Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-11-12
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ITALY'S NEW QUEEN.
Attractive Pen Picture of the Personality
of Helene,

of Helene.
The tastes Of King Victor Emman-
uel I'LL, and especially of his queen,
are all of a sporting" kind, as the
Italians say, using the English word.
First and foremost with her comes the
sea. After that shooting and climbing
are her passions. No Montenegrin
lives who does not love climbing and
cannot shoot. 1t is in the blood, and
the Italians, who consider Queen Mar
gherita a marvel, are likely to see
feats of endurance in their present
queen that will strike them with awe.
The last time the Princess of Naples
was in Montenegro she announced her
intention of revisitlng on foot the
mountains about Cettigne. Her Ital-
Ian ladies-in waiting glanced at each
other In 7onsternation and all, with
one exception, begged to be excused,
the request being good-naturedly
granted. One, however, young and
lovely, ambitious for the favor of her
mistress, determined to brave all
and go, too. The next morning at six
all had gathered except the venture
some lady, who at last appeared in a
gown with a train, which, however,
had been all carefully pinned up,
scent bottle in hand and in high-heeled
slippers. The princess took in this
vision and remarked, smilingly, that
she looked pale, that evidently she
was not feeling well and had better
not undertake so ardrous a climb.
The hint was accepted, she stayed be-
hind, but lost nothing, as she has since
been prime favorite, and often laughs
over the incident with her royal
friend, who says, "Never forget again
that you are ornamental"
OF shooting the queen is past mis-
tress. In a land where every one
shoots, where, it is said, the children,
boys and girls, are born with rifles in
their hands against the Turks, she is
considered an exceptional shot. Her
father Prince Nicola, is intensely
proud of her achievements, and says
he would willingly let her shoot an
apple off his head if she could only be
Helene to hit than to MISS" he says.
sit is instinct that she sees straight" !"
and that straight regard Is one Of her
characteristics in intercourse with
people. No wavering, no roundabout
ways; she looks you straight in the
eye, addresses you a simple question
and expects and usually receives a
direct answer. She employs perhaps
less of the suavity usual in courts,
and is rather terrible to moral back
sliders, but she is honest, and, per-
haps better, good. My own opinion
is that she will not be very popular at
first with the nation at large. She is
handsome, but not of a beauty to ap-
peal particularly to Italians. Tall and
graceful, with a small head, she has q
complexion almost yellow in It's sal
lowness, with large eyes, round, rather
than long, and of an exceptional beau
ty of expression. But she lacks gra-
ciousness of manner, her serious face
as she drives through the streets cer-
tainly not adding to her popularity.
Her position for some time will be of
exceptional difficulty, taking, as she
does, the place of Queen Margherita,
who smiles on the people as though
she were delighted with them, and is
ever accessible to the calls of mercy.
Queen Helene is so, too, l am sure, but
she has yct to prove t."-Correspond-
ence Of the London Pail Mall Gazette.