New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20
EMPRESS VICT0EIA AND TIE GERMANS
From The st. Jamcss Gazette, London.

From The ST. James's Gazette London
we were ourselves cnce upon time exceedingly I'M
Ina TO the Prince C0nsort and ought to remember this
hon ve crtelse our nclghbors Had the positions been
reversed and he survived the Queen cannot thhh MS
lot would have been at all happy one IN England I"o
things are singular In the real or supposed unpopullV
., rho Fmpress-nrst that she should De upOraioe1 LOT
beinq too English whereas the most Ieutonlc OF pesc
d searcelv be more entirely German in blood she has
h,d we may say In genealOcy three fngiishborn ana
feeling ancestors; her grcatgrandiather, George
I,e ars ~ our Hanoyerlan Kings had the least
rctenson to be Enfe). hor grandfather the DUKE OF
Kent the son OF German mother the Queen the daughter
of German mother; while the Empress hefseu ID INV
daughter Of a German father II would be dcut 10 hu
an nnatlon less mixed Her Imperial Majesty has spoken
German from her cradle she has been SURROUNDED by
German servants and governesses On our side were
not for present complete popularity ard warm ana gen
eraI sentiment Of home regard and possession Whch Tue
royal family enjoy among IL might easily De thaJ We
should upbrad House Of Guelph with being too Ter
man Granting the royal necessity for foreign consort
which it seems Impossible sumCunt less foreign CON
r, tb.r tho Fonrass is could have been imagined TO
he sure that has been less necessity In Germany than
anywhero else in the world. German prncesses have
always abounded for all the purposes OF state sun
Princess OF Great Britain and Ireland Cnot to say
Princess Royal differs IN degree from hecklen'
burg a liesse.
Then there ia the odlous nsnuaton that the Empress
has introduced strain Of unheahlnes among the robust
Uohenzollerns Whence this persistent and prevailing
SANDER comes IS very difficult say. one IL
ng up I'm all kinds places among nasty gossps Of
The backalrs the very face Of the that
family more vigorous than the royal family OF England does
not exst anywhere The work they get through I'm the
wear or TWO a delicate unhealthy race Out OF all her
large family, the Queen has had but delicate child
the late Duke Of Albany all the Of Princes and
Princeses hale and hearty pale peeres have ever
gathered about royal board They travel through
the most tedious formate bow till sympathetic necks
ache merely 10 IL, stand TIL sympathetic limbs
trcbe under and ready be called upon for
thousand uninteestlng duties The Queen herself IS
from young, rs must be allowed She Is creatgrand-
mother; but there not many working women who
within sight Of seventy would Dc considered capable by
themselves else OF doing the work carried by
our Sovereign without either complaint applause We
cry upon ourselves and each other whom
grandmother Of the cottage still oIng Something
be for her that a least cannot DO allowed go
we But the Queen always goes takes long
journeys Europe presents herself after travelling
nights in succession, unred ready for everything.
Of gazing strangers, ahough all know that to
stared and crowded naturally agreeable Her
Majesty And IL Is the Queens daughter who IS supposed
have brought strain Of weakness To the Prussian
house The old Emperor like many other younger potcn
tates was bostered periodically with baths and cures
The Queen requires Gasen. healing and soothing
waters heard whimsical story not long OF young
servant at Windsor who hadsbcen reprimandcd FOR ang
asleep before his work IL his duty 20 put
out the lamps Nobody oughtn't up lae,' the
young man grumbed in his sefdcfcnce. II was tho
Queen busy over work who kept this humble attendant
out o. bed And the Queens family lih' her There
Il not scky ehlld among her descendants. 10 Is tme
that all odous whispers should be contTa1ctcd. tho
gcslps name family less subject Illness any class OF
society Nobody can do this; but In the Meantime II IS
Easy 10 whisper about Invisible tants where such thing