The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-13

LONDON, Oct 25.-Laska, a palmist OF
the west. predicted that, reading from
the lines of her palm, the Queen of Eng
lands reign was drawing to an end INC
death line cut across 1t in the last or inns
century.
The coming Queen OF England VIII be
as different from Victoria as woman can
ne from woman. No less lovely, you
will say, and in womanly ATTRIBUTES
much lovelier-but different.
Alexandria of Denmark, whom the
royal family Bible schedules as porn III
1874 Is q woman who Will set the crown
of England upon her brow and glory that
A. is there Unlike Victoria, who dis
,ikes 10 wear a crown. she will keep 1t
anon her head and look her prettiest in
ii. ,,
An intimate friend of the Princess Of
wales. for only an intimate friend can
he hardened I'm so describing her, says
that she Is sweet. small pretty. snappy'
arrogant and disagreeable.' Her temper
ss "ouick. dsagreeable and uncertain.
Vet with all this friends add that she Is
"iust the most lovable woman In Ia.
world"
Queen Vicoria, during her siXty-two
wears reign. has shown herself TO be
more a man than a woman. Her con-
duct In time of trouble has been calm ana
serene. and I'm time of peace she has dis-
played the stolidity so admired by Eng
lishmen.
WAYS a woman. EXcitable at times, Ter
vent. pathetic, variable-and womanjy
always!
The strongest feature displayed by the
coming Queen Of England is her clique.
No one ever knew the Queen OF England
20 have an intimate friend. Even Ma
dame Albani was kept at length; but
the Princess of Wales has her 1rleh1s
and falls out with them in a woman 5
way.
AT one time she loved Lady Brooke,
nut her love cooled; at another she
and Lady Randolph Churchill were IN
eeparable. one never shopped without the
other: but at a later date she took INDY
Craven instead and insisted that she be
come one of her ladies of honor just
now Consuelo Is her fad. and the two are
ssoen torether invariably An English
raragrapher remarked upon tie great
familiarity OF the two women, and the
Princess OF Wales. though Consuelo Is
Young enough to be her granddaughter
was SO girlishly delighted that she insist
ed upon driving in Rotten Row side by
side with the youthful American beauty
II Is not in temperament alone that
the coming queen uhitiS ih''n Wv - =,
ont Incumbent but in every other detail
For years the Princess of Wales has
heen noted for her taste in dress-an
accusation never made of Queen Victoria
The Princess chose for Derby day TWO
wears ago gray cloth dress so elegantly
fitted and so tastefully trimmed that
London paper said that st brought tears
90 the eyes OF the people who saw her'
At a garden party given a year ago she
dressed herself In black overlaid with
pink In some stylish way to bring OUT tne
fints OF her complexion. Alexandra Is
still beauty. even among all tne peau-
ties OF England: and she looked so pa
.hetically lovely that the papers next
day sweled with accounts or her.
All these accounts she careluhy Gu,
out and just as carefully kept from her
august mother-in-law. she mas always
been Immensely fond of having her beau
~ and her taste praised. but as sne wants
~ keen on the right side of the Queen,
she has never allowed Victoria to mis-
trust that such weakness possessed her.
i, admirable characteristics Alexandra
&c NOT wanting She Is the only one OF
Oueen Victoria's royal daughters-in-law
who have been able to get along with
her; even her daughters have fonnn nlile
svrnathy In the cool rieidness or the
throne. But Alexandra began py deter
mining 10 like her mother-in-law, and
che has kept Il up for thirty-fve years.
Ouecn Victoria declares to-day that
abe likes the Princess OF Wales better
tban any one In her own family except
peatrice. and that she would sooner see
der on the throne than any other one