The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-07

madame replied that could have an
audience with her majesty, although
1t was contrary to her custom to re-
ce1ve newspaper correspondents. She
gave me to understand that the Queen
would not talk about politics and her
own country, and from the way she
uttered the words I saw that she
meant them
The madame then led the way into
the parlor, a large room noored with
blue tiles and containing many sofas
and chairs upholstered In fine white
sat tin.
A Pen Picture of Her Majesty.
We had hardly takon our seats be-
fore the Queen entered. Her aunt was
with her, and she also remained dur
ing the audience. / arose as her
"a aJesty came in and Madame pepret
performed the, Introduction Her
Majesty shook my hand, looking me
straight in the eyes as she babe me
welcome, She has a very small hand
and her eyes are large and beautiful
She is a tine-loolsing woman and APP
pears much younger than sho actually
is She has high and rather full
forehead, long somewhat thin face
and rather full lips. although by no
means SO thick as those OF negro.
Her complexion is of chocolate
brown, and 1t seems to me that her
AShhuASS uic iOl ely Nluluy. +
Her hair IS jet black IT is straight
rather than curly. and she puts it up
IN great knot on the top Of her
head. have already described her
dress, consisting or simple Paris
made white silk waist and black skirt
and have referred to the plainness
or her ornaments. Her manners were
as simple as her dress and entirely
free from ostenta.ion OF any kind In
fact, her every act was that OF II
NVell-bred society lady. and her soft
low voice. during my stay, that OF the
DRAWN room, She, motioned me to
q chair and sat down on another. near
| by. *. b
/ opened the conversation by tell
ing her that had written n book for
! the American school children about
| the Islands OF the Seas" in which +
| had described Madagascar, and that 1
would take pleasure in sending her a
copy OF the same at some future time.
then showed her some Photographs
| which the governor-general of NADIA
| Sascar had sent me to illustrate, .ius
book. she looked over the pictures
and at once became Interested, her
eyes lighting up with pleasure as she
recognized her far away island home
and the types of its people.
"Ah That Was My PalaceI'
"Ah, that was my palace" SHE said
| as she held out a photograph OF Tan
| anarlvo, the capital OF NADIA gascar
and pointed to a building in the centre
| rising high over the others, upon which
the French flag WAS floating. s5s5
1 And these are Hovns,n she con-
tinued as she picked up another, show.
4 Ing family of .Well-drcsscd cOlore(
people, "and those Sakalavas," as she
looked attn third, group OF blacks
with features like negroes. Each pic.
| ture brought out some remark ant
| before either she or her aunt were
aware of 1t they We're talking quite
| freely. sti II gn
| In the meantime the French madame
1 locked rather sour, and whenfI made
q direct question as to how hel
Majesty liked tho change from NADIA
/ Eascar To Algeria. she gave a sign ant
the Queen replied that sho could no
answer that. and that she would Pre-
fer TO say nothing moro about he,
own country, as the French govern
ntent objected to hor discussing sucl
matters. @
She Has to Like 1t.
"A moment later, for some reason
Madame pepret was called out and tn
Queens aunt said that no conversation
could so on until she returned. | in
terprttod this to mean political con
Nersatlon, ana said u word or tw,
about the weather ! then asked he
Majesty how she liked the climate o
"a Algeria, To this she replied;
II does not much matter / hay