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tered the history of Naples by his rapid
and radical improvements in it's sanitary

tered the history of Naples by his rapid
and radical improvements in it's sanitary
condition.
He probably the only European mon
arch at the end of his reign who had been
wounded in actual modern warfare, the oc-
casion being at the battle of Custazza.
He was a vegetarian, shook hands with
every body, down to the humblest peasant
whom he met in his walks and enjoyed
game of billiards now and then. He was a
good sportsman and had a weakness for
fine horses, but in other ways his later
tastes were frugal
The room in which he worked was bar
rem of all adornment. except military books
pigeon holes and the mere necessaries of a
clerks office. 1t was said that the king and
queen of Italy sometimes had a little dis
cusSfon over the cost of a dress but in
other respects the private and home life of
ltalys rulers was a model of simplicity
and good sense.
When the attempt was made upon his
life two years ago by an anarchist while
ne was driving to the Russian embassy
the king ordered his attendant to hasten to
the embassy and there make formal apollo
gy for the delay. Nothing was said about
the cause of the punctilous king failing to
keep his appointment
Little things like this made the King of
Italy beloved by the great mass Of his peo-
pie. II u
The Berenved Queen.
Queen Margherita Of Italy, who is now
7oN'Siiiy oSi eaNeu VI ItST royal nuSDdnQ, Is
one Of the most charming and accomplished
ladies OF Europe. Happy is the person who
Is honored by command to spend an hour
in her presence. --
The queen is particularly fond of music
and literature. Her love of music has cor
tributed much to raising the public taste in
RCme. She Is an excellent musician herself
and her powers Of criticism are high The
queen Is very gracious to young musicians
IN allowing them to come and play before
her at the palace. s
In literature Queen Margherta has read
widely. Her taste turns much in the direc-
ton or English books, though French and
German literature is we'll represented on
her table. She! is keenly interested in
works OF travel, and she regrets that she
has been unable to roam through foreign
countries Italy is well known to her even
to the remote recesses.
The queen generally spends several weeks
at the end of the summer either in the
Swiss Alps or the Austrian Tyrol. AS she
has robust constitution she Is enabled to
find great enjoyment in mountaineering.
Queen Margherita speaks English, French,
Russian and German fiuently She is
splendid conversationalist and admir-
able listener.
King Humbert and his queen celebrated
the silver wedding in 1888. Although she is
not young in age her beauty still remains,
and she is remarkably well preserved. The
excellence of her taste in dress has been
frequently commented upon.
Queen Margherita was devoted to King
HCmbert. Her fine qualities Of heart and
mind rendered their married life very hap
py. The charity and benevolence Of the
Queen of Italy have made her deeply loved
alike among the shepherds in the wide
stretches of the Compagna, without the
walls Of Rome, the sun-scorched populace on
and about the bay of Naples and in the huts
of the charcoal burners on the slopes OF
the Italian Alps near which she first saw
the light.
Italy,s New Rulers.
Vittorio Emmanuel Fernandno Maria
Gennaro. who succeeds his father to the
throne Of Italy, was the only son of King
Humbert. He was born on November IL,
1869 and has the reputation of being lib
eral. scholarly and soldierly man. He Is a
general in the Italian army and patron Of
art and literature. He is chevalier of the
Order of the Golden Fleece and Knight Of
the Garter.
His wife. Italy's new queen, the
Princess Helena, one Of the seven daughters
of Prince Nicolas. the ruler of the little
principality of Montenegro. She was born
in the royal palace in Cettinje In 1873 With
her sisters. she inherited the superb dark
beauty of their mother, the daughter of
Montenegro nobleman. She has been most
carefully reared by tutors and governesses,
and is not only admirable in all the arts and
graces of European courts, but is well
versed in the play of politics, and in every
way qualified to succeed even lovely
queen as Margherita of Italy.
me nuptlalS OF Prince V1ttor1o and Prn-
cess Helena were celebrated in Rome on
Saturday, October "a, 1896, with all the
pomp and circumstance usual on such occa-
sons.
Up to the year of his marriage the Prince
Of Naples had given the royal matrimonial
diplomats much worry, for he had passed
the age at which most crown princes are
welded and still remained a bachelor.
Brides from nearly every royal house in
Europe were proposed, but If the Prince of
Naples considered them at all he rejected
them so firmly and promptly that they were
not mentioned again. Then the prince met
Princess Helene and the European match
makers were relieved of another self-im-
posed task. Ri L.