Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-22
HER HAPPY MEMORY.
Nellie Grant Sartoris' EecollectIons
OF Her Reception at the
British Court.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 12.-Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartoris sympathizes with
Miss Alice Roosevelt in her proposed Wis
it to London. Mrs. Sartoris was the
first daughter of an American President
TO be presented at st. James. One Of the
happiest memories of her life is the sea-
son which she spent in London She
was then girl just the age that Miss
Roosevelt will be at the time Of her visit
is years
Mrs. Sartoris enters into the spirit Of
Miss Rooseyet's visit and follows all the
details with the keenest appreciation
Perhaps the sorrows of later years
nave cast halo around that season
which she spent in London when girl
speaking of 1t to friend the other day
she said
I do not think it possible for anyone
TO be as happy as | was then. 1t may
be that we have a fuller capacity for
happiness when we are is. Probably
Miss Roosevelt is better prepared fer the
gorgeous pageantry OF royalty than
was. In my day the functions at the
white house, the receptions and teas diff
tered little from similar occurrences in
any other household in the land.
'Go!hg to court was like entering won,
derland. At least, il appeared So 60 me.
can recall everything as wildly an
though it were yesterday.
u remember London as great,
smoky town, very uUi>y and hcwilderins
after the quiet repose of Washington.
Most of all recall the motherly kind.
ness OF the venerable Queen, the c0utly
politeness of her attendants ANA the en-
thusiastic admiration which was every.
where expressed for the Soldicrly quail,
ties and the kindly characteristics Of NY
beloved father.
Train Engrossed Her Whole Mind.
NO words can adequately express my
intense admiration of my court gown
| put il on again and again and prac
ticcd for hours how to manage il anG
how to make a graceful exit with it.
This was my first trailing gown. ans
II was as momcntous an occasion as cas-
be Imagined 1t is no easy task for &
novice TO courtesy and manage such 4
train.
Il remember had a pretty litIc
speech prepared, but from the time that
! passed within the great drawing room
doors until after my exit my whole soul
was concentrated ON my gown. and Il
was only attcUWard that | appreciated
the ilindlincss OF the Queen or the beauty
of the scene. forgot my little speech
and could only respond with mu1nur,
to the gentle remarks of Queen Vic
toria."
Mrs. Sartoris remembers going 10 In,
balls and the parties and dinners ami
the awe with which she looked upon tn,
heJcwelcd courtiers and the pcercSses OF
Great Britain.
Mrs Sartoris went to London in IN,
spring of 1874 with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugl
McCullough Mr.. McCullough was III,
secretary of the treasury during the seq
0nd term of President Linz yin and mn
der Andrew Johnson The trim ahroa,
was not made for the purpose of present
ing Miss Grant at court. The pres
entation WAS rather incidental in the ton,
which the President had arranged for hi.
son Fred and his daughter Nellie, under
the care of his old friends
When If was announced that Mis-,
Grant would go abroad, Sir Edwar,
Thornton. the British minister nj Wash
ington, extended an invitation. in IN,
name of Queen Victoria, to the draw
ing room. to he held during Miss Grant,
stay. After her arrival in London ant
her presentation she was invited b,
Queen Victoria 10 dine and spend III.
night N Windsor castle.
a Night ot Windsor Castle.
The Queen sent her lady-iu-waiting nm,
Miss Grant proceeded 10 this Old ,HsrIt
in royal equipage. The simple Nmrrirg,
girl was rather Overpowered hy the sol
emn grandeur and stateliness of Wind
sor The season that year was unusually
brilliant. and after the honorS conferred
by Queen Victoria. London society, not
withstanding the fact that il wasted Iii
tie love on Gen. Grant or anything Amer
lear in those days, Immediately began L
fete the attractive girl. She spent sin
weeks in London, each day round OF