St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-01-30

1874, when her father was simply duke
with long title and purse of by no
means proportionate dimensions. Neither
the powers OF Europe nor the Danes had
quite made up their minds as to who
should be King of Denmark, failing issue
to Frederic, son of Christian vi, who
then reigned over Denmark. 1t was
not until 1858 that Duke Christian of
Schlewig- Holstein, Sonderburg Glucks-
burg found himself recognized heir pre-
sumptive to the little northern throne.
But for ten years longer he had to live
on his great expectations, and little
beside. His children were accordingly
brought up in Spartan simplicity, and
marvellous were the stories told a couple
OF decades ago on this subject. In March,
1868, Duke Christians eldest daughter
became Princess of Wales; in June his
second son assembled the throne of Greece;
in November he himself was a king.
Christian TX descends from Christian
III, the first protestant sovereign of Den
mark also, on the mothers side, from
George II of England and the aforemen-
toned Caroline. The new queen is there
fore her husbands cousin. Indeed, it is
difficult to find christian Royalty"
who is not cousin to all the rest. Home
life has been dear to the queen, by virtue
both of her notherly love and her natur
al tastes. Saudringham is admitted by
all who know it to be perfect specimen
of country gentlemau's home. The
cottages on the estate are good, and the
laborers we'll looked after. The queen
goes about the neighborhood on foot, or
driving herself in her pony carriage, and
stops to see the cottagers, just as a lady
of the manor should. There is techni-
cal school for the village, in which many
arts and crafts are taught, and the queen
herself has taken lessons from it's teach
ers in the same arts that her villagers
may learn, she becoming an excellent
woodcarver and leatherworker by this
means. Connected with the house is
"the queens dairy" no show place, but
one in which the wants of the establish
ment are provided for, and she herself is
an accomplished butter maker, having
often taken turn at skimming the milk
and working the butter. The kennels
contain variety of occupants, for dogs
are prime favorites with the queen, and
are there in all varieties, one pet being a
huge Russian wolfhouud, and another a
perky little Pomeranian, so catholic are
the mistress canine tastes. Though so
much has been said, and Justly, oil the
queens gentleness and sei-abnegation, it
must no. be supposed that she is weakly
or without will. Quite the contrary.
Such popularity as hers is great power
and she knows it well, and takes to her
S If the position that naturally follows.
She leads fashion because she has the
courage of her own opinions on dress
and she has the same on more personal
points. Her will, when she has seen
cause to assert it, has been powerfully
felt on sundry occasions. In performing
public functions she knows that she is
like the bride at a wedding-the real
centre of attraction-and she takes the
lead with an almost unconscious and
graceful yet decided air, that puts the
Others around quite in the background
On one occasion, the committee of a
woman's hospital, having asked her hus-
band to become its patron, were little
snubbed by receiving a note from her sec
rotary saving that such an application
ought to have been made to Her Royal
Highness and not to the Prince. In fine,
there is just enough self assertion and
selt-wlll in the queen to prevent her
sweetness being tameness and her light
ness frivolity,-[ New York Tribune.