Cañon City record., 1910-06-30
QUEEN PHILIPPA.

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The gasaxy OF brillian can
stellations set deep In the immense
f,rmament OF history. there are Al
ways a few bright particular stars.
and these are generally the women
who. by personal magnetism and
strength Of character. or by the i'm
rnutabie decrees OF destiny. have IN
s,,tuted some great change in the
social or political conditions OF their
country. ayerted national catas-
trophe or changed. perhaps. the his
,orv OF the nation But as one would
grow tired OF watching the heavens
n only the same few stars appeared
each night 10 adorn its dark expanse'
lust 50 would We tire Of hearing the
praises OF these few great women re-
n.af.dlv sung in our ear. True. the
inspired vaior OF the Maid OF Orleans.
the patient sufferings of Mary. Queen
OF scots. the truly unseifish character
Of Isabella OF Spain. and the self
immoiaiion and resignation OF the
F.muress Josephine and Marie An
tolne,te. appeal TO our sympathies;
hut this is because they have IN
nueneed events remarkable for their
effects on time. persons. or countries
And SO. II We grow tired OF the bril-
liant glow and spiendor OF these
stars. there are others in the histor-
ieal sky less splendid. perhaps, but
none the less important: stars which
shine with a softer. more snhdued
light. stars 20 which we give little
thought OF attention since they are
always In their places. but II their
light we're withdrawn. we would In
stnntIy mark their absence.
Just such a retiring modest char
,cter ms one of these apparently IN
important stars was Philippa, the
second daughter Of Count William OF
Hainauit. Born in the palace OF
yalencIennes in the year 1912, the
lovely little princess passed her child
hood in the delightful companionship
Of her equally lovely sisters. Mar
gnret. Joanna. and Isabelle Their
mother. the Countess Joan. was =
most sensible woman and she be-
Que athed 70 her daughters both By
birth and example. vomaniy attrib-
uses remarkable in prtncesses Of their
ase and OF that time: attributes
which. IN the case OF the second
daughter. tended to mould the plastic
mind Of the maiden into character
strong and purposefui and one which
In later years might meet the
realities Of life which wife and
mother must face.
aspes our story concern Phiiippa
The queen, and not Phiiiipps the care
free princess, we must Ieaye others
tell Of the many interesting incl
dents which have been related Of her
happy childhood and consider the one
svent which entirely changed the as
pect OF life for our little maiden Of
valenciennes. This event was the ar
rival, in Hainauit, of Engiand's fu-
gitive Queen. isabella. and her son
Edward. The young prince. at this
time, was a tall comeiy lad oil fifteen
summers, and Philippa was his jun
ior by but few months. The natural
affection between the young princes
ses and their cousin was fostered by
almost constant association. When at
the end Of a month. Isabelle and her
son made preparations for departure
the affection between Phiiippa and
Edward had ripened into a deeper
sentiment. and the mutual love was
cemented by the secret betrothai Of
the princeiy pair.
Notwithstanding the anxiety Of the
young people, nearly two years
elapsed before the final arrange
ments were made. and Philippa, after
marriage by procuraticn in vaien-
ciennes. landed at Dover in December
of the year 1897. Since Edward was
Childxen Dry