The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-11-28

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ITALY RULLD BY HER QUEEN.
Queen Elena, OF Italy, in spite OF
ner simple tastes and love for
bourgeois life, Yields enormous pollt-
zeal power.
The Queen. who was brought up in
a glorifed farmhouse. made her own
dresses, cooked her own dinners and
whom the Duchess Of Aosta once
called My Cousin, the Shepherdess.
practically directs the policy of Italy.
For Victor Emmanuel is a model
husband, whose sole object is &c
please his wife. Her word to him
is law; and it certainly is owing to
her pro-Russian tastes that Italy Is
pursuing a policy almost subse:vl':s-
to Russia.
Italians in the mass hate Russians.
but the government is different. Prac-
+ically the only kilograms censored
in Italy are those relative to her home
policy and Russian state affairs.
It is owing to Queen Elena that
the Car has at last decided to come
to Rome. Members OF the Russian
police are already in Rome making ar
rangements for the imperial visit. Ii
the Car is wise he will continue to
avoid Rome, for the fiery nature OF
the Italian anarchist is well known
and Italian public sentiment. liberal
as it always is. loathes the Russian
autocratic policy Of suppression.
Italy's Balkan policy was parallel
to that of Russia, and had she been
a little more enterprising and dip
lomatic Montenegro and Servia might
have been in her pocket.
The alliance of daughter of pal
try and obscure Montenegro prince
with the house of Savoy was 4
splendid piece Of good fortune for
the rocky little principality, but in.
stead of Italy governing Montenegro
the reverse has occurred, owing to the
clever policy of the Montenegro
wife OF Victor Emmanuel And Ser
via, which is allied to Montenegro
and is under the rule of king who is
more or less under cloud. might
have been at the orders of Italy.
With Servia and Montenegro on
her side, Dalmantia and Albania
friendly to Italian interests, and
Russia favorable to Italy and OPP
posed to Austria, Italy might prac-
tically have had the whole Balkan
peninsula in her hands, and might
have scorned any efforts of her north
ern neighbor and ally to dispossess
her Of it. But she has let her OPP
portunities slip.
Her present Prime Minister is an
opportunist and trimmer; never
pursues for two consecutive weeks
the same policy either at home or
abroad Another Crispi is wanted,
and until he comes Italy must be con-
tent to lose all her advantages and
obey the vacillating whims of min
ister and the caprices of queen
On the other hand Queen Elena is
a model mother, and her mental hori-
zon is bounded by the nursery. She
adores her husband and children.
FROM THE WOMEN'S WARDROBE
On very rare occasions you now
see some old lady wearing shawl,
lbut, generally speaking, this once
universal garment has become OBJ.
solete. An India or Persian shaw!
used to be considered one of the
finest feminine possessions in the
world. And they were handed down
from mother to daughter as priced
heirlooms. says the Pathfinder. But
now if you gave young woman even
a very elegant shawl, costing, posi-
bly,, hundreds of dollars, as many
did, she would turn up her beauti
full nose at it, and If she used it
at all would make a portiere out
Of 1t for her coy corner. She
would never think of wearing it
even If it were the only thing she
| had.
The trouble is that shawls are out
/ Of style, and it is easier to drive a
camel through the eye of a needle
| than to get woman to wear any
thing that is out of fashion. Whel
womankind took to mannish tailor
made and close-fitting clothes they
cast shawls aside. and if they ever
come into favor again l. will ONLY
be for one season" as a temper
airy within, for they have an sil
about them that is too old-fashioned
Those children that are. say fort,
years old or more, can probably re
| member when even men wore shawl
/ instead of overcoats. For about tel
years they were considered just the
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