Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-02-21
A QUEENS PRESCRIPTION.

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appetite"
"There is nothing the matter
with me, MOTHER replied Alice,
somewhat petulantIy. 81 don't
feel well, that's ALL"
If you don't feel we'll you must
feel ill.," persisted her mother, "and
| must insist on your seeing DR..
Campus"
81 think Alice ought to see the
queen of Sweden's DOCTOR" remark
ed Aunt Ellen, who was making a
tidy in her big armchair.
"Who is the queen of Sweden's
doctor Z" asked Alice in surprise.
"Does he live here ~
Gle lives in Sweden, I believe" ,"
answered Aunt Ellen, with one Of
her queer smiles, "and his name Is
Metzger."
Alice looked at her aunt in a
puzzled way for moment, and
then broke into laugh.
SIS 1t a story you want to tell 2"
she asked, interested at once.
Aunt Ellen, sixty years old, but
with the face aud figure OF forty,
was the life Of the Temple house
hold, and always had some quaint
and interesting anccdOte to relate.
"It is a story" she replied, "but
it is true. The queen Of Sweden,
she went on, "Is, as you must know,
a very rich woman. IT any woman
could be healthy she could. She
had the finest rooms in the fine
palace, the very best OF food and
drink, and the best Of medical at
tendance when she was i'll. Strange
to say, she was frequently i'll, and
the court physicians tried in vain
to cure her. They tried all their
medicines and many new ones
tempted her appetite with new
dishes, and bade her take daily
rides, but the queen OF Sweden
kept getting worse. She was SO
nervous. Her rest was broke at
night with horrid dreams, her TEN
per became irritable and life be-
came a burden"
81 don't know whether Alice Is
that bad" said Mrs, Temple with
a sigh, "but she isn't far from It,
Alice looked irritated at this re
mark and said nothing.
"Well," continued Aunt Ellen
with another smile, "the king o
Sweden became very much alarmed
and sent for DR.. Metzger, who ha(
been doctOring the empress o
Austria. He came, had a Ions
talk with the queen, and then gave
her a prescription. 1t was not II
Latin, but in plain Swedish, anC
it read no more carriage o
horseback riding except on stat
occasions, If you want to 60 any
where you must walk
"Oh, DEAR" exclaimed Alice
81 always thought carriage driv
ing and horseback riding were yer
healthful. am sure | would hat
to give them ua.'
$50 did the queen of Sweder
but having placed herself in tn
, doctors hands, she took the pre-
scription like a sensible woman =
. But that was only a beginning
+ the next prescription was muc
more trying. The doctor laid ou
a space in the royal garden abou
fort, feet square and ordered tn
queen to prepare it for p!antln
vegetables"
"Dlg it up with spade" erie
Alice in amazement, Show coul
), she do that p
"She thought she couldn't" a
swered Aunt Ellen, quietly "bI
9 DR.. Metzger was firm. and IL
r queen set to work in short skirt
bare arms and thick sOled shoes
q The first days digging, she sa
nearly killed her; the second WI
- not much better, and on the thlT
6 sue finished the job, and a'e
large beefsteak with wonderf
appetite. The next day the do
tor told her that she mcst dust al
put in order her suit OF rooms
y five or six-every morning, al
Il when that was done, be wou
find some other household woI
for her to do"
GA queen doirg housework
- said Mrs. Temple, incredulousI,
r Everybody would laugh at bel
:, "Nobody laughs at queens
Europe-at least not openly"
a. pIled Aunt Ellen, smilingly; "an
. presume very few people saw h
d engaged in these unusual occup
q tions. The queen did not laugh
AZ first; in fact she cried many tlm'
but she soon began to smile. DS