Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-22
PRESENTED AT COURT
Experience Of an American at
an English Royal Levee.
A RAPID TRANSIT FUNCTION.
He Was II and Through and Out Be-
fore He Really RsaIizsd What Had
Happensd-The Way HE Difficulty
About a Costume Was Overcome.

fore He Really ReaIized What Had
Happensd-The Way HE Difficulty
About a Costume Was Overcome.
A six foot American who had Sc
cured command" to one OF the Eng
lish royal levees recently found him
self In a pretty predicament
On his notification paper was the
BILE. In the guileless innocence Of his
democratic soul the American took this
to mean that frock coat and shiny
shoes would be called for.
He was in the act OF looking over his
best outfit Of that nature when more
experienced friend called and caught
him in the act The friend made haste
to inform the misguided Yankee that
levee dress involved silk stockings,
rufiied sleeves, black sword and other
items.
CONSERVATION ensued. 1t continued
to ensue when owing to his height and
girth 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 Els Majesty's theater,
where It had done duty in The Last
Of the Dandies."
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
yeomen disappeared, and he found
himself In a lane Of tin plated life
guardsmen.
Again the scene changed, says Town
and Country. and there was a lane Of
royal footmen and next a large room
filed to overlooking with admirals,
generals, diplomats. peers, chamber
lains, soldiers and sailors Of all de-
grees Of commissioned rank and
great host OF men attired like himself
in levee dress. One by one 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 30
rapid that the American found himself
out and In another room before he
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
fahig, orr eligible for presentation Mt
any court in the world, provided he be-
HAYES himself.
All this was preliminary to the pres
entation OF the mans wife and daugh-
ter at the drawing room. Men are pre-
scented at the kings levees, and the
women undergo the same ordeal at the
courts or drawing rooms, which are
by far the more imposing functions. II
is probably no exaggeration to say that
every time drawing room Is held
100000 Is spent by the people who 60
to court
None but a very old habitue Of the
CORTLAND then she Is never below the
rank of a countesS-would dream OF
appearing at court IN q costume that
she had worn there before. The item
OF flowers alone is one OF vast impor
: lance. II It were not for the drawing
rooms the large florists could not exist
Every woman who is presented goe!
armed with bouquet, whose value u
at least pound, and some Of them arr
worth ten times that sum. Then their
are the bookmakers and the hosiers ant
: the milliners to consider, to say nothing
Of the people who lend carriages.
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, 800 people on the presentation list. O
these every mothers daughter has her
self photographed In her court cos
tune, and London court photographer
are notorious for their stiff prices.
st. James park on the night of
< drawing room is filed with London
? ers who wander up and down the dou
BILE line of carriages stalled in the NAL
peering into the windows and CRITICS
r ing the costumes of the matrons an
t their debutante daughters. 1t Is
< legitimate privilege of the populace t
e consider those waiting for presentato
: as objects Of interest, and there tn
latter have to sit, some Of them owe
an hour, subjected to the gaze Of Lor
don's citizens You see half a doze
9 shopgirls fiattening their noses agains
y the window of motor brougham an
carrying on a rapid fire conversatio
about the dress of milady and he
daughter inside
, "Ain't she beootiful, Mary Ann?" {
"Wot do you think Of this I'M? OF don
like 'er gown at all.
All this has to be borne with Spa
3 tan fortitude so long as there Is L
:. rowdyism; but, strange to say, thel
J. never Is.