In The Queen's Household

"Life in Queen Victoria"s household is very pleasant," said a well known Duchess, "and very useful tothose who are in or near the court. They meet the very highest class of people of all nations, and it is a dull porsun indeed, who does not learn to be interesting and diplomatic before she has been there any length of time. The Queen herself is delightfully pleasant to every one about her, and exceedingly mindful of their comfort. She is very fond of society, and gives many dinners and receplions, where the ladies about her have a chance to display themselves at their best. Indeed, she eneourages them in all their efforts to make the social lite of the Crown as perfect as possible. She stands the exactions of her life wonderfully. In all sorts of weather she rides out once a day, and when it is pleasant twice, besides attending public occasions almost every week. Indeed, many younjf women would hesitate to stand the work which the Queen takes upon herself at the ripe age oí 72. Both in temper and action she is a remarkable woman at her age, and there is not one about her who does not have for her the highest respect. " To keep up the royal household pertaining- to the Queen herself costs 31,900,000 per annum. Out of this vast sum she receives for herself for pocket money $300,000. The rest goes to tradesmen and to the men who bask in the sunshine of her favor. The women whom she calis about her as associates cost only about $."0,000 a year, while the salaries paid to the male ornamenta about the throne run into the hundreds of thousnnds, nnd they are many of them comparatively useless while the womcn e;irn their salaries. -