The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-03

: pass across her face. But if the pre-
 sented type was complex or difficult
 those who knew the queen extremel
 well would perceive that her mind wa not made up after all. The lines of tn
 mouth would continue to be a littl . drawn down; the eyes like sentinel
 would still be alert under eyebrow
 faintly arched. But sooner or later sh , would succeed in her analysis, and al
 almost unbroken line of examples served to give her justified faith in he
 acumen. She was scarcely ever wrong
 and ehe was slow to admit a mistake
 The article is illumined by flashes O.
 character revelation. Something wa:
 said about public mans opinion of tho
 queen after a first presentation. 'Deal
 mel" she said: T did not give 6
 thought to that. 1t is so beside the
 question. What really signifies is what
 think of him." Once, when a man
 who was presented to her was particu-
 larly clumsy, she reproved merriment
 He was shy" she said, and I know
 well what that is, for sometimes I am
 very shy myself" It would be re-
 suectfully urged that some lady who
 was out of favor was "a nice, kind wo-
 man." "Yes,' the queen would reply,
 but I've no patience with her, she's so stupid" Those who were much with
 her were never allowed to forget that
 she was the most important person in the room. It was not her personal | vanity; it was proper acceptance of | her inborn station In the general so- 1 cial system. Oddly enough though she bore her imperial greatness with 1 such perfect ease and modest assur-
 ance, she sometimes displayed cer- | tain love of the exercise of power. for
 its own sake. in little things. She
 would justify her impatience of dawd-
 lers by saying: T can't afford to be
 kept waiting. If I am to get through
 my work, mustn't have my moments frittered away" Punctuality was al-
 most superstition with her She was
 really persuaded that all the institu-
 tions of the country would grumble if
 her orders were not carried out to the letter and to the instant. Very few people know how superbly she contin- ued to stand sentry to the business of
 the state. She did her business, as head of the state, until the Thursday
 before her death Then. and not till then, did the last optimism of those about her break down.
 The article abounds with instances of the queens genuine humanness, which prevented the stiff regularity of her life and her persstency of purpose from degenerating into hard autocra- cy. Her extreme sweetness of heart T. <.ta ,1f, fN p1tn1 ingham palace, amid the shouts of those who gathered at the gates, tears of pure thankfulness gushed from her eyes. This was a signal for an outburst of unprerneditated loyalty, and she said over and over again, How kind they are to me.' She had an exquisite man. ner, which retained not little of the air of a bygone age. Her charm was made up of spontaneous kindliness and freedom from all embarrassment, with survival of the stateliness of the eighteenth century. She had also a strongly defined dramatic instinct something shared with her by certain distinguished actors onlyz-the genius of movement She was never Hurried by the space in front of her. but knew DOWf ldT u duN dutt, liuW to louSCt gnu how to return. When she went to Paris to greet the emperor and empress in 1854, her tiny figure dIsconcerted the critics. Paris decided at first sight that it did not like her English dress, and was frigid to her want of style. { Her conquest of France happened at the gala performance at the opera. The | was looking magnificent, a 1 dream of silken splendor. The queen | as' ever, somewhat disdainful of her | clothes, had made no effort to shine; { but her innate genius for movement in- spired her The empress fussing about her women, loitered at the door of the box; the queen walked straight to the front, waiting for no help, and anxious Tor no attendance. She stood there alone for moment, surveying the vast of society and then she slow y bowed on every side with smile which the most consummatet actress night envy La Reine Nab" became I he idol of Partisan society, and the way [, the did it, the sonsummake skill of the hing was celebrated everywhere by the tmateurs of department.
 Of the queens personal attributes her mile was perhaps the most notable. t came very suddenly in the form of mild radiance over the whole face, a { and a raising of the lines of ( he lips, a flash of kindly light beam ] ng firm the eyes'. Then in anither mo- nent it was gone leaving behind suf- { used softness. Tn the intimacy of home ! fife she gave way u her very quick and ich sense of humor Her rather prom nent blue eyes wuuld possibly beain pith entertainment. A piece of music ad been performed manifestly not to CT approval What is that?" she | sked. Its a drinking song, ma'am, I y Rubinstein." 'sNonsensev' said the ( ueen; mo such thing! Why, you could { ot drink cup of tea to that" When re Fenian troubles were at their height l lere was an idea that an attempt would | Q made to kldnap the queen. She q lughed aloud and put the proposals for | by. Poor things!" she said, ss s if they were so silly as to run away Il ith me, they would find me a very in- c ,nvenent charge" On her last visit |, Dublin she refused to have an escort cavalry close to the carriage. Why, 4 I were to show the least dlstrust of $ le Irish she exclaimed they would link tat I deserved to be afraid of q lem" While endowed with a keen O uSa of tha JIdjcroIe ehe coIl1d Dar- "