Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-14
TUESDAY, sULY IA. 1891
THE HERALD AT THE BEACH.
A ROYAL RAREE SHOW WHAT is 1T
WORTH?

WORTH
Probably as interesting spectacle in
the line of monarchy and the dynastic
ruling of the world as could be gathered
from the four corners of the earth has
been witnessed in England during the
last week or SO. Here we have Victoria,
by the grace OF God, queen of the king
doms of Great Britain and Ireland and
empress of India, Defender Of the Faith,
and 80 forth, in her ripe old and virtuous
age, surrounded by her numerous pro-
Eeny. For time whereof the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary, the
frugal and homely virtues of Victoria
have been the delight of her loyal sub
jects. Ever since. as blooming and
gracious girl, away back in 1886, she
was crowned queen of the mighty en-
pire over which she still presides, she
has been model of the household vir-
tues. The radicals have thought that
she was perhaps trifle too penurious.
On occasions in which it has been
thought expedient to extend the royal
aid to some deserving object the invari-
BILE formula, "Her Majesty, the Queen,
subscribes five shillings," became a
triAe same. These rampant representa-
tives of the slumbering democratic
spirit, considering the fact of her enor-
mous civil list, thought that the five
shillings should frequently have read five
pounds, or five hundred pounds, for that
matter, but not SO thought the lady
who, if she had not the special distinc-
tion of being known as Queen Victoria,
would be characterized by the not at
all aristocratic name of Mrs. Victim,
surely not high sounding patronymic,
for her title to the name of Mrs. Guelph
is apocryphal. Be her family name
what it may, however, Victoria has
always shown lively appreciation Of
that sound adage of Poor Richard, that
a penny saved is a penny earned.
Doubtless her gracious majesty acquired
these ideas of economy when she sat at
the knees of her poor but admirable
mother, the duchess of Kent. They
may have been reinforced, by the
matured wisdom of her consort,
Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg,
who, when he married her, rejoiced
in the rather modest income of $500 a
year. There had been nothing in the
career of the royal family of England
shat in any respect involved such a
striking lesson as that which shaped the
character of Louis Philippe, who earned
for himself the title of the Merchant
King of the French. The career of that
urbane monarch illustrated the Irish
adage that, between bad luck and good
luck, a man may have good deal OF
luck in his lifetime. During his early
years the king OF the French had to
sink his long descended traditions and
teach his native language for liv-
ing, which fact constitutes him one
of the most useful monarehs that
ever lived. When, after a good many
ups and downs, he finally landed on the
French throne, he impaired to friend
the information that he had been Oh his
travels once and that if he were ever
Obliged to reach out for his grip-sack
again he would be found we'll "heeled."
financially. This was not exactly the
kings language, but it is the modern
California version of it.
No such incentive to parsimony has
Queen Victoria had, but her memory is
good, and she has doubtless had an
oblique eye on the career of Louis
Philippe, who saw his rise, decline
and fall before she had passed
far on her career as woman.
The presence of the Emperor William in
London has admitted of rallying of all
the Victim clans. This noble old lady
is surrounded by legion of her children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren,
the latter already becoming very numer-
GUS. The queen first showed her ap-
probation of the practical side of mon
arcby by the determined fight she made
to have an enormous yearly appropria-
tion made for her consort, Prince Albert.
The British parliament, Notwithstanding
the chivalrous feeling towards the young
queen. cut down the ministerial PROPOSE
tion remorselessly. From that day dates
many an animosity which her majesty
has entertained towards English public
men. AS it stands today, if Victoria's
terribly numerous descendants were
earning their own living the people of
England would be aglow with admira-
zion at the fecundity of their royal race.
Al it is now, under the surface, they are
appalled,.
For all these people have to be pro-
yided for, directly or indirectly, out Of
the public purse. To the radicals they
loom up as 9 sort of visitation Of lo-
uuulp, |or - An embodiment Of those
n1nh seltled on Esypt whom