St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-27


was in many respects like the fated princess !;
they were both accomplished, she the most
accomplished of her day and both beloved by
the people. The princess was married in
Nav, 1916, and died at Claremont palace in
November, 1917. The physician who at
tended her committed suicide from grief and
despair Leopold was married in April,
1882, and died in March, 1884. A little
thing which shows that much of the
late princess concern for the masses was
very much tinged with affectation waspthat
the prince closed some Of
the thoroughfares through the grounds at
Claremount when he came into possession,
which had been open to the public for many
years. It was not convenient that the COM
mon herd should breathe the same air as roy
atty. Besides having handsome palace to
live in rent free, the royal duke drew from
the public purse $500 or 50, 500 per week be-
sides $780, 900 year for his wife.
That the whole press is not thoroughly
toady in this country the following extract
will plainly show:
''The death of the Duke of Albany, al
surprise. He has from his birth been a con-
! firmed invalid, and at the time of his mar
riage we expressed the opinion that such a
union was more or less revolving. The
match with the daughter of
beggarly little German prince, was
of course, one of money rather
than of love. Her father knew how to drive
hard bargain, and insisted on six thousand
per annum being settled upon his daughter,
in case of her being left a widow. The
country will now have to find this large sum
for as many years as the duchess lives, posi-
bly, for fifty or sixty. The prince himself was
a very pretentious young gentleman, and
would speak in public in peculiarly self
satisfied and dogmatic manner upon subjects
he knew nothing whatever about. His latest
display was at Liverpool, where he condemn
ed outdoor relief to the poor as being an in
centive to laziness and improvidencel He
argued that the workingman who, through
unforeseen circumstances, was temporarily
deprived of work and wages, had no right to
receive the most triaing relief unless he
sold up his little home and everything
! it contained, even to the bed
beneath him, and, with his wife and
family entered the workhouse Considering
that he himself was recipient of outdoor
relief to the tune of 225, 900 yearly, people
were somewhat surprised at his attacking the
system. But on all such occasions toadies
and fools cheered, wiser men looked as
founded, and probable the general audience
laughed in its sleeve. The platitudes uttered
| by princes are accepted by many as words of
wisdom. Therefore it is not surprising that
every one of our daily contemporaries have
suddenly awakened to the fact that the de-
parted duke was a veritable Scion. We how
ever, cannot accept this high estimation of
his very mediocre ability. If born in the
humber walks of life, Leopold might have
obtained clerkship at twenty or thirty shil-
lings per week, and creditably filed so hum
bic post"
| have given so much space to the dead
duke that 1 fear / shall have room for little
else, and have said not word about this
delightful place, Teddington and its neigh
boring localities, Twickenham, Hounslow,
Hampton Court, Richmond, and their thou
sand and one attractions. By the way, was
glancing through paper only yesterday, and
noted that in one day there were thirty-one
accidents reported in London, of which two
ended fatally, four were cases of being run
over in the street; two injuries sustained by
clothes of the wearer catching fire from open
CRATES, and one only from violence. And
now to harrow up the souls of your readers
by a chapter of horrors. The same paper
had an account of a little child three years old
left alone by its mother in room where a
teakettle stood boiling on the fire.
preached the kettle and drank from
poor child fingered week in the hospital
when it died.
An inquest was held in one of the poorest
of thickly populated Whitechapel upon the
body of maiden lady sixty years of age who
had died from starvation 1t was stated by
witnesses almost as poor as the deceased had
been that poor Miss Ford was tailoress six.
ty years old; that she had no work for near
ly eight months, and during all the sad win
ter time she had been starving-existing OF
her wasting flesh. She was too proud tc
seek aid from the authorities, and at length
died from complete exhaustion. The doctor
said there was no trace of food of any kind
in the body, and that there was scarcely any
trace of bloodl, The room in which she dice
was destitute of furniture of any kind save
an old mattress and thin patchwork quilt
Tom Hoods pathetic "Song of the Shirt
still has terrible meaning in wealthy anG
proud London.
Take her up gently, handle
her with care'' A sad, sac
death and all for love-loving not wisely but
far too well, and the river was her refuge
from her misery, her forlornness and hel
shame-no, his shame. But his name die
not transpire at the inquest, it was merely
''seduced by young man, and poor Har
riet Jane Greenwood's corpse was fished out
Of the water where it had been floating in
unrest for three long weeks-in the river
which furnishes millions of people with
drink. cit is very bad," said the coroner
''that dead body should be allowed to re-
main in the New river for such long time
1t must pollute the water" Not a word Of
the polluting sin of the nameless young man
But I fear, Mr.. GLOBE, am encroaching toe
much, therefore Twill stop at once, and with
out a postscript subscribe myself,
WELDON GooDFELLOw.
THE BRITISH IN EGYPT.