The Ordway new era., 1910-07-15

through all the after years unbroken'
save where death intervened. THIS
10 in part demonstrated by Alexan'
dra's recently establishing her sum-
mer home near Copenhagen with her
sister. the dowager empress OF Rus
sia. Here. It Is said. she will retire.
In companionship with her sister.
Edward and Alexandra were mar
ried In 1863. when she was but nine.
teen. In all tho years since then.
during which she has had to pass
through the ordeal OF getting ac'
quainted with the English people. and
has had to maintain q tremendously
dificult social role a. princess ana
queen. not one single social blundes
has been charged against her.
She has shown herself to be =
woman OF singularly blameless life.
loving and lovable." as one chronic!er
puts 1t. You cannot review her lie
without getting the impression that
generally prevails about her In Eng
land. that she Is woman Of superla'
tive goodness OF character. And not
without keen intelligence. or she
could never have picked her steps so
carefully az neither to give onense
nor seem to be offended.
For 81 years the wife OF prince
whose scope. both by inclination and
circumstances. was entirely social. a
good fellow" In the widest sense OF
the word. a man OF boundless energy.
superlative good nature and eager i'd
miration for brilliance and wit IN
either man or woman. Alexandra main
tained q character SO self.contained.
70 truly pure and good. that. as one
writer says. a veil seems to have
fallen between herself and the rest OF
the world. SO that not even her most
spontaneous act brings her near to
common human nature.
Tasks Ahead Of King George.
About King Georges past there
hangs a romantic rumor Of a NOR
ganatic marriage with the daughter
Of Admiral Seymour. He has made
q good husband. however. being with
out any good fellowship or club no
tions whatever. He Is no mixer" In
the sense that King Edward was.
They say that while many members
OF his fathers court did not know
him by sight when he succeeded King
Edward. his was q familiar figure In
the councils Of the workingmen Of the
East End. However that may be. 1t
certainly Listens good" in the pass
in which King George finds himself
today. called upon to stem the tide OF
one of the greatest political revolts
that Great Britain has ever known.
In her pictures Queen Mary has the
face OF a little puritan. which she Is
said to be. Her training has not been
such as to liberalize her views social
~, at any rate In the way that Queen
Alexandra's have been-or shall we
say that Queen Alexandra has allowed
1t to appear? Queen Mary was born
to a great position. Her mother wns
favorite English princess and the
English people have never concealed
that of all women she would be the
choice for England's queen.
Married to a man sharing her quiet
tastes. her lack of particular care
for fashion and the ostentation OF
wealth-in fact. of everything that
King Edward stood for. including un.
paralleled popularity-it Is but natural
to believe those who predict a start
ling reversal to the manners OF Queen
VIC. oria's court In England: chiefly In
the rigid exclusion from royal circles
Of oil persons who carnot back up
hrilliancy. beauty or richness with
blue blood and unsrottsd escutche ons.
Already Queen Mary takes out a
riece of needlework or a bit Of GRO
chetiLg for the poor after dinner In
the drawing room and works at 1t
standing ur, for she believes that 1t is
good for the health to stand up after
dinner.
or course. the only thing for the
ladies' OF the court to do Is to follow
suit. So they. many of whom gathered
around the pleasant bridge tables OF
evenings heretofore. stand also and
teach their stin. unaccustomed fingers
the gentle art of welding the ladylike
rec die again.
1t Is probably going to be thor
orghlys well bred court at st. James
hereafter with blue blooded attend
ancc There will be no surprises In
the way Of introductions therein of
celebrities in arts not commonly rec
ognized as ro,ite. For which reason
by many 1t Is feared that 1t will lie n
much dullcr court too. Which, Of
course. rcn'airs to be seen.
An Amazing People.