The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-12

or to visit the romantic hills and dales Of
the historic little country.
Of wSo the bs TeIy ye pGosa pr of her
tied America. where he spent 1aborious
DAY aH i studying ayiIas the Brooklyn Navy Yard
ard the rebuilding of that Greek navy
The private life of the Pearl of Savoy,
as Queen Margherita of Italy is called by
her adorlng. subjects, has been bright with
of her son to Helene of Montenegro gave
her great pleasure.
once a great beauty, now rather stout
and matronly, she has kept the affection
of the King from the time of their court
ship, and he is of all Italians, the most
devoted to domestic ties.
AT MonZa, the summer palace of the
court, the Queen goes on Alpine expedi-
tlons climbing mountains and crossing
crevasses with all the boldness of an eX-
perienced mountaneer Margherita is al
ways well-dressed and her Jewels are the
finest worn by any European sovereign
The private life of the Queen of Spain
IS always interesting, and never more so
than at present.
The quiet Austrian lady who now
keeps the regency, while she is bringing
up the boy King to his difficult position,
and 1aborious, modest and shrinking. it
was at first feared that she would not be
sufficiently brilliant for the central figure
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But it was by virtue of her simplicity
and modesty that she obtained and kept
ogn1zes that it is her son alone who is to
have the supreme power, she manages in
many quiet ways to exercise great inf1u-
ence upon Spanish affairs.
She comes of an old family, fond of
formality and display, and has for genera
tlons held a conspicuous place in Austria,
but she. seems to work with determina-
down # oS1bin
cumbrous etiquette of Spain, and sub
Stitute for 1T some of the simpler and
lighter ways of modern democracy, which
she has studied to advantage.
So much has been written and said
about the private life of Queen and En-
press Victoria that the public can hardly
Yet in these later years new phase
of the palace life of the Queen is notice
able; 1t is her increasing love for the
spends hours Of her time in superintend
ing the invitations of large parties to en-
joy with her in her private theatre the
talent of Irving, of Albani, of the dainty
genius of Duse, or an evening with the
comics, at whose antics she laughs as
heartily as any of her subjects.
AS the concert rooms of Windsor Cas-
theatrical performances, the old lady has
to pay pretty roundly for the privilege of
seeing the opera and comedy under her
own roof. 3
But is is also understood that beyond
a fixed sum She will not go, so that theat-
ricals companies generally find themselves
considerably out of pocket by visit to
the Queen.
The prestige which they derive from
the visit of course brings them golden
share of profit in return.
AS one by one the Queens daughters
have left her, she has given to her grand
children, who are getting to be very nu-
merous, the affection which she once be-
slowed upon her own girls.
To o1,o I,
mind and have new favorite grandchild.
but this is probably done with a desire not
to arouse any jealousy, and to make them
The Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
many keeps an elaborate private journal.
a tradition in the family requiring her to
time each day.
The journal is kept in neat little books
made expressly for the work, and it is
furnlshed with go golden en- clasp and lock.
has the key. Not even her husband ever
glances through these intimate and priv
ate pages, which contain: as they are de-
the period, quite different from the cut and
dried political records.
Other similar duties, combined with the
care of six or seven children, keen the
Empress Augusta Victoria pretty busy
and it is not strange that she has some
times. to call in the aid of her husband
her choose and design dr. sses for the great
festivals.
One of the fads of the German EN-
press is the personal embroidery of ali the
clothes for her children. This She consid.
ers a solemn duty for every mother. and
she has gone through it in the case of her
seven children with exemplary patience.
She also keeps keen supervision over
the cookery of the imperial table. The EN-
peror himself is not finical in matters of
eating, but likes the rough ways of the
camp with a tail glass of beer, even at
a ha Ia
more particular and delicate, even when
there are no guests. and the daily consid-
Grafton of the menu falls to the lot of his
wife, who greatly enjoys the task.
The young Czarina of Russia leads
very peaceful. though conventional life.
She must walk and ride and receive at