The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-23
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Apropos OF Grace Greenwood, have
lust finished reading her !erY charming
Life Of Qlceu Victoria II "a = most ~
teresting volume, Hhu 4 uout " concur
with her IN her rnthusias'i' praises nI
Prince Albert TIL his ,llesf son grew AZ
90 scarcely rpslE what paragon tue
.oripce c,nsort 9. ... was. young ani
handrotn. u.I. ...I.I b.s.dr one ui the
srests.t thrones a. Europa, prince out i
,fairy tale tor beauty aAu T. is1hal iasolna-
Lton, vet blimuless SD u'gii IA IA dgdy
lite as virluous womln. An, there are
no such princes uOEauaysl
The only real error ot his lie Us the
oueen's husband was hi- adherence 20 the
strict m cs oi the stlii C1urt etiquette 90
Germauv, amt which he persuaded her 10
maint iin-s tact that accounts IN part Tor
the intense uupopulaEty that was ut one
time bis undeserved portion. II" CARED
his intense pud" OF 20 i''on 50 TAR Ms never
10 consent to receive Hpy Artitl; from the
hands Of A servant Even when he was out
shooting lac would lot tnGr his qua rom
one OF the ghme.kfepsr.: ~ had 10 be tnn'-
mitted to him through The medium OF HE
gentlemen IN waiting, HIS wife fully
imbibed ali his ideas aud followed
his example. Once when Queen
Victoria was ON q visit 20
King l. luis Philipne, she expressed de-
sire Que evening Immediately before retir
brought to her on golden salver by one of
the royal valeta The queen refused To
take the water. motiouiuW tls bsurer rom
her with an imperiou5 gesture. Lpuis
Philippe noticed tae action, and perfectly
compreheuded iis purplrt. He signsd TO
one o, his sons to offer the saver % her
majesty. Tnis was G-le, ana the queen
then cnudescended 30 accept the desired
draueht
/ think, to. tha. Qucsn Victoria has
been much 10 blame Ia he stand which she
has q ken ia regard TO the marriages OF the
/, mem bers of the collateral branches OF the
royal family. L. Is wel-known fact she
torcci the u or Princess Mary OF Cambridge
90 give up the man Hho sincerely loved aud
who loved her, an Ezgiish Goblenan, and
likewise Competed her to give het
hand to the duke Of IecK. More
then once has the. queen been compelled
70 Intervene ia the copjlgal affairs D! this
Il-sssor ed pair. Ard in more than
one instance soc has refused 20 receive a.
court German princes VINO have married
English ladies' OF rank, because she dld not
approve o the gentlemen marrying beneath
their station, thus taking sides with her
brthright against her own couuirywomen.
But the most unprinosly OF Queen Victo'
ria's detects IL her mesnnesa. She ~ eoa'
nomical u n oegrce that would pc praise
worthy ia 4snerwomen earning shil.
ng, week, but which 10 highly rspreheu'
s,ble in d sovereign receiving trEe revenues
rom the nnn0u. That she should not
care ror dress is all WEI enough but surely
the queen of England ought not TO appear
N public In sOi'ed and shabby clothes, Hnd
that she docs confirm tlly.
Her irvariabla wedding SIT 30 any young
lady mem Der OF thb BRUSH nrlSiccracy en-
titled to receive q present on her wedding
from those lUgusf bands IS an ludia sha"l
The reason tor this invarlable SOL cc-ioD Is
said TO be the fact that portion OF the
all ATT t,us1 a. 4IlU ny The naffg,a nrlUrpu
of India 10 their supreme sovereign, The
empress al gays consists OF number OF line
shswls. aud 30 she need not dsburse n
penny when making her wedding present.
And And the injury that sa0 a nSi
trades.people OF London IL her selfish TO-
clusion during ell THESE years is simply ~
Calculable. Granted that she incurred iof
FER lost husband land DOUBTLESS she DID,
poor wif) with all the passionate aban-
sionrf emit due to such love and such loss.
But pobler mind would have recognized
a higher duty in the claims OF her people,
anu when the formal mourning was over,
would have comprehended the worth OF
self-abnegetion on such matter.
And the poor princess Beatnce-surely
never did prlucesl, young, spughtly ana
Intelligent, lead such doleiul existence
0u''de ofthe enchanted tower OF fairy tale.
MOI Tor her are the splendors OF court
ball, or the charms OF q box at the opera,
or even the luxury OF drive IN the park III
the height Of tie London season. She IL
kept closely chained TO tho side OF her i'm
perlous, selfish mother. fulfilling the duties
OF paid ompgniOn, with never holiday,
except indeed, when she caught the rheu-
matism lately, aud had to goto Aix'les-
Bains by order OF her phviolans,
And am told that the poor princess
maindy was caused by the strict en-
forcement bv the queen nj full dress daily
mt their amily diauei. That constant
yearing OF ec1llets clrsage in all kinds
of weather proved 600 much for the health
of her uulucky daughter. And from the
queens dictum no appeal - possible. She
tyrapizes over everybody about her, WI h
the sole execution of The duchess OF Eiin-
brrr Tho haugh'v Prrsian princess once
turned upon her with the sharp remark,
npropos Of aor'a question oi precedence.
madam, you forget that my father was an
smperor, while yours was not even
king"
M | do not wish TO decry Mrs. Lippin-
cott's most Clnrming volume, or 10 give
he impression iha, do not comprehend
or appreciate the many high qualities OF
Qeen Victoria Bot have been too much
In Enel and, and have henrd too much about
her to exscfly look upon her no "a thing
entk'y'd ensanted." She has delects
which are intolsrabe in pri-ate-still more
IN that of queen-and that have told anu
are stu telling cruelty on her family and
her immediate surroundings. And any
prosoerous American girl may thank her
sters that Queen Vici0ria u neither her
mother, her guardieo, or her mother-in-law.
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