Evening star., 1922-09-24

and great" This motto seems par.
ticularly appropriate when one con-
siders the great number Of truly Ia
Naturally. the greatest of all Marys
In the eyes Of the Christian people Of
the world was Mary Of the tribe OF
judah and mother OF Jesus. She. and
her husband. Joseph. we're both Of Il. The
There is much dissension on the part
Of both ecclesiastical and historical
authorities as to practically al other
details Of the life Of this woman, who
has Inspired SO many artists to paint
madonnas which have become world
TheSe have bean many Marys who
| were famous queens. Undoubtedly
! the most outstanding Of this group
was Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots, the
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| really began at her very birth. for
| when her father was told of her
presence he was on his death bed at
s,, Falkland Ian and merely muttered' the
was a week old. Within the year
| she was promised in marriage, with
! Prince Edward of England. but the
! Scottish parliament would not coun-
| tenance such an alliance and war with
England followed, much to the dis,
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! not agree to her marriage with an
English heir. She was next offered
| in marriage to the eldest son OF
i Henry II Of France and Catherine
de Medici. The offer was accepted
and when she was six years old this
channel and afianced to the young
! dauphin.
/ Her next ten years were spent In
tho midst Of the French court. where
she was educated and became expert
at writing verses. Her poetic In
great Ronsard. On April "a. 1858. she
| was married. to the danphin, six
weeks younger than herself. After
! the death Of her husband, two years
reaching 1t safely. although Elizabeth
Of England did everything In her
power to intercept her with British
1'ships of war.
F.; The courts OF every country in Eu-
rope were buzZing with plans to Sc
cure the hand of this queen for some
heir in each country. Candidates were
suggested from Denmark. Sweden,
France, Spain. Austria. Scotland and
England. as well as from many small
er countries. 1t is said that Mary q
lown preference was for Don Carlos
of Spain, heir to the then greatest
monarchy in Christendom Only when
all hopes Of securing him were alb
| solutely quenched would she seri-
Iously consider another. She then
lchose her cousin. Henry Stewart, Lord
lDarnley.
1t was after her second marriage
that Mary's troubles really began
Her valiant fight against great odds
forms a thrilling tale on which many
brilliant volumes have been written
by gifted pens. Finally her enemies
managed to secure evidence thai
icaused her trial in 1856. and on the
first Of the following February Eliza
beth signed the death warrant, which
,rssulted in the beheading Of Mary
Queen of Scots, February 8. 1887.
Other famous Marys were: Marie
IAntoinette of France. also beheaded
Queen Henrietta Maria, for whom
maryland was named: Queen Mary OF
Modena. wife of James II: Marie
Theresa, consOrt Of Louis NV Of
France; Marie Leszczinska, consort o.
the great Napoleon: Marie Theresa oi
IGermany, mother Of Marie Antoin'
!ette: Marie Sophia. wife of the las
King of Naples. and Mary Goodwin
DIETER known as Molly. the secont
wife of Shelley, the great poet (sh'
inspired his famous "Frankenstein'
land broke the heart of her sister. hi.
first wife). Moll Flanders. the rea
woman who was the original Of Dan
liel Defoe's book character. was thu
reigning beauty of that period o.
IGynne. Moll is said to have married
live times. served in a penal colony
of Virginia as an outcast for twent,
iyears, yet later grew rich and died al
jhonored and much h-mourned indi
lvidual.