Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17

Special Correspondence II Gazetteand Journal
New York, June 1l.-It was said as
one OF the great ocean steamers was
going out of it's dork--said by an old
Irish woman who had the merriest face
imaginable and that sweet voice that
seems special blessing given to the
daughters Of Erin and abe said it with
all her soul thrown into her words
and with a tear or two of absolute de-
light in her eyes. 1t was her good bye
TO Weather friend going over for the
summer:
'.You'll be after seein bor ladyship
the queen, God bless her | was born
on the same day that she was, and
whenever | had trouble, datlin'. sure
j thought that me iostor sister had
EN-. too. and knew how TO sympathize
with women. So when her great car.
riRge passes you, and you're all hur-
rahin' and wavin' your flags, say a
special God bless the queen = for me,
cause she's been such n good woman. y
1t startod me 10 thinking. Here was
one woman who had impressed her per
aonality upon another woman in the
lower ranks OF life, d woman who had
never seen her and who had probably
lived half Of her life in distant coun-
try, and yet she was loyal to her an
woman and as queen. Why? She told
it herself when she ended her little
speech and said cause she's been
such good woman" Sometimes it
seems as il We women. who ought most
highly to appreciate her, do not realize
what wonderful queen England has
had these co long years.
Think OF it! She took her position
as ruler over one of the greatest king
donna in the world. mere girl, Just
such a girl as that one of yours TO
whom you would never dream Of sub
mitting any great question of import
ance. She had that most horrible of
all things TO do--horrible, | mean, TO
a delicate minded woman-choose her
husband, and yet she did it with 30
much wisdom that when the wedding
ring was put upon her finger all Eng.
land rejniced not only because of the
queens happiness, but because it
realized thar she had chusen good
man, loving man and man whose
Influence over her would always be for
the welfare Of the nation. Then she
became the mother of many children,
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
y her people, know them, realize that
they were like them and find out for
themselves what it meant to be rich or
to be poor, to be on throne or in a
garret. This gentlewoman has lived,
to my way of thinking, beautiful life.
What more can be said of her than
that she was good wife, a 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 weak
nesses that are attributed to won en-,
while as woman she has done that hest
OF all things-set good example to
her nation, and not only to nation,
but to women all over the world She
has been quick to encourage all that
much thought and quick discourage.
l do believe all good women are proud
of her, because her sympathy, her love
and her appreciation have been giyer
TO good women.
And what has happened in the &C
years since she was made queen? Wher
Queen Victoria was crowned, who
thought that on the Goth anniversary o
her reign an electric wire would bt
fastened TO the throne itself, over
which would 60 to every nation tha
acknowledged her as its ruler a word o
blessing and good cheer? Who dreamed
go years ago that on the day Queer
Victoria celebrated the Goth annivsr
sRry OF her reign there could go unde
she waters of the great ocean a messag,
OF congratulation from America t.
England and that the time taken fo
sending that message would be les
shan one hour? The whole world ha
changed, the knowledge of the powe
of electricity has come to US, and wheI
the queen flashes message over tn
telegraph, talks through her telephon
or listens to message spoken by tn
graphophone she and the rest of tn
English nation say, and say gladly
Look at the wonders that this yuunge
nation has wrought"'
When she flies through the beautiful
countries, this great queen knows lha
the luxurious cars and the quick engiu
were made in that Younger land wher
life is SO much newer, where all tn
people are younger and where brain
work quicker. In the 60 years tha
have passed America has much TO Il
proud of, but America can always d
its own growing, and it has never bee
known to fail in this respect. Per
sonally, though, IL is good to feel tina
30 many of the luxurieG of life are du
to this quick wittod son of old England
Ihat's what we are, after all, simpI
the eldest son, who declared his indie
pendenco and made a life and home fo
himself. Sixty years ago all life wa
harder, but 60 years ago people wer
healthier, and, not realizing what the
might have had, thoy did not miss il
Nowadays they say everybody has
chance. Has he? There's small bo
that sells newspapers ON we'll know
corner in this great city and who is nc
over years OF age. lie is small an
shriveled looking. lie smokes. swear
and curses with great fuency. There
no wickedness about which he does nc
know. Asked about his father, he said
with an oath, that ha was serving ou
his timo. Inquired of rs to his mother
he announced that she was on a lao
Given tho opportunity to live in rb
country, to breathe its fresh air, 10 se
the green iields, he laughed, and, wit
another oath, said:
Nobody kin work mo out on to an
uern farm, where there amt no teatcr
anu feller can't even git cIgafee