The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-26

tatic JOY, Of humble Self-depreca Llon
ather than triumph. Writing to his
I'D preceptor, Baron stockmar, the
Prince said:
Victoria is SO good and kind to
ne that l am puzzled to believe that
should be the object of so much
Affection"
Carlyle, writing of her appearance
in 1888, said: She is decidedly pref
ty, heath, clearness, graceful timidity |
looking out from her young face.
Frail cookie on the black, bottom
less deluge.' "
AS she grew to womanhood she
gained in comeliness. None has ever
accorded her great beauty nor ma
jestic appearance, but all concede
that in her early womanhood she was
the personification of feminine grace
and sweetness, regardless of her ply
steal attributes.
When the little princess royal was
born, a funny weakling, the queen
mother abandoned most of her artis-
tic pursuits and supplanted them
with the homely duties of a mother.
AS soon as she was strong enough to
enter the nursery she insisted on
bathing the infant with her own
hands, and this motherly practice
she maintained without fail with
;rr1,%
wash and serve the older children,
but the youngest was always intrust-
ed to her sole care. Her babies all
slept in the same cradle, wore the
same baptismal robes, and, as it were
| inherited the toys and garments Of
their elder brothers and sisters. When
two years old the princess royal
seemed to be much delighted with the
present of two new muslin frOcks
sent as q present by her grandmoth-
err, the duchess of Kent.
Such was the queens solicitude for
her children that when the prince
consort was arranging her private
| dDdI Ill " lHAool SuoCiC SHO
caused him to have her children S
schoolroom placed next to her pri-
vatc audience chamber and one room
away from her own sitting room. Her
first child was a source of great anx-
iety to Victoria because of i'll health
and slight physique. The prince OF
NNo1nc thn robust
from his birth and never gave a
cause for anxiety in the family
Princess Alice was always regarded
by her parents as the beauty of the
family: she was her fathers favorite
and even till the time of his death
his constant companion.
! Chronclers of the childhood o
l Victoria writing before she was We
queen agreed in giving truthful
! ness-the most transparent truthful
: ness-a high place in the catalogue
D of her virtues. 1t is related tina
$ one day while DR.. Davys was teach
l ing her the child became unruly. TIL
G duchess coming in, asked how Viz
$ toria was behaving, whereupon Bal
II Oness Lehzen, the governess sal
S she had been naughty once that da,
8 Twice, Lehzen,' interrupted tn
II little princess, don't you remen
+ herr" and she recalled two occs
l. sions of disobedience.
Accustomed from infancy to tn
e necessity of economy and earl
&c taught the value of money, she neve
a fell into those habits of extravaganza
m peculiar to children in her station
III Even when her resources were at
IS plified by act of parliament she HUI
lie banded them we'll, never spendin
at her last sovereign. never going i
4 to debt. but, on the contrary, sa
IN ing the money, which she had {
Re ready determined to apply to tn
IS payment Of her fathers debts.
at Mendessohn, whose friendship f
ed Prince Albert was of long standin
er was frequent visitor at the palae
In He became stanch admirer of tt
ell queen, and to his friends praised h
nc native talent for music. Writin
Is of his last visit to Windsor, the gre
ne composer said
CHI prince Albert had asked me
" go to him at 2 o'clock so that
might try his organ before | left En-
50 land. | found him alone, and
en- we were talking away the que
tn came in, also alone and in MOI
nut ing dress. She said she was obi
ed to leave for Claremont in an hov
OF and then suddenly interrupting h
lite self said: But goodness, what a ct
cir FUSION for the wind had Uttered
Id, whole room, and even the pedals
tic the organ (Which, by the way. ma
INT a very little feature of the roo
lal with leaves of music from lal
ltti- mort olip that Law omen