" 'nat all Is we'll he delivers ,he,r
~ tne hahos of the mistress Of the rches
Mho' IN her turn. delivers them 70 81,
queen who according to her hrrnor ras',s
them personally or commands ner ,yat,ins
|her. o'e'af! 10 90 so for
Important letters come when the queen
IS out driving the secretary is comm anaeJ
~ oIinB them to her, and after reading
.h'm they are thrown TO the ground tc
10 sethered up by the secretary after she
mas gene on her way again.
HANDSOME SERVANTS A NECESSITY
IN some things the queens taste is ex
eeeaihgiy simple and old-fashiooed in
o'heFs IT is eapricious and extravagant. For
instance when the servants of the royal
household are engaged. each one after be
ing found satisfactory to the various func.
.ioaaries before whom they have TO mass.
10 commanded to enter tbs presence Of his
august mistress and, even If he uassss all
the quailhcatioas necessary to royaI serv
ice and lacks that OF an agreeable faca
and figure--in other words. II he no nnt
GOOD looking---he is Immediately dismissed
Many a servant with record without
haw, but who did not happen TO possess
comely face and figure who has heen
sent about his business by the oueen ha a
peef taken up and in BY both tho Princes
Louise and the Prince of Wales who. all
thougn they prefer good looking servants
10 ugly ones, do not share their royal
elother's prejudice in this direction.
QUEENS OWN COLOR.
Then the use of the royal colors mr. tho
Ildrf1pllAr IL, -
pie, used by the royal family is denied 10
al others. There is moi a tailor in England
VINO would DIRE TO put the royal red or
purple into any garment of any perssn
otner than royalty, no matter what the
Involvement might be.
no one is allowed to use carriages like
.noSe USED by the queen, and no one hut
royalty can have more than two out
riders Members OF the royal family are
emitted to four, but even the queen herself
aoss not have more than two except on
STATE occasions, when her eight milk whit.
ponies have man at each head.
n year ago the young Duke of MARI
borough, when ordering rev livery FOR
his servants aud ,rappngs for his Lorses
and carriages happened to nit upon n
shade of crimson which jlst suited mis-
fancy. He arranged to have II used and
sent to ltaly--the only place where it
could be had at a considerable EXPENSE
to get the cloth.
MARLBOROUGH COULDN'T Use IT.
As 1t was not the color Of the royal
livery, the firm executing the dukes
orders did not know that 1t was trespass-
ing up on 4 royal prerogative And no,
until nearly all the material had been made
III, was the duke notified officially that
he was using the particular shade OF Grim.
son worn by the queen, and, as it could
not be used outside the royal family with
out license from her majesty the color
would have to be exchanged for another
shade of crimson and the Marlborough
eXchequer is lighter by many hundreds Of
pounds.
Even the number Of footmen a peer may
have is regulated by royal license. The
Duke of Marlborough is entitled 10 two,
but the Marlborough carriage is rarely
ever seen with more than one, The Prince
Of Wales carriage is rarely ever Seen with
more than two footmen, and outriders are
never used by him except on como STATE
or gala occasion.
If. IN sending gift to the queen you
bear all these things in mind, you may be
rewarded by gracious Acknowledgement
from her majesty through the Indian Sec
rotary H. l. 'o"ies'