PERILS OF THE STATE COACH.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1092, 3 April 1911, Page 9

PERILS OF THE STATE COACH.

Court people in England were very nervous concerning the first vide of the King and Queen in tho State coach at the opening of Parliament. It is said to be a really trying experience, and- one of Queen Victoria's objections to.State ceremonies was that riding in the coach always made her ill, or at least so afraid of 'being ill that sho suffered a good deal o' nervous strain. King George, no doubt, as a sailor King, was quite equal to the pitching and swaying of tho great thing on its long leather straps, but ovtryone was doubtful about Queen Mary, she not having had his ocean-going experiences. King Edward and Queen xUex'uidra from tho very first had no discomforts, but they w-cre both very, strong in all normal ways. AVhat the motion of the coich would be like at a trot one shudders to think. But the footmen by the cream horses' heads would no doubt bs equal to any outbreak on their part. However, it is not the possibility of a trot that keeps tho footmen watchful. Tk-ir worry-and it is a md one-is lest those scarleUrapped stallions should begin biting and savaging one another. The team is not as week as it looks. For permanently removing superfluous hair by electrolysis Mrs. Itolleston was awarded a diploma at tho Rhodes School of Electrolysis, Boston, U.S.A. Appointments made and personal attention given at her new address, 25G Lambton Quay., nearly opp. tho Economic. 'Phone 1599. *