Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
ITALY'S FAIR QUEEN.
Olive, Weston Tells Some Interest
ing Things Of Her Home Life.
HER FRIENDS AND HER JEWELS.
A Disappointing Little Peep Into the
Realms of Literature.
RIGHTS MOVE IN ITALY
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH


wear her husband presents her with new
string, the finest that can be found, and
they now fall from her throat to below her
waist, a solid mass. Her jewel caskets are
heaped up with them like the treasure
chambers Of the Shah of Persia. Alta court
costume ball she once appeared as the
Princess of Pearl, when she wore not only
ali of those wonderful things, but all the
other pearls in her collection, and was COM
pletely covered with them. Her dress was
cloth of silver, brocaded in pearls, while
beautiful pear-shaped pendants hung from
the centers of the flowers in raised pearl EN-
broidery.
There is pretty little story of necklace
that her son saw in shop window, which
he could not buy with his pocket money, so
he begged the shop-keeper to let him have
it bead by bead. And on the @ ueen's birth
day, when his royal father had presented
his superb gift, the little Prince proudly
hung around his mothers neck a strand
almost equaling it in beauty and value.
That row is one the Queen oftenest wears,
and is one of her dearest treasures.
INCLINED TO GREEN.
After pearls she best likes emeralds, of
which she has a magnificent parure. She is
much inclined to green in her costumes,
wearing sage blue, moss, and bronze in
many shades. Dark bronze green, with
bands of feather trimming, soft and fluffy
around her neck, the skirt embroidered in
the same shade and a line of rose pink
lining the bonnet, is her favorite carriage
toilet. She used to be very slender, but has
of late been growing stouter and stouter,
which makes her appear quite short and
annoys her very much. She wishes to diet,
but it is very difficult for her to do so, as
she enjoys every dainty Of the table. A
few years ago, when the Empress of Austria
was the handsomest woman in Europe and
proud of her fine figure, fearing the signs of
embonpoint, she lived almost entirely upon
fruit, strong tea and sweets. The Queen of
Italy has tried several times to become a
vegetarian, but has given up in despair.
Margherita has charming circle of lady
friends, and receives them all on terms of
simplest intimacy-kissing them on both
cheeks without ceremony. If the King
happens to be present in her private sitting
room when lady enters, the visitor makes
three deep reverences, one at the door,
another half way toward the King, and the
third close by, when he extends his hand
and raises her.
The Queen encourages every form Of art,
and arranges many little informal after
moons where some poet will read his new
verses, scientist will lecture, the last
Woman's Rights devotee is permitted to
plead her cause of culture before the court
circle, or the ladies will gather in the music
room to hear some celebrated pianist.
GOSSIP AND LOVE.
All court circles delight in gossip, and no.
where is more material furnished than in
Italy. Italians think of nothing else but
making loved. Filtration is unknown, it is
always desperately earnest there. The chap
erone is necessity. Women speak of their
lovers with frankness that would amaze us
here. In the family circle, at dinner, in the
presence of the children, subjects are dis
mentioned, even in private, with us. If
Mrs. Chamberlain finds it necessary to seek
a retreat from polite drawing rooms in Lon
don, she would quickly fly from Rome.
This erotic atmosphere would seem the
last place for woman's rights to bloom, and
any suggestion of strong minded females or
mdu-udLcIb WOulU nave DcRQ
surely nipped in the bud. But the pro-
moters Of the cause are lovely women (most
of them, of course, with husbands in cages
In the attlc) who receive in charming salons
full of bric-a-brac, in flowing tea gowns,
and discuss Platonic love with young noble
men, urging that woman should be given
equal opportunities of education with man,
that she may better cultivate all her powers
to be his companion. 1t is very clever
way Of getting round the question, and the
plant really looks as if it would bloom some
time.
Queen Margherita has two sorrows-most
queens have many. One is that her husband
is an incorrigible firt, an accomplishment
he probably inherits. The other great sor-
row of the Queen is the division Of church
and state. She is an ardent Catholic, and
may be often
SEEN ON HER KNEES
in the Roman churches, while the peasants
kiss the hem of her garments as she passes
by. On the occasion of the Pope's Jubilee
she sent word to ask His Holiness what gift
he would receive from her. The reply was
only one word-"Rome" She sighs to give
a "dinner of toleration." as Catherine of
Russia used to do, when the ministers of all
religions dined and conversed together at
the court. She has endeavored to bring the
Quirinal nearer to the Vatican, but as yet
without success, although she has done
much to avoid open trouble.
The Queen is very generous in helping
artists, but she herself has little
of art-her own tastes are more
literary. She writes poems, and has even
tried a novel, which was enthusiastically
praised by the court ladies when one day
she read them few chapters. She was
bright enough to wish less partial test, so
she sent it under an assumed name to a
leading publisher, who politely declined to
accept it. The publisher was much
chagrined when the affair came out, and on
the story being Photographed in the London
newspapers three English houses tele-
graphed to the Queen asking for the book,
but she sensibly thinks best to abide by the
decision given when no royal name protected
the child of her fancy. Her poems are
mostly in the form of fables.
She has deep friendship for the gifted
Queen of Roumania. Carmen SYLVIA" and
she is a friend of the unfortunate Natalie.
VINO, UeIOIc uSI IIOuulcs, uScu W WTlCe Such
beautiful stories for children, of whom she
was especially fond, which made the terrible
blow of losing her own seem doubly crush
ing. She was devoted to her people, and in
time of war worked day and night in the
hospitals. directing the corps of ordinary
nurses.
THE DIFFERENCE.
When the King, Queen and Crown Prince
ride out in the city they always 90 in sep
arate carriages and different directions. so
that as many subjects as possible may have
.he pleasure of seeing and bowling to the
royal family. How thoughtful this is. and
20 different from the English style, which,
if 10, 900 people are waiting &C the front door
Of palace, slips out of the back door as if
10 purposely disappoint them. AT the
time of the Colonial Exhibition-when thou
sands of working men and their wives had