The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-10
TWO LOVELY QUEENS.
Her Majesty of Greece is the Hap
piest of Women.
A HUSBAND DEVOTED TO Her.
She Soon Learned to Speak Greek.
Her Economy aud Good Manage
mont--.rhe one Great Sorrow of
Her Lire---aiargarlta of savoy.--Hcr
Love of Dress
London Dipdtch.

L7Hdon Di,pdieh
The queen OF Greece is perhaps the
happiess queen-consort in Europe.
After twenty-five years of married life
her, husband is as devoted to her as
when they were first married. She is
very popular with both the rich and
poor of her adopted country, and she
has not those personal terrors which
haunt her aister.in-law, the empress Of
Russia.
As Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of
the Grand Duke Constantine, brother
of the late car, the queen Of Greece
spent her youth at st. Petersburg, and
was incontestably the handsomest
member of the then Russian imperial
family. Her marriage to the son OF the
king OF Denmark wasa lone OF affection,
and the young Russian princess threw
herself with the utmost good will into
an entirely new set OF duties, when her
husband was asked to take the throne
OF Greece, then most uncertain and
somewhat dangerous honor She set
herself to learn modern Greek, and sue,
ceeded so we'll that Mt the end of three
wears she spoke with as little accent as
the most pure bred Athenian.
She devoted much OF her time to the
education OF her seven children, and
taught them all. boys included, to ride
and row, at Corfou, a lovely summer
palace whore the royal family spend
their holidays. With the exception Of
one or two brief visits to Russia, Queen
Olga has not left her husbands king
dom since they first went there some
twenty odd years ago. Although the
king has n small civil list, the queens
economy and good management are so
great that they have never once got in
to debt, although they arc obliged TO
spend a considerable sum per annum
in entertaining their royal relations,
who each and all enjoy nothing so
much rs a trip to the land OF Horace.
The one great sorrow which has be-
fallen the royal couple has been the
death OF their favorite daughter, the
Grand Duchess Paul, sister-in-law 10
car. Queen Olga is bringing up her
little motherless granddaughter. with
Prince Christopher, her own 5-year-old
baby boy.
The queen of Italy, Margarita Of
Savoy, has probably done more TO secure
to her husband the loyalty and affection
of the ItaEaa people than any other
queen-consort OF the century She in
herits from her German mother,
Bavarian grand duchess, those solid
qualities which have enabled her to
preside with dignity over court which
contains many difficult and irrecon-
cilable elements. Although she was
but seventeen years of aye when her
marriage 10 her first cousin, Humbert,
was celebrated, she Immediately be-
came political factor Of no. mean i'm
portance, and won the entire respect
and confidence of her ia.her-in-law,
Victor Emmanuel.
Speaking equally well French, Eng
lish, German, Spanish and Greek, she
often acted as interpreter between the
various ENJOYS, and was thus necessa-
rily informed OF many important state
secrets. During the last "a years
Queen Margarita,s influence has grown
steadily. All that is best in modern
Italy finds its way to the quirinal pal
ace; and distinguished foreigners of all
nationalities are welcomed by her, be
their stay in the eternal city long or
short. Even the pope himself is known
to have great affection for "the Pearl
Of Savov," and it is said that at Christ
mas and Easter the queen pays a secret
visit to the vatican to receive the bless
ing Of the Holy Father.
Perhaps her one weakness may be
said to be love Of dress, but there is
little doubt that this very feminine fail.
ing has contributed to her popularity,
for the Italians have in all times been
a beauty.loving people, and delight in
lovely form and color Her love OF
pearls has become legendary, and she
has the finest collection OF these gems
in the world. King Humbert, who is
very fond and proud OF his pretty wife,
constantly adds 10 the collection. In
dress the queens taste may be said to
be French rather than English; she
takes pleasure in subtle combinations
of colors and prefers light gauzy fabrics
to more stately materials.
The great affection and duty OF her
life has been her only child, the prince
of Naples; she herself taught him how
to read and write and always spent part
OF the day in hearing him say his les
sons long after he had been given over
to governor and number OF learned
professors. The tenderest affection
exists between mother and son, and
therG'is story current in Italy that,the
young prince, when only seven years
old, saved up his pocket money for a
whole year in order that he might buy
his mother string OF pearls for her
iete day.
Queen Margarita has of late shown
considerable interest in the higher edu-
cation OF Italian women; she has even
gone so far rs to attend public lectures
on the subject and has proved herself a
true friend TO Nine. Saluzaro, the lady
who is giving IN hor life to the ad-
vanccment and bottorInent Of her own
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