New-York tribune., 1901-01-25

mus, must therefor be prepared to see Her Majesty
S sl siG' indian 0a ana
or Slowly propelled into the room in amply
attendant att I majestic and Pcturesque viii be stand
g has maid de5 Of 1pa the dg in waiting and per
be of business nature the private secretary is in
secretary and indian attendant are .yensed sh
and only the lady in waiting remains.
Of attire private audence " Ri ffs be sspponted
easy ~ end IS simply clad in black stuff gown Of
yer hair is smoOthed away under severely plain
Her Majesty extends her hand to @ yo ne TO kiss Il
you nave an artists eye and a sensitive touch YOU
diped and perfectly moulded In tbe ps5n sod a1d
aione grace 'he her npe d hair & and gold rs which
sorno o5 b,a naPPy wife fond mother and
greatest attributes of good woman
There Is story told OF young and newly ap-
one day came across a simple old lady in r1ush-
claI shouted across the Intervening stalls MY GOOD
not m ailGwed here espsciay when Her Majesty is
threse6fn 10 He n nisned h up his remar BY
were not quick in going His feelings on discover
yal royal mistress in person may be better imagined
than described but the Queen with delightful good
mnted him on his zeai and Obedience e to stsndnr
orders Ihe ne story which is true is eminenty char
or extreme simplicity almost too far. Among her
@ Ye4G hs much dsks being aS
old fashioned and homely Ma am"
NOT LIKE HER PHOTOGRAPHS,
II you are student of photographs portraits
OF the Queen. you will have great difficulty in
recognizing her in conversation. All I have ever
seen are very far from doing her justice COR not
only does she not photograph WELL but her face in
repose Is very different from when she begins 10
talk The kind sad eyes light up. the nostriIs dis
tend. the cheeks glow. the curves OF the turn
up In smiles and display very pretty and COM
md he VOICE
instead OF being husky might be expected is
singing voice which the great Lablache cultivated
s ana Mendelssohn praised SO highly in a private
.. The he Queen is singularly good talker Not only
and speaks five languages fuentiyEbesIdes being
very talr Latin and Hindostan scholar-but there
the world of whom and whose works she is not In
oinatey familiar and she possesses appreciative
the great composers. There is music or musi-
fb TG up 10 gate TO inspire Her Majesty with
marvellous memory which she has cultivated and
facts. but for all the little interesting character
LSHcs whch are the salt of good table talk. Above
SO inspires person whom she desires to talk with
encGiuragemens gen m that she quickly banshes all
visitor out into positive eloquence the subject
just enough knowledge OF the matter under dis
cussion TO Danish all ideas that the listener Is
which she only has a SUPERFICIAL knoSledge. Be- O.
sn6 siIeS tnis she has very pretty wit Of her own
far from base. She is the first to suggest and
applaud anything which would give pIeasure in
ordinary good society.
There is nothing to be gained by misrepresenta-
ton. and therefore there is nothing ungracious in
SAVING plainly that the Queen is very short. but
this = only first impression. for her manners and
pearlnS IN some unaccountable way give her height
indeed there Is much about her that is singuarly
lrreconcilabe, for though she has almost every
fe9ale foioie which we'll bred lady might in truth
ana without detrtment be said to possess she leaves
a distinct impression upon those who have an op-
portunity Of studying her that she is something
more than merely good, kind old lady. After be-
ing with her one is inclined 20 call her a genius
without being quite able to fix upon any particular
quality In which to say lies her especial talent un-
less indeed as ! am loath to do. accept CarIyle's
This capacity Her Majesty possesses to verv large
extent but there is something more than this. and
my only hope to defeat my incapacity to define II
lies in the possibility that bit bit I go along
recounting the details OF her private life from dav
10 day and year to year. the same impression will
take possession Of the reader who peruses IL
necton with the events OF her glorious reign which