New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

n, MAY q. 1879 in Kensington Fa-zee 'os ,ronaptIy
On -N0s '.o-o5 the world. She was pump
s No. blossom by her dele en'eu So So 80
-. she news reached her III He, - :, ,v,.,,s
:. course thst name "ouiu" -, 80
hut' "a -. a great deal Of fuss over tie U.s.
and there Wa e, 80 70 carry through life. Her
ness OF es "a call her Elizabeth Tor me
- - a crown hung over her uhS Heat, anu
-. hs.,e- name could there oe i0'
80 +bst OF the great English sovereign Dd'
,,..,s Girls are going 10 be queens ther
Vhen 441. a1-avs name them what they like,
pa. -, -,aonIe had things TO say about this
80 -sr7e So instead Of Ehzabeth, IL was
sIzas that she should be called AleAahdrlna
~ao-otsna after her two royal soofatners' the
- .,.xe,aer Of Russia and the Prince Regent
70 = T-rglana From this dreadful fate.
- she was saved by the vanity Of the Re
- The name George, he said. could not come
ooo7s TO any other and the babys father, VINO
gs the fourth son Of George III and known as
tbe Duke OF Kent, would not consent TO Aiexan-
s-,,e.s coming second So the Georgiana was
,--,r,, s~onred and the Of the child's
a+har Victoria, was substituted for it, at the
s,,grestion Of the duke. According TO one story
=, vas 81 the very last minute, after the baby
ts5 been handed 10 the Archbishop al the bap
,,e-,al font by the Regent that the second name
vss added. Thus. almost by accident, was the
-or,a which she was destined 10 make greater
nan that OF Elizabeth bestowed upon the baby
princess.
Al his tine there was no certainty that the fut
IRE Queen OF England and Empress OF India would
ever wear the crown. There several lives be-
tween her and the throne. and >her parents
might have had q son. who would, Of course have
srpe-seded her But she the throne
.hat in cougratulating The Duke Of Kent upon her
b;rth some people thought it proper 10 express re-
ere- that she was not little boy The duke did
not take this view OF the matter at all. To doc
tor Of divinity who had said something OF this
I4nE he wrote that such sentiments were mot in
unison with his own" and he added, a little sar-
casticaIy, perhaps. 7 decidedly Of the opinion
that the DEGREES OF Providence are at all times
Eisest and best"
haired. blue eyed. chubby. cheerful little being"
and the duke was tremendously proud and fond OF
her Take care Of her. he used TO say; she may
Vet be Queen OF England" The duchess
equally devoted 10 the little one. and every one
who saw the royal pair az that time tells the
sane story OF their perfect happiness and devo-
non 10 their child When she was seven months
old they took her TO SidrnOuth. away from the fog
and cold Of London. and Mrs. Allingham tells
how she met them there out for a walk one jan
nary afternoon. the duke and duchess arm in arm
and The little princess holding out her baby hands
70 her father from her nurses arms
What beautiful baby!'' said one Of Mrs. Al
lineharn's Ettle girls. The duchess smiled and
asked Would you Ike 10 kiss the babyY' The
duke held the princess down 70 be kissed and said.
7 an glad my little May Blossom nnos feFor II
your eyes"
But alas! the dukes fondness for his baby led
70 fatal results Coming in with wet feet one af-
terno0n, after long walk he went 10 play with
the princess instead Of changing his shoes and
stockings and be thus got severe chill, which de-
veloped into pneumonia Three days later he died,
telling the grief stricken duchess with HIS last
breath 70 act uprightly and trust in Cod"
L was not without reason that the dying duke
spoke thus He well knew that the poor duchess
would have need 10 trust in God for her English
latIons-i-aw were not 10 be trusted at all II isn't
always 50 pleasant be 6 princess IN reality IL
IS il q fairy tale and by her husbands death the
Duchess OF Kent was left alone. friendless and for
the tine being penniess. n strange land, where
she could scarcely even speak the language OF those