New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-02
THE QUEEN I" ATHOME"
A PLEASANT PICTURE.
From Figaro lllustre.

From Figaro llusire ,,..,o
Once upon time there was charming dlJon
blonde Princess, with large plue eSr' hecanse She
tresscs who was known as Mayfower, pecauog S S
was born in that beautiful spring moich anu n,i .
father holding her up before the lorus anu ~
who FASTENED to see the paDy' sada ~ f Encand
The spring of the year 1919 Is lar OIL now o eic
May rose has changed into the Onris.l" o 81 tho
the little Princess mas become the uoyenr IN ~ har
soyereignS OF Europe, and her people Iohoi III .
half a century of a reign which, III me Woius Vi
the National Anthem, has Deeh haPPPS $50
glorious and distinguished ny Hcl IioJs 49,
GREAT virtues and devotion to the puDlio we"'.
After being softened by the joys ana griels vi nJ
crowned romance the pubic yeherates tIc s a;iU
mother who, from the throne has ihaue .ne IL
admire sentiments which are most dear W H. i'
tory alone will be able 10 DO justice 10 Queclii
Victora's merits. Simple ana upright, uo"s 5no
with high intelligence and firm Will, very o'e"H
as to her rights aud her duties, she has never e"oil
feed them lor the sake OF erect ceso uhe oon-
The one place where the Queen is never to be
found is her good town of London ;" helner IL I uc
that buckingham Palace Is dispensing 10 iiel
Ma iesty las it might well be-, or whether IIe ar
and noise of the capital are injurious 10 ler rI
ono thing is certain--that she avoids LoIuon Inv
tho npstience leaving to her charming dauShei-
in-law the Princess of Wales, and to the eAtlenicS
nnnulor Uelr-Apparent, the duty otIepresehts.nY
her on all official occasions Young anu Iii
however as the Princess OF wales may DC Sne I
find H. difficult to rival in majestic Dearlls net
aucust mother in-law. With her f0ur ieet elsn'
inches and her sufficiently strong frame, tue Que'
when she takes her place In some ceIeilVniou ptbo
aossion mr. other walks and Acknowledges ,he
soIutatOns of the spectators III auSolutcy iosd
fashion Since Princess Beatrices mariiage anu
especially since the extraordinary mahiIestaulom
wbicL marked her Jubilee, the Queen has SHOWN
herself little more to her liege suDlecls' H.
There is also more animation in the Palace Her
Majesty has commanded artlStes 10 appear at
Conrt and has encouraged her entourage 10 eeo
ND amateur theatricas. The fact Is tnat s,
Rpatrice has married a Prince Charming, from
whom one wishes to Danish all ennul ana; as ne
cannot be sent over to Germany to NUM- anu snoo'
every week, the domestic hedrOh 10 h""' "
tive possible.
With the execution Of few weeks spent at
some health resort, the Queen divides her tllne
almost equally between Wndsor' OS3or"T noi Sn
RaImoraI Windsor the immense feudal paiace
Of William the ConquerOr and EDWARD H. ID ,lle
actual official residence of the Queen ahd ie't 20
has monarch had more stateN n .,se ,hom cho
Windsor that Her Majesty invites those WHOM Shc
wishe, TO entertain. The invitations are usually
,o dinner. the guests arriving at the caste ~,
time to dress, and spending the night aC 'ho
Castle. 49,,
Tho Oueen's day begins little later now than
formerly the rheumatic affection from which she
sun having diminished her strength, al'nouS ",
She still works very hard Rising between anu NV
q O'clock she breakfasts alone in her apartments.
but occasionally invites Princess Beatrice or some
other member of the Royal family. Oiten, IN nHe
weather. she drives to Frogmore, ana when IL Is
warm enough she breakfasts IN a tent erected III
rho gardens From 10 to Her Majesty WORKS
ono of the Ministers is always at hand out the
Queen seldom presides over Co4hclI, eHccPT oa
very exceptional OCCASION EntI$ va" Sor Her
are twenty or thirty packets of dispatches ior lier
Majesty TO look through. Everything comes under
her eyes Prince. Albert used to say the queen
ought to be the bestniormeu person III , sad The
Prince Her Ma jesty has remained falth1uI 10 the
weightv programme which amazed the Emperor
Napoleon Ill and assureay tne Pn [fEipS 5ut
snecure When the Queen has been working AT
Frogmore you see her retnrn to windsor, DrlIglns
back the precious dispatch-boXes In the carrlaee;
Then Sir Henry Ponsonby takes possession OF
thcm sorts the contents and forwards the dis
patches 10 their destinations. At o'clock comes
lunch with those members OF the k9yai FANNY wiz ,
harpen 20 he at the Castle. Her Majesty mas an
cmbarras de choix, for of the fifty children ana
grandchildren that Providence has granted h t,r
without counting the fourth generation, whlcn
treads upon the heels of the others) there remain
forty-two As, besides. the Queen is alied more
or less closely to all who reign have reigned or
will reign in Europe one willingly a0staiils from
ATTEMPTING to classify those related to iicr Majesty
For the Queen, however. the disentangling process
is pastimo: Her Majesty never gets confused
over il, and good-humoredly pretends to be sur
prised that everybody is not so clever as herself
After lunch there is short walk, ana az q
o'clock no matter what the weather may be-. the
Queen goes for drive, generally accompanied Dy
Princess Beatrice, the lady-n-waltlng ana soI,s
other fair invitee Dinner is at o'clock. Should
n reigring Prince he present the Queen takes MS
arm: if rot she walks into the dnlng-ro0m aione'
Hefore her Majesty coih,s uo"n wv S.O. Ell tLo
waiting acauaints all the male guests with the
name of the lady they are to take in. During
tbe day there is complete liberty for all yet there
i none of that sociability which characterIzes
English countrv-house life. The evening mas
neycFr been q time of much gayety at the Palace
Gbo,lcs (;revillc found il deadly dull. The
Oncrr used to seat herself at n largo round table,
and the conversation became more or less animated
Wv tho Queen rocs from one 70 the other. address
inc 70 each few words aimables Of banaes. and
rotirps at 1 o'clock When only members of the
there is often music.
Tic all her children. excepfng the Prince Of
Wales the Queen is an excellent musician. and
sometimes sits down 70 the piano with Princess
Peatricc. or there will be- singing. Nature has
endowed her Majesty with n fine voice not only
for singing but for speaking so that she is able
n give certain charm even TO official documents
She reads them as nobody else can. although she
| in"enuouslv confcsses that she does with fear
| and trembling and is quite content IL she Is able
| 70 saw she has not made single mistake!