The Washington times., 1906-02-18
KING CHRISTIAN
REALIZED DREAMS
Prepared in Poverty for
What Might Come.
EVERYTHING HOPED CAME
When He Was Earning His Living, His
Wife Was Training Daughters
for Thrones.
EVERYTHING HOPED CAME
BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET.

BY LADY HENRY SOMERSET.
tian. of Denmark. the grandfather
of the Car of Russia, the father
OF the King of Greece. the father
in-law of the King of England, and the
grandfather of the King of Norway. is
laid TO rest in the old Cathedral of Ros-
kilde.
The simplicity of the King .tife ana
the purity of his career attracted 10
him the affection of all people, He was
a man who had lived through bitter dis
appointment and through hard struggle
10 see the fuldllment of his most cherish
ed wishes and his most ambitious
dreams, for this royal career has in it
a delicacy and a romance which is
vouchsafed TO few who stand in the
fierce light that beats upon a throne.
Born in 1918 as the fourth child OF
Isandgrave Frederic William of Schles-
-Holstein-S n-Sonderburg-Gluc ksburR. ne
appeared TO have but little prospect of
ever attaining TO be a monarch. or in
deed of even possessing a competency
which should set him free from anx-
iety.
Marriage His Fortune.
The most fortunate event of his life
was his marriage with Princess Louise.
niece of King Christian VIII, who
had through her inheritance some right
10 the Danish crown Consequently. the
Young couple dSed their residence at CO.
penhagen. and here the King studied
events as he found them. realized that
great changes were about to take place,
and awaited possible Developments of
which he could only make use by tact,
natience and foresight. and in all these
qualities he was ably seconded by his
wife.
But not only in his public career was
Princess Louise his good angel. Slender
means Obliged this TOyal pair to attend
10 something far more prosaic than as
pirations to throne. With family OF
six children the problem OF ways and
means became acute and for twenty
Years this struggle continued, for it was
twenty years after his wedding that
King Christian ascended the throne. and
during all this time he had to fsht
against pTivations and difficulties which
would have banled less sanguine or
buoyant temperament.
Prince Christian had a mind which
rose above the petty folly of imagining
that work was degrading. and amone
other eXpedien;s to make both ends
meet. he gave lessons in drawing, for
which he had distinct talent
Most Prized Trophy.
The little bronze medal most highly
priced, the order which probably
stands as the greatest emblem of cour-
age and self-saerifiee, is the Victoria
Cross.
Fifty years ago Queen Victoria
founded the order. and. after fifty
years, the cross with the words For
Nalor" engraved upon it is the most
coveted of all the decorations given
by mOnaTchs Or bestowed by govern
ments. Neither high rank nor length
OF service, nor wounds, nor any otF er
circumstances can qualify for tIis
badge, save n personal act of signal
ValOr, performed in the very presence
of the enemy.
1t had its origin in the Crfmean
war. and was intended TO be conferred
upon Junior commissioned officers and
rank and file. The Queen desired to
show special appreciation for the indi-
vidual acts of heroism performed in the
CTimean war, until then outwardly uu-
honored.
The first recipient Of the decoration,
which, by the way. is still made from
the bronze guns taken at Sebastopol,
was man who won it in the Crimea,
Admiral Charles Davis Lucas, who in
1854 picked up d live shell from the
deck of the 1Iecla and threw IL over
board and thus. at the risk Of a terrible
death, he saved the lives of many 9th
ers-
Lord Roberts, forty-seven years ago.
won the same distinction during the
Mutiny. The great general was then a
lieutenant, and was following up the
retreating army when he saw two Sc
pOys escaping with the standard. Gel
looping after them, Lord Roberts over
took them. When the men turned upon
him, he seized the standard and cut
down the man from whom he took it.
While he was in the midst of the
struggle, the other sepoy Ieveled a
musket and pulled the trigger, but q
missed fire and young Roberts saved
the flag,
Lord Roberts Deed.
On the same day he went to the
rescue OF sowar who was being at
tackled by a rebel who was armed with
a bayonet. Small Of stature though he
was he managed with one blow TO kill
the huge sepoy and brought the sowar
into safety.
He is the only man on the roll of
fame who possesses two Victoria cross
es, but the second belonged to his son,
gained in his noble effort to save the
suns at Colenso. The boy died of his
wounds. but the cross he had won was
given to him in death, and by special
permission of Queen Victoria Lord
Roberts is allowed to wear the SON 5
badge side by side with his own.
1t would be impossible to enumerate
the splendid deeds which are engraven
, on this roll Of fame-deeds performed
in India during the Mutiny: in China,
in Japan, in Ashantee. in Zululaud. -
Canada, in Egypt, and in every land
where the Union Jack has been. carried
Prepared Daughters for Thrones.
The princess brought up her daugh-