Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-06-23

| of Wales, four in number, each receive
| SlSO.OOO Il year with the exception Of
the Duchess of Fife, whose husband, the
rich Duke of Fife will not allow his wife
to take cent of British money Then
there are ever so many others that are
pensioned. The Duke of Cambridge, the
Queens cousin, gets 100000 year; the
Duchess of Teck (mother Of the Duchess
OF York; gets $4,000 a year; and the
Duchess of Albany, widow of one of the
queens sons, receives $4,000 annually.
When one of the Queens children mar
ries, Parliament grants a dowry of $780,
OOO, and when a grandchild marries, the
sum of $4,000
In addition to these trihes the Queen
gets $3.50 600 per annum from the Duchy
of Lancaster, and an immense grant from
India. She also receives large money
gifts, as nothing pleaseS her as well as
money. AT the jubilee celebration ten
years ago the Queen was given f350,O00
by tine women of England" and on her
birthday every spring she gets a big
lump from her counties.
In return for all this money, the Queen
has given England. besides it's advan-
tageS, nine royal children, and has secured
the succession for four generations to
come.
She was married February 10, 1910,
to Albert, Prime of Sake Coburg- Gotha,
and later, in the same year, a princess
royal was born. During the next eight
cen years nine children came, following
each other in such rapid succession that
any other woman would have begged to be
excused; and no Queen serving her coun-
try less faithfully than Victoria would
have welcomed them. But there was al
ways room for a baby at Windsor, the
Queen feeling that England'S prosperity
demanded all of her. When her eldest
child, "Nicky,'' married Frederick of
Germany. the Queen consoled herself by
n la vim Wit Rna tf.'. w -aNNr
months old.
If Victoria dies tomorrow. as it is
feared she may in the excitement of
the jubilee. she viii leave behind her
siXty-fve living Observation-Disclosures
grandchildren and great-grandchldren
and heirs to the throne for the best
part of a century to come. Should little
Prince Edward, who will be ) years old
Tuesday, grow up and marry success
fully, he will continue the line in the
next century SO faithfully promulgated
in this one.
The services tomorrow begin with a
religious observance at Frogmore. Wind
sOr, where there is mausOleum
erected TO the memory of the prince
consort and the Queens mother, the
the royal family Will be present.
On the Monday following, June 21, the
court will move in semi-state to London,
and that evening there will be a ban
quet at buckingham palace in honor of
the royal guests. 1t Will be followed by
a reception for the members of the diplo
matte corps and the special ENJOYS.
On Tuesday. June -, the royal pro-
cession, headed by the Queen, will move
through the streets of London. 1t will
be followed by illuminatiOnS at night.
On Wednesday, June %, there will be
a garden party at Buckingham palace,
to which thousands have been invited,
and for which invitations have sold for
fabulous sums. many decayed members
of titled families having sold THEN tick
cts for 4 fortune.
The court on Thursday, June "a. will
move in semi-state to Windsor. Troops
will line the route to PaddingtOn station.
Her majesty will leave the train at
Slough. and will drive with an escort of
the Life guards. by way of Elton, to
Windsor, taking this route in order TO en-
able the boys of the Elton public school
to receive her majesty.
On Friday there will be another royal
banquet, this time at Windsor castle, and
on Saturday will take place the naval
review at Spithead, which the Queen will
probably not attend much to the regret of
the navy.
She has promised to attend the review
of the Duke of Connaught's troops at
Aldershot June %.
In all this the Queen will be upheld by
her son, the Prince of Wales, now man
approaching go, and her grandson, the
Duke of York, a stalwart fellow Of 80.
Both of them to be Kings, When?
The Queen has now nothing to live for.
She Outreigned every other English SOW
ereign last fall, and now, having com
pleted her desire-'siXty years on the
| throne"-she can lay herself down in
peace to be chiseled in marble alongside
her predecessors historic memory.
Edward Giles Dexter.