Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-01
ENGLAND MOURNS.
Country Grief-Stricken a
Queens Death.

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All Britain is in mourning. The
country from one end to the other is
grief-stricken. The poor weep for
their dead Queen in their lowly
homes and the nobility weep in their
palaces and mansions. No Queen
ever lived so long, no ruler ever ruled
SO long, no sovereign ever endeared
himself or herself to the masses as
did Victoria. The result is that
every one mourns the loss.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Queen Victoria will
take place at Windsor Castle Feb
ruary 2. The body will be removed
from Osborne House February 1. 1t
was the expressed desire of the
Queen that the funeral should be
military in character.
Orders have been issued to the
Channel squadron and all other
available ships to assemble at Spit
head February 1. 1t is understood
that the warshlps will form double
line, through which the royal yacht,
bearing the body, will pass.
The body will arrive in London on
the morning of February 2nd and be
taken across the metropolis to Pad
dington. Troops will line the streets.
The coffin will be placed on gun
carriage and draped with flags. On
arriving at Paddington Station it
will be transferred to train for
Windsor, finally reaching st. Georges
Chapel about noon, when a magnifi-
cent funeral service will take place.
The court goes into mourning for
a year. This and the further fact
that the public is enjoined to go into
the deepest" mourning lead to the
supposition that the coronation of
King Edward will not occur until
1902.
TRAINED IN SIMPLICITY.
When Victoria was 0 years old,
Sir Walter Scott, according to a
record in the diary of that famous
writer, dined with the Duchess of
Kent, and by Prince Leopold was
presented ito the little Princess Vic
toria and heir apparent to the house,
as things now stand"
''This little lady," he adds, "is
educated with much care aud watched
SO closely that no busy maid has a
moment to whisper You are heir of
England / suspect if we could
dissect the little heart we should find
that some pigeon or other bird of the
air had carried the matter. She is
fair, like the royal family"
The fact is that neither ct that
time nor for years afterward did
Victoria know anything of her pre-
eminence, but was brought up with
strict economy and regularity. being
taught to restrain her expenditures
within the limits of her income, even
when that was but a child's pocket
money.
According to Miss Martineau, the
Princess "was reared in as much
honesty and care aboutmoney matters
as any citizens child. 1t became
known at Tunbridge Wells that the
Princess had been unable to buy a
box at the bazaar because she had
spent her money. at the bazaar she
had bought presents for all her rela-
tives when she remembered one
cousin more, and saw box, priced
half crown, which would suit him.
The shop people, of course, placed
the box with the other purchases,
but the little lady's governess sd-
monished them by saying, NO; you
see, the Princess has not got the
money; therefore, of course, she can't
buy the box The next offer was to
lay the box aside until it could be
purchased. The goyerness said, "Oh,
we'll, if you will be so good as to dc
that" On quarter day, before
o'clock in the morning. the Princess
appeared on her donkey to claim hel
purchase"
EARLY SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
A story told by the Baroness
Selwyn, Victoria's governess. in 1854
in letter to the Queen concerning
the first intimation conveyed to Vic.
toria as to the possibility of hel
future elevation, is of interest. TIE
Baroness says:
81 ask your Majesty's leave to cite
some remarkable words of your
Majesty when only l2 years old,
while the Regency bill was in pro-
gress. then said to the Duchess of
Kent that now, for the first time
your Majesty ought to know your
place in the succession. Her Royal
Highness argued with me, and / pat
the renealnoical tahla intn thu his.