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TIE Queen rises early n tie morning,
snd after Breakfast reads and answers
her letters and transzcts business She
5 fond of the open air, and n the
weather be favorable otyen has her pa
pers taken into a tent 0r sumner-house
upon the lawn. which commands an ex-
teusive and most lovely view Of Loeb
nagar, its surrounding mountains and
tse valley Of tie Dee
After this comes walk or drive IN
pony carriage. and then luncheon, a.
which no one is ever present except
members of the royal family.
During the afternoon the Queen takes
long drive, often extending 20 over
thirty miles and always IN an open ear
riage She dimes late, never before $50
.. n. An hour spent IN the dra wing
room talking with the guests who may
have been invited finishes the dey, and
the Queen retires 70 rest.
The Queen is faithful to her old
friends and thoughtful for every body
With whom she comes IN contact, re-
membering the smallest details about
them, their families. and their occupa-
tions, and giving evidence OF this az
most unexpected moments. A circum-
stance which happened 20 me jusufee
strongly the truth Of this. Four years
ago was singing at the Royal Opera at
BERLIN. and was not even aware that the
Queen knew Of my engagement there.
/, soon after my debut, was At a large
dinner party at the English Embassy,
and sitting next 10 me was one OF the
gentlemen Of the Crown Princess house
hold. During dinner he put into my
hand telegram, telling me 70 read it.
This was from thc-Queen TO her daughter
NOW the Empress Frederick, recon-
mending me 10 her and desiring her TO
do all she could for me. Needless to
BAY that after this ! was SO excited that
j could eat no dinner, and | insisted on
keeping the telegram, one of my
precious souvenirs.
Her Majesty is fond of music and is a
good musician. She studied music with
Mendelssohn and singing with Lablache.
AS consequence of this teaching she
prefers tho old Italian music TO any
other. but at the same time she can ap-
preciate any thing that is good in the
modern music. This | know from ex-
perience, IA have sung all kinds OF
music 70 her. the new and the old. The
Queen IS much touched by a simple,
hOmely ballad, and after have sung to
her songs like Robin Adsir" or "Old
Folks at Home" have seen tears in her
ewes.
She has been in retirement for a great
many years, and during that time has
not been present at a single operatic
performance; yet she remembe well
/ the old artists and the manner in
which they rendered the various we'll
! known roles. For instance, when / told
her that was studying the "Huguenots, "
and was going to sing it in America, she
said that was one of her favorite operas;
that she thought Mario was superb "A
Raoul, and that although Grisi sang
the music splendidly, she never realized
her idea Of the character OF Valentine.
The Queen herself looks after tho
welfare Of all her tenants and servants,
and II any one OF them is sick she is the
first one TO pay them visit and take
them little comforts.
During her stay in Scotland she takes
pleasure during her drives in stopping
at various cottages to ask after the vel
/ fare OF the inmates. When so occupied
/ the Queen is as kind and simple as any
ordinary lady couldDe. Whom she pa id
/ me- ono OF her first visits and took tea
with me my little boy was SO much
struck with this that be said to 10 after
T she was gone: 20 mamma. what little
woman for such big Queen" It is all
this that has made the Queen so beloved
by all her subjects.
have cndcavored IN those few iot-
tings 20 give a slight idea of Queen
Victoria, and II in doing SO I have in
truded myself too much it is because
can not help it., the above being my
personal experience Of her Majesty.