The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-28
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
QUEEN VICTORIA, HER SONS, DAUGt'-
TIERS AND GRANDCHILDREN.

Health u the Princess Oh Naies-thS
Royal Boys and Girls Who Are Aiways
Welcome at Windsor Castle--The Prin-
cess Beatrice.
So many contradictory reports have been
circulated about the health Of the princess
Of Wales, that it would appear doubtful
whether her royal highness has lecome o
confirmed inv alid or whether she has only
been suffering from the prevalent colds,
sore thr oats ard chils which ordinary NOR
GALS owe this season alike to tho clemency
and inclemency Of the very extraordinary
weather W. ara having. The fact Is, how
ever, that the princess Is not naturally
strong; I'll at she inherits q certain delicacy,
even taint Of constitution which has al
ready at dire. ent times caused her serious
trouble. Her premature and painful deaf
ness the marks on her pretty neck, hidden
by jeweled or velvet band; the protracted
rheumatic affection OF the knee joints, which
once confined her for weary months to her
bed, are all sufficient proofs that she has In
cessantly to combat some mysterious infin-
ence liable to make itself more severely felt
as time and years roll ON.
A LOVING ROYAL GRANDMOTHER.
The sons Of the princes Of Wales take
after their mother, and are neither OF them
robust youths, Notwithstanding their ex-
| cellent physical training. The daughters
resemble their father; are Already inclined
| to stoutpess, somewhat heavy In mind ana
features, excessively good natured, shy TO
awkwardness, and perfel tly simple minded
and unaffected in their relations with those
persons OF every rank and position Who ap-
proach them.
Both boys and girls are welcome visitors
at Osborne house and Windsor castle The
| ta,nI a. go tIa fHnlI a
overweenng tenderness she feels for her
numerous and rapidly increasing group Of
grandchildren, who strangely and unac-
countably seem to have replaced In her
heart her own children The second gener-
alton can always rely on a hearty and low
ing reception from the royal grandmother,
even when the parents are somewhat
estranged, as in the ease Of the duke and
duchess Of Edinburgh. Princess Louise OF
Lorne, the crown princess of Germany, and,
in point Of fact, the prince and prime ess
of Wales, have long ceased to be prime
favoritea The queens likes and dislikes
! arc very strong, and generally very endur.
ing. She Is, even nov, prompt as giri 70
, conceive sympathy or antipathy, and
rarely alters her mind afterward
Her ma jesty feels about cenntries and
I places much as she does about individuals
, Some cities she will never visit, some resi-
dences she only enters under protest. whils
she 10 inordinately fond Of others She con.
3 ceived passion for Osborne house In the
Y early days Of her marriage, and 1t has never
, ceased to be her preferred abode--even be-
yond Balmoral Notwithstanding its numer-
Gus disadvantages as q royal palace and il
, inconvenient distance from London, whea
aged or infirm ministers OF state have 70 b
summoned to council
| ;o a isfa Ea Tn hat prin
Beatrice Is the constant and indissoluble
companion Of the queen, and that they 1--we
In the closest communion OF thought and ac-
tion. Far from it, Even before her mar
riage with the unfortunate and much-tra-
duced Prince Henry Of Battenberg, the
princess only accompanied her mother In
her rides and walks, and saw little or
nothing OF her at other timea She used to
livs almost entirely In her own apartments,
In the society of her inseparable friends AM
maids Of honor, Mile Norete and Miss
Bauer There is even less truth in the be-
lief that Prince Battenberg has wGmei
himself into the confidence Of his august
mother-in law. He has done no such thing
II hey ond John Brown her majesty has eve
put absolute trust In any one OF those su
rounding her, it Is In Sir Henry Ponsonb
and the dowager marchioness OF Ely. IT
former is perhaps tho only living man WI
has dared since Leopold's death to offer an.
suggestion or representation, and whos
voice has ever been listened to
QUEEN vIcToRIA's DAILY LIrE
The queen sleeps and eats we'll Who
she Is not taking foot or carriage exercise
she attends to her voluminous correspond
ence on state business. What time Is left
she spends in writing-hers Is o faeile pen
lin reading or steel engraving. This ussd
to be also favorite pastime Of Prince Al
bert, but it has Of late been much neglected
by the queen. The queen never has and
never will lay by her widows cap or her
, mourning dress no more will she conform
to the dictates Of fashion. The cut Of her
garments has not varied for many q year.
The very materials she uses are out Of date,
and have to he manufactured purposely for
her. She employs the same dressmaksrs,
, milliners and lingeres that worked for hsr
long ago Amy one coming upon her un-
awares walking In the grounds would b
justified In taking her for q comfortable,
respectable housekeeper or pew-opener; bus
no one whom she has ever addressed will
fail TO recognize the dignity and majesty of
her manner and utteranca
Princess Beatrice, unlike her mother, 10
fond Of dress, and her taste Is neither chasts
, nor subdued. She has an English partiality
for bright colors, and Is unfortunately do
voted to brilliant red shawl which suits
neither her hair nor her complexion IL Il inn
possible to make out whether she Is popular,
or how far the cold praise gwen to hsr clsy-
erness, talents and artistic instincts il Justl
+ fed; on the other band, no derogatory men
tion is ever made Of her personally. She
used to be, rather gratuitously, pitied as the
queens forced attendant, and now her mar
riage is considered q grave mistake, a. hav-
, ing brought another element Of discord into
the by no means united royal family. All
, her brothers are arrayed against her hus-
band, and lose no opportunity 20 make him
feel alike their antagoDism and his anom-
alous position The queen inJudiciously at
, tempts to silence opposition by unnecessary
favors, and by raising him by force to .
rank to which he has absolutely no clajm.
The princess Of Wales on this occasion, ~
ON many previous equally delkats ONES Of
, precedence and Relationship, has most
, wisely abstained from taking sides or vol
unteering an opinion. As usual, when z
, circumstance occurs necessitatiDg some de-
cideG attitude on hsr part, she. with wifsly
tact, follows the princes example, and,
, considering discretion the best part Of valor,
contrives under some pretext or othsr to Ia
out Of the way.-London Cor New York
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william II. vandsrbilt's Shaving Gun.
As climbed into the barbsr's chaE Of q
uptown hotel one morning recently, my eys
fell upon Q china cup bearing In hold
gothic letters this mama, "Wtpiam II. Van
, derbilt" IL was Q chAap-locking dish
a Other cups surrounding 1t were ornate Il
| gilt, while this wore only It's modest blac-
Y letterS
! Mr.. Vanderbilt bought that cup her
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