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| ROYAL MARINE HOTEL, KINGSTOWN. -The Royal Marine Hotel, pictured above, overlooks Kingstown Harbor, and, together with being a handsome and commodious building, possesses a well-kept park, graced by statuary and other graceful works of art. In Kingstown everything seems to have the Prefix, or adjective, "Royal" tacked on to it. There are the Royal Mail boats, the Royal Yacht clubs, the Royal hostelries and the Royal Irish constabulary. These latter are a very ornamental body, clad in invisible green, and supposed to be particularly fatal to the peace of mind of the French bonnes and English nurses, who follow the fortunes of aristocratic employers to Kingstown during the summer months. Strange to say, they don't make nearly as much progress with Irish girls of the same class, for the constabulary are by no means popular with either their countrymen or countrywomen. The military bands frequently play in the hotel park on fine evenings, and, of course, always attract a large audience. In fact, Kingstown is one of the most stirring places in Ireland, and has much of the "go" and bustle of an American town. The municipality is admirably governed, and squalor if any exists, is successfully kept in the background. |
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