The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

her family have often saved, helped and
forwarded many a charity which would
otherwise have had to close its doors;
and, indeed, to the far-seeing policy
Of the queen and her noble husband
in the matter of the government OF
charitable institutions is due their pres
ent condition of excellence, the increas-
ed facilities for helping all deserving
cases, and the still wider aid and sup
port now given to charity in this coun-
try by all those able to do so.
Little children feel their mothers
influence without knowing it; we old
er children can recognise this royal
influence now, and let us hope that on
this great and glorious occasion every
man and woman IN Great Britain will
say, God bless the queen" for the
motherly love with which she has so
long nourished, cherished and watched
over her people,
Side by side with the true womanli-
ness for which the queen is so justly
loved, is that intellectual power, al
most masculine in it's strength, which
has so often won not only her minis
ters' admiration and Difference, but that
of all the most learned and able men
who have ever come in contact with
her
Whether we look on our queen as the
young girl she was when she inherited
the heavy responsibilities and immense
power which are inseparable from the
crown of Observation-Disclosures as young
wife, mother, and, alas, now as a
widow-we can not only find no fault,
not even an error in judgment, 1 may
almost say; for, however high party
feeling may have rum however difficult
q orin1 1ntI i,ofo ,aJ 4 For
eign policy may have become, even
those most opposed to the views of
the queen and her ministers at the
period, have always known that Vic
toria, queen and empress, with all her
gentleneSS of feeling, had a stern sense
of justice and answering will to re-
sist all wrong, and that, above all else,
she was a constitutional monarch, and
would, to the letter. adhere to her coro-
nation oath, no matter how far her own
personal feelings might unaVOidably
run in another direction.
Subsequent events have more than
once proved how entirely the queen
Judgment was the best when she had
nevertheless felt it her duty to defer
to the wishes of her ministers, and al
low contrary action to be taken.
There is probably no now living whose
intimate knowledge of all the political events
OF the last seventy years is so consecutive
clearnezs and activity of her m nd have always
been, and are now, most remarkable. Her
memory is even more so, for few persons can
appOach her without very soon discovering
that the queen knows quite much, and
often more, on the subject under discussion
than he whose special business it is. At the
same time, her majesty is ever ready to
gain information, and is most graciously and
considerably pleased to listen to anything
which is worth repetition. There is not a
trace in her of that affection of knowledge
which is occasionally to be found in less
gifted persons; her talent is spontaneous
as it is solid and exact. In the lighter &C
complishments of life she also eXcels; she is a
and many poor body's'' heart has been
gladdened by some warm comfort made by
the queens own deft fingers.
1t hs been said that Ito the greatest
minds tie simplest things great and
it may truthfully be added that nothing which
is worthy is too small for the queens appre-
citation; all that is great in life, in art, in
| literature, in science, has her most able and
intelligent comprehension and praise.
In more marked and detailed form than
| bring more forcbly to light the directing in
fuence her purity of mind her accurate learn
| ing and her power for good have had on her
| country and people One whose own loyalty
! to all that is right is steadfast, inspires
| loyalty in others. Small wonder. then. that
our queen should be so universally beloved,
| for her watchword through life has been
duty" Through good and through i'll she
| has performed it, and no sovereign in history
| has had so bright and unsulled a
record. She has suffered deeply, but her
! peoples love, she herself has so pathetic
| ally told them. has comforted her. May we,
| her people, one and all. rise up and again
! and assure her with all our hearts and minds
| how Loyalty we-feel for her. how deeply we
reverence her and how fervently we pray
/ God to 'bles sand comfort the queen