Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-01

IIihCSeS NiCIOrla OPeneu ,lDe DOOk
again as usual, and, seeing the addl.
tional paper, said: Il never saw that
before 1T was not thought neces-
sary you should, Princess answered.
Il see | am nearer the throne than /
thought she said. so 1t is, madam
said. After come moments the
Princess resumed: Now, many a
child would boast, but they don't
know the difficulty. There is mcuh
splendor, but there is much respon-
sibility.' The Princess. having lifted
up the forefnger OF her right hand
while she spoke, gave me her little
hand, saying: 81 will be good. l
understand now why you urged me
so much to learn even Latin. Ny
cousins Augusta and Mary never did,
but you told me Latin is the founda-
ton of the English grammar and of
all the elegant expressions, and |
learned it as you wished it; but |
understand all better now and the
little Princess gave me her haud,
repeating: q will be good.'"
PROCLAIMED QUEEN IN 1887.
Victoria was proclaimed Queen on
June 21, 1897, and crowned at
Westminster on June %, 1888. Feb
ruary 10, 1910, the young Queen was
married in st. James Palace, to
Prince Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha and second son of the then
reigning Duke.
The long reign, nearly Ga years, is
the longest in the history of England.
1t has also been one of the greatest,
aud SO closely was the Queen identi-
fed with it that it was known as the
Victorian era. In it Britain has
grown both internally and externally,
her possessions becoming more nu-
merous in the various parts of the
world, and her civilization keeping
pace with her growth. Her reign
was not a peaceful reign, as wars
and rumors Of war were. never want
ing during her long career. She
lived to see England triumph over
the country's enemies, however, and
maintain her position as the empire
power of the world.
In 1861 Victoria's husband died,
and for several years the Queen
secluded herself from public life.
She never neglected her duties as
Queen during this time, however. In
1876 she was further honored, the
title Empress of India" being added
to her royal titles.
No former monarch ever so
thoroughly comprehended the great
truth that the powers of the Grown
are held in trust for the people, and
are the means and not the end of
government. This enlightened policy
entitled her to the glorious distinc-
tion of being the most constitutional
monarch Britain ever possessed.
Many claim that the Queens power
was curbed to such an extent that
she was little more than igurehead,
but there can be little doub. that she
was real power and that she was
instrumental in bringing to England
many of its richest blessings.
NINE CHILDREN BORN.
Queen Victoria had four sons and
five daughters-Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales; Alfred Ernest
Albert, Duke of SAKE Coburg; Arthur
William Patrick Albert, Duke of
Con naught; Victoria Adelaide Marie
Louisa, Empress (Frederick) of Ger
many; Helena Augusta Victoria,
Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holsteir; Louise Carolina Alberta,
Marchioness Of Lorne, and Beatrice
Mary Victoria Feodore, Princess
Henry of Battenberg.
During her reign she also had II
administrators. In this list of ad-
ministrators are found the names of
many of England's most famous men.
Among them were Sir Robert Peel,
Earl Russell, MIR. Disraeli, Mr.. Glad
stone -four times), Earl of Beacons-
field and the Marquis of Salisbury.
DEVOTED To BRITAIN's INTERESTS
Her Majesty, it is said, paid the
penalty for her devotion to affairs of
state. tits generally recognized that
until a few days ago there was no
harder worker in the kingdom.
Roughly estimated, she signed $4,000
documents yearly. No dispatch of
any gravity was ever Issued from the
Foreign Office until seen by the
Queen, and some idea of the work
thus entailed is gathered from the
fact that the Foreign Office handles
considerably over a thousand dis
patches weekly.
After every sitting of the House
of Commons the Government leader
in the House was in the habit of for
warding to the Queen an abstract of
the business done. She personally
attended to these abstracts and fire.