Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
BRITISH PARLIAMENT VOTES A
MILLION FOR SALARY LIST.
sovEREIoN's FIRST DUTY
Queen Recognized Brave Service by
Guard Observation-Disclosures of
England Unique Office Instituted
by the Comprehensive Timely
information of Interest.

passing events the public is able to
view it's members as they are, as the
English people have known them, as
their friends have known them dur
ing the past eighty years of peaceful
reign If the great Victoria was a
queen sha was also a woman, a
mother and a grandmother and, above
all, the head of household, the mis-
tress of a home. 1t is the intense
family which has given it unique po-
sition among the reigning houses of
Europe. OF all present day rulers
they are most beloved, and the queen
! did more TO vindicate the principles of
royalty than any other ruler of modern
or, for that matter, of ancient times.
Balmoral the queens highland
home, which was established at the
pleasure of her husband, Prince
Albert, was always the queens favo-
rite residence, and it was there that
her puritanical pleasures were given
full reign. Among the Scotch hills
and the Scotch people the queen was
woman and she frequently met her
farmer neighbors, stopping at the
road crossing or wherever they
CHANGED to pass to give word of ad-
vice or encouragement. 1t was at
Balmoral that her majesty's fondness
for domestic animals, particularly
COWS, was INDUCED. She encouraged
the breeding of fine cattle throughout
the neighborhood and herself kept a
sleek herd, to each member of which
, she had given name.
Learns Gardening.
AT Osborne house. the Isle of Wight
where the queens last illness oc-
Cured, are located the gardens in
which the prince consort, the queen
and all their children were in former
years much interested, The prince
consort was very fond of gardening
and liked particularly to get out with
hoe and trowel and do his own dig
ging. He arranged the gardens at
Osborne house so that each of his
children should have his or her own
garden, in which every year of their
childhood something must be grown.
The queen herself was fond of the
gardens and proud of her childrens
efforts, which she used often to super
intend. One day, so the story runs,
she was watching her eldest daughter
| among her flowers The princess
wore new pair of gloves, and when
the queen noticed these she re-
marked: When l was a child I al
ways did my gardening in old gioVcs."
To this the princess replied prompt
ly: Eyes, but you were not born prin-
cess royal of England"
Another time when the children
were busily engaged in digging tur-
nips for the royal table someone dis
covered a worm in the root of the
largest and finest of the basketful
There was Immediately a discussion
as to whether that turnip should not
be thrown out. It was the Princess
Alice, the youngest and favorite of
them all, who settled the question by
gravely remarking: rob, let it pass:
it is such beauty and mamma will
be none the wiser when she has
eaten it,"
At Windsor castle, where much of
the queens time was perforce spent
she never felt at home; indeed she
was not at all familiar with the great
pile, and it is doubtful if she ever
made tour of inspection of the entire
premises. More, it is safe to say that
no member of the royal family since
the death of the prince consort has
been familiar with the palace. and
any one of them might easily get
lost in it's endless corridors. The
building contains more than seven
hundred separate apartments and the
inventory OF its furnishings fills sixty
large volumes. The only two people
to whom the great mansion is at all
familiar are Lord Lorne, the present
governor and constable, and Inspector
Goldman, and to them it is life work.
Royal Household.
The royal household is as much of
an institution in England as is the
royal family and parliament grants
annually some million or more dollars
to pay the salaries of its members. AL.
though in former days the court of
England was as lavishly appointed as
any in Europe, and although today it
is not lacking in richness, the various
Offices of the household are far less
sought after than they formerly were,
andi indeed a footman with his living
to earn might better enter the service
Of wealthy citizen than that of the
crown. The queen had fifteen foot
men and one sergeant footman, whose
salry was $3.50 year. Formerly the
sergeant footmen, or one of his six
senior footmen, was often promoted to
the position Of page of the presence,
or of queens messenger, either of
which positions was worth $1,000 or
$4,000. This practice has gone the
way Of most Of the perquisites and the
Office OF royal footman is no longer
sught after as it used to be.
Next to the sovereigns footman the
state trumpeters are the most popu.
lar and observed OF functionaries.
There are eight Of them under a SER
geant and they are part OF the state
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