Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-24
QUEEN VICTORIA.
A Tribute Written When She Had
just Ascended the Throne.

From Godey's Iady's Book March. 1893.
"Victoria we consider as the representa-
tive of the moral and intellectual influence
of woman throughout the British empire
In this view her accession to the throne Is,
and ought to be- a subject of deep interest
to her sex IN every quarter of the world
The reign of female. soVerelgns mas, IN
England, been signally happy for the cause
of human Improvement.
Under Elizabeth, besides the general
prosperity of the people, there was pure
morality of private character observed and
a taste for learning diffused through So
ciety, which we shall seek in vain to find
under the kings who preceded or followed.
The reign of good Queen Anne was re-
spendent with talent of the highest order
Then arose those giants of learning, whose
names have made the seventeenth century
famous in the history of mind.
There was never a time when moral
power might be so g1oriously employed as
now. The reign Of intellect and feeling
should be ushered in by woman.
Victoria has come to the throne under
many peculiar advantages. She is in the
bloom and beauty Of youth, when, as a
woman, she would be sovereign over men s
affections. She brings to her high station
all the Intelligence which the most careful
education could besUow to fit her for her
duties. She is watched over by maternal
affection, and Seemingly enshrined in the
hearts of the whole british people.
With such signal advantages, we will not
say from nature and fortune, but through
the ordering ola wise Providence, she has
also the privilege of living in an age when
woman is taking her true place, side by
side with man, his companion and helper in
the work of civilization and Christian
progress.
And here is an object worthy the ambition
of a queen; that of promoting female edu-
cation, and rendering her Sex capable
OF welding iudiciousIy the immense moral
influence they are destined to possess.
TO the cause of female education. as Of
fering the best means of improving the
moral condition of society. we hope that
Queen Victoria will devote her most Sedu-
louS attention.
What would the sons of old England have
done to advance the arts and sciences,
learning and religion, had their mental i'm
provement been little cared for as that
of her daughters has been?
Victoria, We are Informed, discharges the
office of queen with a grace and dignity
that wins all hearts. She has prorogued
and opened parliament, visited in state the
city and dined with the lord mayor.
Victoria has now the opportunity of Sc
curing such a wreath of bright honor for
herself as no queen ever before enjoyed.
Let her bear il mind that every added de-
gree of respect 20 which she can entite
her sex will proportionately exalt her own
character. May she prove, by her own pure
example that q woman is worthy to sway
the sceptre Of the greatest empire in the
world
Thus in prophetic strain, wrote the edi-
tor of the then flourishing magazine for
women, and the old record has fresh in
terest, now that siXty-three years have
passed and Queen Victoria, having more
than fulfilled the promise of those early
days of her reign, has passed away, leaving
d mourning nation.
r. Shelton Mckensie, who was then cor
Irr,"S
of the personal appearance of the queen at
that time
THE queen, you know, was eigh-
teen in May. She is an agreeable looking
Young woman, with a blonde complexion
mot a clear blonde, but the sodden hue
which people get who reside some time in
J,ondon) Her eyes and hair are light She
wears her hair in the plainest manner
usually drawn behind her ears. In the
back it is dressed a la GREGG. In a word,
she Is an agreea BILE good humored looking
but by no means handsome young woman.
She is apparently in good spirits and laughs
frequently.
THE queens neck is longer than the
due proportion warrants. Her head sits
well uDon it. Her waist is small. Her
hands and feet are small; the hands white
and plump, with taper fingers loaded with
many neat rings.
| To happen Unexpectedly on these old
rea ding of the long and in many respects
wonderful life of the queen just gone, and
we feel proud that as a woman, she never
failed the trust that was put in her go
early in her reign and that she has held
tbro,,pb all the years since then.