Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-12

stripped OF daisies for miles around,
for every man and woman wore one on
their breasts.
Margherita's charities increased i'm
mensely after she came to the throne
and thousands of educational insu-
tutes, founded in her name, are
helped and patronizea by her. She
has special sympathy and pity Tor
tie blind. A gentleman sent her two
photos of the blind girls in the act
of singing. She kept one, and sent
back the other. having written on the
back these words: THE scripture
says that tile angels sing the praises
of the Lord. Make the poor blind
learn music, for the music offered to
God by the afflicted of this earth must
be is acceptable as that of the angels
in heaven"
Margherita is a skilled musician;
she plays the piano, the mandolin and
the Lutte, and plays brilliantly. King
Humbert, on the contrary, had no I'M
Outstanding of music, and when he
wanted to tease her he would threaten
to sing. The prince related to a friend
that his father disliked to see the
queen wearing glasses reading in the
evening, and he would say, "Margh-
erita, if you don't take off those glass
es, | shall singi" and Humberts sing
ing was so discordant that she agreed
to his wishes.
The queen was a patron of art and
literature, not only in the sense OF or
dering and selecting with a discrimi-
mating eye, but she cultivated the
friendship of authors and artists. Her
dress was always in exquisitme taste,
and the enemies of the throne were
fond of circulating the report that she
was too extravagant But better in
formed persons thought her garb was
not more costly than her position de-
manded. Her evening dress was gen.
orally white, and her ornaments pearls
of great size and beauty. Some few
years ago she said to the king, do
you think | am growing too old to
! wear white?'' He did not think so,
and very soon after two milliner's
boxes were handed in, containing two
beautiful white evening dresses, one
made of Venetian lace, presents from
| the king.
In 1893, when Humbert and Margher-
tia celebrated their silver wedding,
the nation, as represented by the chief
cities, wished to present their maj
estes with some handsome gift.
But the king wrote to the syndics in
his own name and that of the queen,
protesting that they would accept
nothing, and requesting that the money
collected should go to the most needy
charities. They meant the silver we'd
ding to be a simple family gathering,
but the coming of the self-invited
emperor and empress of Germany
/ forced them to make it a great state
affair.
| 1t would be useless to repeat what
every one has read of the .assassina-
ton of the good King Humbert on the
10Th of July But the letter the af-
fiicted queen wrote on the LIST of
August to her friend, Bishop Bonomel-
| Ii, will be read with interest and sym
patty: "Morsignore, 1 know that your
heart and ghts are with me in this
terrible MOI -. in which the Lord
has sorely tried all Italy. know also
that your prayers are for him, our
poor king, who loved his people so,
and who has fallen by the hand of an
Italian! The Lord in his mercy
Patsdam normal. The crowd mobber
spared him the sorrow of knowing that
it was the parricidal hand of a subject
who fired the shots which pierced his
sacred person. | have thought-and
| believed God has aided me-to write
prayer in memory of our good king.
that all may say for the repose of his
soul. have written as thought and
felt, simply that all may understand.
pray you to have it printed and recon-
mend it in memory of my lord and
king, so that the peiple may pray for
him. And as l know they love me be-
yond my merits, let them know that
have written it, and perhaps they will
recite it more willingly. There is
rosary with the prayer" The prayer.
20 Lord, he did good in this world.
He never bore rancour to any one. He
pardoned always those who injured
him. He sacrificed life to duty and
the good of his country. To the last
breath of his life he studied to fulfill
his mission. By the crimson blood
which surges from three wounds. by
the works of goodness and justice
which he accomplished in life, merci-
full and just Lord, receive him into
thy arms and give him the eternal re-
ward"