The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-11

ment than the council ever had received
| from their own Presidents. Now, when the
! National Council OF the United States and
the International Council were formed IN
! 1888, and expressed a wish TO call at the
White House, they were cordially received
| by President and Mrs. Cleveland. and a
number of the Cabinet ladies. In 1891 the
National Council was received with equal
cordiality by President and Mrs. Harr:-
son. The next time we visited Washing
ton as a council. which was last winter,
no effort was made TO visit the White
| House in a body, but a large committee
met President Mckinley by appointment
| in his library upstairs, he leaving meet
| ing of the Cabinet waiting while the ladies'
presented their request that he appoint a
commission Of women to visit our new ISL
land possessions and study the needs OF
their women. Most heartrending news had
lust been received from Manila, and the
deepest anguish was written on the Presi-
dents face. He would have been entirely
justified in asking TO be excused from his
engagement with us. but instead he lis
tened with the most earnest attention and
accepted our papers with the promise oil
giving them his personal consideration"
But a cup OF tea never has been offered
in the state dining room"
True. but we never have had to travel
seven miles on Il uuslS idiAipaN ei"ih sah'N
stand an hour in the broiling sun waiting
NOT for the clouds but the President 10
roll by. Nevertheless" with laugh, we
will admit ungrudgingly that the Queen OF
England has scored one better than the
President of the United States. But then
the Queen is woman and the President
is man,
"victoria's reign has also afforded
splendid object lesson in favor OF the pos
sibIlities of woman. The court of England
has been lifted into higher moral atmos-
phere than It ever before occupied.
Although the Queen herself is largely re-
sponsibe for this result, yet in the progress
of civilization there has been great
change throughout the world in the popu-
lar demand for chastity, temperance. and
honesty. The English people themselves
would not stand today such rulers as they
had in the past II there had been nan
on the throne OF England these last three
score wears the court still would have been
compelled to move on in the direction of
decency by the force of civilization.
THE Queen is the most conspicuous ex-
ample which history offers TO refute the
oft-repeated assertion that public life de-
stroys the feminine instincts and units
woman for home duties. As the mother
of nine children and the head OF the
largest household In the world. she always
has been distinguished for her wifely and
maternal devotion, and for her thrift and
ability in managing her domestic affairs.
Not a servant in her employ but has had
personal recognition, not only during life.
but after death. This summer ! visited
the little church at Whippingham, close
to Osborne, in the Isle OF Wight. Here
is the magnificent mausoleum Of her IA
vorite son-in-law, Prince Henry of Batten-
burg. and the beautiful memorial tablet TO
the Prince Consort in the Royal Chapel.
but far more touching are the numerous
graves of the Queens servants In the little
cemetery outside, with Inscriptions on the
headstones, placed there by her order. in
memory OF thirty, forty, or fifty years
faithful service. Those Inscriptions showed
me more clearly than anything else why
the common people Of England love their
Queen. 1t is this beautiful recognition OF
those who serve her. And they do love
her, with a real, true affection, such as
we feel for those Of our OWN family. 1t is