The Ordway new era., 1910-07-15

ago. roundly spanked .
small son who was cutting
up didoes-and that right
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90 in public In the midst Of
some big procession or
DN other-the English throne
has set about the most
forceful example Of strict
attention ON the part Of
its queens to the principal
business Of womanhood that the mod.
ern world has seen.
Not that publicly chastising a naugh.
ty child is of itself an index of the
right sort Of motherhood. by any
means. But in these particular cir
cumstances It certainly was. For It
served to show the entire world that
the queen of Great Britain and en-
press Of all India put nothing. not
even royal decorum. above the busi-
ness Of motherhood.
She did not. as many mothers might
have done. allow the offender to keep
on In his evil course until the royal
parade was at an end. and then get
down to maternal first principles.
Nor did she loftily wave him out Of
sight. as we fondly imagine all kings
and queens may. when brought face
to face with an unpleasantness Of
whatsoever sort.
Instead. she spanked sonny with her
own right royal hand.
The act was simple. human and
Illuminating. even II a jar to that Eng
lish hallmark OF good-breeding. deadly
composure under all circumstances.
Queen Victoria set the example Of
supreme maternalness at time when
to be motherly and domestically in.
clined was not considered In the best
Of social form. Queen Alexandra after
her. and now Queen Mary. continue to
make fashion of It. as much as any
thing can be made fashion Of that
requires all that is best In one to
perform.
Makers Of Homes.
In trying to get hold OF the salient
characteristics of Alexandra, now
called the Queen Mother by her own
wish. and Queen Mary. upon whose
shoulders the royal mantle worn by
Alexandra for nine years now falls.
the curious fact presents itself that
they have almost no existence outside
the role of mother and housewife.
That is. whatever distinction they
have attained has been through being
devoted mothers, splendid home-ma.
kers. companions to their husbands
when companionship was desired of
them, and conservers always of the
name they took in marriage.
While the English people have loved
her. their feeling is nearer reverence
than fellowship. She has stood alone
IN little world of her own aureoled
by pure goodness.
Perhaps the fact that she is more
than slightly deaf has caused this
separateness from human foibles. Per-
haps 1t has saved her pain. too. for
Deople may whisper. but they will not
shout about scandal.
Alexandria Is a lover of horses and
dogs, particularly dogs. At one time
she was the champion woman tandem
driver of England. She adores music
and flowers. In Edwards dead hands
she folded one white rose before he
was shut forever from the world.
The queen who succeeds Alexandra
on the throne, Mary. is the first Brit
ish consort that has sat on the throne
of England for hundreds of years.
While resembling Alexandra in the
most wonlanly Of her traits-love of
home and children-she gives every
promise of being a more aggressive
factor in the final summing up of the
reign in which she figures.
Personality of New Queen.
She and her husband have led so Sc
cluded life that very little has been
heard of their private affairs-but 1t
appears that she Is renowned as a de-
termined patronizer of English textile
manufactures, refusing to wear any
thing not woven in British realms.
She is no sportswoman. She likes to
skate, kut will skate on nothing but
natural ice. She is a sentlewoman,
and will have none but gentlewomen
about her, SO freak dinners" and
cotillon presents running into four or
five figures are about as likely to win
her sufferance as murder or arson.
Queen Mary is very good to the
poor, literally aiding bazars. etc. She
has guarded her privacy jealousy, has
reared five splendid children. one Of
whom is a girl, and has allowed her
self to be photographed in an enga-