The Van Buren press., 1898-10-08
TWO WOMEN OF ROYAL FAME
The Empress of Germany BecOmlne
a Sailor, and Portugars
Queen a Doctor.

The German empress is an excellent
horsewoman, and is said to have
fankering after the bicycle, but this
exercise her lord and master consid
trs undignifed for a woman of her
position. As he always enjoys, how
ever, seeing the empress in pic
turesque and becoming tableaux, he
has this summer given her a splendid
schooner yacht. the Iduna. The Iduls
Is swift and handsome American
built boat of about the same propor.
tions as the American boat Yampa,
Though SPLENDID enough in all her fit.
tings when the emperor bought her,
he ordered that her interior decora.
tions be done anew, and in the favorite
eolors of the empress-pale blue and
white. On the decks of her pleasure
boats this royal lady is absolute mis-
4ress. Her sailors are uniformed in
white, the shirts barred with blue
bands, while the empress private sig.
nal, with that of the Kiel Yacht club,
is embroidered on their caps and shirt
vests.
Whether the empress cares for
Yachting is a question she has never
settled but, with her usual admirable
complaisance with all her Husbands
wishes, she is vigorously studying un-
der a sailing master, to steer the yacht
and to direct the handling of her saI
When the annual races at Kiel were
sailed this summer the Iduna was one
in the string of schooner yachts con
testing for cups or honors, and the
empress stood at the helm. More than
this, she has taken actively to the So
cial side of yachting, gives dinners and
luncheons aboard her boat, and ven
tured out on a two days cruise. This
was scarcely a venture, however, since
two powerful steam tugs followed
close in the Iduna's wake in order to
rush in to the rescue should Neptune
attempt any pranks with German roy
atty.
Queen Amelia Of Portugal is an ad'
vanced woman, though she is queen Of
one of the least progressive nationsln
Europe, and daughter of the con-
rervative house of Bourbon. When
this gay and pretty princess, VINO
lad been brought up in England mar
ried King Charles |. of Portugal she
did what few royal women do-shefeH
in love with her husband. Some time
ago King Charles figure went the way
common to most stout men, anu
though he has borne it with good ma
ture, to Queen Amelia it was deeP
source of distress. After travelling
about with him to many spas and cures
for obesity and seeing no cutting do"n
of the royal waist measure, this WON.
an set to work to achieve sufhclen'
knowledge of medicine to enable he'
to conquer her husbands one weak
ress.
For five years the queen has stualeu
medicine under the ablest physicians
In Portugal. and at length took her ue'
gree of NJ. d. Since her debut as a iuir
Gedged doctor of medicine she hus
been able to do more for her husbanos
health than any of the specialists "
whom he resorted. But the queen uoe'
not apply her scientific knowledge
Relish purposes alone. She has eslav
l,shed in Lisbon a free clinic "nei'
poor children of the city receive tres'
ment, often at the queens own hanus
and thus, by her sympathy and tenu'
regard for the people. she has gains'
a position as n sort of nurse, mo'nSs'
md friend, as well as a sovereign"
[. Sun.