St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-13
A QUEENS APPETITE.
Victoria Hale and Hearty as
She Was at Six
teen.
How StalWapt Gillies Carried
a Duchess Across the
Mead.
The Prince Of Wales Again
Seen in His Favopite
Haunts.
Some Interesting Re minis
ceneeS Of the Late Poet
Laureate.

almost pity tnat the responsibility at
tached TO the possession of several
crowns at once should bring the illus
| tfious clan down South and transform
them into the Hanoveran First
Family of England. In this last-named
character they hardly seem so con-
tented. Victoria, queen of Scots, is
never quite the same when on English
soil, away from that adored Balmoral,
to which she invites her bestowed
relatives. and her most intimate friends.
With the arrival of ''chill October"
has come partial surcease of outdoor
jaunts and rural pleasures, and there
is general longing to get back south
wards once more.
Everybody is struck with the queens
! exceptional vigor, aud by her inability
to comprehend how it is that anybody
can prefer the Isle OF Wight, Windsor.
or even London, to dear Scotland"
But the truth of it is that Queen Victo-
ria is blessed with constitution that
not one woman in ten thousand can
boast of possessing: while she
has become so thoroughly ac-
climatized to those bleak north
ern regions that 1.-THE wind may
never complains; rather does she seem
to ENJOY the toughest blast that rude
Boreas can blow, or Golus release from
his mighty windbag, so long as it be not
accompanied by binding mlstS and
rains which preclude the royal chate-
laine of Balmoral from taking her
wonted drive.
Lord Chancellor Herschell is staying
at Balmoral as minister in attendance.
This is the first occasion ON which he
has fulfilled this duty; for his short
term Of office in 1885 did not include
BalmOraliad, and the queen has as
yet had no opportunity Ofmaking the
acquaintance of ~her present lord chan
celor.
During the week her majesty has had
plenty of leisure for the pIrpose, for
the minister in attendance usually as
sists at her morning consideration of
the dispatches and public business gen.
orally, and an experienced critic like
the queen can very soon detect
the points of mans character
from the way in which he
conducts himself OH these occa-
siOns. Some ministers have shown
themselves adopts at servility and have
reared good column of court favor on
the foundation Of these opportunities.
Queen Victoria, like her grandson,
Emperor William of Germany, is the
poSsessOr of good wholesome appetite,
which is rendered all the more keen by
the crisp air of the Scottish mountains.
AT a luncheon at Mar Lodge, the resi-
dence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife,
which is situated within easy driving
distance of Balmoral, her majesty did
full Justice to the following repaSt:
Minced venison, boiled capons, OK
tongue, cold roast chicken and York
ham, cold grouse, cold roast sirloin of
Scotch beef, pastry, cheddar cheese and
salad. 81 champagne, dry biscuits and
thirty years old dry port.
Or course it is not suggested that the
queen partook of everything on the
menu, but the solidity of the repaSt
speaks volumes for the digestive capa-
bilities of the queen, who as an old lady
enjoys her food aud eats as heartily us
she did at sixteen years Of age.
The temperance of the Prince of
Wales on the race course at Newmarket
shows that all reports concerning his
having finally and forever decided to
retire from the more essentially trivial
and rapid" scenes of social life are de-
void of foundation. AS matter of fact,
were not wholly devoid OF foundation at
the time they were first circulated, and
the following are the true facts Of the
case:
After the death of his eldest son the
Prince of Wales, in the agony of his
grief flor he is one of the most tender
hearted men in the world and was de-
voteGly attached to Prince Albert Vic
ter, made up his mind that he would
wash his hands of the pompS and vani-
ties of this wicked world, and only do
just what he was required to as the first
gentleman of the first empire-that
much and no more.
But time passed on, and the grief and
sorrow of Albert Edward became by
degree less bitter and poignant, and
then his chums. Lord Abingdon (Bonny)
and Freddy tombstone, began whisper
ing about # matters, and so the prince
little by little drifted back into the old
ways of thinking and acting, and now
he is at Newmarket again somewhat
broken down, it is true, but still smart
and good-natured, and keen about bust
ness, and as alive TO all the moves on
the board as he was ,eighteen-odd years
ago. -,
foot bridge over the Dee the other day
at Polquholch, place situated about
two miles from Ballater, in Scot
land. From time lmmemorial there
had been a ferry at that point
of the river. much used by the inhabi-
tants. but in seasons of flood or storm
the crossing was exceedingly danger
Gus, and on one occasion the boat cap
sized and a farmer who was in it was
I drowned under the very eyes of his
young daughter standing on the shore.
This lamentable accident was the cause
of the bridge in question having been
built.
The good-natured little duchess, who
was in dressed black, brought with her
her little son and daughter, both clad in
Highland costume, to the great delight
of the natives, and walked about a
mile, the road being too shocki4gy
bad for her royal highness' carriage
to proceed. The royal widow picked
her way along with much amiability,
only remarking once, when the mire
was too horrible for her little feet to
pass over, and she and her children had
to be carried across yeritabte slough
of despond'' in the arms of three stall
wart gillies, that "there was need for
more bridges than were being opened
that day."
"reminiscences of TennysoD are pref
ty rife at the present moment. A par
son who claims the late poets friend
ship tells the following:
-''It was.' he says, Il think in the
year 1855 that was visiting in Lincoln
Shire, and my host proposed that we
should call on the Turner'S on the chance
of finding Tennyson there. He had just
arrived a few days before, and
was fortunately at home. My friend,
as Lincolnshire man, was already ac- !.
quainted with him, and began at once
to draw him out. This was no easy
task, for, as he said afterwards, Ten
nyson is just like sleeping lion, who
required a great deal Of stirring up be-
fore he will roar AT last, however,
the desired roar came. The converse
ton turned on education and the