Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-29
A Picture Of Queen Victoria and the
Royal Family.


; Of letters from England to the Zion's Her
aid, draws the following picture of Oneen
victoria and the royal family, which diff,
iers materially from the rosescoored Dor
traits that are generally presented of her
Majesty. The picture was taken at the
Ascot Races. 1t is well the artist DELAYED
drawing it until after he was off of BritisI
soil. He says:
Having been disappointed by slow
train in reaching the place in season 10
see i1e Queen and her husband and chill
dren enter, / determined to get as near
her Majesty as possible and succeeded in
getting lnto small enclosure Just in front
OF her stand, which enclosure, have rca-
son TO think from notice. was designed
only Tor "the members of the Jocllney
Club. 1t was very good place, howey-
er, and for an hour or two had the most
favorable opportunity of looking at and
qulzzlng the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince
OF Wales, Prncesses Alice and Helen and
Louise, together with her Royal Highness.
the Duchess of Cambridge, the Count of
Flanders, Prince Louis of Hess in all.
eleven carriage loads of royalty and no.
bility.
Prince Albert is good wide a7ake.
sensible looking man, familiar and easy,
and tit for husband to a queon, which
he Is, and onlyis. Prince OF Wales is a.
boat Is, Of light complexion and rather
spare looks like a fair, sensible senior in
college, and win graduate at Oxford some
time in June. The Princesses resemble
very strongly the Prince of Wales, ana
are not especially noticeable for beauty ::
indeed, | should not have looked at them
a single minute were they not daughters
| OF tho throne. As to the other pcrsonas
ges, | saw nothing that would attract at
! tenton. There were a thousand on the
ned better looking, and TO all appearan-
ces equally sensible. | suppose it does
not require much sense to patronize horse
racing, does it? Well, what Of the Queen 4?
! am not in England, and SO | may sneak.
Understand, ! was within from twenty TO
sixty feet Of her more than an hour, look
ing with my own natural eyes, and with
the same eyes assisted by powerful race
glasses, which | borrowed. Let me saw
then rs think.
Before express my thinkings, howev-
or, let me remind you that very recently
the Queen refused to sit for likeness 10
m American artist, because she said her
limo IS fully employed. That is not the
reason, az you'will guess. Queon Victo-
ria Is doubtless the mother of several chill
dren, and is said to be an excellent wife.
mother and woman, which is likewise
doubtless; but she is not handsome os
some other portraits represents her; She
is not good looking even, according TO INV
taste. That kisgable little mouth Won
have seen in her portraits was borrowed.
Tor 1t Is not in her face. Her mouth is
rather drawn at the coIncrs, and arched
IN the middle. Her complexion is that |
have named for her children, but her
skin looks blotched and unhealthy. /
especially watched her manners in her
conversation and her movements, among
TIC family and visiting ROYALTY. and /
must say she was entirely wanting in what
IS termed grace, and was certainly very
lar from appearing quoenly according to
thc conventional meaning of that word.
when She bowed in response TO the hear.
ty cheers OF her loyal subjects, there was
look OF the disdainful attached TO n stiff
and chcerle5s motion Of the head was
for moment within ten feet other. and
noticed the same expression.
Speaking with an Englishnan in Paris
about her, tho other day, Inc remarked
., she does very well for a Queen TO fiji
the throne she makes a good mother and
wife, and that is about all.n Moro chan
once heard this sentiment exprcssed.-I
The portraits you see are portraits Of the
conventional Queen, and not the real
STMULrNrs. Tho Louisville Journal
beautifully says "There are times when
the pulse "lies low" in the bosom, and
beats slow in tho veins when the spirit !
sleeps the sleep, apparently that knows J
no waking in It's house of CLAY, and the |
wlrdow-shuLtets are closed, and the door
Is hung with the invisible Grape of mel !
anchoIly; when we turn the golden sun. !
SHINE into pitchy blackness, and are very |
willing to Clancy clouds where no |
clouds be-" This is 4 state OF sickness !
when physic may be thrown TO the dogs. !
for we will have none of it. What shall
raise the sleeping Lazarus? What shall |
make the heart beat music again. and the .
pulses dance to it through all the myriad
thronged halls in our house Of life p
What shall make the sun kiss tho East,
ern hills again for us with all his old a.
waking gladness, and the night overflow
with moonlight, music, love and flowers
Love itself is the greatest stimulant-the
most intoxicating Of all-and performs all
these miracles but il is miracle itself
and is not at the drug store, whatever
they say. The counterfeit is in the mar
ket, but the winged god is not money
changer, we assure you. Men have tried |
many things-but still they ask for stimu-
ulants we use, butrequire the use gilmore.
Men try to drown the floating dead Of
their own souls in the wine-cup. but the
corpses will rise. We see their faces in
the bubles. The intoxication Of drink
sets the world whirling again, and the
pulses playing widest music, and the
thoughts galloping-bLt the fast clock
runs down sooner, and the unnatural
stimulation only leaves the house it fills
with widest reyelry, more silent, more
sad, more deserted, more dead. There is
only one stimulant that never fails, and
yet never intoxicates-duty. Duty nuts