Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19
TO ENTERTAIN ROYALTY
Cost Duchess Of Roxburghe ST.
100000 to Alter Castle.
King mud Queen Always Invite Them
scIvcs--Iiost IL Notified and lie
Must submit List OF Proposed
house Party.

test of a hostess. To become the guest OF
subject Is the greatest personal honor
which n sovereign can bestow; but the
subject thus honored pays big price for
It, both in anxiety and in money. For ex-
ample. when Lord Lonsdale entertained
'he German Emperor at his home in the
North of England 1T cost the earl some
100000 to prepare for his imperial guest
md entertain him for few weeks; and
The Duchess of Roxburshe formerly
Miss May Goelet) spent moro than $l,0oO,-
coo in remodclling the interior Of her
Scottish home, Floors castle. for the re-
ception or the Prince and Princess Of
Wales.
There arc three classes Of visits paid
by royalty, full state" the most formal
of all; "semi-statc," generally when a
public institution or exhibition is to he
opened, and weekend visits the most
Informal and frequently prolonged to
last the entire week
ALWAYS INVITE THEMSELVES.
OF course. any Invitation" to royalty
| Is necessarily farccal as their ma jcstics
always invite themselves. says Caesell's
Saturday Journal This is done in the
| following manner: The subject whom the
| King wishes to honor receives a letter
| from his maicsties private secretary say
| Ing their majestes would he pleased to
honor him with brief Weekend visit.
Would the prospective host therefore
write direct to the King or the Queen,
Is the case might be, 50 wing that he had
become aware of the situation ana offer
80 mat. t. ,,,,,,. ,, ,' .,., ,1,H
erap' i'''Vr VI acceptance Is H'i''-'
OH -I nd
'hai IiliN an" S'"''o"S 'P'HtI'-"'" '"e
tnIns II ""'t'
Inc ''S' '"'nS IS 10 ascertain ""e'''!
'neir "'H|S!'S "'SlIe l'ouSe i'"''H' anu
"hethor Only ''' hlhE Is CONNIE
Usually however mouse party Is
madc up ana OF course invitations arc
greatly to he desired Wheh the Nlhs ana
queen are 10 pc present
BEFORE inc invitations are sent out the
list OF proposed guests Is sent TO LORD
knolINS Nils ho"aras '"hhoential pr-
Na'e secretary anu ny MIN put before
HIS Majesty. IL very rarely happens
that name Is struck OIL as undeslr-
hole' out II sometimes happens that
the most an" IoSl'SS nave peeh unaware
OF an 'PlSo"c We'll KNOWN TO the royal
hous'ho'u'
AFTER inc hst or guests mas been de-
cided upon the alterations to the house
must he considered, and this entails
enormous expense. The Countess of War
WICK spent nearly 1io"o IN redecorating
Easton lodge for brief royal visit. and
Lord Derby ana the Duchess of Devon
shire nave spent more thah twice this
sum.
Nr-sr O1.rpt1,r.r 1,p,r>-,c,,
haul the drainage from top to bottom
"A troublesome ana costly business. The
Almost fatal VISIT to King Edward Ghcn
Irlhce OIL "aies) 10 LORD Londreporough
IN lsI Is Always porne IN mind as II
was lheh 'hat the prince contracted the
tYphoid FEVER that almost cost MN his
NE AS 10 'he housing OF the royal
party there must be SUITE entirely
separate, with private entrances, possibly
OF TO saroeh Many OF lhe prlncely
mansions OF England nave royal suites
1urnlshed IN accordance with the tastes
OF both soVerclSns.
Iheh there are the lords and ladies'
IN waiting private secretaries ana ser
wants to be considered Both soverelsns
take large stan or their own servants
WIN 'hem Wherever 'heF go Tor they
IKE 10 nave iaihlllar races about them'
Ihese servants Keep near their royal
master ana mistress az dinner ana re-
celVe the dishes Drought to them by the
1ootneh at the mousse lhcre are also
the ANIMALS 10 ne taken care or King
Eo"ard generally taxes MS 1aVor'te cob
whlie the queen goes nowhere without
her pet does ana blrds-and these must
nave specal accommodation
ONLY typECr,r1, AT ,I>-xrp
As to the days routine when a woman
has royal guests in the house, | may say
that the only meal at which the King
and Queen are expected to appear is
dinner.
The guests assemble in the drawing
room about FIVE minutes before nine An
avenue is formed, with the men on one
side and the ladies on the other AT
length the King and Queen enter His
Ma jestY. of course takes in the hostess.
while the Queen goes in with the host
These -four walk right down the avenue
Of guests who courtesy low and then fol-
low, according 20 rank
At dinner, too only the royal person
ages are provided with "A menu card and
finger bowls are cuuspicu1usly absent at
dessert This is the result of an incident
OF the Jacobitc days. WHOM an Unaffected
guest held his glass across the bowl.
thus drinking T.. TN. ure.or,ler aha