The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-02
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kind. and I tel you honestly / have
10 shut my eyes and imagine a wnSie
lot 70 realize that a day 50 vitaDy In
pertsnt 20 mankind and 50 universally
known and honored. IS only twelve hours
away. No snow. no sleigh bells, no santa
Claus, no choral services promised. and
scarcely az evergreen or a Christmas tree
Fl sight foriorn looking youngSter
paraded Broadway today bearing N his
arms a small bundle Of sickly looking
missletos and piping out. Ere you are.
fresh mistletos for yer house decorations
and down on First street was 8 bunch Ct
greens psied up en- the sidewalks. OF
course the streets seemed thronged- but
there was a lack OF hearty. cheerful greet
ings smiling faces, packsge-hau1ted
fathers and rushing mothers eager TO Sc
cure the last bargain on Soah's arks and
Mother Goose melodies. Wei. Ii takes all
kinds Of people 10 make q country, ana
We can't have glorious climate without
some sacrifices But would give string
OF pearls for one long string OF popcorn
or love apples and peep AZ the dear Old
home away back East. Do You remeTn-
Der the Christmas tree and It's back-break-
ing ornament placings? How about that
brown jug OF genuine apple cider and the
little red apples? You can't get that same
Oh-be-joyfui, snow-man-msking. Christ
mRS-comes- but-oncs-a-y eari feeling OF boy
hood when the locks begin TO wbitsn and
the dim comes Ger the whiteness or our
souls from worldly scuffiing, but IL takes
the environments OF our boyhood days 10
even bring to US 8 pleasant counterpart
OF its youthful Christmas doings, and no
musk scented. Iotus-eating semi-troptoal
surroundings VIII come nigh IL, emf
Shaking Hands with u Queen.
] met one woman who is traversing e.
continent to eat turkey dinner in Boston
town. She was hurrying eastward on the
famous Sunset limited OF the Southern
Pacific road her stateroom agiow with
crimson roses and purple violsts. and yet.
she was evidently far from happy. When
Col George W. McFariane and Assistant
General Passenger Agent Earsburgh es-
eorted her ex-msJssty. Queen Liliuokalani,
from san Francisco TO Oakland last Satur-
day night they maintained a secrecy that
could only mildly be termed misguided. for
II 10 sought 10 mfslead newspaper men IL
failed OF its mission. for they one and all
knew OF the proposed journey and some way
did not seem 70 care a rap. Beside Yours
as ever" who nobiy upheld the dignity OF
. the POst-Intelligencsr. there was one
more scribe on hand at the train and We
didn't have our hands very full chron-
telling the exciting farewell ceremonies ct
that suli. / am glad ] can say to future
posterity OF my own coinage. Il shook the
hand Of a one-time queen"
DO you know that Queen Lii is not
haIf-bad sort? She's respectable lady
with s1nbonpolnt. pleasant features. albeit
dusky. and a dignity and gracious pres
encs that at once goes far to establish the
statement Kings and queens are not as
we" She held her own. and when IL came
30 her age she was all there After lis
tening 70 my best wishes for prosperous
and safe Journey across the continent. she
most kindly thanked me and In return
extended the same good viii and wishes.
Col. AcFsrlane, who was at one time
court chamberlain, narrated a little story
that tended to illustrate the kindness and
democracy Of the Prince OF Wales and
the great etiquette OF court life.
The Prince of Wales Kindness.
At the tims~the late king of the Hawaiian
islands visited England TO participate to-
gether with some twenty-five or thirty
crowned heads. In Queen victoria's jubilee,
there was a great time over the proper
form OF reception for the dusky king In
ssmuch as he reigned and ruled on petty
island OF the suu-kissed Pacific, his sub
jects being semi-savages OF equally dusky
color, while Edward. Prince OF Wales.
enjoyed the proud title of being heir pre-
sumptive of a kingdom wherein the sun
never set. it was thought that King Kal
should hrst pay his respects TO the Prince
OF Wales. Then came the court chamber
lains and the arbiters of court etiquette,
and after the days OF anxious powwow
II was finally decided that rank was rank.
and even king OF Bohemia or No Mans
Land was q king. and as such took prece-
dence over prince So the queens eldest
made his dutitul 10 King Kali. and after
the presentation the Prince of Wales
walked up 20 the dusky visitor. and ex-
tending hts royal rizht srasped the hand
Of the other in a hearty British clasp and
said: Your majesty. now that these old
fogies and s;ickisrs for etiquette have
definitely settled the matter il gives me
pleasure 10 say th8t'I have been imna-
tientiy waiting an opportunity TO call on
you and extend 10 you a warm welcome 20
old England" and then (you understand.
dear P.-I. that this is what the Prince
Of wales Is said 10 have said. and they
can't sue US fer libel X we SO print ~.
! am told that the two old boys became
quite chummy.
or course. This only goes 70 show you. as
my fri~rd. Dr. Edward Bedloa. late con
SUI 20 Korea, would aptly put IL. that even
\ street car equine will not always make
o good race-trsck skate.
There was not much hflarity IL the ex-
queen. I thought. but when you came 20
think OF her travelling about without a
guardian. and against the wishes OF Prpxi-
dent Dole win her paternal estates con-
fscatea and a chance that her govern
ment snnuity may - cut or. s. takes
more than the prospects OF q Boston
Christmas dinner 20 make one cheerful
There was one thing that seemed 70 in
tercst this DISTINGUISHED traveller and that
MS the beauties 81 re Sunset limited
and a peep a. the medicine chest and the
sDeac Indicator. They Ngiiv SCI forte he
advancing strides 81 ral,wsvisrn. There
src but three trains IN tNe word so
cqulprst. ans they are the three couru~fs-
Ing the Sunset limited service. The Med
ictas S9lsst Is unique and dt6 rot blame
Queen AT f0r being interested IN g. The
speed Indicator tells the traveller at any
stage ~ the Journey exactly how fast Won
arc going ana have been Informed .bsr
had nen sometimes sltp forward 20 TIE
state nom car. 20 which 81 IS af7xed take
a ueep 40 its dial sDa then hurry back
sud rob follow passenger who g,ga,ees.
~ bets wi,h the other or TIE rafe q speed
they are trave'iug. only 20 md that set
eng her gathers 80 moss"
Incidents Train.
Cnaee ~ was nos Ere orrv woman ? e.
couutered who was travelling long -.
ssnces 20 ca Christ~ss turkey wttA
frl~nds or relatives The Pullman -
which fou-ucve8 30 los Angeles WIS
vcri abe nursery. There were four babes.
rsuxsrx frorn weeks - = wears Oh. ara
tcl vcu esch infant had lungs lfks a nstr
81 bellows They cried ~ F. m aE4s-
AZ e. ~ And trey ceased as we pufes
int~ Is Angeles at - A. ~ Ore r-o-f,a~
VAS e0 ~oUfe from Santa Marfs rea- Ss1
I.Hts tHisrn. 20 chicago. ana she seemed
perfectly corfented - spend C'rrta s-lss on
t~e ears 3szs1 - she got home esr New
years tev ANosher ana vevv v1gnr
vFo,nsC. see-inEsy aot oat az her 'ee--
vas leaving beg -ofhers ro2f u Ss-