Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15
|TALYS QUEEN
ADM|RES 7. R,
BY ARNOLD PIERCE

BY ARNOLD PIERCE.
Special Cablegram to The Star
ROME. July I4-President Roosevelt OF
the United States has a royal convert or
imitation In the matter of his theories IN
oppositiou to race suicide The latest
recruit to the ranks of the advocates In Ia
yor of large families is no less person
age than Queen Margherita of Italy. NOT
only does she express her horror of race
suicide" but she openly and personally
thanks President Roosevelt for his position
In this matter.
1t is not often a queen is interviewed and
still more rarely does that interview con-
tain anything more than studied words OF
politeness. But the newspapers OF Italy
and continental Europe are publ shing anu
republishing interviews with Queen Mar
gherita of Italy in which she expresses her
opinions at length upon many matters Oh
Importance. Among other things she says
II am absolutely opposed" she said. Ito
any extravagant theories of what is called
the emancipation of women. In Whatever
condition of life a woman may be piaced
her first duty is the negative one OF not
giving up the qualities that distinguish he.
sex. Above all, she should guard against
developing the traits of men, A blending
ence would give us the ideal woman Her
majesty believes in large families How
else" she asked, lis a nation to progress
except through its people? A chhdiess
family is incomplete. There is poetry
and pathcs about childhood which appeal
to every right-hearted woman. Most women,
though they may not be able to put TINS
Idea into words, feel 1t. They have the
maternal instinct. Hence the remoteness
of race suicide. Women show their intel
lectuality" she continued, by rearing
healthy and great children, just as much
as they do by writing books or painting
pictures The wife who deliberately re-
fuses to bring children into the world must
have something wrong with her moral
makeup. l am very pleased TO know ehal
there is movement in the United states
in favor of large families, and that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has put himself upon rec
ord as favoring them. European women
have begun to look for light to their sisters
of the United States.
Rome Much Lied About.
There was an old saying in vogue many
years ago TO the effect that the chief city
In Europe for gossip was Venice; Florence
was renowned for small scandals Milan for
lbels and Genoa for downright denuncia-
lions of public men. Rome there was ceie-
brated as being the object of palpable hes
told with an air of complete verisiniituue
and baseless rumors plauSibly supported
and downright fabrications that startled
popular Imagination by their audacltE.
The art of lying about Rome sun neur.
ishes in the so-called liberal journals or
Paris. bold specimen of the art was that
contrived and published recently as a pre-
Hminary to the Qualification held in St
Peters.
The story of the three conspirators, with
the lady who was to faint and so direct
public attention while her companions scat
tered the death-dealng bombs, was known
here before the Identification ceremonies
We're held. The completeness of the news
paper knowledge of the whole plot was
worthy of Sherlock Holmes; but nowadays
people are so familiar with the idea or
bomb throwing that they appear glad to
believe real novelty concerning 1t.
Inquiries made at the Questura-the
Scotland Yard" of Rome-and at the
Vatican brought out the whole nature OF
the story. The story was denied altogether
at the Questura; yet, for precautionary
measures, an extra number of guards or
public security were sent to st. Peters
The commander of the pontihcai gen.
darmes declared that rumors of anarchi-
cal intended attempts at pomb-throw1ng
are Systematically circulated every time
that grand ceremonies are announced TO
take place In ST Peters. This commander
had been informed of the rumors spread
abroad, but he did not attribute any weight
to them. He was accustomed TO such Tricks
of fancy; yet notwithstanding his disbelief
In the danger threatened, he considered 1t
necessary TO redouble the vigilance of th.
pontifcal guards. Hence all persons were
vigorously watched at the entrance OF the
Bas1ica, and the womens little reucules
We're occasionally searched. The magma
tive Rome correspondent OF a London
newspaper who reported that $1,000 invita-
lions to the ceremony of Sunday had been
sent out and that only about 600 persons at
tended, exaggerated very wildly, indeed.
The number of invitations corresponded
very closely with the number present, and
the lowest calculation of the latter reaches
1000
Another Reckless Tale.
Another reckless tale which has been in
vented for the Paris Temps tells that the
cardinal secretary of state is 10 be put
down from his seat and that Cardinal
Rampolla is to be paced in it. and all for
the sake of the dear and gentle French
government. This dream was all too ex-
travagant to be believed In at once, SO
there was beating about the bush to rem
der 1t more palatable to the multitude.
There is truth in the statement
Among the literary curiosities OF Rome Is
little paper which appears once a fort
night and which bears the title of Vox
Urbis. II is published In the Latin Ian
guage. and IS a standing evidence of the
fact that this is living and not q dead
language In Rome For eight years this in
teresting little paper has existed if IL has
not fourished and enriched its proprietor.
Attention has now been drawn to this lit
tie journal on account OF an article pub
lished in 1t sustaining the propriety of en-
ploying Latin of a good and classical char
acter in the compilation of diplomatic
notes The writer of the article in Ques-
ton. the Commentators Antonio Martini.
recalls 10 mind how In the middle ages the
Latin language was employed in public
acts for the relations concerning princes
and states. and that the Catholic Church
continues to use Latin in the drawing up OF
its documents.