The women had no hats, but a quaint linen headdress, with a long veil
hanging from it and flowing over their shoulders.

They were a handsome people, and all appeared clean, neat, and tidy.

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Word has reached us that the great diamond belonging to the Nizam of
Hyderabad has not been stolen after all, and so Queen Victoria may still
get her present.

If you are interested in the Jubilee there is a very interesting article
in the June _Century Magazine,_ called "Queen Victoria's Coronation
Roll," in which many interesting facts are given about the Queen's
coronation in 1838. She was not crowned, you know, until a year after
she came to the throne.

This article gives extracts from the official documents, telling exactly
how the young Queen was crowned, when she wore her crown, when she
carried her sceptre and orb, and other facts that are useful as well as
entertaining.

One of the very interesting things it tells is the manner in which the
lords and nobles keep possession of their titles.

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In countries where there are peers and degrees of nobility, it is the
custom of the sovereign to reward any great deed by making the doer of
it a peer of the realm, that is to say, a duke, a marquis, an earl, a