St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-10
Softened by the Numerous
Joys and GPiefs OF Her g
Crowned Romance, qga
The Grandmother Is Admired
and Loved by Her Faith i,
full People.
A Woman Distinguished for
Her Devotion to the Pub
lie Veal.

see the baby. said 10 them: Look at
her well, for she will be Queen of Eli
gland!' The spring of the year 1919 IS
far off how. says the Figaro lllustre;
the May rose has changed into the
Christmas rose; the little princess has
become the doyenne of the sovereigns
of Europe, and her people honor in
her half century OF a reign WHICH.
i'll the words of the National An.
them, has been "happy and glorious"
and distinguished by her majesty'S great
virtues and devotion to the public veal.
After being softened by the joys and
griefs of her crowned romance, the
public venerates the grandmother W no,
from the throne. mas made the nation
admire sentiments which are most dear
to it. History alone will be able to do
Justice to Queen VictOria's merits. SIM
pie and upright, lowered with high in
telligence and firm will. very dear as
to her rights and her duties, she has
never sacrificed them for the sake of
effect; c'est une conscience ct un carac-
tere.
The one place where the queen is
never to be found is her good town of
London. Whether it be that Bucking-
ham palace is displeasiug to her ma
jesty (aS it might well be-. or whether
the air and noise Of the capital are in
furious 10 her health, one thing is GER
tain that she avoids London like the
pestilence, leaving to her charming
daughter-in-law. the Princess of Wales.
and TO the extremely popular heir-ap-
all official occasions. Young and beau
tiful, however. as the Princess of
Wales may be, she will find it difficult
to rival in majestic bearing her
august mother-in-law. With ner four
feet eight inches ard her sufficiently
strong frame, the queen, when she
takes her place in some ceremonious
procession or other, walks, and ae-
knowledgeS the salutationS of the spec
tators in absolutely regal fashions
Since Princess Beatrice'S marriage.
and especially since the extraordinary
manifestations which marked her
jubilee, the queen has shown herself a.
little more to her liege subjects. <t;,..
There is also more animation in the:
palace. Her majesty has commandedf
artisteS to appear at court, and has ,en-
couraged her encourage to get up anna
teur theatricals. The fact is that
Princess Beatrice has married Prince
Charming, from whom one wishes to-
vanish all ennui; and, as he cannot be.
sent over to Germany to hunt aud shoot
every week, the domestic hearth IS
made as attractive as possible. ,4s :;
With the exception of few weeks
spent at some health resort, the queen;
divides her time almost equally between;
Windsor, Osborne and Baimoral. Wind-sl
sOr, the immense feudal palace of Will
lam the ConQueror and Edward IlI,.is,
the actual official residence of the,
queen; and never has monarch had
that her majesty invites those whom she
wishes to entertain. The invitations
are usually to dinner. the guestarriving
at the castle in time TO dress,a and spend
ing the night at the castle.
The queens day begins little later
now than formerly, the rheumatic af-
lection from which she suffers having
diminished her strength, although she
still works very hard. Rising between
and o'clock, she breakfasts alone i'll
her apartments, but occasionally in
viteS Princess Beatrice or some other
member of the royal family. Often, in
fine weather, she drives to Frogmore.
and when it is warm weather she break
fasts in tent erected in the gardens.
From 10 t. 2 her majesty works. One
u.
the queen seldom presides over a
council, except on some very excep-
tional occasion. Every day there
are twenty or thirty packets of dis
patches for her majesty to lOok through.
Everything comes under her eyes.
Prince Albert used to say the queen
ought TO be the best Informed pers in
the realm. ministers go outline
queen remains" said the prince. Her
majesty has remained faithful to the
weighty programme which amazed the
Emperor Napoleon I'LL, and assuredly
the principal secretary, Sir Henry Pom
sonby, has anything but sinecure.
When the queen mas been working at
FrogmOre you see her return to Wind
sor, bringing back the pre- cious dispatch
boxes in the carriage. Then Sir Henry
Ponsonby takes possession of them, sorts
the contents, and forwards the dispatches
to their destinations. AT 2 o'clock comes
lunch with those members of the roval
family who happen to be at the castle.
Her majesty has an embarraS de choiX,
for of tine fifty children and grandchil-
dren that Providence has granted her
without counting the fourth genera
ton, which treads upon the heels of the
others, there remain fOrty-two. As,
besides. the queen is allied more OF less
closely TO all who reign, have reigned
or will reign in. Europe, one willingly
abstains from attempting to classify
those related to her majesty. For the
ess is a pastime; her majesty never
gets confused over it, and goOd-humor-
edly pretends to be surprised that every
body is not so clever as herself.
After lunch there is short walk, sad
at o'clock, no matter what the weather
may be, the queen goes for a drive. gen
orally accompanied by Princess Beat
trice, the lady-in-waiting, and some
other fair invitee. Dinner is at. 8
O'clock. Should reigning prince be
present the queen takes his arm; if not,
she walks into the dining room alone.
Before her majesty comes down the
gentlemen-in- waiting acquaints all the
male guests with the name of the lady
they are to take in. During the day
there is complete liberty for all, yet
there is none of that sociabilitv which
characterizes English country-hutise
fife. The evening has never been-a
time of much gaiety at the palace.
Charles Greville found it deadly dulE"
The 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 few words alma
bles ct banales, and retires at II o'clock.
When only members of the royal family
are present there is often music. Like
all her children, excepting the FRINGE of
Wales, the queen is an excellent musi-
clan. and sometimes sits down to the
piano with Princess Beatrice, or there
will be singing. Nature has endowed
her majesty with fine voice, not only
for singing, but for speaking, SO that
she is able to give certain charm even
to official documents. She reads them
as nobody else can, although she in
geniously confesses that she does SO
with fear and trembling. and is quite
content if she is able to say she has not
made single mistake!