ARRIVAL OF QUEEN FATOUMA.
Her Majesty, Queen Fatouma, from Mohely, has at last reached Paris. Not a Court carriage was at the terminus to receive her. However, France was represented by a clerk from tLe Admiralty, tke British. Empire by a clerk from the Embassy, and the H6tel dv Louvre sent its head man. Her Majesty was assisted to descend by her brother-in-law, and an officer of the French Marine. This " daughter of the southern seas" is small, but very charming — is copper colour, eyes jet black, piercing and yet mild. Her teeth are brilliantly white; her hair was concealed in a kind of golden helmet. Under a white mantle she wore a scarlet vest, and her cloth pantaloons were fastened below her knee. Her boots were of the latest Parisian fashion, the high heels of which seemed to embarrass her, which is not surprising, as at home she generally goes barefooted. Her brother-in-law is an immense negro, aged twenty, dressed like a Turk, and carrying the sword of State. The cook is an important functionary, wears a fez, a scarlet vest, and a long linen robe ; he is a negro, and marches with drawn sword. Like her mistress, the servant "gal" wears pantaloons, enormous ear-rings, and a check-colour cloak of homemade cloth. On arriving at her hotel, the Queen took a bath, and the cook, according to the Mohametan practice, beheaded, in the name of the Prophet, a chicken with his sword, and handed it to be cooked by his .assistants. Excepting driving out, Her Majesty lives quite retired, and will continue to do so until her interview with the Emperor, whose aid she comes, it is said, to implore, to assist in finding out and restoring to the throne her husband. She reads and speaks French well, and even writes it. She has been inundated with letters, cards, tracts, and circulars ; even the inventors of new guns have solicited her patronage, and the cartes of herself and husband can be had for a sous — which would not be dear if they were their portraits.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 17 October 1868, Page 5
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346ARRIVAL OF QUEEN FATOUMA. Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 17 October 1868, Page 5
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