The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-01-28
QUEENS Who REYEL
IN OUTDOOR LIFE
The American Queen Is Not
the Only One Who Goes in
for Healthful Exercise.
From Reynolds Newgpaper.

Everyone knows that Queen Alex
Andra Is a devotee OF outdoor life. In
deed, she attributes keeping young and
enjoying good health to his fact. When
a young girl she was FOND OF swimming.
rowing and driving, and even now She
never permits q. day to go by without
taking some exercise. II the weather
is too bad for walking she passes sew
eral hours at billiards. She is wonder
fully skilled with h cue, and is proud
Of her game. But In nice weather her
favorite exercise is walking.
At Sandringham she makes a point
of visiting all parts Of her farm at least
once q day. This Is more of a pleasure
than a task, because she usually
amuses herself on the way by taxi
ing snapshots with her camer or play
ing with one or more dogs. Fond
though the queen is OF outdoor life.
she avoids hard exercise. Yachting
and driving she enjoys. but she never
has played golf or put a ball over q
tennis net.
Persistent a~utomobiling, she believes,
offers h quickest means known for
getting rid OF q nice complexion and
gaining 10000 wrinkles.
Queen Alexandra believes so much
in fresh air and exercise out OF doors
that she has sometimes slept In a tent
she had put up for her at Sandringham.
Once, asked how she managed TO keep
young, she said:
Fresh air and exercise are thes best
ellxirs OF youth"
But Queen Alexandra as a devotee Of
sports Is forced to share honors with
Queen Helene, of Italy, for she Is a
Montenegrin, and the ONE from
Montenegro are daring. As a child
her time was divided between the fields
and the mountains, N IL were hard
to say which she enjoyed the more.
When the king came 10 court her she
said TO him, hnischievously: II am SO
glad you came. / want to teach an
italian what mountain climbing
means Their first days climb was
not difficult, but her gallant cavalier
confessed IL was a fairly good ascent
for q m At the end OF the third
expedition the king vas growing des-
perate. But when h showed him the
side OF a mountain as straight as a
wall he said: Never" hut she would
not yield, and, seeing that her gallant
young escort could not be forced to GO,
she said: Never mind. You wait here,
and 1 shall 60 alone"
She went, he waiting for her below,
until she returned that evening with
rosy cheeks but no worse for the climb.
When his family opposed the marriage
as being too b~ourgeoisle he recalled
her courage at mountaineering, and
realized tina this was q little plebeian
for q woman who would some day
share a throne. But shortly after she
beat him at tennis, and then he ex-
planned to his parents. This Montene.
grin is the woman for me: she IS as
skillful in the fields as In climbing
mountain heights"
When the queen came to Rome she
consoled herself for the mountaineering
she lost by playing tennis. The first
gift the king gave her was a tennis
court, and when the king was not busy
with affairs OF state they were seen
| playing tennis together, and she was
as proud OF her stroke as of climbing
mountains.
Both Queen Helene and the king de-
light In yachting. They have a beau
tiful yacht, and the family spend many
! happy weeks every year cruising in
the Mediterranean. 1t is at San Ros-
sore, the country estate, where they
spend the summe tina the king,
queen and children have an idyllic life.
Here, they hunt, ride, drive and fish.
There are beautiful trea ponds
| we'll stocked with a great variety OF
| fish. and here the queen and children
pass many happy hours fishing.
Before automobiilng became so pop
| ular, Queen Helene was enthusiastic
about bicycling. q pastime which Queen
| Margherita, her mQtherinlaw, before she
| became a widow, often enjoyed with
her. Queen Marghersta presented to
! Queen Helene shortly after her mar
riage q bicycle fitted with gold and
silver. and together the two royal wom-
en- used 20 cycle in the park daily.
The emperor on Germany accepts tht
! doctrine Of the strenuous life quite Is