The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-28
yICT0RIA, REGINA.
|keletous IN n Closet ROJai--iilao'
Hooded HlingineSs.
h,jssi, as a HOih'r.ir Law.

Apropfs OF GraGs Greenwood, | have
M, fnl. ned reading her 7sry ohsrming
I.ife of O1een Ninf1flA." II IA q most "a
srestlug Volume, and he.ily concur
vith her in her onthnsi,siii pfaiseg oi
Prince Albert. TIL his sldsst s1n grew w
ve scarcely realized what = paragon tha
brinre consnrt really wAs-> SouhE cru
handsome msn. seated beside ono OF .he
RreAtast thrones ~ IL rope, prime" nu' OF
fairy talr Tor beauty aud personal fa'elna-
Hoo, yet blameless aud noble Ia his uaIy
life al q yisiuous woman. An, moro arc
no such princes nowadsysl -.
The only r,al error OF bis life az tea
aueen'a husband was his adherence 70 lhs
ttrict rules OF tho tun court euqueVe v
0ermany, aud which he persuaded htf 70
D,,nt sin-a fact that sooounts in part Tor
kiense unpopularl,y that was at one
me III, undeserved portion. lie carried
mis- Intense pride OF position 40 far % never
to consent 10 receive coy article from tina
HANDS al servant. Even when he was OUT
Bhootps he would NOS take No Sun Ifoh
lone of rho gsmo.k eepGrF. IL had % be uani-
mitted Ia him through tho medium OF his
gentlemen in waiting. His vile fuliy
I imbibsd all his IDEAS and followed
+ his example. 0ncs when Queen
Victoria was on Welt 10
King Louis Philippe, she expressed : de-
sire one evening Immediately before retif
ing 10 rest, Ior t',n We 49, - 49,
brought 10 har on golden salver by ono OF
the royal Wallets. The queen refused to
. take the water, motioning iis bearer from
her with an imperlous gesture. Louis
Philippe noticed tho action, and per!eclly
comprehended Its pnrport' He signed TO
one OF his sons 10 tifer tina salver In her
msjesty. This was done, and the queen
| then condescended TO accept the desirsd
think. too. that Queen Victoria has
been much to lame In he stand which she
has taken In regard to the marriages OF the
members of the collateral branches oil the
royal family. It Is q well-known fact she
to give u, the man she sincerely loved and
Who loved her, an English nobemsn, and
likewise compelled her to give her
hand TO the duke OF Teok. More
then once has the queen been compelled
to intervene in the corjngal affairs OF this
ill-assor,ed pair. And In mora chan
one instance she has refused to receive at
English ladies OF rank, because che did not
approve OF the gentlemen marrying beneath
their station, thus taking sides with her
birtbright against her own country women.
But the most unprincely OF Queen Victo'
ria's defects Is her mesnness. She Is eco.
nomicsl to q degree that would DO nrsiss'
worthy In q waBnerwoman earning shitl-
ings a week, but which is highly reprehen.
ibIe in sovereign receiving l,rge revenues
! rom the nation. That sue should not
! care for dress Ia all well enough, but surely
the queen of England ought not to appsar
/ in public 10 soi'cd snd shabby clothes, and
| that she does continually.
| lady membe Of the British aristocracy en-
Titled TO receive present on her wedding
from those august hands is an India shawl
The reason for this invariable selection is
| said 70 be the fact that portion OF the
tribute paid annually by tho native princes
of India TO their supreme sovereign, the
empress, al ways consists OF q number OF fine
shawls, and so she need not disburse u
penny when making her wedding present.
done to tho commerce and
trades.people Of London in her selfish Sc.
clusion during all these years is simply it,
calculable. Granted that she incurred for
poor wifr) with all the passionate aban-
donment due to euch love and such loss
But q n0bler mind would have recognized
nr}Se}ypr duff IN tf,e cassms Of -her r-vPie'
: ma When the formal mourning was over.
would have oomprehended the worth OF
And the poor princess Beatrice-surely
never did n princess, young, sprightly and
inteuigent, lead such dolatul existence
outsfde ofthe enchanted tower OF fairy tale.
Not for her are the splsndors OF court
hall. or the charms OF box at the opera,
\ OF even the luxury Of drive in the park In
the height Of the London season. She Is
Hept closely chained to the side Of her i'm.
pesious. selfish mother. fulfilling the duties
of 4 paid companion, with never holiday,
except, indeed, when che caught the rheu-
matitm lately, and had to goto Aix.lee-
Bains by order Of her phyicianss'
And am told that the poor princess's
malady was caused by the strict en-
forcement by the queen OF full dress daily
at tkeir family dinner. That constant
wearing of a decollets cors.ge in all kinds
of weather proved too much tor the health
Aoi her uplucky daughter. And from the
6tfeen's dittum no appeal is possible. She
] tyrauizes over everybody about her, with
tbe sole exception OF The duchess OF Il ill.,
burg. The naughty Russian princess once
hturned upon her with tho sharp remark,
apropos Of some question OF precedence.
"madam, you torsft that my rather was an
\ en- peror, while yours was not even O
Nv do not wish to decry Mrs. Lippin-
- most charming volume or TO give
limpression that I do not comprehend
(pnreciats the many high qualities OF
leH Victoria. But have boen too much
ENGLAND, and have heard too much about
: to exactly look upon her as "a thing
hk'y'd ensanted." She has defects
lich are intolerabe in priva,e-still more
nd that of queeu-snd that have told and
are still telling cruelty on her family and
her Immediate surroundings. AnG any
prosperous American girl may thank her
sters that Queen Victoria ia neither her
! mother, her guardian, or her mothe,-in-law.
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Il ia acknowledggd,by chemist7 andphvai'