The National tribune., 1909-03-25

upon the approach of maternity, some lit
tie gift to the eNpectant mother. when II
comes to the question of little red-taced
baby all women meet on the same level,
queen, washerwoman, spinster; it is per
haps the one thing above any other that
makes the whole world of women kin. The
people OF all countries are therefore wait
ing with unusual interest for the coming
of the stork to Queen WilhelmiDa of Hol-
land. and it is said that this sweet youp,
Queen has had sent her everything con-
ceivable for an infant. Not only has she
had innumeTable sacks, socks, blankets,
and the other conventional things given at
this interesting time, bat all sorts OF play
things for the baby Indeed to find place
foreverything las been decided enbarr..fs;-
ment. The nd-hearted Queen has not had
the courage to refuse to accept these mani
festations of affection from her subjects, but
has specially requested that only ineSpeh-
si-e presents he sent her. The people
Holland are feeling very happy -
Queens period of waiting draws near Its
close. and great preparations are being
made for the celebration of the birth. Cam
tatas are being composed, singing classes
are buSv and an almost French gayety
and lightness of spirit seems to have taken
possession of these usually staid, phlegmatic
folk. As the birth of son TO the Queen
would settle the veXed question OF an hetr
to the throne, it is easy to understand
what all this means to Holland. The
whole world wishes Queen Wilhelmina
well. ---.~
Among the many splendid achievements
: of the Salvation Army that of the estsb-
lishment of home for pardoned crim,na Is
bv Maud Ballington Booth is one of the
very best. Mrs. Booth calls her home
"Hope Hail." and the released convict goes
directly 10 its wide-open door and warm
taly leaving the
nrison. The men who live at Hope Hail
do their own houSework, wash their own
clothes. tend the farm and garden, seeing
nothing of the outside world except OF rare
occasions when necessity takes them TO d
neighboring town for some needed OBJECT
In this simple, healthful atmosphere lIeS
are given time to grow strong mora!iV,
mentally. and physically before entering
upon the duties of life once more. FOR
the want of some such place rs this to go
to Immediately upon his release many
convict has returned at once TO his lie OF
sin. To face the world after his Impr's-
onment is for a sensitive criminal haraeI
thing to endure than was ms term perL,l Hi
iron bars. To S..Ene of the Hope han
men Mrs. Booth is the only real woman
they ever knew. just as Hope Hall is the
only home they ever had. What this
beautiful woman has done for them by her
sympathy and words of hone and cheer,
can never be estimated. There are nov %
three Hope Halls in the country, al ois
farmhouses, one near New YORK. one d,;n ,,ea,
Chicago. and one near Columbus, Onlo'
and Mrs. Booth expects soon to nave more.
No neople keep their houses as warm
and comfortable in Winter as Ameri-
cans and our countrywomen spending
that season on the continent or in Eng
land nearly freeze to death. we are
told that Miss Beatrice Mills, now Lady
Granard, VINO is a bride of only a IeW
months, has really suffered at the grand
functions she has attended since she
went TO soiourn in Old England AT
dinner given recently in her honor, Dy
some very grand person or other. Lazy
Granard had to send servant 1or ner
FUR wrap into which she Eratefuhy
crawled and wore during the rehnaIhuer @
of the dinner. The residence which her
husband has taken for them temporarl-
ly is a fine old mansion, magnlhcentiy
furnished, but has no furnace, thlnk oi
it, and she has announced her lnien-
ton, when they take OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
dence. of insisting that it be properly
heated American style. Lady Granard
had an experience lately which has
como TO no other American girl, posi-
bly. very few, certainly, If any. Before
her formal presentation at court at
informally by Queen Alexandra in her
private boudoir. where no one was pres
ent but one of the Queens ladies in
waiting The Queen was lying on a
sofa resting, and requested Lady Gra-
nard to take chair near ner., ner,-Ii,a ne g
Queen ctaa,tv1 with her in the friend
lest manner, and showed her book
filled with pictures which she had TAX
en-. The King came in while she was
with the Queen and said a few pleasant
words. The perfect self-possession of
the American girl thru the whole inter-
view shows that our girls can fill any
position when called upon by turn Of
the wheel Of fortune to do SO.
It seems we were on the wrong tack
entirely in supposing that King Alfonso
of Spain went over to Portugal to talk
up the charms of the Princess Beatrice
of England. his wife's first cousin, to
his young friend, Manuel. According
TO the Marquise De Fontenoy, Alfonso's
candidate for the royal position of
Queen of Portugal is another young
lady altogether, the Princess Maria del
Pillar of Bavaria. This young woman,
now Is years of age, tho allied to the
house OF Bavaria thru her paternal
grandfather, is far more Spanish than
she Is German. as both her father and
lis father before him married Spanish
Princesses; indeed, her mother was q
daughter of old Queen Isabella and her
paternal grandmother the Infanta Ame-
He Oh SpalU- AiIDDSo WOutu
prefer his friend to choose a Spanish
Princess for his royal spouse, and in
the case of the Princess Maria he has
an added interest, inasmuch as his only
surviving sister married the brother of
the Princess, and has become a nat
uralized Spaniard. The match would
seem TO be very fitting one, particu-
larly as regards age and religion, but
the Marquise De Fontenoy tells us that
the Portuguese have a very settled and
decided objection to Spanish woman
on the throne of their country, and they
cannot look upon the Princess Maria
Del Pillar as anything but Spanish. 1t
seems the Portuguese attribute the de-
cline of their country's greatness and
prosperity TO the marriage of the only
other King Manuel they have ever had
10 the Spanish Princess, Isabel of Ara
gon, who hated the Jews and treated
them so badly that she brought theiI
curse upon the Nation. However this
may be, Portugal, which up to that
time had been one of the great powers
of the world, did then begin to go
down, and its people have ever held
Queen Isabel of Aragon responsible for
this and her memory in eXecration.
There is no more hateful name TO them
In all their history, and this feeling has
been shared by Gentiles as well as Jews.
1t is this animosity which is supposed
10 have given birth to the Portuguese
proverb. From Spain there comes no
good wind and no good wife" OF course,
no such merely superstitious sentiment
on the part of his subjects would pre-
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