The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-03
A QUEEN IN NEW YORK.
Treated Stability Because of Her
Dark Skin.


Dark Skin.
From the New York Sun.
Half dozen hotels in this town, one
of which, at least. specially advertises
a royal suite. have turned away 4
Queen without knowing it. The clerks
mistook her and her retinue for the
third or fourth road company of Black
Patti Troubadours and closed the reg
listers.
This affront occurred on Friday and
Liliuokalani was the Queen. She
thinks that she was turned away from
the Netherland, the Savoy, the Plaza.
the Waldorf and several other hotels
because she was not known. She tried
to be Queen incognito after her ar
rival here on Friday from San Fran
cisco and she might have been incog-
nito yet If she had not been recognized
by a former loyal subject who is now
bellboy in a Broadway hotel.
Inc queen was accompanied by
Joshua Rea, the Royal Secretary, John
AimolNu and Myra Heleiuhe
Rea tried TO do business with the
hotel clerks while the rest of the party
remained in the shadow of the hotel
lobby. Almost any hotel clerk who
hadn't Travelled extensively might on
busy afternoon, mistake Rea for
negro, in spite of his straight hair.
Thac mistake was made all along Fifth
avenue and Broadway. Rea didn't
say that he represented the Queen.
AS the royal party was leav lg the
lest hotel on Broadway a bellSoN spied
the Queen. He bowed so low toward
her that he butted the head waiter,
who was passing behind him. 1t
would have been better for him If he
had transposed the butt and the bow
for the head waiter was once a Count
lie was about to have the bell boy
fired when the boy explained matters.
Ihe boy also did good turn for his
former sovereign.
lie had heard Rea tell the driver to
go next to the Hotel Roland He called
a friend of his employed at the Roland
and warned him that the Queen was
coming. The friend told the clerk ana
then made It possible for the terean
to git to bed after Rea, the secretary,
had Passed rigid examination
He asked the clerk at the Roland for
the two best rooms in the house, one
for two ladies' the other for HIM
self and friend
We are very strict at this hotel
about whom we take in" said the
clerk. Have you any baggage?"
Sir exclaimed Rea, throwing down
seventeen trunk and bag checks. IT
am tired of these insults. / am the
Queens secretary. The Queen is here"
| What's she the Queen Off"
She is the Queen Liliuokolani."
That satisfied the clerk. He let the
! Queen and Myra have room $40 and
sent John and Joshua to 307. They
are going to spend the winter in this
city and Washington
The Queen. accompanied by her COM
panioh went shopping in the depart
ment stores yesterday morning They
bought some beads and bright REM
nants for the folks at home and some
department store oil paintings for their
own apartments.
The Queen was terribly put to 1t in
the first store she visited. She got off
the elevator al the art, delicatessen
and fresh fish floor and asked to look
at some paintings.
Yes, ma'am; old. new or medium
masters?' asked the clerk. throwing
out sample of each. The Queen cot
toned to the medium, which was a.
marine. Joshua admired it. too, and
said that the water looked natural
enough to dive in for sea beans The
Queen was pleased by the secretary's
criticism and ordered the picture. but
the clerk spoiled the sale.
IT'S dollar down. lady" he said.
and dollar month for seventeen
months. our collector will call on every
first Monday Please step this way
to the pedigree desk"
The Queen was speechless. Waving
the royal coin-filled reticule in the
clerks face, she swept through the meat
and fish department to the elevator,
followed by her retinue. Myra stop
ped a minute to look at some pigs
knuckles and lost the elevator. She
caught the next car and the nettled
Queen upbraided her roundly.
The party had better luck after that
and selected seven oils and the beads
and remnants before Aunch. In the af-
ternoon they went for a drive in the
park and enjoyed half-hour in the
monkey house.