The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-14
WHAT ELIZABETH MISSED.
Some Good Things and Some Undesir
able Things Lacking in Her Day.

our secretary oi agriculture. Hon
James Wilson, recently declared, The
average aborcr u now living better than
did Queen Elizabeth ia her time
In many respects. ycs We have ac
luiird great many comfort, that the
| good Bees never dreamed oi. She had
many palaces. hut not one OF them was III
/ ia the modern family oi moderate ia
| come 10 inhabit Thcy had hig rooms aud
| rugs. tapestries, aud the like, but ia win.
| ter the fireplace smoked. aud IN summer
| file, and other pests abound-d There
/ were no heating apparatus. no wire
screens, no toilet apartments. no eleva.
tor, When the head Of the state wished
| TO take a bath, big tub was hauled IN,
and IN this she abluted.
When she set ont on a voyage. the We.
| lncle finest Of IT, kind. was a big, spring
less heavy. awkward jolting contrap.
| tion, without speed or amy of the com
| forts When she rode il was on a bum
old forerunner Of saddle or on the
pllion behind her lord treasurer pr some
other accommodating statesman. >hnes
IN those days were uncomfortable AMI Ills
made. The postal service was poorly ar.
gained. and the telegraph and telephone
were not invented. Cooking was done on
4 gross scale. Whole animals were rois,-
ed on splits aud great hunks were ga we'd
or torn off and set before royalty in that
shape as before Others.
There was no running water ia the
homes. and the old oaken bucket was the
medium through which thirst wa,
quenched.
They had a sort of ale or malmsey
which was good enough for the times. but
as Milwaukee had not then become "a.
nous and Kentucky was an unexplored
region. the very best ever never touched
her royal lips nor lifted up her queenly
spirits.
She missed great deal. But wi.hal
she seems TO have enjoyed life in her frcc
and easy way She had fawning courtiers
and lovers and brilliant society. When
times were dull she would give block par
ties, taking her friends over to the Tower
TO witness the official elision of some
former favorites head
There were no airships to distract her
attention from her queenly duties. Thee
were no automobiles to force her to
gather up her right royal petticoats and
scamper scared half to death across the
streets. There were no trolley cars with
straps upon which she was forced to hold
when returning tired from shopping trip. |
There were no trusts to fix at their sweet |
Will. the prices she must pay for what she |
would eat or wear. She missed the break |
fast food age. She did not have to dodge |
any camera fends whenever she went out !
for a constitutional nor avoid moving pie
ture takers when on royal trips through |
the dominions. There were no such |
things in those days as appendicitis and |
pellagra. The awful bacill and microbes
which the scientists find nowadays in ev.
eything from drinking mugs to kisses, had
not come to warn us of deaths ceaseless
lurkings.
Taking all in all, while admitting that
the well-paid workingman of today has
very many comforts, we must insist that
Queen Elizabeth had much to be thankful
'or, and missed some things for which she
should have been thankful had she only
Known Memphis News-Scimitar.