The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
Her Majesty's OmciaI Burdens Multi
plying Rapidly as Her Age
Increases.
MANY CHILDREN REVIEWED
PHOENIX PARK CROWDED WITH
LITTLE. ONES YESTERDAY.
Hurrahed and Waved Flags as the
Queen Rode Past-Maud Comes
ScurrfIOus Attack.

Copyright 1900, by the Associated Press.)
LONDON, April From city of nerv-
Gus forebodings, political excitement and
almost stagnant business, Dublin has been
transformed into capital as gay and as
busy as any European center. The coming
of the Queen. though to Catholic country
in the middle of Lent, has started a whirl
Of festivities such as there has not been in
Ireland since the good old days Of which
Lever wrote. The Irish nobility have
fiocked across the channel from their Eng
lish homes in unprecedented numbers and
from south, west and north Of Ireland it.
self old country families have poured into
Dublin. There is a sufficient number Of the
members Of the Ministry on the banks of
the Liffey to hold a Cabinet council, and
there are enough lovely women nightly
dining in gorgeous dresses and shining with
jewelry which has not been worn for many
dull day to make an Irish levee of which
any country might be jealous.
The castle where the lord lieutenant holds
sway is naturally the center of attraction,
but the ancient building can only hold a
few. There the Duke of Devonshire, the
Duke of Abercorn, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Home Secretary Ridgley and a
number of peers and peeresses have been
dining in state every night this week. The
brilliant uniforms of officers of the Life
Guards from London, from the Duke of
Connaught's staff, and the court uniforms
of Ireland's dignitaries, are nightly blend
ed with the black attire of celebrated civil
ians. Nor could anything be more superb
than the big-calfed, be-powdered lackeys
that fit in gold and red through the great
corridors.
Outside the castle the Shelbourne Hotel
has been the center of gayety. There al
most every visitor has title, though many
of the most distinguished found with cha
grin that they could not get rooms and had
to be satisfied with humble lodgings and
dinners. Owing to the presence of thieves
in the town and the large amount of jewel
ry carelessly displayed, no one who is not
staying at the Shelbourne is allowed to en-
ter the outer doors of that hotel without
specifying whom they want to see and are
often kept in the cold for further inspec-
ton. A well-known but badly dressed peer.
who seldom visits Ireland, underwent this
ordeal the other day and almost exploded
with wrath when a gold-laced porter barred
Ills way anu Illdue Hill SHOW his cara DcIOrG
allowing him to enter.
The most popular form Of evening amuse-
ment has been the chartering of trolley
cars by large parties and taking rides
through the crowded and Illuminated
streets. With the influx Of money and So
cial gayety, political considerations are
temporarily in allegiance.
The more advanced the Queen becomes
in years the more her work increases. The
extension of the empire, the increased ac-
tivity Of modern life and the development
of the times have quadrupled the work the
Queen has to deal with at eighty. There
fore, she has to work harder than at any
previous period of her reign. 1t is esti-
mated that she has to sign $4,000 documents
yearly, an average of 137 day, including
Sundays. Masses of state papers go to her
now, while in Ireland. She never really
has two holidays together.