The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07

success. To no other woman has been
granted the high privilege of adding
world to her territories. The day
the mighty admiral arrived at BARGE
Iona, where the two sovereigns re-
ceived him in great state. and he laid
at their feet the trophies of his peace
full conquest, was the most moment
Gus of ISabella's reign of thirty-one
years. 1t was splendid, without
parallel. in truth it savors more of the
fairy tale than the cold facts of au
thentiC record. So at the pivotal
point in the course Of the universe, a
woman, ideal in all the relations Of
life and exceptional as a ruler. was
entrusted with project SO gigantic
that no man dared assume the re-
sponsibility, and in SO doing has
brought everlasting honor to herself
and to the wisdom and capability of
her own sex.
Prior to the reign of Isa abella no
systematic method was employed in
caring for the wounded on the bat
tlefield. She was the first to establish
the organized hospital the work af-
terwards enlarged by Florence Night
| ingale and perfected by Clara Barton
| to which civilization owes the saving
of many lives and the alienation Of
the horrors of war. Military sur
geons, whose duty it was to attend the
|
present on the battlefield. were ap-
pointed by her and received salaries
:! from her own private purse. Six
tents Of ample proportion were set UP
provided with beds and all necessa-
ries at that period available. Here
the sick, the wounded and the dying
received careful nursing. This ar
| rangement was designated as the
Queens Hospital" That act alone
entities her to lasting fame.
Among other notable improvements
Of her reign the Spanish language
and literature became more polished
and two poets, Marquis de Santillans
and Juan de Encuia, won considerable
fame. The first printing press il
Spain was set up at BurgOs and book:
were printed, under her orders. ClaS
sical productions were imported FREE
OF duty. The University of Safa
manca rose to the eminence it late
attained through the zeal and patron
age of the great queen. To her wa
due the preparation for the colder
age of Spanish literature SO soon t,
. follow.
The last years of the reign Of Queer
Isabella were filled with a succession
; Of sorrows that even the brillian
2 achievements Of Columbus could no
console. The deaths Of her mothe,
IL
e daughter and namesake, Isabella, VIII
: had married a prince Of the roya
e family Of Portugal, and Of her yer
s promising son, Don John; the insanit
e Of her remaining heir, Joanna Arch
: duchess Of Austria, and the sorrows c
: katherine of ArragOn, were more tha
ever her brave spirit could bear an
O she fell into a state Of melanchol
q that so undermined her constitutiO
+ that, after an illness of four month
she died at Medina del Campo, NJ
vember 25, 1905, in the fifty-fourt
. year of her age. In her will she e.
pressed the desire to be buried in tf
r Alhambra, 'in a low sepulchre, will
= out any monument unless the kin
4 her lord, should desire that his bod
! after death should rest in any 9th.
!. spot. In that case, she Willed tn:
- her body should be removed and la
~ beside the king, wherever it might |
- deposited, in order that the union v
20 have enjoyed while living, and whi6
w (through the mercy Of God) we ho]
: our souls will experience in heave
- may be represented by our bodies
- the earth.'
In this worthy queen, who was al
a descendant Of the famous Plant
IL ganet line Of England-being Il
great great granddaughter
le Edward III, is found true woma
j. faithful in all the relations Of lii
e. and a ruler, conservative yet progre
IS, sive. worthy of emulation, save VIII
er contaminated by the bigotry Of ma
a. row age. Between her and her d
Of scendant, the Empress Queen Mar
ar Theresa Of Austria, there is a mark
At resemblance, both in character al
n career. Isabella was a truly gre
rt woman whose name cannot be elm
o. mated from the worlds records
Il
ay and seizing them, she left indelit
he footprints on the sands Of time"
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