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also to be carefully packed, so that any
one having the honor of an interview,
Grasse the Villa Palmieri, at Florence or
at Cimiez. would recognize the same busts
statuettes, photographs, screens and flower
vases.
Equal care is taken in the conveyance OF
her wardrobe and jewels, and also in the
private secretarys department.. for the
Queen may ask for a photograph of some
collateral cousin at an early age, for
cloak of not quite the latest fashion,
jewel which has not been worn for many
years, an old notebook, or accounts long
since forgotten; and woe to the head of
srticIe IS not fortbcoming Another reason
why the move is dreaded by the household
is that so much has to be done at the last
moment of departure and the first instant
of arrival and great deal has to be done
during the night before the move, as bare
rooms are not pleasing to her Majesty.
the Queen from Cherbourg to Nice was as
follows After the engine two brake vans;
two first-class COMPARTMENTS salon for
Lady Antrim and Miss Harriet Phipps; a
sleeping salon for Prince Donald and Prince
Maurice of Battenberg; family salon for
the Queens dresser; q family salon for the
Queen and Princess Henry OF Battenbergi
a sleeping car for Sir Arthur Biggs and
Darlington and Sir James Reid; a sleeping
salon for Munshi Abdul Karin; a corridor
carriage for upper servants and Indian at
tendants, and then luggage vans.
The Queens own railway carriage con-
S1StS or TWO saloons connected by a passage.
They are fitted with electric bells and light
ed with oil lamps. The day saloon is fur
nished with sofas, armchars and foot
stools, all upholstered in blue silk, with
fringes and tassels of yellow. The walls
are hung with blue and pearl gray silk.
brocaded with the rose, shamrock and
thistle in yellow There is walnut writing
table, two small tables, and a large one for
meals. The floor is covered with an Indian
carpet. The night saloon is the largest,
and is divided into several compartments.
There are a bedroom bathroom and
maids room, which also receives the per-
sonal baggage of the Queen and Princess
Peatrice, who share the bedroom The lat
ter, is decorated in gray and light brown,
and contains two beds. This carriage Is the
private property of the Queen, and when
not in use is kept at Brussels. The arrange
ments for refreshments were that the
Queen and royal family had theirs brought
to them IN their respective saloons. The
Indian secretary and servants were SINH
larry treated, but simply because rather
than eat food which had not been prepared
according to their way of thinking, or mix
with the rest of the suite at the buffet,
they would have preferred to starve. For
the suite a table dhote breakfast dinner
or lunch according to circumstances, was
prepared in the first-class restaurant of the
stations and another for the domestics in
platform was cleared and the entrances
barred so as to insure perfect safety.
Take the train as a whole, 1t is not so
imposing as that of the Gar. many of the
latter's carriages being ponderous with
heavy steel frames and armor plates, nor
is it as gorgeous as the official train of the
French President