New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10
KING GEORGE IND QUEEN 0LGA

From The London W0rLd.
Georre L. hIng Of the Iicilcnes. WHO. y IA
ll, Queen Is now staying at Nlesbddcn. whence he
ht, paid more than Oue visit 70 MS plOiher-lu ldNg
the Prince OF Wales. al HOmburg-is the thid cihid
Of thelr Malcst'e7 the hing and Queen OF DEN
mark He Is about nvc feet ten aud nall ID De, la
hrIgnt. straight ani well OuIlt; Win Hght CONF
ptyi1n light hai and eyes, regular features. ana
am upp-r up fuuged 10y a ltng. slender. b. onle
luou,tache The general expression OF bis cOuute-
nance Is that Of easy. eO1d-naturcd ludoi"nce ahd
the face far indication OF MS charactrtlatli1'
lie reads little; walks gOon deal; rides iie-
quently, and rides well; anu IN "F4tihs ou' 3
nearly always accompanied by the 1tIren. II
sYrlug and autumn, when the royal FANNY arc IN
Athens. tur sunday afternoons are al" hA "''"''h
To an excursion To Pualcruul. batAn-- place near
the PIfru.. and separated IRON IL on.y Dy a neal
land which luts out into the bay. neu the
SUNDAYS are fine. the Queen aud heir Ave children
ALWAYS accompany his Majesty lu an excursion on
the royal steam Yacht. q long sharp hh" hiiinaouAo
vessel OF hI gh speed and elaborate httlugs.
The KING OF Greece speaks English. rcuch' 'rI-
man tiIeeK and Danish. Their Ma.e~iles IN con
yeGsiug together Use tie German LANGUAGE 10
speaking with their children they employ thGilsh,
AMI thev speak Greek to the general household N
the yarlou. royal residences. Like All Oirntai
people. the 6reeks are hcke IN Their likes ana
dI,lIkes: a tribe j. suucleut 10 arouse "A popular
dcluOnstrat on Of elusive loyalty wuie another
tribe may cause an Icy GOODNESS ~ suPerVrhe.
When King George returned 10 Athens from his tour
around Europe Two years ago h,s popularity was
u,houuded: the popuiace iOndly believed hls
Majesty had brought back IAcs,dlF anu EpiTu' IN
Inc. ROYAL val,tcoat pocket. ami tucy wee ieady
the Hellenic kingdom. As time rolled on. however,
aud II becl,ne apparent that their expectations
REGARDING the results Of the royai plcrma-r ID INC
courts of Europe had been vastly rNa-scrated:
reverse current set and the unrrasonn n popuid ION
became disposed 10 lay all the D'dmc OF thc HrIi}s
,ud dlsappoutneuts m the frontier questions upon
the shoulders of his Majesty.
Her MAJESTY Queen Olga Is IN almost every re-
sprct the opposite OF her husband she l. above
the middle lie Eat, with "A iui' r0uhheH hsE!e' narA
hair and eyes. with a Kindly though very serous
expression in Ter intelligent counten1nce. winch,
although not beautiful entities her MAje',F % pe
cllssed among IT," s0o4-ooklnE t1i'1s Oh
Furope Ouern O.-a : very easy and 5" i-pOSSe>sed
in her bearing when in public. although her manuer
clearly shows desire - please AL no come near
her: in private she Is most charming u her kindly
interest IN eyeryth brought 10 her notice SIC -
an early riser. very devoted u her relsious anu
family duties, and exceedingly charitable IN her
general disposition. Her Majesty l. 80 deVotcub
ron.cieutiou, IN her gOus Ousery anocs that She
almost merits the title OF deyotee, and Il 80 at
tached to her native orthodox Church az 10 be IA
danger of becoming bIgot. we:e IL nor Ior her
natural kindness 81 disposition, which pteven1s
ner ever falling into the safe OF unchartdnleness
preceding the condition OF DigOtly Her intimate
COMPANIONS have often found her IN Tears, anu,
upon respectfully demanding the cause, nave re-
ceived the reply " that she iet oycrwhelmed with
th,, fear that she not dong her iull duty IN
every respect ami faithfully dIschIrging all her
heavy responsibilities as a Christian = 4een. heF
Hellenic Majesty Is very fond OF reddln- ana Eng
lish literature - especial fayofle. Nhe u very
well informed IN the historical amt poeticai plo-
ductions OF Anglo-SaXon pens Queen Olga speaks
aud reads the English. French, German, -. anu
Russian languages the former with special huency.
and she paints very well IN OILS. The ct9HrdJe OF
her Majesty 10 Greek IN nationality. WITH the e1eep-
tion of her secretary, WHO is Russian. She has
distinguished herself for acts % charity and
among Other coed deeds has established flourish
ing school tor the training ~ nurses. IL eF iiei-
ienic Nai-stias have FIVE childrcu-C pn~tantIne.
George Alexandra, Nicholas and Marie. Inc
Crown Prince is "A very quiet, thoughtful. studlons
child: and IN fact. Is devoted To his BOOKS that
Ie ho. Ia he watched and made to take the needn't
rest and exercise necessary 10 preserve his health IN
prof er condition. lis parents frequently emon-
trate V ith hum Tor being - completely absorbed n
hi, studies: and lac Is very often detected with
books ,ecreted ia his Jacket which he proposes 10
p-ru,e while out IN the palace grounds ostrnsib.y
at play.