The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-07
KING AND QUEEN
wooded 50 YEARS
ALL SWEDEN CELEBRATES THE
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY or
OSCAR AND SOPHIA.
BELOVED old MONARCH
Ard His Democratic and Loyal Wife
Happy After Half Century Of
Loye--PubIic Collection ID
Taken to Aid the Poor,
stockholm June G.-This vas Il


Stockholm June f.--This was 4
Igala day in Stockholm and for That
matter, All over Sweden, for II xlaa
the golden wedding anniversary of
King Oscar and Queen sophia
All day the city was en- fete AMI
everywhere was rendered MANTLE
| he devotion which the swediah pso'
!ple. especially the middle class ana
poor have for the most democratic
lroya couple in Europe.
At The palace King Oscar who was
Iattended BY an the members W tte
Iroyal family, received a Large namhes
TOT addresses, including one from tlle
municipality and ono from ally
every public holy III hts kingd3m.
| Especial representatives of nearly
eyely every soverian Or Europe we're
here also Oh hand to present nles,
sages Of congratulation. Thoagh not
entirely recovered from hts reeens
severe Illness, his Majesty wa ID the
ibest 81 spirits and warmly greeted
each delegation presented 70 him.
| Because Of the health of the 4royaI
couple some of the early plans ioi Iae
celebration Oh their golden wedding
were necessarily abandoned One Of
rho notable features of The celebra
ion that was carried ont was d public
collection To enable poor patients 70
lgain admission to the sanatDrinnis tar
lconsumptives, which were founded
ten years ago on the twentytiitl an
lniversary Of King Oscas's reign win
the money subscribed hy the nation
and handed over Ia the King
| An Accomplished Mcaurcn,
All lhings taken into consideration
liking Oscar ID the most accomplshsi
| king ii The world He Ii an exec 'lant
1sss " " ss MS MI hssss 4 gEea
lopalar noes ana 4 splendid apea&erss
Ia las fhu reputation also ~ helig !
Wit. Ana he has found tifne ~ az
ineulsh himself iii all these days ~
/ splte of the FACT hat he has had 4 s
Sing. enc Of the most dlfficult$tasks
| hat has fallen to the lot Of any mon
arch of recent years. The king y
| rost fortunate 10 his heir-apparent,
/ Crown Prince Gustav. who has acted
a regent Of The kingdom during the
Hong Illness of King Oscar. is a sem
sihlc man. devoted I'd his father, and
On the best terms with sweiisii
statesmen and public men In every
rank of life, and In recent years ne
has greatly increased In popularity
with the masses In Sweden
A Democratic Queen.
| Queen Sophia Is woman Of whom
line public outside Of her Kingdom
lhear little bur OF whom Il would Do
| II good to hear much. She is German
| born. but by her sympathies AMI M
te,ests she belongs entirely to the
northern country whose crown she
wears She has not been strong In
Aealth for years. and consequently
he has been compelled TO live com
paraiveIy retired life. She cannot
Dften share in the great court les
iyaIs. Her interests are 20 a great
extent taken up by charitable work
One Of her most cherished eccnpa'
ions is to alleviate distress ana.
ae,ue strongly impressed by religion
ne queen Is greatly interested by the
-eHg Gus movements Of her time
More than one charitable instltu-
ION HIS been founded through the
initiative OF the queen. above gu the
"sofahmeni." Of Sophia House n
stockholm. She has on many occa'
: .lons started the idea Of important
works Of charlty-fof instance, when
1 me formed and carried out the plan
q the greet fancy fair in Christina
or the benefit of the families Of tie
wrecked fishermen from Finmafken-
A Happy Pair.
The marriage Of King Oscar. then
prince to, Princess Sophia OF the
house Of Nassau took place at Bic
te,ich castle Germany. on June 6
fs57. and was a great public event. u
l ras a love match and bow hap2y they
have been together darns the hit'
ears Of thcir welded lie can re
learned from King Ozcaf's ve-ses-
The king writes excellent p1etry. and
in one Of his poems. in which he de-
scrihes his FIRST meeting with his wife
he speaks Of her as an angel. pure
and good.
Fsur sons. models Of intslHsenre
anl manly beauty have been born %
: ithem. They ere Crown rrince Gus
r ltar. Prince Carl. Prince Eneo1 ana
u Prince Cs-ar. None Of these stairaf'
8 Young men b. less than siz feet n
. ife'eht and al Of then are hr-a4
shouldered and afhle e The kins
e lhfmseif stands six feet THREE and
Prince Carl towers above Al he rez'
lof re family. his heiefi being iaiil
SIX feet six.
Prncc Carl Is called the Bis