The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-15
QUEEN w1THoUT THRONE.
Pathetic Life Story of Ranavalo c
 Madagascar,

! have known many sorrows, there are [ few figures so pathetic as that of Ran avalo. the ex-Queen of Madagascar. | who is now in Paris, and who since | 1897 has been Q ueqen without throne, | iving on the charity somewhat grudg- l ingly vouchfafed her by the French government. From the position of ruler yielding | sway over three million people and ter ritory measuring a quarter of a million | square miles, she has sunk to the ob- scurfty of an exile in foreign land, living always in debt and dependent entirely on the will of the government which annexed her country and de- | posed her from her throne Next to 1 her native country she owes Paris, in spite of the fact that 1t is the capital of the country to which she owes all her troubles, and yet during the eight years of her exile she has only been al- lowed 10 visit 1t three times. The first occasion was in 19O1 the second two years later, and the third visit began last week.
 This time she is to be allowed rather more freedom of action by the French Colonial department, while the minister lof the colony apologized to her for the apparent discourtesy which allowed lher to arrive in Paris like the most or dlnary tourist. without the slightest off flciaI recognition. This is a consdera- ble Improvement upon the treatment accorded to her on the occasion of her first visit in 1901
 in tT,or street in a mean apartment over wine shop, and her sightseeing was restricted to two or three drives under tho guidance of a third rate official from the colonial office. Her allowance at that time was q paltry four hundred pounds year. which the French gov ernment considered to be sufficient for her residence in Algiers. This. to a queen who had but lately ruled over country as large as France, must have meant absolute poverty, but such Is the Emldness of her disposition that she made no complaint, and enjoyed her sightseeing in the gay city with all the zest and interest of a girl visiting Paris for the first time.
 In 1901 the French press so far forgot its traditional politeness as to make poor Ranavalo the object of many jokes and glbes. One paper published a cartoon representing the ex-queen as in conference with her cook. Three people to dinner!" exclaimed the cook Has your majesty received permis sSon?" Though this was unklnd, 1t &C., curately represented the position of the queen
 She was treated like naughty child. A kind of governess was deputed to look after her, and without the perrnis- sion of this servant she was unable to spend a penny or to converse with any one.
 A section of the French press finally came to the conclusion that thls treat ment of an inoffensive and amable wo- man was unworthy of the traditions of France, and press campaign in her favor resulted shortly afterward in her allowance being raised to twelve hun dred pounds, at which figure 1t now re- mains in spite of the fact that her ma iesty. owing to pretty taste in French frocl1s and millinery, finds it hard work to keep within her income.
 Ranayalo Is now forty-four, and, all though her complexion inclines to a duslsy shade, she Is by no means unat- tractiye. She possesses a distinctly good figure, dresses with much taste and wears her clothes with distinction.
 She ruled over Madagascar for four teen years, and, like the two queens who preceded her, became the wife of the prime minister. When she began her reign her country was at war with France; but, despite the troublous times in which she came to the throne, she worked necessarily toward the bet terment of her people, One of her last acts before her deposition was to open a large and well equipped school for girls
 When tho French finally took possess sion of the island, the ex-queen and her husband were deported to Reunion, where they lived two years, when they were transferred to Algiers Not long after their arrival there the prince con- sOnt died. IIis last request was that his remains should be taken back to the land of his forefathers, Ranavalo petitfoned the French government to this effect, but they took no notice of the request, and her husbands remains were finally inferred in Algerian soil.
 Her second visit to Paris was hardly more enjoyable than her first. She was again lodged in mean apartment in a third rate hotel, and allowed to go out only very occasionally. She was oven unable to have her meals prepared in the hotel, and her attendant had to gC out. buy food at O restaurant and bnIng 1t to the ex-queen every meal time. She was strictly forbidden to re- oelve visitors or to accept invitations from sympathzers. One semi-off1cia' dinner was, however, given to her, ant on this occasion she remarked to 2 friend, T am a, beggar and tramp but one that receives no sympathy Instead of a throne I am given 6 din ner, and instead of my people the rddi oulo of my conquerors"
 In spite of the shabby treatment sht received in Paris, she nevertheless wa: delighted with her brief visit Once oi twice she walked through some of the large shops, looking at the articles dis' played for sale but unable to buy any thing beyond some trumpery hnery on account of her lack of funds.
 had made during her exile the most no table is Madame Calve. The great singer entertained the ex-queen at her chateau in 1905, and during this visit Ranava1o displayed a great love fo1