New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-25
EMILY FAITHFUL 1T COOPER INSTITUTE
VICTORIA AS QUEEN AND MOTHER.

VICTORIA AS QUEEN AND MOTHER
Miss Emily Faithfull's lecture, last night, on
"Oueen Victoria" was a warm and womanly recogm-
ton Of the good deeds and impulses Of en- amabe lady
who has the ill-fortune-shall one say i-ot being
ueep over are the old days Of pomp and circumstance
wherein the browning monarch or the yOuthtu prince
sat upon a vertable throne, determinedly graspinga
vertable sceper, and looking wretchedy uneomiortaOe
Divinity hath far ceased to hedge the sovereign tha
in ecturpg upon such personages it the more natural
os well as entertaining usage to consider them men
and women rather than rulers. II was OF tho GIRL
happy in her happy young love, Of the good wife and
conscientious mother, that Miss Faithful talked IN
musical voice and simple and dignihed manner
That she should do other than paint pic
ture in rose was not TO be expected even
NJ the most radical Of Englishwomen, and
IL must be said that very deep and warm were the
tpts on Miss Faithfus palette Her loyalty, evidently
In most kindly earnest, pleased her American audience
which responded promptly TO an occasional enthusiastic
sentence II was indeed that which she quoted, as
tho old Tory or port wine Sort OF the temperate
Tennysonan kind which reverence for thrones his
toric ustiGcatOns it that Of sentimentahy OF
national bumptiousness 1t perhaps little Ike the
loyalty of Sir Charles Dixie, who thinks reform perfectly
compatible with the present system OF government
Miss Faithful, phlanthropist and radical thinks that
ENGLAND estimates monarchy at its precise WORTH ana
estimating It thus cultvates sentiment which is deVO-
on 10 the Oueen-a devotion not az anybodys expense
rather than devotion 10 the throne feeling or loud
voiced expression which always implies hatred OF some
political party.
Among the various good deeds with which the lecturer
credits her Queen the restoration TO royalty OF ola
prestige In England, prestige which the scandaous
and commonplace regns preceding hers had done their
best 10 DESTROY Victoria has stamped her individuality
on her personal court and perhaps upon the country
also in Inducing puror and sweeter moral atmosphere
There was little incident in Miss Fattulfs lecture
little that most wcLread and good-hearted Americans
had not already realized but the clear picture OF the
royal family was given in so fine voice. with such ex-
cellent enunciation, and witha with agreeable and
womanly an address, that 1t could not fail to be the
pleasant fulanont Of q long promise. The strong
minded woman Of tradition caricature MISS Faithful
Is not She has a large full figure kind, thoughtful
face, lightbrOwn eyes, and short hair She
has so gentle ana quiet presence that
lie epectacles, the gngham umbrella, the
tracts the fr0wnng fearessness with which the carica
trrisf decorafes the believer IN Womans Rights utterly
disdIJegr eI, one ~ guu 4rSVEIhc the
cIeaT-minded and accomplished EnglishwOman who has
never been disaTeeabiy loud in her armaons. IL will
not uiure Miss Faithful in the eyes OF her American
audiences that her useful life Is given TO the industrial
end educational advancement OF women rather than TO
demands sulragetO duties rather than To sO-caled
political ri gifts. The pleasant Acknowledgements OF her
efforts and the assistance which her Queen mas gwen
her. are good for the kindness OF her loyal re-