Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-07-25

Happened-The way His Difficulty
About Costume Was Overcome.
A six foot American who had Sc
| cured command TO one Of the Eng
lish royal levees recently found him
sell in a pretty predicalnent-
ON mis- notification paper was the
hin, that levee dress was indispensa-
lie. In the gulleless innocence OF his
democratic soul the American took this
IN mean that frock coat and shiny
shoes would he called for.
| He was IN the act of looking over his
Lest outfit of that natule when a more
exuerierced friend called aud caught
him IN the act. The friend made haste
to inform the misguided Yankee that
| Ievee dress involved silk stockings,
ruffied sleeves. black sword and other
| items.
! CONSERVATION ensued. 1t continued
To ensue when owing TO his height and
glrth no borrowable suit was discov-
| cred and no tailor could be found who
| would make one before the next after
noon. At last stage levee dress was
rented from His Majesty's theater,
| where it had done duty in THE Last
Of the Dandles."
After the levee was over the Ameri-
can confessed that he hardly knew
what had happened. When he reached
| the palace he was first surrounded by
the yeomen Of the guard, who started
| him upstairs with great dispatch. In
| the course Of his progress upstairs the
yeornen disappeared, and he found
| himself In Il lane OF tin plated life
| guardsmen.
| Again the scene changed, says Town
and Country. and there was lane OF
royal footmeu and next a large room
| filled To oyerfiowing with admirals.
| generals. diplomats, peers. chamber
| lains, soldiers and sailors Of all de-
grees of commissioned rank and n
great host of men attired like himself
| In levee dress. one by ono they were
singled out and ushered into the royal
presence in the adjoining room, where
stood the king surrounded by his suit
The work OF presentation was so
rapid that the American found himself
out and in another room before be
knew what had happened. His over
coat was on his back in the same
rapid, mysterious fashion, and the
next thing he knew he was outside In
the courtyard. But he was actually
presented" and is now forever Hof
fnhig, or eligible for presentation at
any court in the world, provided he be
HAYES himself.
All this was preliminary TO the pres
eutation of the mans wife and daugh-
ter at the drawing room. Men are pre-
! sented at the kings leyees, and the
women undergo the same ordeal at the
courts or drawing rooms, which are
by far the more imposing functions. 1t
is probably no exaggeration to say that
every time a drawing room is held
100000 is spent by the people who go
to court
None but very old habitue of the
CORTLAND then she is never below the
rank of a countess would dream OF
appearing at court in costume that
she had worn there before. The item
of flowers alone is one of vast impor-
lance. If 1t were not for the drawing
rooms the large florists could not exist
Every woman who is presented goes
armed with bouquet, whose value is
at least pound, and some of them are
worth ten times that sum. Then there
are the bookmakers and the hosiers and
the milllners to consider, to say nothing
of the people. who lend carriages
Suppose there are ut low estimate
900 people on the presentation list or
| these every mothers daughter has her
self photographed In her court cos
tune, and London court photographers
are notorious for their stiff prices
81. james park on the night Of
drawing room is filed with London
ers who wander up and down the dou-
| Die line of carriages stalled in the mall,
| peering into the windows and critics.
ing the costumes OF the matrons and
their debutante daughters. 1t Is IL
legitimate privilege Of The populace to
! consider those waiting for presentation
as objects of interest. and there the
latter have to sit. some of them over
an hour. subjected to tho gaze OF Lon
don'S citizens You son half dozen
shopgirls fattening their noses against
the window Of motor brougham and
carrying on u rapid lire conversation
| about the dress of miady aud her
daughter inside.
Amt she beootlful Mary Ann;" or
''Wot do YOU think of this IN? OF don't
| like 'er gown NJ all"
| All this has TO hc borne with Spar
tan fcrtitudo so long as there is no
rowdyism; but. strange 10 say, there
never is.
good many people starve them
selves for month, so that they aud
their offspring may have tho money TO
enable them TO 20 to court. There are
many half pay colonies VINO live IN
the country whose one object is 10
come up TO! a drawing room.
Generally they have influential apd
wealthy friends who make Il easy FOR
,hem in the matter Of lodging In town
Ind lend them their horses. carriages
and footmen; otherwise IL would be Inn
possible for them 10 60. There seems
10 10 a Tradition thof ~ :. mani a sS,,N