Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-05

Sev!rai Eaglisa Journals seem TO nave
been greatly exercised at the curtailment
of the memorial services which have
usually been held In the Frogmore maus-
oeum at the anniversary of the PrEce
Consort's death, and 1t has teen stated
that the q leen's health is unequal to the
fatigue OF lorg service, or 10 ''the
mental strain" involved by it; and that
some OF her children exerted their ''In-
luence" over her Majesty to induce her
to modify the former arrangements. The
Queens health is excellent, and she Is as
entirely equal $40 mental strain IS she
ever was in her hfe. AS to the exertng
of Influence" over her Majesty, none of
her children have any influence Whatever
with her. Princess Beatrice might very
probably have obtained a great deal OF ln-
fueGce over the Q Ieen. but she has never
apparently cared TO do 50, and only exeiti
herself to carry out her wishes in quite
trivial matters. Tie people who have
great influence with the Queen are her ia
vorite lsdies-notably the Dowager
Duchess OF Athole, the Dowager- Duchess
of Roxburghe and Lady Ely.
l hear that the real reasons why the
former elabo rate service WAS abandoned
was that the q Ieen felt tina. it would not
be tie same sort of thing, now that the
two persons who were principally con-
cerned in the affair have passed away.
Dean Wellesley was on very lntlma'e terms
with Prince Albert for many years, he had
read the service at his funeral, and had
ofi1clsted at the mausoleum regularly every
ha Of Wtndoar N
schoo,boy when the p-iHce died. Sir
George Elsey, who always arranged and
conducted the musical portion of the serv-
ice, was constantly employed by Prince
Albert from the time when he superln-
tended the first performance of the princes
own compositions in the private chapel at
Windsor castle, ist forty years ago. He
has lately severed his connection with St
Georges chapel, and his successor is a
young man in no way associated with the
past
Vanity Fair announces that ''there is
no Kind OF foundation for the report tha.
her Majesty intends to 90 to Baden this
Sp-lng," and adds that ''nothlng Is at
present settled as to Ter Msjesty's move
ments, but It is not improbable that she
nay go abroad, but not to Baden" Two
wears ago, when it was announced in
Truth that the Queen would go to the
south of France III the Spring, the ststs-
ment was contradicted in some quarters,
but her Majesty went all the same: If the
present arrangements are carried out, she
will go to Darmstadt and Baden early
in April, in spite of denias- The q Qleen's
movements are necessarily settled long
in advance when there is to te any devis-
ZION from the ordinary routine Of Windsor,
Osborne and Bslmoral,
An account which appeared IN The An
thendcunn Of the Ieen's new book is not
wholly correct. No copies of the work
which is to be published have been gwen
away to anybody, and it is not like to ap-
pear for some time TO come The book
Will contain accounts of the Qleen's visits
10 Floors castle, to Dunke,d, and to Loeb
NJ Maree, and will give much Information
respecting The Balmoral property and its
management. Ia reality. however, it is to
be q sort of tribute to the memory OF John
Brown, of whom there will be more than
one porITalt, and considerable amount of
it will be devoted TO history OF his life,
and the reasons for his gradual rise Ia
royal tavor will be explained. A number
Of particulars relating to the Queens hum
be nelghbors around Balmoral will also
be given, and the book will contain nu-
merous portraits of these people ard illus
trstions depicting the Glassalt shiel, the
Prince Consort's ca m, John Browns
grave. and other interesting spots III the
district.
The Queen Is about to present a portrait
of herself to the National Portrait Gal
lery. | understand that it Is copy,
''by an amateur" of the portrait of her
Msjesty by Angell, which hangs In the
private diniug-room at Windsor Castle,
opposite to one of the Duchess of Edin-
burgh by the same artist. 1t has never
been considered to be one of the best pic.
tures of the Q Ieen, although II has been
mucn favored by her Majesty, who took a
great fancy to Angeli's style, and he was
employed BY her TO paint the picture Of
Lord Beaconsfield which hangs In the cor
ridor at Windsor. 1 hear that ''lhe anna
teur" who has copied the picture Is really
Princess Beatrice.