The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-17
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE
As It Appears to the British Public from q
Domestic Point of View.

As 1t Appears to the British Public from o
Domestic Point of View.
smalley's London Letter in New York Tribune.
lit is purely a marriage of affection" said
hall, "and, therefore, one which makes us
very happy, and that happiness and Salts
faction are greatly enhanced by the man.
ner in which it has been received by our
cOuntrymen, and especially by the city of
London"
Those are rather remarkable words. They
might be alleged in justification of the
somewhat extreme frankness with which
the marriage and the bridegroom and the
bride have here been discussed: If the
Prince himself can refer in public to the
state of his daughters affections it be-
comes difficult to c~riticise what, in
other circumstances, might seem a
want of reserve in other persons.
However, everybody is pleased that
the Prince should say SO. He might have
said it-such things have been known-in
a diplomatic sense had there been occasion.
1t would be thought a wise and princely
act to persuade the English people that the
betrOthal of the Princess Louise of Wales
to the Earl of Fife had no other motive
than the inclination Of the girl and her
future husband. Nothing would be more
pleasing to this nation.
They are in some respects the most do
nestle people In the world, and the most
simple-minded-a phrase which l use in its
best meaning. What is it-what is the one
thing which more than any other
laid the foundation of the Queens
immense popularity among her
s sf Ssa do mnsS%btsd IiEe. the She. beauty toS,
made.a marriage of pure affection. She
was in love with Prince Albert and he with
her. They were Darby and Joan together.
Her fidelity to his memory has profoundly
If she has sometimes given odd or almost
eccentric proofs of it, they nave provoked
little criticism except in what are called
the higher circles of society; about which /
shall have something to say In a moment
with reference to this present marriage.
glish, and the English were not liked by
Prince Albert; but hat made no difference
in their affection for his wife. Their 10y
atty to their Queen never wavered. They
liked her for liking the man they did not
like. They did not resent her retirement
into seclusion on his death.
Now if the Prince, who has drawn aside
one corner of the curtain which wells his
family life, would lift it altogether. again
would the English people see a picture of
that domestic happiness which they SO
much delight in. 1t is known to those who
are of his set. and to many beside. that he
is a family man. / say nothing of earlier
days, though even in earlier days his
ing abroad never withdrew him from
home very long. ii was always in
the nursery by 8 in the morning." said
one of them. AS he likes going to
bed at 3, or 4, or S, the hour seems early, but
he who said il must have known. He looked
after the training of his boys and girls much
more %sedulously than the average English
father. They were brought up strictly and
simply-few people would believe how
simply. The girls had their mother with
them; how could they fail to be well-breds
More than that, the Prince is a man of his
time, accessible to ideas, we'll aware of
what goes ON in the world in spheres very
unlike his own. He may believe in the
divine right of his house to a throne ON
which his ancestors have sat and the Queen
still sits by virtue of an act of Parliament.
He knows, Mt any rate, that there are peo-
pie who do not believe in it; that few peo-
pie in this country believe in 1T. He has
watched the movement of opinion and
of events. He knows that monarchy
is in these days neither a religion nor
a superstition. He is reported to have
said that though he expects to come
to the throne, it is a different ones
ton whether Prince Eddie will ever
reign over this country. His fortune is. for
his position, narrow; burdened by many OF
the expenses of kingship, which ought
strictly to be betrayed out of a kingly OF
queenly income. If he has not initiated
that ruler who required his children to
learn a trade, he has brought them up with
much more modest views, and in much
! more modest habits. than the children Of