New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

.....,+..-tbe latter being a type of woman
of whom prb,ic men usually fight shy. thor
ouehly aware that their friendship is sought ioi
with the object Of commanding their influence
and for motives that can only be descfioeu
interested OF course, no one "ouio 'i
applying this epithet to the present Sue
Italy. nor yet to her mother-in-law' queen
Marguerite Yet it the latter s iiiiuen1
that undoubtedly led her husband. tne iate hi's
tJunnbert TO bring Italy into the Triple Aiiia0e'
while in the same way il is TO queen Helene
Influence with her consort the present f7'
that must be ascribed the latter leaniAs Wv
ard Russia and the disposition which ne man
tests 20 throw in his lot rather Win tie S-ai "N
,-,.t Franco than with Austria and Germany.
eoueen Marguerite the daughter OF SaAoh
mother was brought UP to great extent d0
German princes whereas Queen Heiehe "'
reared at St Petersburg as a Russian girl Inc
widowed EMPRESS OF Russia, who is DaHish
nrincess by birth; the late Queen Louise OF Zen
ar,- and Princess Marie of France, the "1e
Of Prince waldenar of Denmark, have been' |"
,s knoun the principal factors in inducing the
late F,nneror of Russia TO cut adrift from MS
alliance with Germany and Austria ana po
come instead to understanding WIN lam,
while there is no doubt that frlnce
90 r,,earia owes his maintenance on the throne
largely 10 the influence exercised III ms oen
at foreign courts by his mother. OLD Ffhce
,rlaroentine OF Saxe-CoburS. Queen Natahe
efforts to force her husband TO aoopt P
pussian policy in Servia resulted not onis ii'
matrimonial unhappiness, but hke"ise IA '"e
,s o+ her throne and her child, besides brins-
,,, tho court of Belgrade into even worse disfe-
,,,.e than if had enjoyed until then While 10 liie
,oliticaI influence Of Empress Eugene Is "s
cribed by most Frenchmen all the rilsioi tuie
Of their country eliminating in the oisaseioua
war of 1870 and the loss Of two OF thelr iaiieS'
and most prosperous provinces
While il * impossible to deny that these roSai
women have by means of the inluehce e>
cised upon their husbands and their illustfious
relatives accomplished results sometimes OF
i,eneft TO their countries, but more often 10 'ne
detrirnent thereof it may be questioned TO what
ox+e,+ they have acted in the matter as agents
and nerbans unconscious Instruments OF clever
men Whenever one hears of any woman III 'iie
Old World be she princess OF the ptoou Vi Ga
untitled dame taking part in politicai aii"''
the first question that invariably occurs Is as -
what ma asculine mind or minds are ofrectiiiS anu
,,ror1pting her. There is pronounced disposi'ioii
10 deny TO women the faculty OF orlgilaliis g
roIicv or of even directing il, ana certain IL -
,ha+ all the evidence that one can find goes 10
.unnort this contention Even when theS ioiiai'
imagine that it is they who are infuencins
+,+oS,oen and that they hold in their hands the
threads nv which the latter are guided 'hele ~
generally some masculine mind behho theiii
who dominates and directs them, sometimes
without their being aware OF the iac'- heS
are in one word, always mere ins'r uiiieh'
dainty and highly tempered toois-out 'oui'
,,o,,e-+be,ess and this knowledge alone, II noth-
to-, cleo &c certain TO deter the American woman
from eu1oarking upon the field OF poiiucs' In
which with that common sense which oistlh-
eu;shes her, she knows that she is unntleo 10
NAV anything but subsidiary role ana roies Oh
this kind she does not relish
W EX-ATTACHE.