The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-05-11

- ~<'
who sat upon the throne had been
merely a collection of moralities, how
soeyer excellent and necessary to 90
cial safety. England-conservative,
obstinate, pugnaciously self-centered
lis singularly large portion OF the
world. It's observation-disclosures Is
sufficiently powerful to be far-reach-
ing. The bearing and methods OF Its
ruler are of significance and weight
The great Victorian era was marked
by the advance of all things intellectu-
abby the elevation and fostering OF
the arts, by the adoption and encour-
agement of intentionally the intelli-
gent consideration Of ethics. This
woman of the nineteenth century, who
was born to WELD a scepter. was
student-a reader of great works anc
small, a learner of languages. con-
noisseur of pictures, q musician, 2
creature full of interest In every mans
and every woman's-work whether
1t was imaginative or technical. She
regarded no thing lightly. Her con-
science, her wonderful mentality. her
faithful kindness, gave time ana
thought to all.
What one Is chiefly struck by -
one looks back over long years Is the
naturalness, the normal processes
with which her power grew. Her In
fiuence was cumulative. AS child OF
ia pretty creature with roses In
the brim of her quaint bonnet-she
and her touching youth were chival-
rously adored. There is charming
letter of Charles Dickens, written in
| his early manhood, in which he play
F.! fully describes his hopeless passion
| for beautiful young lady he has seen
walking in a garden. In his own IN
| imitable way he paints her loneliness
and its effect upon his susceptible
temperament, his delight In her and
his frantic despair at the hopelessness
of his fame. He ends by the confess
sion that the Incompatible shtzs the
young queen of England, whom ne
has beheld as she walked in the gar
den of her palace. 1t can easily be
imagined that many Of her young male
subjects in secret swore fealty to her.
and it may be that some Of them
proved their faith on Crimean and
Indian battlenelds when they were Of
ripper years.
/ She began by pleasing Englishmen
from the first. by an unconscious ap
peal to their chivalry and the best
qualities Of the sturdy insular nature
She took an honest young consort and
gave her people strong boys and rosl
girls to be their princes and princess
es. Her subjects knew that her home
, was happy and her children loved
She hedged her throne with no divini
ty. but lived before her peoples eye
, healthful and normal, kindly and Il
frank confidence in her country's al
: lection. As the years passed the ev1
, dences of her care for those she rule
: over were countless. When she Ia
: dying at Osborne one wondered tina
In one woman's life there could hav
> been time for the innumerable acts {
q feeling kindness alone which can b
recorded of her. No calamity by Ian
!, or sea, by flame or disease, befell he
: people when her grief was not as the
e own.
nj It has been said that . collection
n the letters of sympathy written by
d man or q woman would be the be-
+. possible exponent Of character and
% some cases might form monumeI
" to which no other could compare.
,r collection Of the messages sent
e, Victoria of England to high and 10
u gentle and simple, in time Of sorro'
70 would form not alone record OF DEF
Y. feeling but OF an executive abili
le which seemed to find time to think
Is all things. A woman of passiona
Of tenderness, widowed in her early m
or turity. her heart turned to all wom'
n bereaycd. A mother as full OF mob
he ambition for her children ~ OF
Of tense love. her sympathy for YOU
Of death. her praise for young deeds
Of courage or honor sped fast to many
ne woman's broken or proud heart IT
W queen has written" one read aga
i'd and again in the mornics papers art
any catastrophe, victory or JOY, q
q her words were always tender and
at lifting things.
ne Her power and steadfastness In {
pg matter Of work were such as few m
ie- are marked by. Many knew OF I
In hours spent at night in the labor
It correspondence and the examlnat'
Sc of papers. It is an old story. that
an the prime minister who said that