The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-25
ENGLAND's NEW QUEEN.
Tier Gracious and Kindly Manner
and Generosity Endear Her to Her

Tier Gracious and Kindly Manner
and Generosity Endear Her to Her
People.
Alexandra of Denmark, who now be-
comes Queen of Great Britain and EN-
press of India, is one of the most fas-
cinating and popular women in the whole
of her husbands vast dominions. which
embrace one-quarter of the entire popu-
lation of the known world, says exAt-
tache in the New York Tribune. True,
there are many women In Engi h So
ciety who are infinitely more beautiful,
whose figures conform far more closely
to the ideal of the artist, and, above all,
there are many who possess a greater
degree of brilliapcy of dash and of wit.
Notwithstanding all of this, wherever the
gracious lady who has now become
Queen appears not only does she become
the cynosure of oil eyes, but more than
that, the loneliness of every other wo-
man present seems to pale; this, too, in
spite of the fact that she is the grand
mother of some six little ones. and near
or sixty years of age than fifty.
True, she remains amazingly youthful
in appearance, thanks not so much to
those vulgar devices known as making
up" as to those judicious cares that are
entirely legitimate For instance. daily
massage has been employed TO help ma
ture in warding off wrinkles from the
fair face, while the elasticity and ele
gance of the figure have been retained by
means of exercise, moderation and diet,
to the same phenomenal degree as in the
case of the late Empress of Austria at
the time of her assassinat ton. The hair
is dressed in precisely the same quiet
and Characteristic manner of Twenty-Five
years ago. the head retains the same
dainty poise on neck SO graceful that
II conveys the impression of slender
stalk supporting a flower, while the eyes
assuredly have neither dimmed nor
changed, flashing a in days of yore with
fun or mischief. or else sweetly appeal
ing in that sort of pathetic manner pc
Culiar to people who are hard of hearing
But it is not this that makes the new
Queen of England so scinating-that rem
ders her so much more attractive than
people OF immeasurably superior beauty.
Nor can it be described as magnetism.
for magnetism implies something that is
violent and against which one would be
Inclined to resist. But it is the sweet
gracious aud kindly manner that converts
every man who sets eyes upon her into
her sworn admirer, and that even dsarms
the Jealousy of women. Transforming them
into her devoted friends.
1t has sometimes been alleged that the
consort of Great Britains new King is
deficient in cleverness. In fact ! have
seen IL stated i'm print-manlfestly by peo-
pie who had never been brought within
the radius OF her charms that she is ac-
tualy duh True, she is not intellectual
IN The sense Of her sister-in-aw, Empress
Frederick, and 1t is difficult to imagine
her in the role of "A politician. But from
the time of her marriage eight-and-thirty
years ago she has lived almost unceasing-
~ exposed TO that full glare of publicity
which beats about thrones. occupying by
reason Of the scclusion OF the late Queen
the role of the First Lady Of the Land,
al any rate In a social sense And through
out that entire period she has not made
one single mistake. She has known in
her own friendly and calm manner the
people whom Ii was desirable that
she should know She has steered
clear of all those acquaintance which
might have given rise to ill-natured com
ment. She has never lost her head. never
rendered herself guilty Of anything that
could be construed as partaklng of the
nature Of faux pas" and has bv means
Of the atmosphere of ideal refinement
which she seems 10 diffuse around her
Kept within bounds the tendency of mod
ern society TO eXuberance and vulgarity.
and, perfect in tact has presented through
her married life "A picture of the most
unrufiied domestic happiness. Finally. In
an age where calumny Is 80 ripe and all
prevalent that not even an angel descend
ed from heaven would be permitted to re-
tain the celestial garments unsullled ana
the wings qnruiiied. no breath OF scandal
has ever furnished even for heetng
moment the fair name Of England's new