The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
Some Margarets Of
History and Literature

AotoAy dtlt4 Literature
Tho daisy is SO called from It's pearIy
wilderness, Marguerite being ths
French for pearl. as indicated in tho
lines:
TIE daise, -four white and redae
In French called la bello Marguerite,n
Following out the symbolism. Francls
l. OF France used to call Marglerita
oil Valofs, who married Henri 10 Bear 81
nais. aftcrward King Henri W, Mar s.
guerite des Marguerites," or .Pcarl OF 3
Pearls so it is. that some Margarets,
whose names have Outlived their short
day OF tragedy or Of joy, have been
accounted as pearls among women,
and. because pearls and tears are
closely related. have doubtless shed
their proportion Of these during their
stay upon earth Certainly Margherita
al Valois must have. for she was the
daughter of Henri II, and the unspeak-
able Catherine de Medicis. and it was
during the ceremonial OF her daugh- 4
ters wedding to Henri that Catherine
carried out her dreadful plan for tho
massacre OF the French Hugucnots.
The poor young bride was at q ball
while tho massacre was going on.
Another Queen Margaret, this tima
the wife OF King Henry VI. Of Eng
land, Inflated Margaret Of An1ou, comes
into mind. The image of her, berefs
Of husband and son through tho ruth
lessness Of Richard III, and con
demned to eat her heart out at the $
court OF her father, King Rene OF
Provence. Is ono of the suddest pic- 4
lures on the page OF history. Rene
was minstrel monarch. absorbed III
tho pleasures of the chase and thu
tourney IN poetry and music. To Mar
Earet, burning with the sense of her
unavenged wrongs, the frivollty of tha
life around her but aggravated her
resentment against the Impotence Of
g. sex which forbade her to hand out
measure for measure to those who had
rendered her widowed and mothcrlcss
Quito a different Margaret from the
two preceding her was a gypsy queen,
Margaret Finch, born at Kent in
England. She finally made her set
tied homc-in Norway and lived to greas
old ago. From 81 habit OF sitting with
her chin on her knees, this Margaret
lost the power Of standing erect, and
had to be buried in square box. But
she had n long reign, and doubtless
went bllthely to her rest when her
time came.
~ brave woman was Margaret Lam
burn. who set out to nvenEe tho death
",
Scots on Queen Elizabeth. To ac-
complish her purpose Margaret Lam
burn wore mems clothes and carried
two pistols, one for Queen Elizabeth
and the other for herself. She nearly
accomplished her purpose, but 1t was
! foiled by her dropping one Of her
pistols. being seized and immediately
taken before Elizabeth The Queen
looked at Margaret. and, seeing that
| she neither h1anchcd nor faitcred. ask
| ed: How do You expect me to treat
you.' Margaret answered steadily
"a judge would send me to the block,
! but you being what you are. and royal
In your person. will doubtless pardon
| me-" And SO Elizabeth did.
| Margaret, mother Of Henry VII. OF
! England founded In 1902 a professor
| ship Of divinity in the University OF
Cambridge. The professor occupying
| this chair was known as Lady Mar
| garet's professor She also instituted
| a premiership in 1903. and the
| preacher was likewise called by her
! name. More warlike in her tastes was
Margaret. Queen of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, who bore In history the
| title Of The Northern SeYnramis." A
/ prosaic member OF the Margaret
| group was Margaret Gibson or Patton.
| a famous Scotch cook in tile palace
| OF James 7. She was born in the reign
| OF Queen Elizabeth and attained
| phenomenal age and fame In her art.
| Sir Walter Scott celebrated In the
| Lay of the Last Minstrel" the charms
| OF .Ladye Margaret, the flower OF
| Teyiot" daughter OF the Lord and Lady
| Of Rranksomc Hall. She it was fot
! whose hand an English and u Scotch
| champion fought and the victory re-
| NAMED with the Scotchman, to whom
the "Ladyc AIarGaret's" hand was
f! given in marriage.
| AS the name Margaret means pearl,
| Saint Margaret Is the chosen type OF
| female innocence and meekness. The
! Margaret who was canontzed capu-B
| waited Olybius, governor of Antioch. by
her beauty. When he wanted to mar
;ry her, however. she rejected him with
/ scorn, He thereupon threw her into
! a. dungeon, where the devil came to-
tempt her. She held up the cross and
the devil fled. III paintings the saint
| is represented as 4 young woman OF
great beauty. wearing the martyrs
crown and bearing the palm She is
tho patron of the ancient borough of
Hymn Regis. England, and on the cor
pora ton seal Is represented as stand
ing on n dragon and wounding 1t Will,
the cross. The inscription on the seal
| is: "Sub Margareta, Teritnr Draco
!, stat crucc Laeta."
IIOusEI<EiSPER'S HINTS.
Macnroni Fritters.