The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-07-29

BVrOn'S 'COrSalr. Sle mas not KNOW
ingly admitted into her presence cor
rupt man or d:ssolute woman. To very |
distinguished novelists and very cele-
brated prima donnas she has declined
reception because they We're immoral
All the coming centuries of time can
not revoke the advantages of having
| had SO years of Christian womanhood
| enthroned in the palaces of England.
| Compare her court surroundings with
what were the court surroundings in
the time of Henry VIII, or what were
the court surroundings in the time OF
Napoleon, in the times of Louis XVI,
in the times of men and women whose
names may not be mentioned in
decent society. Alas! for the rev.
elries, and the worse than Bel
shazzar feasts, and the more than lle-
rodian dances, and the scenes from
which the veil must not be lifted. You
need, however, in order to appreciate
the purity and virtuous splendor of
Nictoria's reign, to contrast it some
what with the gehennas and the pan
demoniums of many of the throne
rooms of the past, and some of the
throne rooms of the present. | call
the roll of the queens of the earth, not
that | would have them come up or
come back, but that | may make them
the background of a picture in which
can better present the present septua-
genarian, SO soon to be an octoge-
arian, now on the throne of England,
her example so thoroughly on the
Il, /, ,1t ~, Jn1
in all the nations in six decades have
, not been able to manufacture all evil
, suspicion in regard to her that could
, be made to stick: Maria of Portugal,
Isabella and Eleanor and Joanna
Of Spain, Catharine of Russia,
Mary of Scotland, Maria Teresa
of Germany, Marie Antoinette of
: France, and all the queens of England,
as Mrs. Strickland has put them before
US in her charming twelve volumes;
t and while some queen may surpass our
modern queen in learning, and another
l In attractivenesS of feature, and an
other in grace fulness Of form. and an
= other in romance of history, Victoria
S SURPRISES them all in nobility and
y grandeur and thoroughness of Chris
t tan character. | hail her! the Chris
s tan daughter, the Christian wife, the
Y Christian mother, the Christian queen.
l and let the Church of Col and all be
e nign and gracious institutions the
1 world over cry out, as they como with
t music, and hammered host, and million
4 voiced huzza, and the benedictions OF
t earth and Heaven: What wilt thou
d Queen Esther?'
u Another thing | call to your atten
~ ton in this illustrious woman's career
~ is that she is a specimen of high life
y uncorrupted. Would she have lived t.
, celebrate the siNtieth anniversary o;
Il her coronation and the seventy It'll
anniversary of her birthday had she
u not been an example of good principle
y and good habits? While there have
- been bad men and women in exalted
=" station and humble station who hav
= carried their vices clear on into tn
- seventies and eighties, and even tn
i nineties of their lifetime, such person
- are very rare. The majority of the vi
cious die in their thirties, and feWc
u reach the forticS, and they are exceed
~ inglv scarce in the fftics. l. ngevit
u has not been the characteristic of tn
- most of those who have reached hig
u places in that or this country.
many cases their wealth lead
|, them into indulgences, or thei
''i honors make them reckless, or thei
~ opportunities of doing wrong ar
u multiplied into the overwhelming an
~ it IS as true now as when the Bibl
u first presented it-"The wicked liv
III not out half their days" Longevity
- not a positive proof Of goodness, but
VI is prima facie evidence in that dire,
~ ton. a loose life has killed hundred
W of eminent Americans. A loose life
~ now killing hundreds of Americans an
Europeans. The doctors are very kin
and the certificate given after the di
ne tinguished man of dissipation Is dea>
cl- says, Died of congestion OF the brain
er although it was delirium tremens,
Ill Died of cirrhosis of the liver" a
Oh though it was round of libe
aC tinism, or Died of heart fai
III ure," although it was of vel
Gu geance of outraged law that sic
ay him. Thanks, doctor. for you are rigl
III Saving VIC 4tSllIBo VI VIC DCIt
~ household by not being more specifi
er Look. all We WHO are in high places
"a the earth, and see one who has bee
'e- piled by all the temptations whit
'er wealth and honor and all the seer
'h' place Of palaces could produce, and y
eh next Tuesday she will ride along in Il
'h- presence of 1000, 900 people, if they ca
H. get within sight of her chariot in
ne vigorous old age, no more hurt by Il
,h' splendors that have surrounded her f
us rs years than is the plain country wor
io' an come down from her mountain hon
ny in an oX-cart to attend the Saturds
marketing. The temptations of soci
I'VE life among the successful classes ha
been SO great that every winter is
hc' holocaust of human nerves, and t.
VI. beaches of this tossing sea of high Ii
VI are constantly strewn with physie
III and mental and moral shipwreck. I
'he ware! all We successful ones. Take
ess good look at the venerable queen
III she rides through Regent street al
OF along the Strand and through Traf