The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-21
TheRoyal Family Of Italy.

Miss Brewster in Philadelphia Telegraph
The queen has never recovered the
shock she received at the period of the at
tempted assassination of the king year
ago last autumn. A gay, brilliant win
ter followed that startling event, and her
majesty was constantly excited and kept
up the pleasant duties of court season.
This summer, while in North Italy, she
was imprudent in making mountain ex-
cursions, and at one time entered grotto
near Milan, where she got her feet wet
and took cold. A malarial fever followed;
the fever was cured, but it left her in this
frighttully depressed state of body and
spirits. It is matter of time and pa
thence, her medical advisers say. She
has youth on her side, but not very
strong constitution, and the apprehen-
sion is that her illness may end in rapid
consumption.
The queen was twenty eight in Novem-
Der. She is popular, has gentle manners
and fair intelligence; perfectly fitted
for her position; fond Of gay life, OF
dress and pleasure, but entirely free from
lightness of moral or manners. There
has never been word or breath uttered
against her. Since the kings accession
to the throne he has been an excellent
husband; his early life was, as every one
knows, most immoral, and now his health
is suffering from the excuses of youth.
The first years of his married life were
not happy, owing to his open neglect of
his wife, but the Princess Marguerite was
patient and forbearing; she did all IN
her power to conciliate her cousin
husband. She has always had a tender
custom Of going into his cabinet with
only their son present, the hour before
dinner. Sometimes husband and wife
parted angrily the preceding day, for he
is hasty in temper and quick of speech
IN private life, and brooks no reproval.
But she always set aside her vexation
with the old day, and went into his pri-
vate room with their baby boy, whom he
loves dearly, and whom he was luckily
always ready to caress and entertain. A
gentleman who was the head Of the
princes household, and who suddenly
died few years 'tgo, told friend of min,
that these evening visits of the princess
accompanied by her son, which she al
ways made of her own free will and &C
cord, were the salvation Of their married
life.
Their marriage was not for love, bu
, for state reasons. In childhood the youn,
| cousins never cared for each other; blu
I once wife the young princess felt al
! the responsibility and dignity of her pc
| sition, even young as she was, and sh
, determined upon keeping up at least th
} appearance Of union between them. On
+ day she was talking with some ladie
+ about an English novel they had all bee
l reading. A friend of mine was presen
< The ladies differed in opinion as to th
9 love story Of the novel. They appeale
l to the Princess Marguerite, as she Wa
l then. "Ah, "ladies,' she answered, 9
r am not able to judge; a woman in my pr
b sition knows nothing about that which
8 called love-" And then she light
d turned the conversation upon other poinr
e in the book. It is pity that she cal
}, not live to ENJOY the comfort of the hal
i, ply married life which she has so fairl
: earned. The king, it is said, shows muc
q feeling about her llleess.