AN ACTRESS BEFORE ROYALTY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 3

AN ACTRESS BEFORE ROYALTY.

The knowing k an wclract from Iho tortespontftoce of Madam* »«bel, re!c*nilj nl«*a « Trnti:-' '**** »« Mi*d (the right word, I bet* 0 ™. " commandtd) to perform at Wiodwr C»tle in Asct w«ek. She was brooght at nine in the evening from Sloogn in a Kf>yal caftiago. and, as the Qtiwn had he«:n entett woing a hundred ponona to dinner, Kachel bad an boor to walk about th* Milerics and udmirw their magoibcancc. At ten her Majesty was announced. What the aclma immediately noticed was the soddco change in the pbjaiojtnoiaie* of those who wera in the rrom w»oo the Qvieen entered. She could so* that each was preparing to get oot the eomplinwnt tbat ho bad been stndyiog for days, and that thosa who had been as haoiihty and stiff as a coker, acaerited immediately an indiarnbber backboor. All rose aa if for the porpoa* of «otemoty prostratiog themselTca. Th* Qieen advanced slowly, and cast her eye all ronnd tbo reverential circle. fUchei liked her g»», which then had abova all things an ezprtasion of candour. Th* whotw aesotnbly obaerred her slightest gestire. Whco she had taken her place in the midae, the company sat down, acd the acertsa awaited her Majesty's orders. They were brought to her by a stiff, thin gentle- ! man, and given in the wars* French by him. fie was the Lord Chamberlain. The first rvcitatfon was to bo from the second act of "Bijjzat." Rachel was cowed when all eyes were fixed on her, but bad to follow the example of the Queen's guest* in composing her visage. Sb« was told that nobody woold encore her ; but as Royalty waa carried away by th* irooicil scene between Roxan* and Hermioae, everyone applauded tremendously. The next selection was the third act of "Maria Stuart,"' which charmed her Majesty immensely. She sent for Rtchel to •ay that she bad never bad a greater treat, told her that aho recited better thin she bad done at the Qvieen Dowager'*, and asked her to accept a bracelet, on which her oamo and tbo date were eogmred. The Qoeen theo retired, and all -the faces which bad been rootling *a«c-»Jruck reverenco' assumed, again their natural expression."