The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-21

without wrinkle; in fact, her Ma
jesty's face is almost expressionless;
there is something, to an American,
almost stolid in her face and figure.
When she smiles at something her
favorite son, the Prince of Wales,
says, her face lights up little and
she mods her head in a series of deli
cate little movements, meant doubt
less as marks of approval From
the death of her husband to the
present day the Queen has lived in
very retired manner. She lives
most narrow and secluded life, one
of pure routine. OF late years she
seems to have had nervous dread
of appearing in public; and no doubt
the fact that her life has twice been
attempted while on the streets of
London, has had powerful effect in
increasing this Discrimination to take
part in any public shows or pageants.
1t was with great misgivings that she
appeared in the late jubilee. One
may safely say that, outside of her
family and social life in Windsor
Castle in England, and Balmoral
Castle in Scotland, she takes little or
no pleasure in England. She is, far
from the ordinary public opinion,
not very strong or healthy; even at
the period the writer has before al
luded to, she had to husband her
strenth on public OCCASIONS; and this
fact of her far from rugged health
may account for her refusals to pat
ronize the theatres, operas and con-
certs. She has often been unklndly
criticised for the abruptness with
which she sometimes withdraws from
a "drawing room," leaving the
"Princess Of Wales" to represent her.
At the present day she is unable to
stand up and receive during one en-
tire "drawing room" In private life
the Queen has often amused herself
by writing for publication; her
books are of course we'll known to
the English and American public.
She is proficie Mt in French, is very
fond of water-color sketching and
painting, and, during the season, en-
joys sending Geographic invitations
to her various personal friends to
come down to Windsor Castle to
dine and spend the night. One fact
is not very generally known. For
the last ten years or more the Queen
has taken a deep interest in public
affairs, especially in the debates of
the House of Commons. 1t is said
by a we'll known American who is
supposed to have official sources of
information in high quarters, that an
abstract of all important debates is
always sent to her by telegraph. 1t
is certain that no important political
move of the Cabinet is made without
consulting her. And this consulting
is not d matter of form only. She
goes into the subject il all it's as
poets, and wishes to thoroughly un-
derstand it before giving her ap-
prevail. She has rarely, if ever, ex-
ercised her veto power, but she is
particularly fond, it is asserted, of
making, personally, all the more i'm
portant appointments, especially in
ecclesiastical matters At the time
the writer saw her, she was about
fifty eight years old. The Queen is
probably the richest woman, as to
her personal and individual proper
ty, in England, and perhaps any
country. Her annual income does
not fall far short of $14,ooo,ooo,
counting that from private sources as
we'll as what comes publicly and from
Parliament. She has been very
economical, especially of late years;
in fact, even some of the English
people have accused her of very i'll
judged economy, and lamented the
fact that she disliked so intensely to
take part in the imposing ceremonial
and royal display which so much
still please the good people of Eng
land. She is very quiet in her
tastes, does not wear jewelry, and
generally looks more like a plain,
respectable, middle class old lady
than anything else. Much of her in