Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-31


rounded out by Queen Victoria. No
monarch of ancient or modern times
ever equaled this reign in length OF
years. No monarch of any time ever
gave a people a more kindly and be-
neficent reign, or set before them a
life more conspicuous for its purity
and the virtues of womanhood.
What a retrospect is hers! Be
ginning as a queen, she became All
empress. The history Of her reign is
the greatest in the annals OF Britain.
Since her accession to the throne the
area of the British empire has been
doubled. Her government exercised
a potential part in every rearrange-
ment Of the map of Europe. Within
her reign waste places in the world
became thickly peopled, powerful and
appanages of her empire. Australia,
New Zealand, New South Wales, terra
incognitas when she assembled the
throne, have since astounded the
world with their vast mineral and
agricultural riches, and have become
the homes of millions who speak the
English tongue and are proud to call
themselves British subjects. Africa,
from being the hunting ground of big
farthest limits and vast portion
brought under British sway to dazzle
the eyes of the world and excite the
covetous natures of men with its gold
and diamonds-the Ophir of the
ancients. Egypt has a new ruler, and a
British subject in that land today
Yields the substance of power, while
it's nominal ruler grasps the shadow.
When Victoria assembled the throne
railways were in their infancy and the
general mode of travel was in stage
coaches. She witnessed the disap-
pearance of the latter and the mar
velous development of the first. The
telegraph, the ocean cable, the tele-
phone, the electric light, were things
undreamed of when Victoria began to
reign. The German empire did not
exist nor did United Italy. Austria
was first-class power and Prussia a
minor kingdom; the pope was a tenn
poral as well as a spiritual monarch
and Italy was a country of half a
dozen or more separate kingdoms
when Victoria assembled the throne
Japan was a closed nation to civiliza.
ton, and China also, in those early
days of the young queen. Spain was
\ powerful monarchy. and ruled over
the larger part of the South American
continent Brazil was an empire, and
a descendant of the BraganZas sat or
its throne. Mexico WIS tho possessoI
of that vast territory now incorporat
ed in the United States of America
Texas, California, New Mexico
Arizona. Wondrous changes, indeed
have taken place in the map of the
world and the conditions of its people
since Victoria began to reign
Few Wars.
The Sepoy rebellion in India and the
CrimeaE war, in which France and
England forced Russia to bow to then
united power, were the major wars OF
Victoria's long reign. The British
arms have seldom been idle, but their
use was almost entirely directed
against the fanatical and savag,
races of Asia and Africa
In science and literature the Vic
torian era is a remarkable one, even Il
in the latter realm there is lacking the
Shakespeare and Spenser of the
Elizabethan age. The names of Oar
win. Spencer, Huxley. Stephenson. and
Tyndall will and in science forever
while in literature the fame will grow
as years roll on of such names as
Dickens, Thackeray, Lytton, George
Eliot, Charles 8eade, George Mere
dith. the Kingsleys. Mrs. Gaskell
Trollope, Charles Lever, Tennyson
Browning, Swinburne. and Matthew
Arnold and Kipling; Thomas Carlyle
Freeman and Froude. Green, Lecky
and Buckle: Colenso. Farrar. Pusey
Newman, and Manning.
As Child.
Alexandria Victoria was born IL
hensington palace, London, May %
1919. Her father, duke of Kent. wa.
very fond of the child, and IL wa!
while romping with the baby in tn,
first year of her age that he con
tracted pneumonia that took him 4
another world. His widow. tn,
duchess of Kent. brought up tn,
future ruler of England.
In youth she was part OF the Eng
ish girl world. Dolls were hel
special delight, and chiefly those from
Holland. The doll-dressing periot
began with little Victoria in the yeai
1879, when she was 10 years OF age
With her own knowledge. assisted BY
her foreign governesses. she made tn,
costumes for more than fifty little
puppets. More than half of the in
ternationei costumes of the girl prin
cess have passed away never Ia
return.
SIR Henry Ponsonby is authority for
the statement that her majesty was
devoted to dolls and played with them
until she was IA years of age. Little
Victoria's make-believe family con.
sisted OF more than a hundred and
fifty dolls, of which 1872 are still pre.
served in the Osborne house collec.
tion. Most OF them Victoria dressed