Show must have nimble heels that royal women are so passion abely fond ot dancing Is not to be won dered at since it Is only within a comparatively recent period that the rigorous etiquette by which they have been surrounded has been modified to the point where it Is permissible la a game of tennis or golf or any game whatever tor an opponent 0 less exalted rank to play his or her best game without infraction of the rule that not even by accident should the royal player be defeated golf tennis and such games lost in terest with those who were obliged to play under these conditions and it was only natural that queens and princesses regarded the ball room the sole place where they might in bulge in exercise on an equal tooting with a partner instead ot an opponent queen V of holland pro the waltz queen alexandra al though 60 still waltzes with as much pleasure as in the days of her youth her sister the empress marlo of rus sla despite her widowhood and her many grandchildren Is still an inde as Is also queen charlotte of so important indeed 1 the matter of dancing to crowned ladles that many foreign governments make point of selecting for certain missions envoys noted tor their skill as waltz ers throughout the reign of queen margherita of italy the british for eign office took care to be represented by the best dancer available the laiq lord vivian his successor sir els ford and after him the late lord dufferin having been as much noted for their dancing as for their cipio matic skill germany too followed the example of great britain and was for years represented at rome by count solms who was invariably selected by queen margherita to open the ball with her at any entertainment where she hap bened to be present illustrated sporting news |