The evening times., 1899-05-24

of his mothers abdication or his survival,
will become King Edward VII of England
and Emperor Of India. He married, on
March 10. 1868. the Princess Alexandra,
eldest daughter of the King of Denmark.
Seven other children were born to the
Queen. as follows: Alice Maud Mary. born
April Is, 1843, married July /, 1852, to
Louis ~. Grand Dukedof Hesse. and who
died December IA. 1873; Alfred Ernest AL
bert, Duke OF Edinburgh and Duke Of Sake
Coburg-Gotha. born August 6, 1874, and
married on january q, 1874. to the Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia: Helena Augusta
Victoria, born May 25. 1886, and married
July 5, 1866, to Prince Frederick Christian
Of Schleswig- Holstein; Louise Caroline AL
berta, born March IS, 1913. and married
March q, 1871, to John, Marquis OF Lorne;
Arthur, Duke of Connaught. born May l.
1850 and married March 1S. 1879, to the
Princess Louise Margaret, daughter OF the
late Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia;
Leopold Duke Of Albany, born April Z.
1853. and married April u, 1882, to the
Princess Helen, daughter Of the late Prince
George of Waideck. aud who died March
2S. 1884, and Beatrice Mary Victoria Fe-
dora, who was born April IA. 1857, and
married July %. 1885. to Prince Henry
Maurice of Battenberg.
Victoria's mother and husband died in
the year 1S61-the former in March ana
the latter in December. 1t was then that
sorrow entered the Queens life. Both
these events were crushing blows. Since
December IA, 1861, Victoria has not been
seen much by her subjects. She remained
for many years In almost unbroken seciu-
sion at Windsor or Baimoral. Her grief
was sincere and lasting. and for time tne
English people respected 1t: but after ten
years had passed censure upon her neg
lect of her subjects became outspoken. In
this criticism of her there was impiied
compliment and affection. because the
English people desired to see more ohtheir
Queen In order that they might TESTIFY
their regard. Her mind dwelt on her lost
love and the past. On the old-fashioned.
paddle wheel steamer Victoria and Albert,
called by courtesy the Queens yacnt,
the antique little cabin was kept furnished
in exactly the manner affected by the
Prince Consort.
The tradition that "the Queen never
smiles" Is old in England, as old as her
reign. The hundreds Of photographs OF
Her Majesty sold in all parts of the world.
invariably show the one expression. the
heayiness Of the face. accentuated by the
pronounced droop Of the long upper lip.
The Queens pet son was the unfortunate
Duke Of Albany. who was an invalid from
birth. She watched over this boy with all
the tenderness of any mother. and when
sovereign suffered az only mother does
The most important social feature OF
Victoria's reign is the improvement in
morals Taking the morals Of 1887 and
the morals of today, and making allowance
for Charles Villiers' dictum that human
nature is human nature" ii is certain that.
Notwithstanding the enforced absence OF
the restraining influence of court and its
society, morals in the main have i'm
proved Marvellous strides have been
made in the manners and education or
young children.
The reign of Victoria has been tri-
umph of peace The war with Russia lin
which France joinedl on the Crimea was
the only serious foreign contest during her
occupancy of the throne The most dan
gerous was the uprising in India. known
as the Sepoy Rebellion. when the loss OF
her Indian Empire was threatened. The
small affairs with the African savages have
not disturbed the eQuanimity OF the Brit
ish people for day.
The good widow Victoria owns 600 houses
in various parts of England, all rent
yielding property, in edition TO her splen-
did estates in, Scotland. and on The Isle of
Wight In addition fully 5000 houses have
been built under crown leases on build-
ing leaseholds held by Her Majesty. She
has also rents from markets and tolls from
ferries, besides the proceeds OF mines and
other works upon her property or the
crown property. She has large estates in
Yorkshire. Oxfordshire,, and Berks. valua-
Bile lands in the Isle OF, Man and in Alder
ney. Scotland. Ireland. and Wales. OF the
New Forest there are 1000 acres of abso-
Lutte and sixty-three acres of contingent
crown property. Her Majesty enjoys in
comes from the Forest OF Dean. from sew
eral other forests and from rich properties
in and about London.
sha lei rfV Vi0hs and Pal
moral. in the Highlands. are the private
property Of the Queen and are maintained
out of her own income,
OF her country places Victoria likes Bal
moral the better. She gees there in the
fall and remains until the cold weather
arrives Simplicity is the cue as TO Vic
toria's method CT passing the time there.
The day begins early; Her Majesty is al
ways awakened at O'Clock b. the dress
er.' whose duty it is to do SO.
The Queen has four personal maids, two
dressers and two wardrobe maids. One OF
these always sleeps In the anteroom out
side of the Queens bedroom. The curtains
OF her sleeping chamber are very heavy
and exclude the early morning light. The
windows are generally left open during
the night. Tea, chocolate, and coffee are
always in readiness at o'clock. with dry
toast and plain biscuits for the Queen to
take her choice. The letters Of her family,
who have the privilege OF putting thsir
autographs on the envelopes. are placed
on a revolving table by the bedside, with
a small. plain ivory paper-knife. which
was in her possession as the Princess Vic
tcria. The Queens earliest question to
her attendant is respecting the weather.
and she will very frequently plan an ex-
pedition from what size hears.
At $3.50 Her Majesty breakfasts in a
ha ho
closure which does duty as a garden at
Balmoral. She generally wears for break
fast a loose morning gown OF soft mate
rial. gathered in at the waist by a cord OF
ribbon. Several old-fashioned materials
and patterns are still favorites Of the
Queen, and frequently have to b. spe-
cially made for her. At breakfast ncne
but members of the royal family or royal
guests are present. One of the Queens
favorite breakfast dishes is small trout.
freshly caught out Of the River Dee, and
fried: those about hands length are her
choice. Every morning and evening a Ger
tain number of these fish have to be
caught, as they are always alEo served at
dinner.
During breakfast. and generally a quar- 1
ter Of an hour previously. the head piper
plays a succession Of tunes on the bag
pipes. at a distance of about a quarter of
a mile. AT about 10:30 the Queen returns
to the Castle, makes a change in her toile.
and goes out soon after IL o'clock for her
morning airing. Formerly she walked,
now her pony chair is used, the pony be-
ing led by Francies Clark. the stalwart
Highlander. who is now Her Majesty
special body servant. The morning outing
is generally spent about the charming
grounds of the Castle, alongside the river,
or on the upper maths near the garden