The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-06-17
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The queen "a barely istt tall. bOl she
wssrs Ne. shoe madc in N. style az
The otdiasry eopstess ssitst The rs-ls
ate less than oushslt tacb "a brsbt, sad
The ssi,afs are ad aoI broad Iast
only stasmenlalion ste ups Of pstgft
leather soc hm no isucv for new sLo,s,
spd wears psi Of ssi,trs uuul they sts
literally votn cut sbr paws hat 20 ssH
lIngs PAN tos them, ora tttuc les than
s.
Tseaty-tso physicians are rmplevoJ bv
the queen 10 LOOK sfter her hcnlth. Mast
Of them receive yearly retaining tos ut
5000. These leclulp pbynci.ts. sur
stons, dentists, oonItst. sad ctirupallafs.
None Of rhsse act siaRly itssmal corn
appeared upon oae oi bor m ,sr's toes
It would result 10 a consultation of chlmp
odisi, surgeons aad rhytaIana The
hraiu Of ono msu BE- no. deemed suh ciaat
to involve ours iar tao ttuisN illrHnct
ins Nictori.
The qneea osas a1J bpuscs, not rufsl
,ea,aaosss hut s-at.vptsiaa uautrtv-
These fepttNeul portion af hsf pfifaiH
fortune G.. borne bousa ou the lsa
OF Wight, and Balmgr,I, her Htghl,ui
palace, are also private property. Tho
arst Of these sbo sill laeve to her vidoe
ed daughter, Batuce # Bstteuhsrg, and
the Highland homs to the dnko Of Goa
nausht,
Osborne and B,lmora ar maintained
by the quoon at har expense, but tbe
crown maintains great uumbcr OF royal
palaces for her At eonalerabla yearly
expense Some Of thaso arc buckingham
palace. Wlndsor palace the White Lolee
at Richmond Park, ~, James palsce, Ken
sington palace, Hampton coart Kew pal
sce, Pembroke lodge, Holyrool palAce,
the Thstched cottage and Shoen cottage,
Richmond park, and Blshhy house in
Bushby park.
Many Of these the queen never occupies
bat they srs maintained year after year
just as II Victoria would move in the next
] hNhnAhk khph fhANNuf w lANAhh'Nt LWN
cost on an syefsgs more than $40. 600 u
year 10 keep up for the past eight yeats,
aud every penny oi the sum was practical
| ly wasted, Yet TO relieve ths hundreds
OF thousands dying OF hunger ia ludIa toe
queen gave az 800.
| Nlctoris, in truth, is very psrsimon
] Iii IA
pers love to describe her as an ideal Lady
Bountiiul A little incident which hap
pened two years after the prince ceueorrs
desth displays this trait; slso another trait
which can only be described as pure, obau
nate ssfishuess
The queen was In deep mourning and
refused 10 wear the smallest ornament,
The court ladies' aud society, of course,
dressed most plainly, as the queen then
led the fashions. At that time tho grost
ribbon industry which had supported the
whole town Of Coventry laBgulshed. There
was no demsnd lor ribbons, sud thousands
Ia worsu we're wttbaat w0rt.
Hnnorets Of families we're literally stsfv
ing, and iunnmorabls deaths we're oaus cd
by lack Of noursbment
Finally as a last resourse, u number nf
men, women aud children, all showing
the ravages OF hunger ln most pltllul
way, went 20 London. They seour d an
audience, and upon their knees tbs w
mi laUu1I tbA IA
pieces Of black ribbon upon her gowns.
They told her that it would put new lie
into the industry and set all tbs las ories
Of Coventry working again. They exhibit
ed their emaciatsd bodies and tho poor
little children OF skin and bone,
All this bad not the slighto8t aIaot on
the queen She refused absolutely, say
ing that the wearing Of ribbons was moon
sisteut with her id0s Of mourning. The
ribbon workers departed. aud Coventry
WAS ruined For more than a generation
it was dead city and It's people moved
away. Recently it became the centre of
the bicycle making industry Of Great Bti
lant ana ~ auTiTAlbP HEAin
-Four yachts ara maintained for the ~
elusive nee Of tue queen. Thay eo.t ougi
nslly $3.50. 00O Saa only usrs the new
est Of them Tor two or three months IN 'bo
year. Iomsiulsin II tba e,oSn pays $50,
600 Annually.
One thousand luoo,iouar ss are employ
a Al - 4
she moves from Que palace to another
many Of them accompany her. The romI
pal head Of this army ia tbp Iori ttewud,
who receives salary Of SO 900 yesr
His tiice 10 sinecure, as he does nothing
but appear st court ou STATE osoasious IN
. gorgeous uniform.
The real chief is the MOI I oI the Louto
hold, who receives salary Of Sj.i9J per
snuum. All dispute. arising suoog tho
army employed IN the roysl palaces are
settled by two aucieut bodies called the
board Of green CLOTH aud court u the
NJ srshrlses The green cloth court al
tends 10 mattsrs concerning Buckingham
pslaos, and the MarshsIsea 20 disputes 10
all other royal palaces 10 both cases Tue
presiding officers sts tho lord sleFari,
controller Aud N ssler Of the
Originally this boiy t.i the
poser 10 Try oil orimiasl oasss, hke m1r
der. forgery Eud robbery, ~ well rs civil
msttefs prgylllog they happened within
. certain dlstiHcs ot The royal palaces
DfI.te years the ,o,ps Di these unIqae
con ts hss been o.rcumsctibsi. All qua
ttUos Of etiquette snd pfeoedepcs aie de
,ided by tLem sud oensslDtaiy they fsn
3.Y t.ct..,.. nader tEa i,Itg A.ytes If an