A Mob Of High-bred Women

The disgraceful proceedings of a rude and ill-conducted orowd, mainly ! composed of mimen, assembled at the queen's drawing1 room, which "is held for the purpose of enabling women of j accredited positions to pay their respects to their sovereign. and present to her their daughters or other ladies who have not thus made their formal entry into society," is described by the Ladies' Pictorial of London. It is reasonable to suppose that under such ! circumstances the eonduct of the women would be be.vond reproaoh, but, on the contrary, it seems to be somewhat on the order of the crowd at the races, and the approach to the throne is converted into a sceue of confusión and vulgarity. At the first drawing-room in May the gorgeously dressed guests apparently dlsregarded the fact that they were there by the queen's invitation, and also the supposition that they were fit for the honor of reception by her majesty, and self-repose, good ! breeding and the commou form.s of ! liteness were entirely forgotten in their desire to be fir.st. These same women would bc slaocked at the idea of mingling with a work-a-day crowd trying to gain a'imittance to a public building, but here the models of i tesy, dignityandpoliteeducation jostle and elbow thoir way - re;ü!y prod and strike each other in their frenzied eagerness to fight their way to the front. They lose all regard for appearances and consideration for others. The account further says: -'Diamonds, feathers and flowers strew the ground af ter one of these aristocratie melees, veils are torn, and refined features are distorted by heat and wild exertion. Court officials expres their opinions vorv hard, but no attention is paid to this. The struggle goes on with the same desperate fury, and by the time these fraudes dames appcar before the queen they are haggard and almost untidy." On former occasions their disorderly conduet has not come directly to the queen"s notice, but finally the scuffling has reached the royal ear, and it is considered necessary to restrict the members admitted, in order to protect the royal faniily from their subjects, and avoid the actual presence of a cordon of pólice to keep the ladies from pelting cach other with bouquets and tumbling hcadlong into the queen's preaenee. So the edict has gone forth that hereafter there shall be only a lirnitcd nuraber received.