St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-09-29
VICTORIA IS KEPT on ICE.


4 queen SlctO1ldlS NEt IT -
the hot spells of summers The queen
is mast so, robust and hale, and during
all her long life has manifested q re-
markable, preference for low temper
atures. 1t is popular belief that noble
are always cool, reserved
and even more or less chilly under tn
most heating circumstanfes, says
London paper.
But the aged queen of England up
sets this accepted theory4 Her ladies'
or such of them as have sur
vived the various draughts with which
her majesty surrounds herself, have
often remarked privately upon her ma
iesty's tendency to have the castle
windows open in very Geld weather.
but these remarks have alssays been In
private. In public they have tried to
look pleasant in their loss-cut> gowns
while their teeth ratified ard chatreFeH
and chills ran up and downthe exposed
portions Of their spinal columns.
; But it is in summer that ingenuity
is taxed to make aclimate;suitable Tor
the queens temperament. Fond OF
cold, she abhors heat, and the royal
residence, the travelling eGuipages, the
train and the gardens are all arranged
in conformity to her wishes.
! In the morning, for instSnce. as soon
as the queen leaves her sleeping-room,
great shallow pans of ice;are brought
in and stood about, the ice supply be-
ing replenished as fast as it meits.
After the room has beer aired the
blinds are drawn, so thatsnot breath
of the warm outer air may:enter. Then
an exhaust fan is driven over a large
bed Of ice. forcing the cold air into the
room, until the temperature resembles
that of refrigerator. Tais process Is
continued until night.
When the queen retires it is the duty
of the ladies-in-waiting iH turn to read
to her. while she is being made ready:
for bed, and as summer costumes are,
anis Sc at this season their discomfort
in th@scold storage atmosphere may be;
imagined. ~
Besides this, fountainsispray jets of
ice water before the royal windowss
and pans and buckets Of ice are scat-
tered about the rooms. The Americau
electric fan has not yet been adopteds
although commercial traveleR has
recently submitted samples to, the
chamberlain of the castle. There APP
pears to be an objection 10 these fans
in the fact that they make slight
hummings noise, which, causes the
queen much annoyance, pnd which is
a fatal objection. The designs are now
being modified, and it is believed that
when the humming is rempved the fana
will be adopted.
Not long since her majesty Travelled
from Windsor to Portsmouth in the
royal train Of Pullman carriages, whe9,
practically the. same cooling devices
as prevail at Windsor were resorted to
Pans of ice were placed under the SEE 4
and in other available spots about the
cars, and q cold storage temperature
produced equal to any ever secured In
| the cars Of the dressed beef combine
The result was, it appears, eminentfy
satisfactory to the queen, but not sc
much so to the other persons compelled
to travel with her-the linen and Other
warm weather costumes fot being ap-
propriate to the temperature in tpe
cars.
This curious tendency Ut the queen
to seek comfort in cold is. ascribed ey
physioloeists to her immdnse vitality
This vitality shows little deterioration
despite her advanced years. The queen
sits in cold rooms in the evening attire
prescribed by fashion through long
winter nights and seems perfectly com
Portable. She at no time permits arti
fetal heat in the room she occupies
either AZ . dwelling or during pubic
| functions.