The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-08

- a Splendld opportunity dl EeSeA
meeting, to listen TO the story OF Mrs
G. NJ. Hyde's recent visits to the roya
palaces OF Europe. Mrs. Hyde has jus
returned from a tour of the continent
and she had an unusual opportunity
becoming acquainted with the resi-
i dences which shelter the crowne'
heads. princes and members Of the roy
al families. She said:
| To the traveller visiting Europe, II j:
| hard 10 say whether the beauties or ma
/ ture or the creations of mans brain anC
| the skill of his handiwork most dehgh'
| the eye and satisfy the taste.
| Is IL the beautiful lakes, the pictur'
/ esque mountains, the lawns which II mas
taken centuries 10 perfect, or the won
derful cathedrals. the marvellous crea-
lions of art in the picture galleries, the
magnificent palaces of royalty that APP
] peal most keenly TO the heart and mind
/ sometimes think that 1t Is as We pass
from one 10 the other. that for the time
being We give the preference to each
IL Is not so much the magnifcence OF
the palaces that attracts US, as the per-
sonalIty OF former occupants, that stih
l!nger in castle and hall. Some reigning
sovereign has left the mark OF his indi-
viduality or some striking event occurred
which links II with the living present.
When / think OF Stirling Castle, Scot
land. there comes Immediately before my
MINDS eye a small window on the gar
den side OF the castle. belonging to a
small apartment called the Douglas
Room. Here william. Earl Douglas, was
foully murdered by James ii. Earl
Douglas. who had almost the following
Of n monarch. and who used his power
most cruelty, was invited to the castle
by the king and given a safe conduct.
When he refused the request of the king
TO break with his brothers. James in his
rage murdered him and threw his body
out OF this window.
About a century ago the skeleton OF a
man. with the remains OF armor. was
unearthed in the garden.
Here at Stirling. James VI OF Scotland
and James / OF England was brought
from Edinburg Castle. where he had
been baptized according to the Protest
ant form, and was baptized in the ritual
of the Church OF Rome. and tradition
says that the iron gratings which cover
the windows OF the castle were erected
to preserve the precious life Of this said
James during the fourteen years which
he spent here as a child.
Stirling Castle is most beautifully sit
uated on the brow of a precipitous rock,
and the view from its walls is unsurpass-
ed I'm Great Britain.
Edinburg Castle and Hollywood Palace.
will ever be associated with
the beautiful and Inflated Mary, Queen
OF Scots. Born just before her fathers
death. II has been said he uttered this
prediction: THE kingdom came in with
a lass and will go out with a lass" little
that one OF his own seed,
Mary's son. would unite the kingdom
Df England and Scotland and reign over
both.
When Mary was a child of seven she
was betrothed 10 the Dauphin OF France.
and sent to that country to be educated.
She was married at sixteen, the same
year her cousin Elizabeth assembled the
throne of England. The following year
he King Of France died, and Mary and
her husband were proclaimed King and
queen OF France. Scotland and England.
the being the granddaughter OF Henry
VII by those who declared the illegiti- |
macy of Elizabeth, the daughter or Anne |
Boleyn. But only one short year did |
Mary occupy this, the most luxurious |
md brilliant throne OF Europe when her
husband having died. she chose to re-
urn TO the home of her birth. Four |
Tears later she married her cousin, Lord !!
Oarnley, a weak. vicious man, who. in |
lis jealousy treated her with brutal vio- 1
ence. We saw the supping room in !
Iolyrood, where Mary and the Countess |
Il Argyle were sitting with Rizzio. when |
)arnley entered with his assassins, and |
Ifter stabbing the Italian. dragged his |
'ody from the presence of Mary and |
brew il down the stairs. We tried TO |
zee the spots of blood pointed out to US |
n the floor. but IL required a stretch OF I
he Imagination. Remembering how
dary was executed by the order or Eng |
lnd's queen, II was with melanch Iy in /
crest We noticed Elizabeth's Ortrait !
TIL hanging In the bedroom OF ner who /
vas said to De the loveliest woman of |
he age. whom no one ever beheld with
frar.Ff
an read without sorrow" From this
nion OF Mary and DarnIey. nearly all
he reigning sOvereigns OF Europe are
aid To be In some way descended.
Windsor Castle. about an hours ride
rom London. 10y train i the best known
4 all the royal residences OF England.
aving been occupied by royalty from
he time OF Edward III to the present |
ay. and associated with the long and 1
rosperous reign of Queen Victoria over
million OF dollars have been expended
urinE and since ths. reign Of George "
nd the castle Is now undergoing extern
I'VE repairs and Improvements. prior TO
he coronation Of Edward VII. The state
partments overlook the North Terrace.
: beautiful slope as I ever saw, while
ton College and Stoke Pogis I'm the dis
incc charm the eye with a never to be
orgotten view. We visited the throne
Dom, st. Georges hail. 200 feet long.
9TH music galleries at each end. and the
irand Vestibule in which were display
d the presents given the queen on her
jubilee. among them being one
rom HawaiFs queen, Kapiolani. We en-
Dyed the Van Dyck room of paintings,
ad pointed out TO us from the court the
rivate apartments of the queen, and
rove down the Long Walk, three miles
! length, seeing in imagination the fu-
eral cOrteEe of Victoria as England's
wed and honored queen was brought
ack for the last time TO her ancestral
all. In connection with Windsor is St
eorge's Chapel. where divine service is
cid daily and Sundays II
The chapel IS OF perpendicular Gothic
rchitecture. and one Of the most beauti- q
u in the world. The colors are those OF I
he knights OF the Carter blue and {
Old The royal pew Is on the left OF 7
ne choir. whose stalls are exquisitely I
arVed- On each side of the chapel are 7
he tonbS OF various kings. Henry VII Z
'dwerd VI, the two Georges. III and ". !
n an alcove ut the farther end Of the I
hapel is a sarcophagus, on which Is 4 I
Marble figure OF Princess Charlotte over I
inch is thrown 4 tiuuv Veil Of marble | d..