The record-union., 1897-01-10

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as much set on a son and heir, soon re-
covered from his disappointment and
layished affection upon her.
Christina, from being a homely child,
grew to be a handsome woman, not
Wlthstanding the misfortune of one
shoulder being lower than the other;
but this defect was successfully con-
cealed by high sleeves, which first set
the fashion which has been so largely
patronized. On hearing said in the
Catholic Church, HE that marrieth
doeth WELL but he that does not doeth
better" she at once announced that this
was the religion for her, and at no time
of her life would she be persuaded to
break her vow.
This Queen gave to Sweden the first
entire peace she had enjoyed for eighty
seven years. In the face of opposition
of church and state she bestowed upon
Germany one of the greatest blessings
she has to be thankful for by terminal
ing the thirty years war. There has
been more than one instance where bru-
| nettes have had to give UP their crowns
in honor of their blonde sisters.
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her imperial crown that it might adorn
the brow of the blonde Marie Louise.
Margaret of Valois, the Queen of
Henry " of France, had to share the
same fate that Gabrielle d Estrees might
be made Queen; but death, the mightier
monarch, claimed her for his own ere
| the coronation and while she may have
been placed on the great white throne
yet one good action of this woman whom
Henry so tenderly loved has immor-
taliZed her name. 1t was her influence
over the monarch, who confessed he
could refuse her nothing, that the edict
of Nantes was signed.
How much her people preferred her to
Margaret was shown when they bore
her in triumph through the streets Of
Paris covered with diamonds and other
precious stones.
The fair Margaret of Anjou, who was
likened to her emblem flower, the daisy,
was another queen of power. After the
| death of the king, Henry VI, she car
ried on the war of the roses, and fought
with untiring zeal for the rights of her
| beloved Edward. One of her historians
has said: England has never had
| queen more worthy of a throne than
Margaret; no woman surpassed her in
beauty and few men in courage. 1t
seemed that she had been formed by
heaven to supply her royal husband the
qualities which he required to become
a great king"
The unfortunate termination Of her
zeal is no reflection upon her mentality.
AS matters stood with the houses of
York and Lancaster, it needed but a
breath to turn the scale either way. AL
though She was powerful in battle Mar
garet was a woman; when her physical
| force began to weaken the current
| turned.
Among those of this type who turned
their strength and influence in the
| wrong direction Isabel of Bavaria and
| Catharine de Medici must take first
| rank. The latter, wife of one king and
mother of three, SO literally endowed
| with all the qualities befitting ruler
| will aver be associated in history with
| the massacre OF St. Bartholomew.
She whom Mile. de Scudery intro
duced in the Eyrus of Parthenie, "a
tall, graceful woman, with fine eyes,
lovely cO0uIhexion mad the most beauti-
full throa1 kn the world, fine simile,
expressing the sweetness or bitterness
of her soul became the most important
| parsonage in France. But rage and
suspicion (not without foundation)
| taking possession of her countrymens s
minds against her, she lost control, and
| civil wars followed her TO the end of
her life.
Queens must now step aside and give
| place to one who, while she never wore
a crown, yet ruled Sara Jennings
! Duches of Marlborough, that beautiful
and spicy lady whose will was ever
law, kept the color of her golden hair
| by the use of honey water until she
reached a ripe old age, and SO success
fully preserved herself that when a
| grandmother neither of her three
daughters could rival her in appear
ance, although they were all handsome
| women.
OF La Belle Jennings, as she was
known in her youth, Colley C4hber feel
ingly narrates fifty years after the
memorable scene when she stopped at
the house of the Earl of Devonshire, ac-
/ cornpanying the Princess Anne in her
| flight. There being more guests than
attendants, I, who was we'll known in
| the Earls family, was called upon to
wait upon Lady Churchill; the conse,
| quence was I heard but two words,
wine and water, which came Grom the
| lips Of the fair creature was attending
All my senses were collected in my eyes
| gazing upon this vision before me-
She and the Princess had been inti-
mate since childhood. Mrs. Morley and
Mrs. Freeman, as they later styled
! themselves, grew in intimacy until the
| Princess became Queen. Then much
| trouble ensued. While Saras dominat-
| ing nature caused her to queen it over
| all, she was sincere and truthful, adored
| by her husband, who called her his
souls soul, and when disgrace came
upon him it was she who brought him
through.
Had her education been in accord
with her talent her power might have
been unlimited. Brilliant as she was,
her letters were most ignorantly writ
| ten a beautiful, brilliant, hot-tem-
pered, arrogant woman, who took such
high hand in public affairs and was
so self-assertive that all of her good
deeds We're forgotten on the morning
when the news spread that "Old Marl-
| borough was dying"
This article would be incomplete with
out the mention Of Englands virgin
Queen; blonde, but not beautiful, and
possessed of more vanity than any
beauty named. In her latter days her
maids spent much Of their time keeping
mirrors out of her way, as her wrath