The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-03-11
THE PRINCESS LOUISE.
Why She Was Averse to Returning TO Her
Canadian Home.

Geo. w. Smalley, i'm his last London
letter to the Tribune, says as follows
A good deal has been said privately of
late about the alleged reluctance of the
Princess Louise to return to Canada.
So long as talk of that sort was private
only / preferred not to repeat it. Moth
ing could he less gracious than to rep
resent young wife as unwilling tore
join her husband, and this is the con-
structiOn which might easily be put
upon her hesitation. But the matter
has been made public by newspaper
comment. so it only remains to say
at the risk Of irritating ovr Canadian
friends-that it is true the princess did
not wish to go back, but not true that
dom, site reasons have anything TO do
with her aversion to the journey.
What the princess dislikes is, to put it
bluntly, the society Of Ottawa; or
rather, the want Of society. She is
passionately attached to England, and
to London above all. She cares for
literature, for art, for music. for con-
versation. She is herself one Of the
cleverest women in England, and one
of the most cultivated. She haunts
studios and concerts, and drawing
IuOItlS uCAS Go~si Tain - ~ 't istu. w
which she contributes her full share
Here she led full and beautiful life.
What is there i'm Ottawa to compare
with it? If the estimable people of
that excellent capital will but think of
to be angry because young and bril-
liant woman prefers life in one of the
most brilliant cities Of the world to life
sv, saf .,tf <.f- 7 frninu In
a wilderness: and wilderness IL IL III
YOU look only for those refinements
and ornaments OF existence which to
stantial merits.
passionate entreaties by the princess
for liberty tn remain in England, and
stern refusals by her mother. To the
queen, life has not perhaps much
poetry left in 1t. She sees that the
place Of the princess IL with her hus-
band, and she is woman capable Of
suppressing personal feelings relent-
lessly, and enforcing political duties
upon her children in the most au.tere
spirit Of the sovereign. If the reports
that make their way over here from
Canada are to he credited, such loyal
t. ~ there is among the Canadians
clings about the person OF the Princess
Louise rather than about her husband,
the governor general and yiceroy. i
hear Of men and women following the
princess in the streets and watching
for her Mt the corners only TO touch the
hem Of her robe Il that truee know
at any rate. that one eminent radical
of the Dominion, who has no love to
spare for royalty in any shape, said
that they could deal easily enough
with the viceroy, but that the princes
was power. The eminent radical
did not wish her TO be 3 power. He
would be better pleased II she had her
will and lived here in London half
CUE ssed that he was himself not insen
sible to the charm and authority which
the princese-because she IL princess
and because she il woman-wields
over the simple folks Of the 81. Law
renee provinces But he believes that
every year Of her stay tighiens the
bond between the colony and the
Crown. And he does not wish 10 zee
il frightened, but loo-ened. II the prif-
cess knew that such feelings prevailed
among her mothers Canadian subjects,
il might almost reconcile her 20 ~haf
she nov looks on - . Punishment For
she Is, after all, If her friends testi-
mony may be taken, . woman capable
Of loving something on larger scale
than pictures and music; woman
with much Of royal nature and love Of
reigning which comes 10 her righfful-
" BY birth: with unusual force Of
character and courage for great enter
priss=- II she once eonceiyed the no
tion OF playing 3 great part in Ameri-
ca IL is possible enough she NIGH;
change what pov seems the inevitable
course Of events in the Dominion Of
Canada, and keep II imperial long
afles the time when u noe psonsise-
To became republieAn.