Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
Story of King Albert of Belgium
 Who Passes Through Kingman Soon

treaty bearing it's signature and h:
 violated the territory of our fathers +,
 cause we refused to forfeit our homo
 It has attacked us. Seeing its indt
 pendence threatened, the nation trep
 bled and its children sprang to tn
 frontier, valiant soldiers in a sacre
 cause. l have confidence in your ter
 acious courage. l greet you in tn
 name of Belgium, fellow citizen wh
 is proud of you"
 One year after Belgium's heroic re
 sistance to the German flood, the peo
 pie of Paris, in gratitude to and af
 lection for King Albert presented t
 him gift sword of Sainte- Etienn
 steel, the design of which wa
 wrought by the sculptor, Fetu. Upol
 the blade, ornamented with panopie!
 of steel upon gold, was tribute writ
 ten by Jean Richepin.
 "No thoroughfare," is the inscrip
 tion upon the guard at the foot of the
 hilt in the form of statuette, in mas
 sive gold, representing a young ath.
 lete upon the defensive, brandishing g club.
 On Friday, November 15, 1918, af. ter years of bitter privations, King Albert returned with his victorious troops to his devastated but beloved capital amid the loud acclaim of the people.
 Queen Elizabeth, who was married to King Albert in 1900, as the Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria, was described at the time as "a strikingly handsome woman." The marriage was quite generally supposed to have been a genuine love match. Three children have been born to them, the heir ap- parent, Prince Leopold, Duke of Bra bant, born November 8, 1901; a sec ond son Prince Charles Theodore, born in 1903; and a daughter, the Princess Marie Jose, born in 1906.
 The queen is highly educated and fond of music, literature and art. Music is said to be passion with her and she is an accomplished violinist. She also plays the piano and mandolin with much ability. It is said that she has marked preference for the old repertoire, but confesses to abominat- ing Wagner Some years ago she de. veloped talent as a dramatist and in 1906 wrote ,'Rosamund," play which was produced in Brussels in March of that year and caused decided stir in the Belgian capital. She is also a skilled horsewoman.
 During the war the queen nursei many wounded soldiers. A daughter 'f Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, renowned oculist, she began the study of medicine herself at the age ,f sixteen and took her degree of M. D. at Leipzig just before her marri- age. Exceedingly fond of horses and logs, the queen, before the war, fire. Iuently attended the weekly inspec- ion of the royal stables at Laeken when the hundred or more animals were attended by court veterinarians md often gave the most experienced 'ttendants instructions as to proper reatment. Havana griffons are her avorite dogs and two of them us- ally stand guard in the royal draw ng room. Queen Elizabeth's charity is said by he Belgians to be literally unbound d. Many a poor, struggling artist at he opera in Brussels is said to have enefitted from her generosity with ut being aware of the fact, for her fits are usually made anonymously.
 One instance of the queens kind eartedness is related by the townfolk Loeken. One cold, rainy morning efore the war, the queen was driving long the Avenue de la Reine, when he saw a poor old woman, scantily lad, walking along. The queen got ut of her car, stepped over to the oman and asked her if she was not old. Receiving an affirmative reply, took off her own waterproof nd placed . over the old woman's ack. Then, taking out her purse she ave her several gold coins, and took CT address so that she might con- nue her benevolence. Many incl ents of this type have long since en- cared the queen to the people of Bel ium.
 Intensely practical, Queen Elizabeth as sought to educate her people in economy and other useful rts. She founded a training school ,r cooks in Brussels on the lines of with three years course 1ds an honor class. Liberal prizes