The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-25

But kensington Palace, without its re-
mintseences OF the beloved sovereign's
girthcod, were incomplete indeed: and the
form in which her Majesty has permit
ted these 10 be accessible viii touch all
hearts In the simplicity and universally
o. their appeal Leaving the Kings
drawing-room on the east front Of the
palace, visitors win pass into a suite OF
three apartments Of modest dimensions.
The furthest OF these Is the room in
which the Queen was sleeping when she
was awakened by the Duchess OF Kent
10 learn in the drawing-room below OF
her call 10 the throne: and adjoining Il Is
an ante-room. Here Is arranged a col
lection OF the toyS-simpie. indeed. In CON-
parison with the mechanical triumphs OF
today-that gladdened the heart OF the lit
tie princess, and Il is said that her Males
~ fingered over them long on her visit
last Tuesday with evident emotion and
tender memories. In the ante-rOom Is a
large dolls house. OF an upper and lower
compartment. The former. as the
"dra wing-room." Is papered in salmon
pink; a parrot IN 4 cage Is suspended
from the ceiling; chairs. with blue and
yellow seats. and small tables and cabi-
nets. are distributed about The 'kitch-
en-" below Is even more interesting. for
there is the doll chef and his Kitchen
a typically old-fashioned one. with open
fireplace and oven and boiler. A tin
Dutch clock is on the mantel. there are
green and red fishes in a frying-pan. a
fiat-iron and a warming-pan are side by
side. and a buffers tray contains knives
and forks. The dressers are filed with
pewter and china plates and a large-SiEed
model tea-set in old enamel ware Occu-
pies the greater part of the floor.
In he haH- - Hffad Vrf~ ~ q
Nuremberg model in wood OF a village.
with its houses. barns. church. and trees,
above which Is a terrace with Chinese
pagodas at either end. and two small
dancing figures. A trophy feelings lis
own tale is a white horse carrying what
was doubtless once a brake knight, but
who has lost his head altogether in o<ne
catastrophe. In another case Is a rep
resentatton Of a state coach. with the
crown on its panels; a counter. with tri-
fies Of beads. fancy silks. and the IKE.
suggesting that its royal owner enjoyed
playing al shop as much as ht;le folks
OF humber degree: and a well-arranged
model OF a weaver's loom. A tiny work
box has a scene from Robinson CrusOe.
and a little collection OF dolls aprons are
beautifully marked IN crOss-stlich in the
simpler fashion of years gone by. There
is also a set OF work. comprising pin
CucnltU, S(lSSoES tdSts anu AltFNAf-tpfH ~
painted white velvet. that was doubtless
an exceedingly costly and valued gift in
It's day. So long does one linger over
these mementoes in their charming and
tender significance that. perhaps the beau
tkul collection of prints and engravings
Soes not enjoy the attention II deserves.
One exception must be made. however.
as 10 shows that the amity OF this country
with the United States IS not growth
IL II auLa Nvsnr "A
picture by Mr.. William Simpson. the vet
eran war artist of the Crimea, and shows
her Majesty In 1885 visiting the Arctic
ship ResOlute under the title OF England
and America" The third apartment Is
known as The Nursery" and as such
was used for a time by the little Prin-
cess Victoria. Its more recen, episode
OF importance is that here was born the
Duchess of York. who a dag or two since.
with Prince Alexander Of Teck. Inspected
Il with much interest-London Tele-
graph