Evening journal., 1901-01-24
THE EVENING JOURNAL THURSDAY JANUARY "a. 1901

pedigree Of almost every noble family In
England, OF all the German royalties, the
exact Arrangement of everything in a chest
Of drawers locked up q twelvemonth be-
fore. and every slighu or ciYility offered to
her consort. pliuce Albert, during their -
years of married life
The nueen was very fond OF dogs, aud her
kennels at Windsor used 20 house about so
Of them. They were petted Ia lire ny royS
hands and at death received elaborate
burial. The kennels ut Windsor are elab
orate affairs the yards being paved with
red and blue tiles and the bed chambers"
with white bricks. and contain sleeping
benches covered with straw. hot water
pipes, baths. etc A tiled portico along the
mont OF the kennels. where Victoria used
often to walk. is known as the queens
seutnda"
Nearly GO years ago an American visiting
in London, and who saw the queen shortly
before her coronation, described her thus
''She is "A dainty little maiden, only feet
10 inches in height. with a delicate figure
howerlike face, a slender arm aud eNQm
sitely poised head The face was little
pensiye, but nevertheless mirthful. the cor
ners OF the mouth turning up decidedly
The tendency OF the upper lip was TO curl
and like most English people she held her
/ lips slightly open, allowing a mere sugges
| tion Of white teeth 10 appear She wore a
/ simple gown of soft white india muslin
bound around the waist with satin ribbon
/ Her waist was an English one, long and
slender The dress was embroidered with
| field daisies, and strings OF pearls were
around about her throat. Her arms were
| quite bare and without ornaments. and She
, wore no rings on her slim fingers" Shere
]
most every other characteristic given in
this description disappeared many years be
fore her death.
IL is said that Victoria used TO consider
herself really at home In but one place. and
that her private garden at Osborne. ON the
Isle OF Wight There She had a plot Of
| ground - her own private property ON
which no stranger was ever allowed 20 100
/ twide. A Swiss chalet has been built there
aud fitted up as sort OF family museum
and in the grounds themselves the queen
has exploited her personal taste IN the mat
tcrul tree planting Royal marriages weir
oommemorated by planting slips from %
myrtle bush.
Not far from this row OF trees IS the
mourning row, all planted by her majesty
OF late years the younger members OF the
queens army Of descendants have done
| much OF the tree planting, and the place Is
full OF all sorts of trees in commemoratiou
OF all sorts OF events a feature OF the gar
den IS wooden playhouse built nearly 4t
years ago by Nictoria's eldest son. Albert
Edward. and his brother, the Duke of Elin
hurrh In this structure the pluythiugs OF
the queens children are stored There ii
also miniature fortress built hy these tw,
under the eye of their father the primes
consort, when they were boys.
When the daughter of Sir Henry ponson
by, the queens private secretary, was mar
ried, the queen asked Lady ponsonby j
there were TO be many present at the cere
: mony. Far from &c" was the reply "'rhl
house i'm ambassadors court will not per
NIT OF q crowd II is TO De very select
"ln that case" said the qlhen "perhap
there will be room for am old lady amoni
the guests-an old lady like me" Az,
then Lady Ponsonby went nearly mad viii
: Joy because Of the distinction voucllsitirt
, her daughters nuptials.
Z When the queen went on a railroad jour
:, ney, all traffic was stopped on that panicu
+ lar line Tor quarter OF an hour before th
y passage Of the royal train and for 10 mia
s utes alterward as we'll She had an ln
r movable prejudice against travelling fasir
[ than 20 miles an hour and WIS never col
tent to travel at night.
In her younger years Victoria devote
, much time to art, etching being her fayo