New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-05

Visit Rome and stay with her brother King tyrr,
pert' even at the risk Of offending the Pope and
IN dehance OF the latter's wishes: whereas oree,
Marie Amelie was determined that her husband
shouid give no such offence to the Holy Father
no matter now much he affronted King Humbert
II was queen Marie Amelie who carried the day
against queen Pa, and the King did not pay his
prorEised visit t. his uncle The preponderance
or Marie Amelie's influence over her husband Is
altogether TO the advantage Of the Portuguese:
Tor whereas the political ideas of her mother-in-
law are OF the most autocratic character and Of a
despotism entirely Muscovite in its nature the
queen Consort favors liberalism Of an advanced
form and is entirely In touch with the democratic
iueas that prevail among the vast majority Of
her husbands subjects. Finally 1t may be added
that she is very rich in her own right. having
received large dowry at the time Of her mar
riage and inherited still larger portion at her
fathers death She can, therefore, afford to be
independent, and has on several occasions
achieved much popularity by declining TO receive
cent OF the large annuity allotted to her by the
Government in the form of civil list declaring
that she could not find it in her heart to take
penny from the country as long its financial
necessities were OF such acute nature. Queen
Pia. on the other hand. is forever in debt and 50
overwhelmed with monetary difficulties that she
is constantly forced to appeal for assistance to
her son, King Carlos. and TO her brother King
Humbert.
QUEENS WHO HELP THE SICK
While the Queen Of Portugal is the only
woman Of sovereign rank to have yet
achieved the distinction Of obtaining a diploma
as physician. royal ladies. as a rule, show &
great deal of devotion to the work OF relieving
the sick and suffering. Two, in particular. are
pre-eminent in this respect and seem bent on
atoning for their royal status in the eyes Os
even the most radical Of republicans. by the
good that they do They are the Empress Fred
erick of Germany. and the Queen OF Greece.
Every charitable institution in the Hellenic
Kingdom owes its origin and foundation to
Queen Olga. and the great Evangelismos Hos
pital at Athens. which She created, is managed
by herself in person. Not day passes bu;
Her Majesty, accompanied by one of her ladies'
in-waiting spends at least couple of hours
in the hospital. supervising everything ana
visiting the sick. especially those VINO, being
of foreign birth. feel themselves abandoned IN
a strange land. As an instance of her kindness
of heart, l may mention that she invariably
keeps on hand supply OF earth brought from
Russia for the purpose OF sprinknnS on tne
collins of those OF her cOmpatriots who die IN
Greece Every contribution to the funds OF the
hospital, however insignificant. passes directly
through her hands before reaching the treas
urer and no matter how busy, she makes a
point OF writing in her own hand an acknoWl-
edCment for each donation received.
Empress Frederick. too has not only rounded
but likewise maintains and personally super
vises innumerable charitable institutions IN
GERMANY devOting special attention and money
TO the hospitals for sick children in memory or
her husba nd whose heart was always partlcu-
lary warm and soft toward infant sufferers
Indeed. OF the most successful statues OF
this good Emperor in existence is at Dussel-
dorf and recalls an incident that occurred on
the occasion Of a ward Of the great IN
stitution for crippled children. AT that place
one Of the Youngsters had. chdke, been at
tracted by the insignia OF the orders thar
adorned the manly breast Of "Cnser FRITZ.
Noticing this he took the little cripple up In
his arms so that I: could examine and handle
the orders TO It's hearts content kindly speak
ing to II the while. IT is just this little lncdeht
that has been happily reproduced by the
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