PEERESSES ON EXHIBITION
Just after the Coronation several peeresses exhibited themselves and their robes at a modest fee, to the advantage of charity and the gratification of other envious peeresses. In North Queensland, fifteen or twenty years ago, a certain young English lordllng, finding himself stranded in one of the coastal towns, hud a sort of horse-box arrangement made, with a small window and a spring blind. Over the window, in large letters, was:— “This is a lord. 3d a look. Pull tile string, and the show begins.” A slot in the box received the coin, and the blind) ran tip and exhibited the youth in evening dress. He would then indulge in a little chaff with the crowd, give a short acount of his forbears, and describe the family place. Then he would ring down on that lot, wait for the tent to .fill UP acaMu-andtreoaaJi.jitfe perform. .ance. - .w
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Evening Star, Issue 11863, 17 April 1903, Page 2
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