The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-13
THE JElsEY CITY NENs. IHIRsDAY. oGroBER b. 1892

~ huS uSou pointed OuU 10 ueT
Majesty that even supposing that Sir
Charles Dixie is a very wicked man
she has had quite as bad Prime Minist-
ers before. 70 this the Queen might
reply that SO far as Lord Melbourne
was concerned she vas quite a child
and knew nothing of his moral
character; and that as for Lord Pal
inerston, he was forced upon her.
This is we'll known, for it was noted
down in all the court memoirs many
years ago. Now, however, her Ma
jesty says she is complete mistress of
her actions and her Judgment is ripe,
and under no circumstances and on no
condition will she allow Dixie to sit in
any Cabinet OF hersl
A TOUCH OF NATURE.
During the journey of the daught-
ers of the Prince OF Wales to Scot
land, while the train was waiting at
the platform of Peterborough station,
a child pressed forward and offered
the young Princesses a bottle of
sweets. IL must have been rather an
embarrassing moment for the ladies,
who are supposed to have o~utgrown
their tastes for brandy-balls and pep
permint drops. But rather than dis
appoint the little IL whose earnest
eyes looked so imploringly at them,
Princess Victoria rose and accepted
the little gift. At this touch OF ma
ture" the people cheered and the child
clapped her hands with glee.
A ROYAL WAR.
1t has leaked out i'll court circles
that the patching up of the recent
misunderstanding between the Queen
and the Duchess of Albany was due
to the good offices of the amiable and
kindhearted Arthur, Duke of Con-
naught. The Duchess's parents, the
Waldeck-Pyrmonts, also brought
their influence to bear upon their
daughter, and rendered some very
strong advice upon the subject of her
duty to her mother-in-law, whom
they regard with profound venera-
ton. 1t is said that the following is
the tenor of what the Duke of Con-
naught advised: Now, believe me, /
know my dear mothers disposition
perfectly and the best way for you to
get what you want if she refuses you
when you ask for it, is to submit aud
pretend to be resigned. Any at
tempt at fighting with her or arguing
with her is perfectly useless, and only
eXasperates her and does harm to
your cause. But do you submit, or
pretend to submit, Or, as i'll this pres
emit case you have rebelled. apollo
glze, say you have thought it all over
and are sorry and ready to submit,
for on reflection, you feel sure that
her Majesty is right. Then wait and
see; she will be delighted by your
submission, and depend upon it, ii
there has been anything harsh or I'M
just in her refusal, she will of her own
accord cancel it and give you gladly
what you want-the very thing she
previously refused you."
The little Albany widow very care
fully followed "Arthur's" advice, and
with great care and tenderness begged
pardon of her Majesty for having
been SO wilful and naughty, and said
that on thinking the matter over and
recalling all that she owed to her dear
mother-in-law, she felt ashamed Of
! her ingratitude and want of respect,
and that she now was fullydetermined
to do exactly as the Queen desired,
and have no wish that did not meet
with the approval of her Majesty,
That so far as Claremont is con-
cerned, she was sorry that she had
said that it was gloomy, for it was
not; and That as for going more into
society, or thinking OF even marrying
again, she had now come to see how
right the Queen was when she de-
cided that neither of these steps
would be proper.
Then the Queen-just as the know
ing Duke of Connaught had pro-
phesied-was greatly affected, took
the repentent Duchess to her bosom,
wept over her, told her she forgave
and loved her, and that she hoped
there could never, never again be any
such misunderstanding between her.
self and the widow of poor darling
Leopold" 1t remains to be seen
whether Claremont will be made more
gay. OF permission given to the young
widow to go into the world and in
time marry again; but it is more than
likely that Leopold's widow has done
the wisest thing, and in the course of
time will obtain all that she once
asked for and was at that time re-
fused.
GLOOMY CLAREMoNT.
Apropos of Claremont, the late
Prince Leopold hated the place, and
always said it was the gloomiest house
in the Kingdom. The late Lord
Houghton, when staying once at
Claremont, happened to remark to
the Prince that his (Houghton's)
mother had been born there. WA
she, indeed?" exclaimed the young
Duke, with a gay smile. "Well, Pm
glad to hear ut last of somebody hav-
ing been born here; for so far I've
only heard of people dying here.
Come and see if you can recognize the
room your mother vas born inln And
his Royal Highness dragged the genial
nobleman all over the house.
The late Duke of Cambridge was
much given to the habit of audibly
expressing his thoughts. 1t is related
of him that during Divine service, as
often as the parson sounded the trum-
pet note of ''let us pray" his Royal
Highness would reply quite aloud,
"Ay, to be sure; why not?" This
must have had a cheerful effect on the
other worshippers. Norwere these in
voluntary utterances confined to the
more sacred building. At the opera
he vas heard across the house to ex-
claim, after sweeping the tiers with
his opera glasses, why, / declare,
there are not half a dozen pretty girls
in the house; not half a dozen, not
half a dozen, not half a dozen!n-Lon-
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