The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
AMERICANS PRESENTED AT
COURT.

democratic soul the American took this
shoes would be called for.
He was in the act of looking over his
best outfit of that nature when a more
experienced friend called and caught
him in the act. The friend made haste
to inform the misguided Yankee that
leyee dress involved silk stockings,
ruffled 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 His 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 lane of tin plated life
guardsmen.
Again the scene changed, says Town
and Country, and there was a lane Of
royal footmen and next large room
filed to overlooking with admirais,
generals, diplomats, peers, chamber
lains, soldiers and sailors Of all de.
grees of commissioned rank and a
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 SO
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
presented" and Is now forever Hof
fahig, or eligible for presentation at
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-
sented 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. 1t
is probably no exaggeration to say that
every time, drawing room is held
100000 is spent by the people who go
to court.
None but very old habitue of 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 1mpor-
lance. If it 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 a pound, and some of them are
worth ten times that sum. Then there
are the bookmakers and the hosiers and
| the milliners to consider, to say nothing
of the people who lend carriages.
Suppose there are at a low estimate
500 people on the presentation list OF
these every mothers daughter has her
self photographed in her court cos
tune, and London court photographers
are notorious for their stiff prices.
st. James park OH the night Of g
drawing room is filled with London
ers who wander up and down the dou
BILE line of carriages stalled In the mall
peering into the windows and CRITICS
ing the costumes of the matr0ns anC
their debutante daughters. 1t e 9
legitimate privilege Of the pOpulace K
consider those waiting for presentation
as objects Of interest, and there the
latter have to sit, some Of them Ovel
an hour, subjected to the gaze Of Lon
don's citizens. You see half dozeI
shopgirls flattening their noses agains
the window of motor brougham anG
carrying On a rapid fire conversation
about the dress of milady and he
daughter inside.
Saint she beootiful, Mary Amp O
"Wot do you think Of this un? Oh dom
like 'er gown at all"
All this has to be borne with Spar
tan fortltude so long as there Is n
rcwdyism; but, strange to say, Their
never is.
A good many people starve them
selves for months so that they an,
their offspring may have the money t
enable them to go to court. There ar
many half pay colonies who live Il
the country whose one object Is t
come up for a drawing room.
Generally they have influential an
wealthy friends who make it easy 70
them ia the matter Of lodging in tow
and lend them their horses, carriage
and footmen; otherwise it would be In
possible for them to go. There seem
to be tradition that If mans daugf
ter has not been presented at cour
. her way to successful marriage wi
. not be so smooth. That OF course Is
| fallaCy but the tradition never di0i