East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-01-18
Victoria Spoke to Albert Back
in 1910, But King Takes
Hand in Daughters Match.
BY MARGARET REX.
(Written for International News
Seryice)


Service)
NEW YORK. Jan. lS.-Man pro- Il
iposes, if one be simple maid. But
| King and Parliament disposes when
a lady is of royal blood.
| Even woman proposes sometimes !
/ lwhen rank so high that none may i
liapproach makes her boldness impera-
tive.
Hi Pretty young Princess Mary, of
England. though she is engaged to
/ la commoner, Viscount Lascelles, did
not lean down from her exalted po-
stion to make advances to the man
| she is to marry. King George, upon
/ / learning Lasvelles was interested in
his daughter gave permission for the
| suit to begin Finally it was the
IilDuke of York who whispered to the
II |liIViscount that a proposal would not
be disagreeable to the Princess
| Iroyal ears.
Hi The young couple are believed TO
/ be sincerely in love, and Lascelles is
III IIreported as ardent as any yours
I'LL swain, though he is thirty-nine, fif-
III teen years his fiancee's senior.
Ill Victoria, Proposed Herself.
I'LL 1t was different in the case o
Ill Mary's great-grandmother, Queer
Ill Victoria. who because she was
Ill l,Queen, had to ask her cousin Alber
Ito become her husband.
iii Albert hailed from Germany,
Ill country not blacklisted at THAT tim
Hi as far as exporting suitors was con
iii eerned. But finding mate for
Ill Queen was no small task. since tn
iii inferior position. of q rulers censor
I'LL did not make such O relationship a
Ill Turing to most men,, .
Hi How the royal family and the
ladles-in- waiting would shudder t
| day if some such words were spoke
III! at the bethothal of Mary and II
I'LL Viscount as those to- which Victori
often looked back as part of the r.
nance surrounding her youth
Ill Victoria said she was quite III
worthy of Albert in her marriai
plea, but her consort-to-be gallant
tlIlreplied that she made him very hal
lIl,py, "das Leben init dur zu zuzri
Hi gen." e4 a
I'LL Proposal Gin Public" -
Ill The dear Queen" possessed
least the satisfaction of having b
gun her sentimental affairs in pl
vate But Mary of today, accordi
to reports, was asked to marry VIII
strolling in the woods at Sandrin
ham with two ladies-in- waiting n
IIIfar to the rear.
IlI The match is one of sentiment
both sides. 1t was not entirely
with Victoria.
Ill This intrepid monarch was pow'
Ill mad AS child, and later as
Ill young girl, she showed intense et
tism and desire to command, whi
Ill she feared would be taken from
by marriage To Lord Melbourl
Ill Prime Minister, she said in 1885,,
Ill "At present my feeling is Gu
against ever marrying"
III Albert, her cousin, was traveli
in Italy then and was expected
come to England. Victoria v
troubled. She wanted to make
HI clear to various people that th
was no attachment between them
iii Prince Was Comcly.
Ill But at sight of the comely you
German Victoria forgot former
= luctance to give up complete fir
,tain- dom. In a few days her whole a
ooob itude changed. She received
-, cousin alone and told him "he m
,,ioht be aware of why / wished him
,onnt come here-and that it would ma
me too happy if he would consent
marry me-"
H'eN They embraced, and after a sh
- talk he left when Melbourne
F.. ., ~ peared. With difficulty the you
would got uoi1 thro,,,,, t.,i, ,.,.l' nm, ns
-. Albert liked his fiance very mu
!. . ' .,s but was not in love with her, Sc
= @ Starchey, modern historian, VIII,
,e ,'a', story of this great Queen is engro
ing 1t was distinctly fam
? match.
,.,on Through her love for him ale
-. was Albert ever able to guide
i.,,;, sway his indomitable wife, There
80 well-known incident often told
oh Queen "Vic" which illustrates 4
10 phase of her character. Albert, a
stine gry, had locked himself In his roo
,s oS Victoria knocked upon the door, a
rrors ~ a,s"ei ~ ms question as 10
lated ueS n' VI .He V.s,'or SAID
bser- S"'em " Ehsiai'u' Albert repea
d by w., wno - .nere! fihaiiy
the oui WIZ
Mary's Prospective Husband
Any union concerning royalty, ir
portantly placed in the world, mu
AR. be family affair. And many your
men have been looked over by Il
Doll