Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17

II was quite amusing to note the at.
ttude OF the maids when thcv greeted
the two OF us who had been snow
bound. The general impression seem.
ed to be that We had been snowbound
Oh the range for several days and must
be desperately hungry, One of the
s'rls inquired in regard to the two
people who died on the train from ex
pcsure and starvation during the block
ade. Another asked which of us was
of Spanish descent, and another asked
Miss Blake II I wasn't fuil-blooded
Mexican. | felt constrained to remark
that all of the ancestors l knew any.
thing about were English and French
but II is possible that few Spanish
ancestors were stranded on the coast
OF the English channel at the time of
the Armada It's hard to remember
so far back,
( About TO-: 30 queen. maids, chaperons
and officials In charge took their
places in waiting automobiles. and an
enormous crowd quickly gathered. Her
majesty. as Mr.. Miller always address.
ed her. was escorted to n tall throne
presumably the gilt coronation chair
draped in pink and white. Her ladies'
in-waiting, Misses Excie Cady and Gen.
evieye Hartig. took their places on
either side slightly TO the front, while
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OF the throne to guard against acci
dents, through the chair slipping The
rest OF us filed three large autos
There was considerable delay while
pictures were taken and the people
commented freely In regard to the re
spective good looks of the different
maids. Oddly enough there was littls
comment on the queen or her ladies
Most of the conversation which reach
cd us referred to the maids In general
although In some cases Individual
were singled out II was quite re
lief to one weary traveller to hear M
unfriendly criticism, since for the
honor of La Plata county she should
look her best.
! The band started off at length fol
lowed by the queens chariot, the other
autos falling In behind. and until noon
we were on parade. A number of
other conveyances Joined us, and by
the time we returned to the Albany
we were part of a lengthy procession
| Lunch followed-a most elaborate
and formal affair. We ate with our
wraps on, at the queens request, with.
out even an opportunity to remove our
auto wells. The table was very pretty
and so were the girls. and of course 1t
was all a part OF the game, but this
particular maid Is not sure whether
Il is quite so much fun being court
lady as It is said to be! II took us
two hours to eat that lunch-which did
seem like rather waste of time!
| Without changing anything but our
wells, we entered special street car
awaiting us and went out to the stock
yards, and spent about an hour looking
at the prize animals, there in readi.
ness for the coming week. They were
beauties as even novice could see,
and were housed with great effective.
ness. Decorations were not complete,
but were on most elaborate scale.
Red lilies we're used in abundance
both in the stalls and the seats OF the
Coliseum, and with the green foliage
made most effective trimming.
A visit to the Auditorium. where
the big apple show was in progress
followed. This was, for the most of
the party, a parting glimpse. but for
Miss Blake and myself. our first trip.
A program was being carried out and
OF dinarily it would have given nleas-
ure TO have listened to the distinguish
ed speakers, but with so short space
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