New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
The Queen of Hearts

r was winter season and i'll weather
- The town Of Edinburgh, according to an
csd record. but within the ancient Palace of
royrood all was good fare and cheer"
TIE pages and other attendants of the pal
ace al had new ireries, and the King had
new socks OF crimson velveg laced with
gold For this vas the baptismal day Of
,he Lady Elizabeth. first daughter of
Scotland" and goddaughter OF the great
English Queen. whose ambassador took her
in his arms al the font and gave her the
name Of his royal mistress.
All this happened on November IS 1896
the little Elizabeth having been born about
three months earlier. According 10 our
modern ideas she was hardly old enough
10 he away from her parents. but she al
ready had big establishment OF her own.
with one OF the great mobiles Of the land at
lis head and whole troops OF nurses and
rockers" and other attendants Here she
lived in great ssniicence, If We may Judge
from the old account books which tell US
about dresses OF crimson satin, yellow satin
figured velvet and Spanish taffeta, ribbons
for the sleeves Of her nightgowns and gold
and silver fringes to be put about her neck
Thez tell US. too. about ''ba bies.'' or dolls
which her guardians bought for the little
rrinoess TO play her with The first
daughter of Scotland" was only little
girl after all. and much like other little
sllls so we are glad TO know that after a
couple OF years a little sister Princess
Margaret. came to play with her. She had
monkeys and dogs and all sorts OF pets,
TOO but she could not have had much time
for play for the King. although not wise
man. was very learned. and was anxious
that his children should be learned, too.
Elizabeth must have done a lot of studying.
Cor al tbs age OF seven or eight she was
able 10 write the most charming little notes
not only in English, but in French and
Italian well.
When she was seven years old q great
chance took place in her life and the posi-
ron Of her family. Her father. who had
been James NJ of Scotland. became on the
Death Of Queen Eliza beth. James i of Eng
land. and Princess Elizabeth became very
important little parsonage, indeed Her
beauty and her talents and her charming
disposition. combined with the fact that
she was the eldest daughter of the King Of
England made ali the poets in the country
write verses about her. Her fame spread
10 all the courts and all the young princes
wanted to marry her. The successful
s1itor was Frederic Of Germany, Count
Palatine-
He was e charming young prince OF
exactly the same age as Elizabeth, sixteen,
and h came over from Germany in great
state TO WOO her But he didn't have TO
DO much wooing, for Elizabeth fell in love
with him Immediately and they loved each
cSher more and more as long as they lived
Those were happy days for Elizabeth. but
l. viaT
Her dearly beloved brother. Henry. the
Prince of Wales, died and she was not even
allowed to see him. though he called for her
constantly. Several times she escaped from
her attendants and few TO her brothers
palace, but his servants would not let her
pass fearing that she might take the fever
from him.
After the sad occurrence the marriage
had 10 be delayed a while. but it took place
in few months with great maGnifcence-
The Young prince was attired in cloth OF
silver embroidered in gold and diamonds,
and was followed by sixteen young mobiles,
the nurnber of his years The princess, too,
wore cloth Of silver. with crown of gold
or her head, and her beautiful hair hung
over her shoulders TO her waist. She, too
had sixteen attendants, all robed in white
satin
i was all very magnificent, but none of
the little man and women need envy Fred
eric and Elizabeth Seven years later
they fed as outcasts and exiles over the
very road they had travelled as bride and
bridegroom. and Frederic returned TO his
country after ten years more, only 10 see
Row the enemy had devastated IL and to
de there Of the plague All this happened
because the people of Bohemia deposed
their Roman Catholic king and elected
Frederic. Who was q Protestant, 10 succeed