Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-18
The Royal Family OF Italy.

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
frightfully depressed state of body and
spirits. 1t is matter of time and pa
tience, her medical advisers say. She
has youth on her side, but not a 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 angriiy 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 ago, told friend of mine
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 marie
life.
Their marriage was not for love, but
for state reasons. In childhood the young
cousins never cared for each other; but
once wife the young princess felt all
the responsibility and dignity of her po-
sition, even young as she was, and she
determined upon keeping up at least the
appearance of union between them. One
day she was talking with some ladies
about an English novel they had all been
reading. A friend of mine was present
The ladies differed in opinion as to the
love story of the novel. They appealed
to the Princess Marguerite, as she was
then. "Ah, "ladies," she answered, 81
am not able to judge; a woman in my pc
sition knows nothing about that which is
called love-" And then she lightly
turned the conversation upon other points
in the book. 1t is pity that she can
not live to ENJOY the comfort of the hap.
ply married life which she has so fairly
earned. The king, it is said, shows much
feeling about her llleess.