The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-01-21


wisely. but steadily wlthsfood all
temptation to augment her personal
/ power. The unseifishncss, firmncss
and extraordinary prudence Of her
reign exalted her in the cyee of her
subjects above all the royal heroes
| % wars and statecraft. Ry the COM
mon people Victoria has BEEN wor-
shipped.
a wemsnls Queen.
Another thing that has enaeared
the queen 10 her people L. her perfect
Somanllness. Her marriage with
/ Prince Albert. 10 1870. was q love
match and was stngulariy happy.
/ The death % the Prince Consoft, In
/ 1851. almost Killed the queen. while
/ her strength returned. she never
again sought personal happiness. ex-
cept tn the discharge % her duties.
Her influence has been always d.
rected toward the eneourn cement %
virtue. From being n fast court. 81.
James has become the most moral
/ In Europe. The queen tolerated no
serious iarHes. even IN her subjects
/ II highest rank. Aided BY the Prin-
cess OF Wales, she made n clean per-
sonai reputation essential 70 rscep-
/ ton and favor AZ court. In this way
she Improved the tone % British so
ciety as no other power could have.
Nictoriaa reign has Witnessed and
/ fnrtherwd the remarkable growth of
/ England from 4 troubled Island mon
archv into vas; empire. and from
a farming country iato the Kreatest
manufacturing and commercial ma
F ton the world had ever known. She
E wisely Insisted upon a liberal con-
servatlkn ~ policy that built up the
- -
f While some monarehs have surpaes-
ed her IN artistic talents or n hrii-
iinncy of intellect. Il IL the belief Ia
all lands that no ether sovereign ever
+ had such q genius In kingship. Judg-
F 81 hy the s0unfneas 81 her poftcy or
its practical results. she n admitted
~ the greatest ruler q modern times.
The WILD pfiaes-hslf.
i Her heir, the Prince ~ wales. for
F 81 years has often caused concern BY
his Wild department. In his youth
Il Was saHetlmes predicted that his
acceENfun 20 the throne would - fol-
lowed ~ an attempt 10 overthrow
the monarchy. But he ~ now . COM
paratiweiy old man. While stu adj
lilcted 70 gambling AZ cards and
horse races. ne haa eobered down.
and. wtth all his faults. he has new
er fail at emergencies to show
{ himself sensible man. Aside from
his early errors. be has accepted the
+ responsibilities q his position -
thoroughly that his accession h M
lonRer feared.
Queen vlctorIa's descendants arr
more numerous than thosw - any
living monarch. She had nine chill
dren. ~ whom THREE died IN middle
life. One daughter became the moth
er % the present Cxarina % Russia,
Anothsrss son rules as Emperor ~
+ Germany. vlrtoFiaa second son
vnarrfsd the daughter ~ Car.
one daughter welded a British sub
ject. the Marquis q fsorne. Queen
/ victoria's descendants already reach
E the fourth generation.
vlcteris "a Vancouver.
CFrom the Daily ProviueeD
There are In Vancouver today a
E handful q young men IN whose
memory viii long fiHEer n certain
glorious day when they paruded nc
f windsor with the remnant % the
T Royal Canadian regiment 20 receive
7 from the lips of the queen-erupress
I herself. her thanks for their services
/ 20 the empire. That was a memor-
able occasion indeed. one nnt soon
e
selves or BY the Canadian people.
I and certainly one which will not b
neglected by future historians.
The HaRFed pavements ~ the old
I fortress 81 Henry VIII. have echoed
T 20 the footsteps of many men during
Z It's hundreds Of years of exisfence.
hut never 70 those q more gallant
T lot than those Canadians. They
were from land undreamsd e when
/ the old castle was built and they
T had been fighting IN a country un~
I known 70 biuf King Harry, but a.
{ they nIed before the head ~ all the
race. they were none the less Brit
/ iaherH sound 70 the core.
II was sh0c KIDD 20 learn this morn
that the queens health was In dan
ger" remarked Private Harry Bon
I ner. one 81 the Vancouver boys who
paraded before her majesty. when
We saw her at Windsor she looked
the picture Of health OF course, she
/ had the appearance % great age,
but I don't think I ever saw an old
/ lady who looked 50 wei for her
age"
queen - Private bonner was asked.
when we filed past her carriage
az abe commanded" he said. we
I from her. She leaned forward In
/ her carriage smiling and nodding a.
we passed. and really appeared 70 be
| Intensely interested. she wore spec
taclea. the glasses Of which appear
Cd 70 be very thick. when We
marched past and were AZ some lit
I tie distance from her 7 noticed that
she had discarded these and was US
/ ing an opera or field glass SO that
her eyesiRht was obviously falling
considerably.
''Her voice was strong and easy 20
hear, however, for when she ad-
dregnnd the regiment every man
could hear what she said. and you
may depend upon IL none OF Us viii
FORGET Il either"
Then you had no reason TO sus-
peot that she was approaching III
heaith2s
ssTar from H." replied Private
bonner. in fact, 7 thought she was
good 20 live for several years. and.
Judging from her appearance that
day. / should not be surprised 70 sec
her majesty recover from this at
tack. even though II does seem 70 be
/ extremely serious"