Evening star., 1937-05-16

for more than 600 years, had no
as she ronped through the great
rooms and loved to take guests to see
"Duncan's room," the old ''armory,"
the hangman's room, the room of
Prince Charlie. which seemed to always
give her such romantic thrills. and
then King Malcolm's room. Tugging
her brother David up the great cir
cular stone staircase of the medieval
fortress, both of them shivering with
creeping fear, but she determined that
her little brother should climb the
stairs, for tradition asserted that it
was up those stairs the wounded King
Malcolm was carried bleeding to die
in the room which is still listed on
the bell indicator as King Malcolm S
room"
England's Queen Rode, Climbed
Mountains and Played Cricket.
England's new Queen is the young
est but one Of family of 10 children;
more boys than girls, so Elizabeth
early joined in the cricket games,
climbed mountains, rode and walked
with her brothers and joined in their
sports, asking no favors because she
was a girl but more frequently leading
off. Her mother, Lady Strathmore,
is said to have had genius for family
life, and whether at one of the family
country estates in England or at
Glamis Castle. the house was largely
given over to the children. Lady Gym
thia Asquith, in her life story Of the
Duchess of York says of Queen Eliz-
abeth: ITO be the youngest but one
OF family so large as to form a clan
IN itself is bracing up-bringing. It
was no artificial hot house, but in the
hurly burly of big brothers and their
big dogs, that the duchess learnt to
walk and to live. The environment of
her childhood was exceptionally pic
turesque; her father, who succeeded
to the earldom when she was years
old, being the owner of three beautiful
country homes. OF these the one most
associated with the family BoWes-
Lyons is GlamiS Castle, in Forfarshire.
which came to the family over $50
years ago with Princess Jean, daugh-
ter of Robert II, who married Sir John
Lyon
She Likes Old People
and Sports.
Those who have seen Queen Eliza
beth say that no picture Of her has
done justice to the light and life in
her face and the beauty of her eyes,
which seem to mirror her love of life
as well as her sympathy and under
standing. In going through rural Eng
land, when she stops to speak to some
elderly man or woman, it is as a
friend, and her courtesy. for which
she has been noted from childhood. is
particularly warm toward old people.
A pretty story illustrating her polite
diplomacy is related by Lady Cynthia ::
When she was little girl of 3 she
met Mr. Ralston, who for As years had
been factor on the estate, by saving:
How do you do, Mr. Ralston? I
haven't seen you look 50 WELL not for
years and years, but I am sure YOU
will be sorry to know that Lord
Strathmore has got the toothache."
Relics of Bonnie
Prince Charlie.
Shakespeare in his Macbeth" saws
OF the Glamis Castle: This castle
hath pleasant seat; the air nimbly
and sWeetly recommends itself unto
our gentle senses and to Queen Eliza =
beth 1t held no terrors in spite of its
ghostly traditions and bloody history,
and the Scotch litany from Ghoulies
and Ghostees, and long-legged beasties
and things that go flop in the night
good Lord, deliver U.s." did not enter
her head as she roamed through the
beloved home which is filled with
Stuart relics. Claverhouses coat
hangs In the entrance hall: a sword
and a watch belonging to Prince
Charlie are still preserved; these he
left behind him-the watch under his
pillow-when forced to fly hurriedly
from the castle.
The bedspread under which he slept
was elaborately worked in many COL
ored silks on a background of orange
satin. 1t was quite beyond repair,
ooo oody ot1dtIilllOIS, lIle queen S
mother, had new one made, on
which, with wonderful skill and in
dustry, she has exactly copied the
whole of the intricate embroidery of
the original, and under the valance at
the top she has embroidered the
names of all her children.
A Scotch Queen-Her
Name Elizabeth.
An old nurse of the Queen relates
how they hunted for Elizabeth through
the castle only to find her in the
chapel which leads of the great hall
This chapel was placed under the ban
OF Oliver Cromwell and boasts of q
much-used priests hole" which is
still betrayed by an unpainted panel
In this chapel is an interesting picture,
the central figure of which is Christ
portrayed in the unmistakable likeness
OF the Martyr King" Charles I. So
after the passage of centuries Scot
land has again come into her own and