Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . me their seats are hardlynecessary. The King never dances, but the Queen opensthe ball by dancing the quadrille dhonneur with one of theAmbassadors, and after that general dancing is carried onaccording to the programme. The dance favor presentedto the ladies on entering is usually quite a little work of artin velvet, satin, silver, etc„, the one prepared for the Queenbeing identical in design, although more richly ornamented. Early in life the Queen was very delicate,
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . me their seats are hardlynecessary. The King never dances, but the Queen opensthe ball by dancing the quadrille dhonneur with one of theAmbassadors, and after that general dancing is carried onaccording to the programme. The dance favor presentedto the ladies on entering is usually quite a little work of artin velvet, satin, silver, etc„, the one prepared for the Queenbeing identical in design, although more richly ornamented. Early in life the Queen was very delicate, and so thin as tobe almost transparent; but in the course of years she hasgrown stouter, and now may be said to be almost too stoutfor beauty, She knows both German and Italian literature THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ITALY. 163 well, is fond of music, and sings herself widi taste and likes the society of men of thought and letters, and at herintimate evening teas may be met some of the leading menof the land, who drop into chat away an hour without cere-mony. The Italians have a sort of sentimental cultus for their. BOUDOIR OF QUEEN MARGUERITE. Queen ; her name. Marguerite (Daisy), is symbolized in manyways, and the daisy occurs in every form of festive own favorite emblem is the pearl, of which she wearsstrings upon strings around her neck, so that rows ofpearls the Queen can always be recognized if by no othersign, Every year these rows of pearls grow richer, for the 164 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. King, who shares the Queens semi-barbarian love of preciousstones, adds annually a string to the precious necklet, until itnow descends far below her waist, and has really lost some ofits eleofant and decorative character. Whilst talking of the jewels of Queen Marguerite of Italy,it may be worth while mentioning that the Queen Regent ofSpain owns the very finest pearl in the universe. It is calledthe Peregrina, and was fished up in the year 1560 by a negroboy.
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