The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13

OF ltS GOck-Sdlu Dy an Old irish woman
who had the merriest face imaginable and
that sweet voice that seems a special bless
ing given to the daughters of Erin-and
she said it with all her soul thrown into
her words and with tear or two of abso-
lutte delight in her eyes. 1t was her goodby
to weather. friend going over for the
summer:
You'll be after seein her ladyship the
queen, God bless her! was born on the
same day that she was, and whenever 1
had a trouble, darlin, sure 1 thought that
me foster sister had EN-, too, and knew
how to sympathize with women So when
her great carriage passes you, and you're
all hurrahin and wavin your flags, say a
special God bless the queenr for me,
cause she's been such a good woman
1t started me to thinking. Here was one
woman who had impressed her personality
upon another woman in the lower ranks of
life, a woman who had never seen her and
who had probably lived half of her life in
a distant country, and yet she was loyal
to her as woman and as queen. Why? She
told it herself when she ended her little
speech and said "'cause she's been such a
good woman" Sometime il seems as if
we women, who ought most highly to APP
preciate her. do not realize what a Won
derfuI queen England has had these 60
long years.
Think of it! She took her position as
ruler over one of the greatest kingdoms
in the world, a mere girl, just such a girl
as that one of yours to whom you would
never dream of submitting any great ques-
ton of Importance. She had that most
horrible of all things to do-horrible, 1
mean, to delicate-minded woman-choose
her husband, and yet she did it with so
much wisdom that when the wedding ring
was put upon her finger all England re-
joiced, not only because of the queens
happiness, but because it realized that she
had chosen a good man, a loving man and
q man whose influence over her would al
ways be for the welfare of the nation.
Then she became the mother of many chill
dren but as each little one came into the
world it was the joy and the pride of the
English people because the queen had that
wonderful wisdom which taught her to
let her children go among her people,
know them, realize that they were like
them and find out for themselves what
ii meant to be rich or to be poor to be
on throne or in a garnet. This gentle
woman has lived, to my way of thinking
beautiful life. What more can be said
of her than that she was good wife,
loving mother and great queen?
Men who are prone to underrate queens
as rulers say of Queen Victoria that she
has had wonderful men in her cabinet,
men with great brains, to advise her; but
manlike, they forget that it rested with
the queen to say whether these men
should be in power AS queen there seems
TO have been in her decisions none of the
small weaknesses that are attributed to
" a CHI hae
best of all things-set a good example to
her nation, and not only to a nation but
TO women all over the world. She has
been quick to encourage all that meant
advancement. She has given much
thought and quick disbursement to an
that meant extremes. And do believe
all good women are proud of her, because
her sympathy, her love and her approBs-
tIon have been given to good women
And what has happened in the sixty
years since she was made queen? When
Queen Victoria was crowned. who
thought that on the sixtieth anniversary
OF her reign an electric wire would be fas-
tened to the throne itself, over which
would go to every nation that acknowledge
ed her as its ruler word of blessing and
good cheer? Who dreamed sixty years
ago that on the day Queen Victoria ceIe-
prated the sixtieth anniversary of her
reign there could go under the waters of
the great ocean a message of congratuIa-
ton from America to England and thar
the time taken for sending that MESA 90
would be less than one hour? The whole
world has changed, the knowledge of the
power of electricity has come to us, and
when the queen flashes a message over
the telegraph talks through her telephone.
or listens to message spoken by the
sraphophone she and the rest of the En-
glish nation say, and say gladly. Look
AZ the wonders that this younger nation
has wrought!
When she flies through the beautiful
countries, this great queen knows thar
the luXurious cars and the quick engin,
We're made in that younger land where
ire is so much newer, where all the Deo-
pie are younger and where brains work
quicker. In the sixty years that have
passed America has much to he proud OF.
nut America can always do its own crow
ing, ana ii has never been known TO fail
IN this respect. Personally. though. II
is good to feel that so many of the lux
uries of life are due to this quick-witted
son of old England. That's what we are.
after all, simply the eldest son, who de-
clared his independence and made a life
and home for himself Sixty years AGO
al life was harder, but sixty years ago
people were healthier and not realizing
what they might have had, they did not
miss It.
Nowadays they say everybody has a
chance. Has he? There's a small boy that
cells newspapers on a well known cor
her in this great city and who is not over
years of age. He is small and shriveled
looking. He smokes. swears and curses
with great fuency. There Is no wicked
ness about which he does not know. Asked
about his father. he said. with an oath.
mat he was serving out his time In
CURED of as to his mother, he announced
that she was on jag. Given the oppor-
unity to live in the country. 20 breathe
us fresh air. 70 see the green fields. he
laughed and, with another oath. said:
Nobody kin work me out on to any
oern farm. where there amt no teaters
hn1 Teller can't even SIT a cigareet and
mas 10 go to bed early"
what chance has he?
Within block Of my own hoAe ] see
aInost every morning a girl child She
y about n years Of age. dirty. unkempt.
roeged Her face Or that Of q degenerate
OF ne worst type. The Jaws are square.
tne lips hans, the nose Is slightly turn
ga up the eyes are small, and The whole
expression Is that Of suicncss. She drags
Ground with her a big tat baby. quite as
"ifiy as she is but there