The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-16

blance Of the many bright things that had
for plate levels and me m9pesy e esS
have mattered little TO one who tells us that
her dream night and day was Of the deliver
,9ftbis, ultimate dellvoranco a little srogg OF
able and faithful men never doubted, They
upon the enthusiasm o.. the universities. upon
that mute Devotion OF the army. and upon me s
the ' insults ana dsp p 81 the French
filled all Europe. Their frat measures to re-
animate the op5 5oitrste kingdom were Tises
the ownership OF land was no longer restricted
to the, nobility: trade and commerce were
children was made compulsory; and the army
was reconstrueted upon the principles Of uni
These sasaeious and de essential s reforms bore
their fruit IN 1Sl upon the sanguinary Held OF
TnsG oil bc S Bs
the Queen. who had followed these prepara-
on aSnS e; and did not live to see
unbroEen sorrow had affected her health and
altered her beauty. Her character alone pre-
rSSq is the rqeSoh having VIM
Dr.. drawn y from Berlin, the court returned to It.
seated in a carriage with her daughtere. In
Of shs e., martial parade the zee
Of the Queen there was silence, across
T IN tender st I 81 a sGGnsos
same streets Of berlin, sixty one years after.
I troops rse sG through
Interdonlindcn But when. in their midst, the
vanquished were carried BY. seeming to reflect
on their shining surface the glories OF military
EARN h by hs
sst.ns Year IsIo tSst r The Ssssp's hs s Ssd
sssf S Tn uhsss the s Ss
%hs' Hster her a sher a Nen ss amid
the scenes where her girlhood had been p9ssod.
ing than any that had preceded It The King
and her children arrived in time to mtnistsrt to
hss 1nS hours .nch bte4
upon earth. passed away in the WHISPERED sup
pIisaton, :" Lord Jesus. receive my SOUL ,",so,r
tn@oas years 0S at the feet q a Sonaassgr.
h1 sssh has wsd it, freedom The to tine
Of the fifteenth Seeptu when
Joan Of Arc. an Insane peasant II er movins
credulty OF the age accepted. terminated the
ssna Fram
Prussia was helpless in the grasp Of Napoleon.
Queen Marie Louise, fred the heart Of half
the typical figure OF the Fatherland and filled
the troops with a fury that made the Prussian |
soldier see In every Frenchman q personal en- |
envy The influence OF the Maid Of Orleans
Prussia began after she had passed away. The |
name and the fate of Marie Louise became in |
terwoyen with the remem brance of that Rhine |
land whose historic ties the invader had been |
to sever, whose recovery had become |
3 passionate longing Of every German heart.
OF the influence the Queens name exer- |
cised in 1913 We may Judge by its duration |
until now. and by the tenderi iteration OF |
her courage and sorrows in the folklore |
Of the present day It is not likely that
would have rendered her oonspicu- |
GUS without the ordeal OF extreme adversely. |
Like Marie Antoinette. she owes her fame |
chiefly to her misfortunes. And 80 treasured |
the Crown Prince of Prussia. leaving for the
field. knelt ut her tomb. he but gave express
sion to the sentiment OF millions OF hearta |
The epoch OF territorial subdivision Is past, |
and the Rhine has become the keystone OF |
unity For me Germany. var u, no longer means
Of French statesmen has been the |
loss Of Alsace which, with grim humor. is |
colorel black in the aliases Of PARTISAN |
schoolboys. France is no longer tho
matte correspondence Of the civilized world |
since the days OF Louis Kill. and q number OF |
picturesque ruins between the Mosel and the |
Neckar attest her prowess. But the time when |
the Continent could be hectored with the
est com'ente."' is past. and tho decline Of her
supremacy dates from the dark daya out OF |
which arose the military ascendancy Of regen-
Grated Germany, and the steadfast and lumi.
nous example OF Queen Marie Louise.
WILLIAM WALDORF Aston.