Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-08

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 QUEEN VIUTCI:IA AI THE SPINNING WHEEL good but nlSu d very great queen, whose name Is destined to live in history as that of the uIUst saravi iuus and illustrious mon- arch of tho nineteenth century.
 Physical and Mental Breadth.
 For some rIaSun or other which philolo- gists may possibly explain nearly all the great and celebrated women, both of the present time and of bygone ages. have displayed strong tendency to cmbon- point. Thcrc appears to be some analogy and proportion between breadth of beam and breadth Of character, between avOr- dupois tissue and weight of judgment, between sulidity ur physique and sulidity of sense. Fat and grandeur appear to go hand in hand, Us far as the fair sex is con ccrncd and 1t Is difficult 10 ind single instance of q thin woman even achieving greatness or fame.
 Cleopatra tbe Egyptian queen who Ee. witched Mare Antony and by so doing changed the course of the history of the world, remains on record as having Leen small and fat. So, too. the Roman cm- press Agrippinn, the shrewd but disso- lute mother of Nero Laura. the muse of Petrarch, Was fat and fair, with blond hair. The Mario Flametta whom Boccac- Clo rendered talnuUS was fat brunette whilc the proportions uf LuCrezia BorgIa, Catariua COrnaro. of Marguerite of Ma varra and Marie de Medici, were all of tho most generous amplitude Queen Eliza beth of England was tall, rod haired and extremely stout, Us was also her sister and prodoCcs>"I on tlC throne. Bloody Mary. Good Qurvn Auhr, who presented sacra- mental plate IU several chnrvhos in New EnGi:ild and the sta;r of New York, was almost na Gr'at ot GiIth aS k Queen Vic tori2 and, II Nh' cannot br precisely de sCEibcd as H very great monarch, vet il must ho ICMrml>tr,d that it was during her reign that E',,,iAnd achieved sumo of the l.oHt famous victories that figure in the pages If history. while, if she herself did not thkv any active part in the glorious achirN CH:"uls Ct Ter long reign, yet she had the %u,l sIEse 10 know how to sur round L.r>s II with great statesmen and cOmmanGv:s WhO endowed it with lustcr Empress Catherine Cf Russia, who has lately EcUn occupying tu such an extent tho studvnts If European history, and who was certainly Uur uf the most inter est!ng and conspicuous figures of the last century, Is shown by her portraits recently published 10 have been tall and extremely fat. klupe>S Maria ThCreSc. the most glorious figure in the annals of tho reign ing house Cf AUstro-I Hungary, was very stout iu her youth and became downright obc>o toward the latter end of her reign Her i'll fatCd daughter, Queen Mario An tcinctte, whose misfortune and death on the scAnOld will render her in all ages an object of romantic and pathctic interest, took after the great empress in respect of bulk and, Curiously enough, her successor on tho throne of France, the Empress Jose phinC, manifested tho tendency Charactcris- tic of tho creole to an excess of auiposc tiS- sue after passing the meridian of her fairy tale l!c Her contemporary. Nme. do Stacl, the bitterest and most vipcrlikc of all the great Navo!eor's enemies. was small. dark and pudGy. George Sand, tho famous novelist, lad beautiful head, but was flt and undcrstsCd. IL was of her that Heino remarked that her head al0nc bears tho Cachot of tho ideal. tho build of her body being tuU short and i:t
 Queens Christina and Isabella
 O( tLo women who have played con spicUuus lclc> in the present. century there is not onC who has not been fat. All the queens and rrincCsS0S who have the blood of the Bourl'"ns in their veins show rro- nounccd tend, 0cy 10 embOnpoint Thus the latC Queen Christina of Spain was al most rrpulsivC in her obesity after attain ing middle apI and if kcr handsome mor gauatic hushInd, MuEuE. whom she had, solely because of his good looks, Cl- cvatCd from tho rank of a private Of the guariS 70 that of general, grandec, cabnCt minister and duke, remained loyal and devoted to her. it must havo been from a feeling of gratitude rath. CT than from sentiments of admiration. One of Tho daughters of this queen by Al -T-N.- married m Italian. Prince del DraSo. whose son is at tho present moment in this country CnGCayuring to anGlc an AmCri- can hcirc>s, his sole capital being a jowclcd corOnet which he has inherited from his qucCnly grandmother. Still morn stout than Queen Christina of disrcputahle memory is her eldest daughter, the ex- Queen IsahClla Although shc tips tho scales at 800 pounds. her weight docs not impair tho still marvellous grace and mai eSty of her department or her mcrcurlal friskincSs of behavior.
 Still Further Evidence.
 Queen Marguerite of Italy, after having gallantly fought tooth and nail during the past l5 years against embonpoint, try ing every specific from Alpine climbing to drinking vinegar in large quantities, has finally given up tho struggle and is put ting Ou lleSLt aI SuCl n rate lS IO lCsiu 10 the conviction that before very long she will resemble those I.cvantine women whose obesity serves as a foil to the plastic beauties of their young daughters. Queen Emma of Holland, although harely 36 years of age, has become so fat as to have lost nearly every trace of the elegant and graceful figure that was her principal at traction at the time of her marriage to uld King William, and tho same may bo said of that other royal widow, Empress Fred erick of Germany. Queen Natalie, too, who was oaco SO famous for her charms, has seen them succuiub to the encroach- ments of supsriluous flesh, while hero in America Susan Anthony and most of those other leaders among women who have achieved fame during tho past half century have been quito the roverse of thin.
 That stoutness should go hand in hand with power, influence. intellect and per sonal magnetism where tho fair sex is con cerned must be n matter for universal c0u- gratulation, for were tho world to be ruled by thin and lean women, instead of fat ones, there Is no doubt that it would pre- sent a less rosy, less happy and moro as cetio aspect l.. :. NORTON.
 THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.