Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-27
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The 0bstinacy and Other Peciliarities 0.
England'S Queen.
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TOW tEDs JOHN BPoW\

III tiNi AbbI.ii >h SHOW
TOW tEDs John BPON\
The Obst!nacy ii the Queen i.
proved hy th', open. persistent favor
itlsm shown to her "gillic" "r valet.
John Brown. lncomprchensible and
meaningless. it goads almost To mad
ness her immediate encourage. and
every open or tacit opposition only
CAUSES it to be more manifest. That
proudest Of proud women has been
made. by a preConcertcd plan. to STE
this servant Of hers in the most de
grading state of drunkenness, almost
at her very feet. and yet. with All
iniatuatioh stronger even than femin
lnlty, her manner to him remained
unchanged. and she maoic 10 sign
that could give a clrw to her secret
thoughts. Ladies' in waiting Of cx
alted rank have rrhellrd openly
against the breach of ctiuurt his
familiarity has created. and refused
to be made Il party To- it, but enubhr
by them, he was onl v the more grH
cIousl v treated by his royal mistress.
He follows her hike Il SHADOW from
palace To- palace, III public and in
private. behind her char at her
meals, i'll the rumble Of her carriage
III her drives lending over tn OK
change few words with her. and
calmly possessing himself of her
field glass to inspect som" distant
maneuvrc at a review
The Queen does not slackrn ;he
rcius on her sons nrcks when they
marry; She orders, directs. sways
them at home and abroad. and scorns
no mlnutia of detail, jus; Il, she
allows no impulse of independence.
At Petersburg, during some fctrs.
the Prince of Wales tplcgraphcd To
ask his mother whether he might
attend the Court ball on SUNDAY
Ihe answer was wired back. DE
cidedly no. and he abbiainrd. 1t
was said. however, that he sought
more mysterious and quite unsabbat
zeal cOmpensations
The Queen. faithful to h"r tradi-
tons of interference rules the tastes
of all her other children to this pres
cnt day. She lent Abergrldic Castle
to the Prince Of Wales a. Il most
suitable Scotch residences till she
found ont that the apartments were
small and uncomfortable. and he
must rellnquish it for another High
land place. but the discovery was
providentially not made till the
Prince had spent f20.oo0 in improv
ing the property. Claremont. after
her Maiesty's designs. has been rr-
decorated for her last daughter in
law. and it is not unlikely Y that
christening bells will soon ring ont
from there Il joyous chime Sine has
also set apart and euperintended the
arrangements of a suite of rooms.
not by any means an extensive one.
for the Duke and Duchess of Albany.
at Windsor Castle
At Osborne and Bamoral the
Queen Is jealous almost to scliishnrse
of the privacy of her grounds. Not
even in her ahs6ncc is an alien foot
permitted to tread the sacred pre-
clncts: severe rehuke from austcre
GamekeeperS overtahcs the unwary
pedestrian who wanicrs even in the
remotrst gladcs of the royal drmcsne.
No road crosses it. no right of way Is
concedcd; 50 impcrious Is her wish
for utter seclusion that III Difference
to her openly y-cxpressed desire no
railway Is constructed within hail of
Balmoral. When the Ministers of
State are hastily summoned To- com
Gil after long and weary Journey.
they have still Il fatiguing drive to
encounter before reaching the royal
presence. To men no longer Young.
tried by severe mental eXcrtions and
much business, this is Il serious draw
back, but one which the Queen never
takes into considerations
Her Majesty has now left tins, her
favoritc residence She has fingered
long enough to give Il parting ball to
the tenants and Gillics. and opened
for them the apartc.rnts closed to
other people. She has taken the last
Of those matutinal walks. tn" weary
trcadmill of the Princess Beatrice.
She has bid adieu to the piper who.
according to some. wakes her up at
nine with his unharmonious baSpipes.
and, according to others, plays them
under her windows while she Is dress
ing. She has returned to Windsor
after one of the Journeys she is So
fond of making at night. surrounded
with mystery. with closed stations
AMI sigh4secrs excluded.