The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19
nv FRANCES MARSHALL.

<urip. Miriam, Marion, Maureen, May,
Inr;etta, Molly, Polly-is not only the
"A famous of all women IS first names,
= fhe only on which has produced n
.f;no masculine form, but In the
|,y;es of the lives of its famous bear
men and women alike. are summed
mast of the great historic events of
IA Christian era.
Ibe worldwide and enduring popus
|-ify of the name is, of course, due to
"A fact that MARI was the name of the
1ther OF Christ, and that wherever
|rist;anity has spread she is looked
.on as an example of the best and
|rhest type of womanbood. And the
"a of her life brings in the struggle
16 final victory which accomplished
III Introduction of Christianity.
Early church history-historv of the
.vs Of lonely ancborites and cloiStered
6uks-is told by the story of Saint
1ry of Egypt. the Gypsy, as the French
N her, who spent long life of pcni-
nee on the plans of Palestine, where
nd died about he wear 421, and %
tfiauus Scotus. an Irishman. born IN
u32, who went TO Germany as monk,
Ia there wrote universal history of
|s Christian era down to his own day
The crnsades are brought TO mind by
q sudden popularity, beginning IN the
IFly twelfth century. of the name Mary
/ Europe. For along with many other
s8toms of the eastern world and the
<urch in Constantlnople. the crusaders
fought with them TO Europe a high
tn0ration for the Virgin, and a great
ne for her name. After that there
IRE. Marys of all degrees.
But IT is as royal name that Mary
nrpasses all others-even Catherine and
NC. That is why the history of Eu
epe can be read in the history Of the
INC Mary, for nation s queens are
Iually representative of n nation IS life.
In England the first Of the four queen
IafYs was the unfortunate daughter of
knry VIII. and Catherine of Aragon,
lose name will always be linked with
H struggle between Catholicism and
otestantism in England, and whose
rong zeal for her religion and devotion
her cruel Spanish husband won for
p tho title of Bloody Mary.
The brilliant court of Queen Elizabeth
~ the union Of England and Scotland
both suggested BY the story of the
nappy queen of Scots. AS n child
Y youthful BRIDE in the French court
ner crafty law. Catherine
4 Medlcl. as q careless and fickle young
pen in the somber castles Of Scotland,
as conquered yet defiant prisoner
tne hands OF her cousin Elizabeth.
~ OF Scots mingled with the great
and took part in the great events
zhe Elizabethan age.
fne second queen of the name on the
Rhsh throne. whose name brings up
story Of The fall of the house Of
Eeft, was Maria Beatrix. queen of
I|nss IL, born in Portugal in 1865. Al
ppgn she cried rs child because she
forDldden sweetness and cakes and
content herself with ''soupe
''9re "a plain but wholesome sort Of
LnTshe bravely bore the trials Of her
"A h1e-her unfriendly treatment az
nands of the English, her husband g
-'trnincnt TO France, and the inability
ner son to regain the throne.
good Queen Mary daughter OF
.es III. by his first marriage, who
osu her stepmother so much sorrow
5n she and her husband, Prince Will
n. gained the English throne. marks
comlng of more democratic mon
ae IN England. and the doing away
q loreverNof the kings who thought
ruled bv divine right.
Hdfy or MAY of Teck. who has inst
run ner career as the queen of George
nno Knows what changes she may
wnat innovations mention of her
He nav some day call forth,
Il france well nigh all IFS modern
sJ could be grouped about the
4 ana more queens of the name.
4 ,eur stand out above the rest:
~ ae Medici, queen of Henry ". Of
nafs' crowned the day Before her
psna was murdered in, 1910, stern
,4fr iaity regent for her son, Louis
Z IN anG fnallv cXilcd by the great
vi hiehelleu: Marie Antoinette.
<,<ks.iL LOUIS NNl.. the stories OF whose
Iriyollty and heroic suffering
n 70 mind the excesses of the French
ana all the horrors Of the great
ncn evolution: Maria Louisa, Whose
calis up picture of Napoleon at
nseiGht as OF his fame. when he di-
tne gentle Josephine, and mar
y ;ue hcEie, pleasure loving Austrian
q - hother OF the famous :1'Aig.
a. on ~nom all the emperor base.
4 <o,;n were founded; and Marie
)Ifad' guesl copsort Of Louis Philippe.
Z l]c5 az, 70 tnc French throrn in 1880,
jsq the Citizen King.
.s"s 'neens; nor kings. but rulers oc
l.6., are the two f.cnch presidents
n nume Marie Edmo Patr;ce Mau-
;;tng1sMnahon' 1snao duke of Magenta, was
;l,, lsee, tho descendant OF an Irisn
bws WHICH led to France or the fall
}f<neb nouse OF Stua:t. Or the seven
III presidents up TO the present
grr ~ lone was OF noble birth. His
Ass;asne was gained III tho Franco.
4 .1rl ~, @ar-here comes in another
. MAJ" "HakIng H event in the hstor, Of
Fas ar1rope-and shortly thereafter
tside,se sedlied to Paris by the first
xn III OF tho new republic 10 pu;
H thst Ietoiutlouists there. 1t wus
>ol&ncc 1vh NO WIS The one man in all
IFI|l he "use patriotism and purii"
ehed upon, and in 1913 hc