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comans I 1 lifto I 1 FC it Is ia lidVil ablo to do 1 it thoroughly can annually attend drawing room tor for alio future nail and w will ill only ru quiri to be ba re ra w when hen you yon marry or you attain an m C 1 itlo etiole anxious to arrive ca early aly I 1 lundo homo home mostly nt fit half pait twelve to ono one being contout tu to wait patiently in ia the mall or air buckingham palace read boad and ant elduro thu the eager inspection ot of a denso crowd who wot or una fine line the roval peor peer loto into the carriages fur and often laugh and aad make audible remar romi irka its gibout tho inmates there is IB however no lao lack k of amusement the leof beef baters oaters ia a their quaint scarlet tudor dresses with their ruffa and ae low w crowned lists hats encircled with rod red w white bito and blue ribbon march hal halb roJa brola in in hand tu to buckingham palace to take taka U up their stations along the corridors corr idora anil pa stair easco tho the at orma arma troop in by twos and twos in scarlet uniform Uni term form gold helmet abil white hite wnm ing plumes they er are 0 also on duty w within athin the palace you yon sea thorn them in ia 0 each room gR guarding arding the tha burners barriers aa mal 1 preventing tho the entrance ol of moro more people than will comfortably fill 1111 thorn them la ili tho the room adjoining tho the throne room they stand in is 11 line lina ready to act 1 as I a 11 flable bodyguard body guard to tile the royal family it required nail ana another una line divides off the lower end ot of tho the picture gallery forming a sort of corridor to the throne room there chero Is ia no BO b bettor c ater place for seeing the iho dresses dreB Boa 1 I 14 lwills miko make a rule of getting close ba behind hind these gentlemen at armis oil aa soon bit an I 1 havo have passed tho the royal presence proBo noa and so BO between their see bee the runt of 0 the company in III single fale their fralan behind thota them ono or more of 0 the household trompa are on oil duty lit in tho the courtyard court yard and act as to tho the royal perso personages mages who ut tho the drawing room annd it is a very pretty bight to BLO tho the in tho the gold coats coata through st james lurli to ta take up tip their OHi tiou aul and play piny throughout the rea reception eption I 1 have bavo nevor ever myself heard them iu in tho the palace but in some ot of the rooms you can an atad I 1 when I 1 god doa tho the bacce i is a play played ed you know hint flint boy bor majesty hil has s entered the alio presence chamber the iho equipages equi pages 0 of ILE abase adors ministers mims tuia anil and other lie dis people eiloo ulao flit to bud and fro but they do not fall into tho the line iino hav har ing tho the privilege of alef ala entree entitles them to enter the palace by a special entrance to occupy the first to tile tha t throat roon room hall bal to pass before tho life bacon first at last after a long waiting ilo lino line of carriages begins begina to move n 1 and in I 1 limo me y you 0 it pit anaa he t through h r 0 a h I 1 abo it a alno n a g galaway ajl G into tho the inner quadrangle und and slight alight at tho ilia steps of 01 tho the grand on OL ilera here you will seo sea somo bamo few scarlet coated servants ner vanta aud and imd find carpol carpeting linT you iou crosb crosa tho the really hall hail paved with Varia variegated gated marble tho the ceiling supported by white marble columns the a OJ d rin thian capitals of mosaic and gold and up a few steps reach a dining room ahorn cloaks aud and wraps aro are left eft leav I 1 ing 1 g thin thib you ascend wo tho stair cago enter I 1 iho h a picture gallery leave one buu of tho the t to to cards carda with which you ure tire provided w with alth tile tha page in iii editing who stands by a raised crimson covered coye desk and then hurry ou on through the tha concett concert room into tile the furthest furt heit of aka salto of d ing 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