Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08
THE QUEEN SAT HoME~
A Pleasant Picture OF the Dom cetio
Life or Her Majesty.
From Figaro iliustre.

A Pleasant Picture OF the Domestic
Life OF Her Majesty.
Prom Figaro ilin.tre.
Once apon a time there Was charming little
blonde princess, with large blue eyes and golden
tresses. who Was known as MAyfower. because
she was born in that beautiful spring month,
and her father. holding ner up before the
lords and ladies' who FASTENED to see the baby.
said to them: Look at her well. for she win
be Queen Of England" The spring OF the
year 1919 is far of now: the May rose has
changed into the Christmas rose: the little
princess has become the doyenne Of the SOW
ereigns OF Europe. and her people honor in
ner hali century Of reign which. in the words
Q, the national anthem. has been happy and
glorious. and distinguished by her msiesty's
great virtues and devotion 70 the public veal
AFTER helng softened by the JOYS and griefs Of
ner crowned romance. the public venerntcs
the grandmother who, from the throne, has
made the nation admire sentiments which are
most dear ~ IT. History alone will be able 70
do Justice TO Queen Nictorias merits. Simple
and upright. lowered with high intellicence
and nrm viii. very clear as 10 her right and
her duties, she has never sacrificed them for
the sake OF effect. cest une conscience et IN
caractere.
ANYWHERE But LONDON.
The one place where the queen Ia never 20 be
found is her good town of London whether
1t be that Buckingham Palace is displeasinc 10
her majesty tas II might well be- or whethe
the AIR and NOISE OF the capital injurious 90
her health. one thing is certaiu-that she avoids
London like the pestilence, leaving TO her
charming dsughter-In-iaw. the Princess of
Wales, and to the extremely popular heir
apparent, the duty OF repr, sentIng her on all
official occasions. Young and beautiful how
ever, as the Princess OF Wales may be- she will
ind II difficult 10 rival in ma estlc bearing her
august mother-in-law. With her four feet
eight inches and kcr sufficiently strong frame,
| the queen. when she takes her place IN some
ceremonlous procession or other. walks and
acknowledges the salutatlons OF The spectators
| IN absolutely regal fashion. Since Princess
Beatrice's marriage aud especially since tho
extraordinary manifestations which marked
her jubilee, the queen has shown herself q
| little more 10 her liege subjects
There Is also more animation in the palace
| Her majesty has commanded artistes to appear
| At court and has encouraged her encourage n
get up amateur theatricals. The fact Is that
| Princess Beatrice has married a Prince Charm
| ing. from whom one wishes 20 Danish all ennul,
| and. as he cannot be sent over to Germany TO
1 hunt and shoot every week. the domestic he arth
is made as attractive rs possible. hItn the ex-
! cephon OF few weeks spent at some health re-
| sort the queen divides her time almost equally
4 between Windsor, Osborne and Balmorai
! Windsor. the immense feudu palace of William
| the Conqueror and Edward Ill. n the actual
| official residence of the queen. and never has
| baO Il more nome.
| A DAY AT WINDSOR.
II is to Windsor that her majesty invites those
| whom she wishes to entertain. The invitations
| are usually TO dinner. the guests arriving at
| the castle IN time TO dress and spending the
| night at the castle. The queens day begins q
| little later now than formerly. the Rheumatic
| affection from which she suffers having dimin-
| lshed her strength. although she still works
| very hard. Rising between s and . O'Clock she
| lr.ak Fasts alnna IN har hnf
| slonally invites Princess Beatrice or some other
| member of the royal family. Often. IN fne
| weather, she drives TO Frogmore, and when IL
| Is warm enough she breakfasts IN a tent erected
| in the gardens. From 10 to 2 her majesty
| works. One of the ministers is always at hand,
but the queen seldom presides over a council.
| except on some very exceptional occasion.
Every day there are twenty or thirty
packets of dispatches for her majesty TO
look through. Everything comes under
her eyes. Prince Albert used to say the queen
ought to be the best-informed person in the
| realm. ministers go out-the queen remains.
said the prince. Her majesty has remained
faithful to the weighty program winch amazed
| the Emperor Napoleon Ill and assuredly the
| principal secretary, Sir Henry Ponsouby. has
| anything but sincecure. When the queen
| has been working AT Frocmore you see her re-
| turn TO Windsor. bringing back the precious
dispatch boxes in the carriage. Then SIR Henry
| Gonsonby takes possession Of them. sorts the
| contents and forwards the dispatches to their
| destinations. At z O'Clock comes lunch with
those members of the royal family who happen
| to be at the castle.
| RELATIONSHIP PUZZLES
Her ajesty has an embarras de choix. foi
of the fifty children and grandchildren that
Providence d: Z -nted her without counting
the fourth &c. Grafton. which treads upon tbs
heels of the others,) there remain forty-teo
As, beside, the queen Is allied more or les
closely to all who reign, have reignec or vii
reign in Europe, che willingly abstains from
attempting to classify those related 10 her
majesty. For the queen, towever, the olsen.
tangiing process is p~stlme; her majesty
\ never gets confused over IL aud good humor-
eddy pretends TO be surprised that everybody Id
not so clever as herself After lunch there n
a short walk. aud at O'Clock, no matter what
| the weather may be, the queen goes for drive,
generally accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
the lady-in-waitng. and some other fair in
| vltee. Dinner is at O'Clock. should a reign
| ing prince be present the queen takes his arm;
If not she walks into the dining room alone.
Before her majesty comes down the gentleman
in-waiting acquaints all the male guests
| with the name of the lady they are
to take il. During the day there is
complete liberty FOR ALL vet there
Is none Of that sociahility which characterizes
| English country house life. The evening has
never been time OF much gayety az the palace.
| Charles Greville found it deadly dull" Ths
queen used to seat herself at large round
table and the conversation became more or less
| animated. Now, the queen goes from one to
| the other, addressing TO each a lew words anna
bles ct banales. and retires at IL O'Clock. When
only members OF the royal family are present
| there is often music. Like all her children, ex-
| cepting the Prince of Wales, the queen Is an
| excellent musician and sometimes sits down TO
| the piano with Princess Beatrice. there will
be singing. Nature has endowed her majesty
| with a fine voice, not only for singing but for
speaking; SO that she is able 10 give a certain
=. n.
| them as nobody else can, although she ingenu-
| ously confesses that she does SO with fear and
| trembling and is quite content If she is able 10
| say she has not made q single mistake.
| Casar's Prerogatiye.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch
"Ah, what glorious days they we're when
| stock colnpauies held the forti" signed the old