The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

the substantial tips and warm socks or
petticoats they receive, one of their num-
Der is usually selected to make the queen
a little speech, and, on special occasions.
such as this Christmas of her diamond
jubilee year. their tribute of good wishes
and gratitude is engrOSsed on an illumin-
ated SCROLL to be given her Christmas eve,
as on occasion of the golden jubilee.
According to the sensible German Gus
tom. the small boys and girls of the royal
family are never loaded with eXtravagant
toys or French bOnbOnS. A bag of simple
sweets is put in every stocking, for none
but little Sugar-topped cakes are present
ed on the tree. and the toys invariably
chosen and given by the queen would as
found a pampered American child-in-
expensive horns and balls. toy watches
and the least luxurious whips, tops and
characterized dolls dangle from the
But if the queen is rather severe in
this respect, she is absolutely indulgent
in anCNhe|. No amount OF wholesome
noise and frolic is froWned upon or for
hidden on Christmas day, and the aged
head of an empire on which the sun never
sets will give an hour out of her Christ
mas day to show a tiny great-grand-
of tin kitchen. or evolve quite a royal
blast from a noisy tin horn for a per-
sistent little duke, who insists that grand
mamma must show him how.
CHRISTMAS DAY.
What the queen dearly loves is a con-
SrdtuldIOTy telegram, ana on CHRISTMAS
day she personally dictates answers 10
those that are opened and read to her
after breakfast. A graceful telegram eX-
cites her admiration, and no happily
pressed greeting is ever thrown away.
Into a big book those that receive her
special favor are pasted and she is proud
of her own clear, brief, all-embracing
style of answering or sending good
wishes On Christmas morning all of her
family connections send by wire the Sdlu-
tations OF the day. the heads of the gov
eminent do the same from all parts of
the world, so that often an hour is spent
in merely hearing them read
In for Christmas dinner there are spec
ial friends of the queen. residents of the
Isle of Wight, invariably invited and,
save for the great number of servants
and the ceremony observed. this meal diff
any one of thousands of such dinners
eaten the 25th of this month in the United
States
The queenS comes in to dinner always on
the arm of her Indian servant, and at the
moment for dessert. which on Christmas
day is invariably a huge plum pudding,
the children are admitted This pudding.
by the way, is always nodded, for the
chiIdren'S edification, in some strange
form, usually that of a bOar'S head, with
cherry eyes, white sugar teeth. q wreath
of holly round the neck, an apple in the
mouth and spirits burning in the great
silver platter Since time immemorial,
on New Years eve the last wine served
at the table has been handed the queen
in a beautifully carved gold cup. by
servant bending on one knee, and, when
her majesty has taken a sip, the cup is
passed on to the other feasters, who drink
standing to the queens long life. good
health and happy new year, and this
pretty bit of homage absolutely winds up
the royal holidays b l.. r. ID.