Queen Victoria's Ladies

"Witli 01 icoptifm, al! Qúeen ria's ladies in waiting ws. Süice her husband's death her Majesty has always Belectod ladioí similarly ber !'!i v reoeive 6800 a 'yo ir, which ís :; v -r acceptable ndditiön tó the jointure ïiiili peocess. They are always v.-ivcs or widows of poers. Yon Jii1 no( coni Ld( red digi ble as " maids of hohor," uiilcss i'i, grand-daun;h'tëia ofa peor, ni rank than ñn Earl. They t íhvariably solootcd fron ■ ! iu"']iters of the daughters or yóungor si poerBí :íiii'1 ara in a position w i , thoir salary ot L800 ;i yeár an ol ei i The Ufe of :i muid of honor at tho Oorir) i t Queen Victoria lms been ns freé from all toülütatioil Lo s(iiii ti) l'iillv :is t,}m. nf' the young ladioe whom we read f in h Grammont's Memoira waafull, and " Jennmgs" and the other two charming of I . 's peiu'il wliicli have handed down by liim i ity, vrould ■ iiivi1 i Ifülly bóredby theWindsor of to-day, which; nevor Hvcly for youag lodiea dturing the preseni r even al il"' best of tiniés, is ñow fl tliiin ever. The rtiftida of honor i their titte of'"höiloïble," which thoy reoeivc 071 aippointtnont, fitter they marry, bui il is nol thi ir position is riot oonsidcröd to adwinoc ihoirprospi making ;t good mat oh, mul in . worldly point of view, they rarely marry w.-ll. Tho QüeoB génorálly preaonta et of honor with a handsome prosei money on her marriag hnnuinoa inavl which i- her almosi invariable gii thein : tin ir poMtions long af ter they havo reaohed middle lito, aatd one now retiivd, who was removed, tttrn doaf ear to repeated intiniatibi - n aignation woutd be aooepl d, old enougb to have boon hor Maji motilar. Ti);---. are always numi applicants for_aU tWt pffffiitionii aboul the court, but ut thu same time, many of whom t!i.' Q,uoeu jvoüld p j iikr to have about her aecline; .-ml, i'. Hiere is liltle iñduceiaoat to pi ,;..;;, ín ;i high position toundertako such du( In tbrmer days -. ólose conm ctipn ed Ik:'. Ween OÓÜTt Jilee, ■;; and pi it is a muit ory that the late Sir Etobert Peel, at an nt reign, deolmod te, ivernineiit bocauee 1 1 1 ■ - 1 1.. with certain nii ■ her housohold, "friends of ber yonth," hos ■ nfli I wbuld r : oyn. Now, howcvor, excepi in t!i Of the üii-t. I is ;i high offioo of state, m ter very raroly ral „, to the prosenoo of any particular lady, althongh 110 doubt it' he did so s!io would bo oblio-od gn. ín London the Lidias in waiting do not actually livo at th palaoe,bu( arefotchèd and oarried, aocordihgly &g their attondquired, by a roy] oarriage : 1 at kheirdisposal; bat the maids of honor live ut thie palaoe, both in town and country. Tl,. Qnoen lwys Bhows ldndly rei 1 1 sorvani servil,;:; it, (vhctliOt of Ie 1 ■