Milford chronicle., 1901-09-13

Remarkable Grace and Majesty
Queen Victoria was small in stature I
and during the latter part of her life /
very stout. This, however, did not
prevent her from retaining a most re-
markable grace and majesty of de-
pertinent. 1t was impossible to con-
/ ceive anything more captivating ana
winning than her smile. Always plain
/ " and even stability dressed in black
/ gowns that we're often rusty, 1t was
impossible not to feel when in her
presence that that little old woman
had ruled for more than half century
over the greatest and most extensive
empire of the civilized Globe, and With
all that a true, warm hearted woman,
full of tenderness, a broad minded
unaffected piety, and Of sincere sym
pathv for all that arc in trouble or
distressed-a thoroughly human en-
press. in fact, whose affections,
r thoughts and utterances were Under
: stood and appreciated at their true
= value by her subjects.
j., Coming to a throne furnished by the
+ immoralities of her predecessors
o Queen Victoria completely reformed
r the moral atmosphere of the court anC
g to a certain extent also OF the enJlr'
h British people. For notwithstandin!
; ell the epithets that are hurled agalns
It. British society is today lnhnlIel,
z superior in morals as well as IN mono
&c to what it was 9 eyious to 1881. vac
n there is and always will be inametrol
~ oils so large as London, in society S
M elastic and accessible as that OF Eng
3 land. But vice is no longer SO ram
r. pant, so unblushing and so public as
er days of yore.
~ Her reign has been essentially one
IN peace. and with the exception OF Il
- Crimeen campaign in 1S54-5 Englan
Nv remained aloOf from all the great wa
that brought havoc and desolation
an over the great continent of Euro
~ during her long reign. ne late
- months of her life, however, were sa
no dened by the conflict in the TransYai
The Queens ConscientiOasnass
Another popular trait OF Queen VI
toria. and one that has been especla
appreciated by the English, was /
scrupulous exactitude end console
y. tiousness in money matters. All
30 predecessors on the throne had DC
i8 lived and died overwhelmed with del
~ which parliament was called upon
defray and settle. No appeal OF [
Z KIND WAS ever ludQG ny NSANCAA NASNS
to he national treasury, and not o.
r. does she 60 down to the grave free
debts and leaving an independent
tune to her children, but, moreo1
ova she has taken the trouble to pay on
mr. the private liabilities incurred by
tba father the late Duke of Kent.
,ase The latter was perpetually IN nm
nj cial difficulties, which contribt
no. greatly to embitter his life. 50 ST
$50 were his resources, indeed, that ha
tb-f not been for Sir Benjamin Va
cor vancing him large Gu
Queen VictoTE Som OF me
would havaka's birtn, on May "A,
a. London ~ taken place, not in
ooo0 sone ~ PALACE at Kensington. bu
the OBSCURE Continental town or
GEMS lad this occurred the Duk
der ~. CHER would probably
N in I ~ PIevented from exercising
7rpe rights of succession to the Bri
done crown. For it is part and parce
,be-s the unwritten constitutional law
even England that the heir to the tn
,coss should be born on British soil,
1cca- the Tory party, at the time Of
mr. . William Tvs death, was strongl
King favor of proclaiming George
fourth son, Ernest duke of Gun
1877 land, as sovereign in lieu of PriI
fur. Victoria.