The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-28

Alexandra are being confided to the
world just now by one Sarah Tooley.
Whenever a loyal Briton takes his pen
in hand to write things about the royal
family he dips it in honey No mere
ink will do for that sacred subject
The king can do no wrong" is a rule
which is sometimes allowed to have
exceptions, but when il comes TO Queen
Alexandra the British isles display a
unanin1ity of admiration which. is love
ly to behold.
According to Mrs. Tooley Queen Alex
andra does not believe in a mad rush
to keep up with the latest fads of
! fashion. She doesn't go in for crazes.
She is not eteTnally remOdeling, redec-
Grating, refurnishing re-everything.
She applies Polonius' advice 10 her per-
sonal belongings and sticks to old
friends. When she travels there is a
whole collection of objects which trav-
Ell along with her and most Of them
have some tender association in her
memory.
She has quantities of flowers. ferns
and palms in her rooms. So, at least,
says Mrs. Tooley, and it is quite be-
heVable. The same lady in authority
for the fact that the queen loves to
have evidences of life around her..
For many years. she says, Cookie,
a famous pa=~ot, had his cage in her
dressing room, until his conversation
became so noisy that he had to be
banished. A soft white dove with ruby
eyes would perch on his mistress shoul-
der, while several dogs have passed
lives of luxury upon silken cushions in
her majesty's rooms. Today the reign
ing pets are a white and black Jap
anese spaniel and a quaint little Chi
nese dog. They travel with the queen
wherever she goes"
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The real home life of the queen has
hnaD obi 81 I,f,, rI,,
house. which is a new house. built no
longer ago than 1860. AS Princess Of
Wales she spent more than half of each
year there. 1t is a model estate, with
picturesque cottages for the work peo-
pie, gem of a dairy; in fact, all the
modern improvements of big estates.
The principal entrance is by the beau
tifui Norwich gates, a wedding gift
from the city of Norwich.
The park contains 800 acres, with a
winding lake overlooked from the house
by sunny terrace. The railroad is
accommodating railway company has
put up q station there with special
waiting rooms for the Sandringham
folks.
There is an UNCOVERED technical
school for girls in the village hard by.
Queen Alexandra founded it for teach
ing the girls on the estate how to spin,
weave and sew. Evidently the queen
believes in the force of example, for
she has her own spinning wheel and
hand loom, which she occasionally
uses.
There is a school for boys, too. where
they are taught wood carving and cab
Matchmaking and fitted for situations
in towns. There are the queens
sta bles, where, according to the elo-
and carriage horses lead a luxurious
existence in spotless stables, lined with
white tiles" The kings stables are
near by, spotless also possibly, though
Mrs. Tooley neglected to be precise on
this point Also at hand are kitchen
gardens and forcing houses. cover
ing fourteen acres
As for the dairy. the description
makes one think of poor Marie AntOi-
nette- Her matched laiterie at the
Petit Trianon wasn't much like Queen
AleXa n0ra'S, but it was a model in its
day, and great ladies dabbled about in
them. though more gayly perhaps than
the sober English DANES and damsels
of today. Says Mrs. TOoley:
Opposite is the queens model dairy
with a dainty tea room entered from
lovely little garden. When the dairy
was first started the queen took an
active interest in its management. and
introduced the Danish method of but
! ter-making- In the time of the old
dairy woman Mrs. Barker the prin-
amused themselves at churning. The
appointments are dainty and beautiful,
with the blue tiles, brought by the
king from India, and the silver cream
pans lined with eggshell china, fixed on
a marble counter.
Around the walls are models. in
marble, terra Gotta, silver and alabas-
ter. of the prize animals bred on the
estate. The tea room is a dainty room
literally filled with presents from the
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among them being the set of BalmoraI
china presented by the late queen.
each piece being painted with view
from the neighborhood of Balmoral.''
There is a club house erected by the
king for the use of the men working
on the estate. Mrs. Tooley says that
! there are stringent rules in the club
against drinking and gambling. Quite
sol as the English say. People have
been known to come to grief over
naughty gambling games; like bac-
carat, for instance.
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The old church at the next wee viii
lage was unfit for worship, so the king
had an iron one built for the people
Mrs TOoley mentions this along with
the benefcent doings of their maj esties
but an iron church, One has to re-
peat firmly that the king can do no
wrong; otherwise that iron church
would be objectionable.
Sandringham is not a show house
like some of the famous old country
1 houses. According to Mrs. Tooley's
! description it seems to be a purely per-
sonal habitation, filled with family
/ portraits, souvenirs of loved ones and
models of pet animals deceased" The
drawing room overlooks the terrace
and the queens boudoir is above with
| the same outlook. One of the kings
rooms is furnished with things from
/ his cabin on the Scraps, the ship on
! which he went TO India.
Formerly there used to be three balls
/ at Sandringham every winter for the
: tenantry and servants, but these func-
/ tons came to an end with the death of
! the Duke of Clarence. The queens
= birthday, Dec. l. is celebrated by a
/ tea party to the 500 school children on
/ the estate. On this occasion the queen
and her daughters wait upon the chill
! dren and play games with them. At
/ Christmas there is a gorgeous tree.
/ thirty feet high. with presents for
/ every body. and on the kings birthday
J there is a dinner TO the laborers.
! This anniversary comes on Nov. g.
| and there is always a shooting party
with luncheon served in a tent where
/ all the guests of the house come to-
| gether. OF course, there is the newt
able O'Clock tea, which the queen
| herself pours. Dinner is at o'clock
/ Everybody who has stayed at Sand