Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
victoria's Private Character.


very red face. that heavy iace ~ ts,. d.. 80
and a short. dumpy figure Hrr only r.srty
Il a very small, exquisite white hand :. i-r
peculiarly OF her family. Her uncle. HaIfr.
Omiuently. Her manners are very ll -.fr. i.
they even give her hight ShH wears FHI
great rank wprtht!y in iu This m spr.r. krHr.
Ing. 20 the last shadow 81 a >ha T.. fu,t ns-y
much adabilIty 10 show.
The rumoret disafection 90 Che Que ~ - "a
the prince of Wales was probably tTuh. So.
however. melted toward bIH. ulH. EHT-. .,n
during hi illness, ami watched by HIM glf
prayed for him tcuderly- She DDS .e, ne
lady friCulS-Jho>c flst women ct EGsfR1f
who have brought him into di>r. Irn Gier
court had ever been one uI tne >cVrr...f Ul D.
ality until The prince bggan his uir-8tfpls.
The very popular and cupt littlc pri-Cfss or
Wales u an Immense tavorite. and often. iF
IL said. interCcle> for Ter ia 4-lfy $50 20
with the queen, which - certainly VrTv pref
a. and noble of her o. do.
The queen. a. an aut'lorc>~. has NOT e. TIss
much 10 the literary rcputa fioa N h'r fasniiy
ier.lat'> some >lluuglug CvISur " 'ul pyer tas
n eNcr says "A clever uIin-. 60 W. may igtcs -
hrr 10y her books. hut tIry ~ - lDlilg ilr
NJ heart- lhey are pure aal sweet pictures
OF uoineetic hapIlne>s. love 81 mature, sni
soft and womanly affection. one laIy ofhigh
rank I'M England told me that tb5 qIe,.n
always bowed and kissed her hand - b,-.
chil .ycn. She il rrmar1ahIy fond OF ,ssH-
drrn. and takes much notice al them
An,o. her accomplishment. she UuGb~r,
The d S>ts~ipu OF i've languages. aIl az wtfca
Sue speaks uu'ntly, except Lain, Sac faculty
OF painting we'll ga water. r,.ur-. AM slIas
cteyD rTr>s al modelling ga clay. ~lr has ur-
vIlr.d some kuuNlrlEn pi !aIElu lIrlsgtS.
AEutEg 10 necessary from hHr Iin-~..,~ ..lls i,
conquered India, h'r reading j. vast ana va
riots, a. w learn - her books, AMI ~ 4 10
OCCASIONAL letters q tire authors. Nef, with
. al TIN, culture she cannot Dee called an IN
. t1llrciuai woman, sh. I1l no genius ulfR>s
/ ~ he Tor Affairs. Probably, in q lrS, exalted
! ~l"Llu'l, sue would nave been a. very wrpi slUl
frugal hpI~.tsr.p'r Sas ha~ certainly k.uf
/ E'i i"f-' ana NaIiou, household il sod oi
. der 80 ttT.
Across This yarirl existence have nuus. ff
/ Is now almost universally cpucc isi. prra-
oin.H| CLOUDS OF insanity. \ .rr tilr lrIurs
'r.NpTi~ ar7ih, ior more than "a gear. tra
queen state pl n'n3 gave great uHFE~in o..
/ 10 hor immediate friends. AZ fnf, time apf
through This inirmi y. srp~H tIa mis- rafiI.
scandal 81 John Brown. when ~na IA. s.-
4 sn~.d 81 being on love with hrr servant. I.s-s
lUnch forgot IT, loyalty so Ltra- o. max. "a
cartoon, rCprg-'ntiug majesty stopping 90
Lun6eNisin. The truth was, tIaf tha lfIhrIE
| ScptchInan became kind 81 keeper ID fl..
! afflicted woman. \ EoltIpmln ,,gfI....,I
| with the court described a SCENE which br f-r-
GucgtT saw, the queen would imr.iys fass
Slp was stepping into q gulTa~ SAL. Is-r,.I "a
\ from tie carriage. and DO was JOAN Rr,gr.t'.
! function ID say, in broadcast Scotch. ..Na.gaf
| yer maWJr>ty, there il ua gooITtl.-'' AMI ~
/ tne power oi very strong VIII, ali The con
nucice she tclt In him aS ara OH am ItffHrss
| gillic tc Prince Albert ho Surc.,.l I la 81.
| ting EgT across 1.-The gpplf"
| Undoubtedly. this nervousness. flf, b,r-,s-
iiGTN malady. has hung over the u .rat.l ft- :
| long time, aud viii continue o., r-slp,er
| late, and that her health asI gaasrf. nos.
have much Improved there seem. d, IA r1,
a"uht. A. Nhe gets away irpm her great
sfle!, ei.d as size turns Ia IGn ranl- ',.lI.'a
| prosperity and happiness a. her ,ilfl d. nj 80,
must i"cl the am"lIDrating Influence ,f ina.
iiat best OF CONSIDERS. uIu Sb. must ig.l rfI.o
IN moe cheerful thoughts. Ia religions 1ni1-
hons ne queen u remarkably liberal. The
party with NliCh she has the least Sympa Nv
~ England II the NcTy-hi-iI cliI~.,. aa~fy
She liked very much 70 hear the Rev. Nor
man Mcleod, and she goes oflan 90 dissent
ing churches when at EalmBral Her Ely,-ifa
anu hiGhly-FIiZod friend il the a.ifnirtbla
Doen STANLEY, whose lih'rality 4, alfn,,f
working sclism in the English church.
tn The whole, looking rlo>.iyat the Drivgfe
character OF Queen Victoria, a. derived fr,rn
CONVERSATION with some who llucw her best
from her books, and from an we can 81. OF
htf M, NJ n character greatly 10 Do r.
Spcctcd. IL IL not an unusual great cIlara.fat
like Prince Albcrt'S. nor "A wonderfully ma.
cuiIne mind, like that OF Queen Eliyabsf1
she ~ not ScmiramiS, nor "A ZauObia SHs
has not Inc charm OF the latter or the gnuf1.
81 the former. and vet She has been . i,st "a
queen for England OF to-day Than ,.ifl,a,.
would have been. II was once said wisely of
monarcils that the world must thank Tilri, IA
they escaped being great monsters .Taal
great white light which shines tlunD IA
throne, ~ a hard life 10 live i'm. Had Queen
Victoria been great genius and "A grsat
beauty, she might have ruined England A
too pronounced personality in a monarch
sHpeTiaIly ienaie ono, II Ia De regretted.
HE Empress Eugene improved the drp,, OF
the world, but 10 is - be feared She did in n
The expense of France. The queen has suit~f
the cnlInently home-loying genius ofhaalthr
ENGLAND. They like To read that she WaIxes
yesterday, on the terrace with the Hripra
Leopold the day before. with the Princess
Beatrice, who, 10y The way, is the prettiesl OF
her daughters.
Her specklcsS morality il the brightest
jewel IN her crown, that and her unIoub.ea
love for England. her devotion 10 her bls-
band, living aud dead, ana her love for iei.
children, and her faithful devotion 10 heT
Kindred and old friends. will remain fpprti.a
queen Victoria when even the glories OF hesr
Indian empire and the splendid lareaffs
which She summons at Windsor when >ba
entertatns an emperor, or i'm London whom
She drives 10 her famous old church of 81.
raul shay, even when the last grand
pageant OF all takes her To Westminster 10
bcy TO lay her beside her royal sisters Mary
ana EliZabeth-yes, when all these glpries
snail nave FADED from the pages OF history
ana the minds OF men, IL viii b. rem an ba-.i
mat Queen Victoria was a good woman snI
mat she passed through the terrible ordeal OF
her court, through the depreciating infiueacs
Oh haJtery and eye-seryice, and bore The
temptations OF enormous power. without
losing the respect OF herself or her subjects,
HE BITTER BTTTFN-