The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05

much of ThuringerwaId 1t was so calm
and so solitary it did one good as one
gazed around; and the pure mountain
air was most refreshing. All seemed to
breathe freedom and peace and to make
one forget the world and it's sad tur-
moils''
ROUTINE OF THE DAY
Occasionally she will breakfast IN
small cottage. built of lath and plaster
close to the castle; but this is a treat
she does not allow herself now so often
as she used to do. After breakfast she
receives the dispatches brought by her
special messenger from London. The mail
arrives at Balmoral at IL a, M, and
fast horse is in waiting, with yellow
gig, bearing the letters ''V. R." Then
state business disposed of, her majesty
reads the papers. or has them read to
her, and generally arranges for certain
paragraphs to be cut out and added to
her scrapbook. Occasionally this may be
done in the open, her majesty having had
a movable room made in which she can
be taken to any part Of the grounds. The
room is twelve feet square, and has slid
ing walls.
Before lunch the queen invariably goes
for drive, and again in the afternoon
she is driven out. The estate is laid
out with carriage roads, but her majesty
prefers to ride along the public roads,
calling on her tenants by the way, or
visiting Mar Lodge, the autumn residence
or the Duke and Duchess of Fife, few
miles west Of Braemar. In the evening
music is her majestys chief enjoyment.
Tableau enter tainments are very popular
at Balmoral, royalty and nobility fire.
quentIy taking part in the performances.
An Arab encampment, scene from
MACBETH" and a scene from Faust
were three Of the living pictures shown
at one of these entertainments during a
recent visit Of the queen. On such oc-
cas1ons the queens servants are usually
present, either as performers or specta-
tors. Dinner follows at 8 o'clock, the
Dagplpes playing the while, and then the
queens day comes to an end.
INTERESTED IN HER TENANTS.
The happiest feature of the queens life
at Balmoral Is the keen womanly interest
her majesty takes in the life of her cot
layers. All marriages, births and deaths
taxing place on her estate are renortad
10 her, and the queen-though NOT co
much now as in former years-finds great
enjoyment in calling upon the cottapars
as helsnoor calling upon neighbor. There
- hdrdIy cottage in which her majesty
mas not been, and the tenants are never
Urea or telling how the queen of C.reat
Drltdln and empress of India SURPRISED
THEM ey driving to the door one after
hoon' and inviting herself to tea The
story is told that one of the ouaen,e
1 tenants died about the same time as
1ICo ALBERT and on her next visit IN
the castle, few weeks afterward ber
majesty called upon the widow wv
poth cried, said the old lady. In ra1a+ ito,
IHe 1hcloent. THE queen cried and
CRED: L controlled myself as soon %
could and asked her pardon for cr,yir,e,
aho' on! she said, she was ca +boDirf1,i
~ cry with some one who knew axoc+I-.
49,, SIG let You saw your husbands
CO 80 Golnlhg' she said, but II did not
one OF the cottagers was III nj -
aso' the queen, who Is kept well Inforr,aS
o. Sucn things when away. teIepro 49, go
I'm WINDSOR that everything was ~ -.
zone Tor her. IF you have been S11ffar,, oe
ION any Illness" says one Of tbasa ha+
- CoIedsers' When the queen sees vo,,
oosooS.y remembers it, and innuiras
but 1T your health-not only kindly
uut with a Particularly whicb rh
~ cndl hef interest Is not merely sor.o,"I
sbo.. US not confuse your neuraIeia III,
tlsm, or inquire as IN tn 49,
aar eo OF your broken arm If YOU have 80
>NIEDY At BALMORAT,.
os.a+H was a tragedy on the B.i,,oo,
eIinrI, SClhe years ago, young eI1ora
,,, -pp-ns lnlo the river while fsbing IT.
f,' go ~hed. and on the dav Of tbo.
~, "a a. lhe queen drove to the barreciro
coffin Ia q wreath on the dead mans
oo1i'n with her own hand Az +ha f,,ner,1
procession passed to the cbIIrchI,e,.5. 20, o.
queen stopped her carriage. and urato1e 10
II, until 1t had disappeared FROM 49,
Inc queen has been present az go e,t
cnrlStenlngs and weddings on tba es+a+o
dppearlhs sometimes quite unexpectedly.
ana more than one child has heen ran,oIi
latter her at her request. She ba. -, 1tt
lie namesaiIe at the mense. at Cret,,1',
and on her birthday, few years o..
ner majesty sent the child of the mans
Iae central ornament of the royal cake
But children are puzzlinE things. and -
Is not surprising to know that the o,IeeY
was once unpopular with one Of the
cradle autocrats OF Balmoral. Her moi
esty had expressed. a. desire to have ~
enid Of ore Of her tenants named Vic
tor, and though the christening had 81.
ready taken place, the certificate was
altered, and the little fellow was given
the name suggested by the queen. Victor
iVeS IN the WOODS, and when he %ls
three years old the queen stopped at the
house for tea. and asked, naturally, to see
Victor. The little fellow was brought.
out his loyal mother trembled when he
cried loudly and shook his fist In the face
Of the queen. This little lad has also
been honored by a call from the czarina
and some of tho English princesses.
whom the queen had evidently told of the
chlld's rebellion.
The queens Sundays are always quiet
ly kept. and she has been known to re-
fuse to attend church when at BaImoral
because of the Objectionable way in which
tourists behave. making the day more
like a weekday holiday than the Sab
bath. Her majesty takes such an interest
i'll Crathie church that when a. new min,
lister was wanted she was asked who
would be most acceptable to her. At first
the queen refused TO interfere with the
free choice Of the people, but iutimated
after some pressure that either Mr.. -
or Mr. would do. The church is, of
course, Presbyterian-it being the privi,
legc of a queen to belong to every ma
tional' church in her kingdom.
VICTORIA AT CHURCH
The minister in charge is the Rev. ].
Ramsay Sibbald, but the preachers vary
on the occasions of the queens visits, DIR.
Donald Macleod, DR.. Cameron Lees, or
Dr. w. w. Tulloch frequently occupy the
pulpit. The queen IS generally accompa-
MED at church by Princess Beatrice and
a grandchild who sit with her in her own
pew. AS her majesty enters, the minister
makes a slight bow, and the service be-
gins with a psalm. Then prayer follows
and lessons from the Old and NeY Tes-
taments, read from handsome Eectern
An anthem follows, and then come the
microscopy prayers, in which the bless
ing of God is invoked on the queen and
royal family After more singing-during
which the queen generally SitS-COmeS the
sermon. The preacher is usually brief,
and the sermon is followed by a hymn
and prayer, the service then closing with
the benediction. The queen is supplied
beforehand with the hymns and lessons
and the preachers text. She follows the
service very closely throughout. "The