SOLDIER’S FRIEND.--The Royal Artillery College is at Woolwich. The
Royal School of Military Engineering is at Chatham. We do not quite
comprehend your question. The candidate would have to pass the entrance
examination, of course.
FIANCÉE.--At a reception after a two o’clock wedding the refreshments
would consist of tea, coffee, or iced coffee, cups of any kind you may
like; sandwiches, jellies, blancmanges, trifles, ices, cake, bread
and butter; plenty of flowers, and the wedding-cake. You could have
some tiny tables arranged about the room, but the refreshments are
what are called “standing up,” exactly like a large afternoon tea. The
bride’s father provides carriages for the bride and the family in the
house. Her bridesmaids should meet her at the church, and if needful a
carriage should be provided for their return; but it is not customary
to provide any for the guests, unless the church be at a great distance
off. In this case it is better to invite the guests to the reception
only, but this is optional. You would take your father’s left arm to
walk up the aisle, and you return in the same carriage that brought
you, unless the bridegroom should possess a carriage of his own, when
the bride sometimes returns in that, but not always.
MABEL.--For a mayor’s reception held in the evening you and your
husband should both wear evening dress. The lady mayoress generally
receives her guests, and you should give your names to the servant who
announces you, and then go forward and shake hands.
SOPHIA.--“The King’s Daughters” form an order of Christian service,
which was first founded in America, where it has over 200,000 members.
It has now been made international. The branch for Great Britain was
formed in 1891. The object of the Order is to develop spiritual life
and to stimulate Christian activity by creating a world-wide sisterhood
of service among all women who are doing anything to uplift humanity.
Their badge is a small silver cross, bearing the initials of their
watchword--“In His Name.” It is now worn all over the world. In all
400,000 men, women, and children have taken the little cross as the
outward symbol of their pledge of love and service for Christ’s sake,
and there are more than 1,000 different lines of work carried out by
the Order. It was founded by ten women in New York City on January
13th, 1886, and its progress may be considered quite unique, as it is
one of the most remarkable of the great religious societies of the
day. In England the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer is Miss M. Stuart,
17, Morpeth Mansions, Victoria Street, London, S.W., from whom all
information can be obtained.
ROWENA.--The personal property of an unmarried sister would be equally
divided between mother, brothers, and sisters; but if the father were
living, the whole would go to him. Real property would all go to the
eldest brother, unless there were a father, when it would all go
to him. You will find all about intestates’ estates in _Whitaker’s
Almanack_, from which we take the above.
CLEMATIS.--The word “Beryl” is pronounced as having two
syllables--Ber-ril; and the word “minx” is pronounced as spelt--minks.
ISABEL.--February 13th, 1847, was a Saturday.