West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-07
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ness, TO tho sober and often hard aspect
of the realm.
That she possessed any exceptional
mentality was never probable. She took
rather than gave advice and illustrated
tho wiio's vow. wherein lies the secret Of
n wife's happiness. TO "love, honor and
obey" IL am glad am not descended
from Elizabeth. but from tho queen of
Scots shows her respect for the abused
vito over the 'ili1sing virago She was
not GesceilGi. II Henry VIII, who ex-
ecnted his wives, bnt Of Henry VII and
Of Edwnrd " Far bnck In her origin
was the bastard sonship OF Duko William
OF Normandy. and before him Of Rollo
and ramoless Norman pirates.
Tho extracts have given from tho
queens book are such as any young miss
might have entered or any plain wife
expressed. She did not challenge liter
ary criticism nor pose for member Of
Sorosis. In that case she would have
challenged comparison with Catharino
Of Russia. Margaret OF Valois and the
other man-woinen Of history Her king
dom and reign had plenty Of literary
ornaments - George Eliot. Charlotte
Brontc. Harriet Martineau. The queen
portrayed To every English home tho
tender, affectionate, child bearing wom-
an. and thus her example upon the coun-
try has been OF the greatest influence
upon its domestic civilization. The high
est figure there Is still like the Madonna.
she WHO ovadcd no rosl,uA. .Fy Of ma
turc'g and by her fruitfUl wifchood pro-
longed her years and lived TO SEQ her
cmldren's grandchildren.
Indeed the compensations for being
queen OF Elgland nre not such as n friy.
olous woman anywhere would long en-
JOY. She cannot 1irt - the kingdom
watches her a widow Mt 42. she made
no oycrtures 70 marry any',ody Even
her confidence in her old BOBBY, John
Brown. was liable 70 be beutdlterproted by
low plano of English criticism. Every
vote 81 money 60 her soas.in-luw was
hailed with cry in tho socialistic prints
Of another German eating our bread
A. has boon shown. several attempts had
been nurlctO rssassinatc her. Privacy she
can only havo after fashion. and there
fore hies 20 tho sparse parts Of Scotland
often, where the climate scold and show
cry Size cannot leave the realm mt will
any moro thm tho queen bee can leave
the hive. Sometimes she went abroad In.
co2nito. well watched. we'll begged from.
Her girls were hcr treasures Her boys
won't Of aEd Rot their wives Her eldest
son was fond Of FREQ and viyacious com
pany. and sho saw most of him when mo
was SICK Her length Of life she know
must awaken hard thoughtsin them who
would reign in her stead
She loved glass Of beer, but it made
her fat Her real home was Windsor
castle, an hour from London. among the
bones OF her predecessors dull little
village dominated by an old stone palace,
with hard, trcoless stone yard, but re-
lieved by the appcndage Of fine forest.
Her London palace was an old, stilted
thing Her drawing rooms wero held I'm
ah old low, brick palace, like stable.
The best the queen possessed, next TO
her family aud her education, was the
society Of her distinguished subjects,
who haS sometimes read 10 her Tenny-
son, Dickens. Norman Mcleod, Dean
Stanley
She refused 30 cnnOblo any man Of the
art or literary fields whose private life
WAS tainted. a spotlcss walk. a domes-
tic diploma. she demanded from these.
Her receptions were not scanned like
those of somc of our senatorial parve-
nucs, 70 eco ifan obscure person got In,
hnt tho brazen md cunning and those
mado proapefo1sby low ways were turn
81 back whoa tho lists were scanned