New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

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a storm centre-donestic and faction fights
never ceased What did the wee princeiins~
who was to become great king look like? HIS
face was. on the whole. attractive. with SOFT
ened resemblance to the stuarts:-
IT, however. the face had beauty IN early life.
especially in its expression Of WstIul
riding. fencing and other heaIthful exercises. he
midde beigbt some contemportries speak as II
he had been slightly deformed- He was. indeed
letter from the hague written in lss1 he is sposea
Of as very delicate. subject TO falntlns ms d1d
be relief 10 many Of The ruling faction He re
mained martyr TO asthma and headache al MS
Even as a child. however he rose superior to
bodily suffering It is said that a sense Of his
historic destiny early took hold Of his active
brain and in infancy he played his part well On
the political stage
to his r6s occurred bero1e he Rad competed his
ninth year. An embassy from the sultan OF
General Among them was pair OF horses Of the
Purest Arab blood. waich their High Mghtnesses
animals We're presented 10 him in the courtyard OF
Prince MaMrices house. and, small and slight as
SsiiSs them by %' the bride IN manly f4Aon nc i4e
the hope that he might be able to make use Of
them In the service Of the SL3tet
1t is said Of the boy that he was never young
except in years. His mind grew rapidly, and
surrounded By enemies who did their best 70
fashion him into a tame and coIorless servant
of the alI-powerfui States of Holland" he
learned to hide a passionate and impUlsive ma
ture under a surface of cold reserve and dig
nifty His education was defective far "a
literature, science. and art were concerned, aut
he spoke seven languages, he was proficient r
mathematics and a trained soldier. He had
low tastes. He was in short at sixteen as prom
ising a youth as Europe had to show He had
not TO thank the mother whifdied in her thir-
tieth year for any mental and spiritual disri-
pIine. Her exiled brother Charles filed the first
place in the Princess Royals affections and mo L
of her later years We're spent in a struggle to
help him to the English throne. Her son grew
UP apparently without much thought of the
intrusion of women into his life, and his
riage 20 his cousin, another Mary stuart,
made for political reasons He was IN
twenty-seven and she eight years
younger
The Prince, had certain well-deGned notions on
10 find out whether the young lady was likely 10
come up TO his reGulrernents. II cannot De St.d
does not seem to have had much expectation ~
sense of his own obligation oestDw much
it lay his power 10 give. on the young girl VINO
must leave home and country for his sake The
qualities he sought in her We're more negative t1t0
positive His ideas; as expressed in c0nyerstr..g ~
with Temple, may be thus eptomiZed: he could
not be bothered with a wife who might prove trju-
o%n He was ey * h o naSe Pg peng 1r Of T dub T
his life, and he could the risk OF having
a wife who might add 10 IL Nor must she be
acting in any respect, for he was aware that he
might not be very easy for wife to live with"
In fact the suspicion is justified that he regarded
natrimOny a disagreeabe necessity, of which
1t was desirable u minimize the inevitable h.
COnvenences.
All that told him inquiry concerning The
Lady Mary was very reassuring. and when he
saw her shortly after his arrival in England.
no doubt felt that. if he must, she was
right wife for him. Possibly. too. the beauty and
charm aScribed to her by all her contemporaries
made some impression upon him
He was not gallant or gracious lover anI
Mary spent much of her time before the we'd
ding in tears But a matter of fact this mar
riatse entered into side with indinerer &C
and on the other with tears. turned out 10 he.
as royal marriages go. one Of the most success
full in history Mary's serene sweetness. her
unselffsh consideration for her husband and
her real strength of character could not but
win upon a man whose mind was able TO dis
cern excellence even If his heart was slow to
in Holland she became genuinely popular, partly
perhaps because she carefully abstained from
any meddling in politics. A survfvins; piece Of
her writing set down long after she and Will
lam We're summoned 70 the throne Of England
reveals in a vivid fashion her feminine point Of