Shortly after Her Majesty's return from the Continent she and the King will take up their residence at Buckingham Palace, the alterations of which are now practically finished, and Marlborough House will be handed over to the work people prior to its occupation by the Prince and Princess of Wales. The former residence is said to have been decorated and beautified almost beyond belief. Wo all loved our dear dead Queen, but even her most ardent admirers were fain to admit that her love of furniture and colours "for old association's sake" was somewhat trying to those around her. Ever since the death of the lamented Prince Consort little was touched either ab Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, but now the old four-posters, dingy red damasks and gaudy chintzes have had to go, and their places have been taken by }rass bed-steads and hangings, mostly of English made brocades in lovely " pastel Shades, these latter being a weakness of our new Queen.
Fashion is Fickle ju the matter of furniture as_ in everything else. A few years ago it was decreed that the colour of the carpet and that of the hangings should form a de-
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