The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12
QUEEN MARY
WILL AID KING
She Is Born and Bred English
Woman, and Knows
What to Do.
IS SIMPLE, AFFECTI0NATE
AND LOYAL TO DUTY
Will Be the Supreme Moral In
fuence in England From
Now On.
BY LADY MARY MANWARING


BY LADY MARY MANWARING.
Special Cable TO The Tribune.
! LONDON, June 11.-Of course there
VIII be no London social season this year.
| The only palace ceremonias VIII be a
court for the reception by the king and
queen OF the corps dplomatique minis
| tcrs. eX-ministers and official persopagcs
which VIII be held soon in the ballroom
at Buckingham palace. and the court
! for tho presentation or addresses 10 his
majesty ION the throne" by the corpora
tions OF London, Edinburgh and Dublin
the Universities OF oxford and Cam
! bridge. the houses of cony ocation. and
| certain other bodies. So far as public
/ social functions are concerned the eN-
| ample of the court Will be generally fol-
| lowed. but there will be good deal OF
| private entertaining. as 1t is the wish OF
| the iltng that the course of business shall
! be interrupted as little as possible.
What Change Means,
Very soon the public will begin to ap-
/ preciatc what change Of soYercigns
means To the social life Of the country.
for though in politics the king is hedgcd
round with all sorts of limitations in the
| domain OF social life, he is the greatest
autocrat in tho world. Rather IL should
be said that tho king and queen are the
greatest autoCrats In tho world. for II is
cularly woman's, the queen must COM
| mend overwhelming influence, In the
! last reign the overuasterinG personality
| OF the king entirely dominated the court
! Under the new regime there will he au
] important difference i'm this respect part
/ " due 10 the fact that Queen Mary was
born and bred an Englishwoman. and
can therefore tread the social path with
/ the perfect confidence OF a native. and
partly because of the strength OF her
/ personality. For Queen Mary has
" ind nT n sl-aH f= t,HtI
! impressed upon the life Of the court and
will speedily react upon the life OF the
country.
Brought Up in English Home.
Her majesty was brought up in the
perfect English home, simple affection
ate. loyal, devoted to duty, and To good
work Her late mother the Duchess
| of Tcck. was in sons respects exceed
ingly like the late Queen Victoria. and
to say so much signifies that the best
qualities Of the Victorian epoch viii be
fostered by her majesty.
In the last reign it was the king who
settled who was TO be invited TO court
and who excluded. The salor-king is not
strictly society man. He has no spe-
clal interest in such matters. And Queen
Mary will relieve him OF this irkscyne re-
and useful queen -consort to a most in
duStrious king. King Edward very much
liked his daughter-ln law: but his ma
jesty. man of the world. cosmopolitan
to his finger-tips. often said: Mary can
not stand the set in which we move"
AS to New Court
Not one OF King Edwards intimates
| Is likely To be prominent at court, Lord
and Lady Shaftesbury and Lord Anualy
are likely to be those most TO the fore.
and the new mistress Of the robes will
be the new queens personal friend, the
duchess of Devonshire, Generally, the
most exclusive families OF the old aris-
tocTacy will find the new court entirely
cougenlal. for her majesty likes tho rev.
crcnce and grace and dignity that are
thought to be absent from the set which
calls itself smart and up TO date. Her
majesty thus far has had q very diffi-
cult part To play. and her policy of severe
self-repression has kept her in the back
ground. Whenever the queen was away.
however. it was noticeable how much
King Edward had his daughter-in-law
with him. Now she will be the supreme
moral influence In England, and there is
no doubt her efforts VIII be most actively
exercised in order TO enforce a far higher
standard OF morality on society, ThG
queen will be very correct and very prop
er. Queen Mary shares all the views OF
the duchess OF Portland. and the stiffness
around her Will not be frightened by
been forcnsted by one who is much in
! the society OF tho younger sovoreigns.
Model Wife and Mother.
Queen Mary is the perfect model OF an
English wife and mother. She Is i'm
tcnsely domestic and never demonStratiyc.
Her children she has brought up admir-
ably. always trying to he their companion,
and TO enter into all their interests;
whilst she has taken care they shall be
more simple minded and natural than the
bulk of children one meets, Both she and
King George arc never so happy as in
the bosom OF their family. and this taste
for domesticity cannot fail TO react upon
the life of the country in a most felicitous
manner. Children are the fayoritc toys of
their parents. Queen Mary once said To
her little daughter In answer To the ques-
ton. Mummy. what do YOU do without
toys" This is very pretty idyl-qulte |
chUra cteristic,
Is Extremely Shy.
Queen Mary suffers from ovcrpowering |
shynGSs. Onco she said 10 Lady Lam |
ington do you know ! am shy that |
| feel dare not tell you all To go TO bed. i" |
TO which Lady Lamingtou rctortcd |
well ma'am, | wish you'd let me give
the order for you. because we sit sup
pressing our yawns till our jnws ache"
"Oh, YOU poor dears," replied Princess
May. with her quick. bright laugh. 1t
defiant look. and this shyncss seems to
Increase Therefore 1t will be difficult for
her TO do herself Justice. Moreover
Queen Mary Is sure To be the victim OF
msconstructiou of all her acts by sun
dry belonging to the past regime who
VIII now be relcgatod 10 obSCurlty. But
her ma Jesty has too much strength OF
character TO be disturbed by such diff
cul,ies and in her own quiet but firm
fashion she will be found fulfilling her
duties and setting up an ideal to which
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