The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-24

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and rainy day. February. Ia = pretty.
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Hgent German prince
From the Icing list e royal marriages
which hare Dot beea prtnceiy tn their hap
piEsss this ore stands out wt.tse. pure and
suniit Husband and wife remained
Through 1afs what they bad been almost
from THAR nsss useeetng-3eserA They
sang ard played together. Albert being
strong and skfEfzi organlsf and . musical
ccnposer Of no mean order.
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ccn51entizi and most Influential AID
trusted adviser to the qs,ssn. he Was loved
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known A. the btameiess prineA
Victoria - wife and Moehsr.
And now re come to that portion Of TIE
life Of this great queen which brought on.
most sfgrsIiy her nohiess traits Of char
aeter. for * was as wife and mother that
It's greatness found il highest expression
In her devotion TO her husband she vas
model 10 every wife In the world. ard IN
the rearing and care Of her nine children
no mother eou1d have been more loving
and patient and ttreless. She was and 10
. Christian woman. God-fearing and pioGs,
and all the higher instincts Of her soul
she has ever labored to transmit to and
fncuicase In her children
There - perhaps no sweeter picture Of
maternity than h presented in those por-
traits OF the young queen In which she 10
represented with her young child In her
arms- She was . queen. but greater than
. Queen--a monarch, and 70 much uore-a
mother.
In addition to her own care Of the little
ones whom Ged had given her. she com
mitted large part OF the education and
rsoiding Of her children to her husband
This showed how she reysred him and
trusted him. The woman who can do this
has faith IN her Life companion which 10
q rock founded upon . rock The Princess
Victoria Albert Edward. the little Prince
Of Walez- Alice. Helena. Louisa. Beatrice
and ali the rest tagged after the fndclSen.
father and mother over the fresh hills
around Bslmoral. cultivated their uirta-
ture gardens. made bread. pies and cake
OF built-reai houses with real carpenter
tools at their cottage In their splendid
ssa-lapped home at Osborne.
All. these were happy days for the quie-.
honae-iovtng aueeni But they were short
days. and they hurried by and brought
vfdowhood and = lasting grief TO one Of
the most faithful of all wives The good
prince received the summons which no
me- q can eyade and died as he had lived
his great soul divided between Germany
and England. Music was his comfort to
the last. and his favorfss daughter. Prtn-
cess Alice. gentle nurse and q iovabie
girl. used TO while away many Of his hours
OF Illness and pain by her music on the
piano. AS ne lay dying she played in an
adjoining room. Zine Feste Burg Ist
Unser Gctt." and resting On the solemn
grandeur OF Luther's great hymn. with
the murmuring of 'Liebes F'rauchen" AMI
''Gutes Frarehen' upon bis lips, tie
prince carried into eternity the ambition
and love OF the queen OF England.
Mourning for Albert.
And her mourning for him has been OF
no ordinary sort There has been no os-
these years. and all the world knows II
was and is sincere. Her devotion to his
memory is the same WAS her devotion
20 hinl-unfeigned and fervent. The prin-
cipAi outward display of her grief was OF
negative sort. She sought seciasson
II was not TIL iSs6. fifteen years after the
death or the prince consort, that she ap-
psared at public function. On that occa-
sion she opened parliament In person
Now, In her cid age. she rarely attends
court cersmonials. and all the purely os-
tentatious duties OF the sovereign are
relegated to the Prince and Princess CT
Wales. until the jubilee year the average
Engishman had few opportunities Of see
Ing his sovereign.
great deal OF interest naturally at
taches to the personality OF Queen Vic
torta at the present tine, and there are
many distinctive traits, whims and pecuIi-
arities that can only be learned by those
who have had opportunities to be assocf-
atsd with her in her private life.
In the first place. as TO her physical pro-
portions. The tendency TO increasing
plumpness has been noted ever since she
reached her twenty-frxt year. She has
grown 70 be quite stout She IL very
short OF stature. her height being but 4
feet II inches. The weil-worn phrase "a
eueeniy figure" could hardly be appisd 70
her majesty. although her carriage ia not
lacking In dignity. On ceremonial occa-
slons she holds herself in such erect fash
ton that she really seems TO add two or
three inches TO her height As seen in
protsle her features are clearly cut. though
In the front view her face Is plump and
ford. and when in repose It's expression