Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-30
ROYALTY ENJOYS
FAIR AND LAGER
aUEEN DELIGHTS IN SAME
SIGHTS AS GRANDCHILDREN
Mobility In Beer Hall--Tltles Rub
Elbows With Common Herd and
Join In Chorus With
Singers
sneclal cahla 10 The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 29-That the English
court and English society are becoming
democratic in their diversions was evil
dent at Earl's court the other day,
when first Queen Alexandra arrived
with her nephew, the duke Of Sparta,
and his duchess, and then her friends
the duchess of Portland, Lady de Grey,
and Miss Charlotte Knollys appeared
with their escorts, Count Gensdorn,
Austrian minister, and King Edward s
friend. M. de Several, Portuguese min
lister. Later most of the party was
reinforced by the duchess of MARI
borough.
Others of the court set were to be
seen having thoroughly hilarious
evening in the lager beer hall in the
thick of a beer drinking crowd. =.
Queen Alexandra doubtless had
heard of the manifold fascinations OF
the place from her little grandchildren.
Prince Edward of Wales, and his Sis
ter and brothers, who were taken there
by their parents as treat Immediately
after the arrival of the prince and
princes of Wales from India, ana
have ever since voted 1t the most
ripping show in London"
Queen Doesn't Shoot Down Slide
Her majesty and the ladies who were
with her did not succumb as did Eng
lands future king and sister, Princess
Mary, to the seductive delights of
shooting down the miners slide in the
salt mine-where an Irish guide with
a German accent tells how he could
scarcely get the little royal visitors
away from that portion of the mine.
But the queen showed almost as naive
delight as her grandchildren had done
in the fascinating toys carved by ar
tist peasants in the Tyrolese village.
She made many purchases and stayed
a long time watching the dances of the
pretty Tyrolese 1naidens and men. The
queen conversed with the Austrians in
their own language and her majesty
charmed every one with whom she
came in contact.
So delighted were the duke and duch-
ess of Sparta and others of the party
with the show that they remained after
the queen had left, dining in the exhibit
ton and taking part in all the fun OF
the affair.
Royalty In a Beer Hall
After dusk visit to the Viennese
theater was followed by adjournment
to the lager beer hall, which was
crowded with all sorts and conditions
of Londoners and foreign residents of
London, who rubbed shoulders with
royal prince, a royal princess, two am
bassadors, Count Mensdorff, and M. de
Several, one duchess, her grace of Mari
borough. and a society beauty, Miss
Muriel Wilson. who were seated at a
long table with mugs of beer or cups of
coffee in front of them. They joined
with gusto in the choruses of the latest
Viennese comic songs and the conti-
mental versions of "Bill Bailey" and
my Little Wooden Hut" They beat
time with white gloved hands ON a
wooden table to the music of the or
chestra, which for their benefit played
until nearly midnight.
The scene would have made a good
subject for an impressionist artist, with
the darkness and foliage outside and
within a blaze of light illuminating the
faces of well known stars of the Wen
nese music halls, and the figures of
distinguished men in evening dress and
ladies in charming demitoilettes.
Duchess Dressed la Viennese
The duchess of Marlborough, whose
piquant beauty of face and slender
grace always rivet attention, was
dressed with her usual exquisite taste
in the latest Viennese mode. She wore
a coat of ivory satin and cloth over a
lace dress and a high crowned hat of
petunia straw with shaded plumes i'll
the same color.
Muriel Wilson's brunette beauty was
enhanced by a coat of vivid crimson
cloth worn with a black dress and a
black shade hat, with a mantilla like
lace veil and splash of scarlet roses at
one side. Waving a big black fan as
she Joined in the choruses, she looked
a typical Spanish beauty. Many were
the exclamations of admiration from
the crowd outside the cafe, which took