The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-22


his dSe-snter the name OF Alexandria in
compliment to the Emperor of Russia
Others OF the dukes family and the royal
household had planned to name her
Georgiana Victoria. out of compliment
to her ancestors. tie Georges. but her
father insisted on giving her the name
of Alexandrina The Georgiana Was
omitted. because it was felt that the name
Of George could never be made second
airy TO any other name The fact that
she signed herself simply Victoria was
noted at the time by the members Of the
council and the attendants. ana was
warmly approved by the nation. The first
signature attached to the article of al
legiance was that Of the Duke Of Cumbsr-
land, the eldest surviving son of George
III, who. upon the accession of Queen
Victoria. took the crown Of Hanover.
First Years OF Her Reign
a year and eight days interviewed be-
tween the young Queens accession and
the formal ceremonies of coronation. the
latter taking place on June Is. 1885 Dur
ing this time no change was made in the
/ administration The Queen resided al
Windsor, and took only such part in the
/ Government as was absolutely necessary.
/ Miss Martineau in her diary. writes as
+ follows Of the Queen at this period: 1t
I SO happened that I never saw her when
/ she was not laughing and talking and
/ moving about. At a tragedy, or going to
a banquet, or TO dissolve her predeces-
( sors Parliament, it was just the same.
+ TT UEa
cready's Lear was filling al. other
hearts and eyes. chatting to the Lord
I Chamberlain. and laughing, with her
shoulder turned up 10 the stage I was
! indignant, like good many other peo-
! pie, but in the fourth act I saw her at
! tention fixed. and then she laughed no
more
! From the vivaeious girl, who was always
/ Laughing and talking and moving about"
/ she was greatly changed before the first
I two years Of her reign were compile. ed.
/ The cares and perpIexities of her new es-
tate reduced her in that time to reaee-
! tive woman, who seemed TO be rapidly
OUTLYING the years of her age. The critic
/ before quoted notes that "the expression
/ OF her face was wholly altered. It Rad re-
! come bold and discontinued. That was, il
is supposed. the least happy part of her
( life Released from salutary restraints CT
1 youth, fattered and pampered by the eIat-
! ed Wings who kept her to themselves,
misled by Lord Melbourne, and not yer
( having found her home, she was not like
| the same girl she was before. nor the
Z same woman she has been since Her
| mother had gone on the scene, and Ter
| husband had not come on The Wings
! about her made a great boast Of the oblI-
cations she was under to Lord Melbourne,
| but the rest OF the world perceiYes that
/ all her serious mistakes were made while
I she was in Lord MeIbourne's hands, and
/ that all vent we'll after she was once
fairly under the guidance of Sir Robert
Peel, and happy IN a virtuous home CT her
own
| The Coronation.
The coronation was the first grand oc-
casion On which she met the nobility and
I the popuIaee. It was attended with i'm
/ mense popular enthusiasm. Miss Martin
/ eau's description is IN caustic vein she
| writes; From my high seat commands
| ed the whole north transept, the area
, with the throne. and many portions OF
| the galleries, and the balconies which
! were called vaultings- Except a mere
/ sprinkIing of oddities, everybody was in
/ full dress In the whole assemblage I
counted six bonRets. The scarlet OF the
! military officers mixed in well. and the
/ groups OF the clergy we're dignided but
to an unaeeustomed eye the prevalence OF
/ court dresses had curious effect was
perpetualIy taking groups Of gentlemen
for Quakers, till I recoIIected myself The
{ Earl MarshaFs assistants, called gold
/ sticks, looked well from above. lightly
. fitting about in white Dreeches, silk
/ stockings, bIue-faced frocks. and white
sashes. The throne, an armchair with
/ round back, covered as was its sootstooI,
with cloth of geld, stood on an ELEVATION
| OF four steps, in the centre of the area.
The first peeress took her seat il the
north transept. opposite. at a quarter
before noon. and three OF the Bishops
came next. From that time the peers
and their ladies' arrived faster and fast
er. Each peeress was conducted by Two
goId-sticks. one OF whom handed her 10
her seat and the other bore and arranged
her train on her lap, and saw that her
eoronet, 6ootstool. and book we're com
fortably placed.
y nevar saw anywhere so remarkable a
contrast between youth and age as in those
noble ladies' None of the decent differ
ences of dress which, according to middle
/ class customs, pertain to contrasting Pc
! RODS of life seem to be admissible on these
grand court occasions. Old hays, with
+ their dyed and false hair drawn to the top
of the head. 10 allow putting on the coro-
+ net. had their necks and arms bare and
glittering with diamonds; and those necks
ana arms were so brown and wrinkled as
! 10 make one sick. or were busted over with
white powder which was worse than what
( It disguised saw something Of this from
! my seat in the transspt gallery, but much
more when the ceremonial was over, and
I the peeresses were passing 10 their car
/ riages or waiting for them. The younger
we're as lovely as the aged were haggard
! One beautiful creature, with transceRdent
/ complexion and form. and coils upon coils
/ of light hair. was terribly embarrassed
| about her eoronet. She had apparently
forget that her hair must be disposed with
/ a view to it, and the large braids on the
( back would in no way permit the coronet
/ to keen. on. She and her neighbor tugged
vebemently at the braids, and at last the
! LII ,,-,a HON. aFfa a Tnarnar hr1t ca ~.