| Show court etiquette in prince alberts days the etiquette of tho court was extremely severe anil some of tho young ladies in attendance had be reminded that they were expected to remain standing when the queen or prince was in the room and moreover they must not mix in the conver by word or laughter save when requested A certain maid of honor who had a beautiful singing voice and had since become a charming peeress was bidden one day to sil down at tho piano and sin something diio declined forgetting that the queens wish was a command the queen insisted kindly but tho maiden urged that she had a coldi well then you had better go to bed said her oh no thank you but if you don t mind ill sit donn and so she did on a maid of hori or vrho had the queen to the opera and who should have taken a set at the back of box heedlessly sat down in the chair reserved for the prince consort A look from tho queen warned her that sho had committed a blunder but the girl was either or stubborn lor she merely removed to the next sent jn the front row intended for another member of the royal family and not only stuck to her place but ignored tho filiip ta of things by applauding pla tho like the reat of the audience this however was tat so bad as that newly appointed equerry who had been told thit lie must appear in atnee at the royal dinner table but who caine in trousers and naively apologized to tho by saying eliat ha biad found his new breeches too tight |
