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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-1-31, Page 8TIIE GREAT QUEEN'S LIFE Sketchy Storyof the Life of Our Late Ruler. The year 1817 wee a rnomceable one slaters on the other and' the 13vinceee Victoria opposite, D1 NOId LACED EMS MO',CSER, When replying to a speech in which e Geutary bath more [seriously men- his health had been proposed, the aced; never were ,the destinies of a King burst forth to a bitter tirade oneetltutional monareby that had stood against the Duebees. the storms of 100 years enveloped Ina "I trust in God," he exclaimed, "that more fobleding gloom. I may have the satisfaetLon of leaving The death of the Princess charlotte, the royal authority on my death to the opened up the prospect of succession to personal exercise of that young( lady the throele to 'Lha youngest son of l(pesumt i o 1±10of thricoese)—andbeialres Chlorin) WoeIII., and had inspired oe with! p' p n a desire to marry, As yet the only the hands of a person now near me eons who had taken wives wore the tuna of surrounded by evil advisers, and Dutra of York, who hail children, and who is herself incompetent to act with the Duke of Cumberland, whose first Propriety in the statins in which she living child was not born till 1810, would be placed, I have no hesitation The third brother was Edward, Duke in saying that I have been insulted-- of Kent, then 51 years of age, .Ice was grossly and certtinually insulted — by that pinnate but 1 em determined to endure no Imager a course at behavior so disrespectful to me" The King particularly complained of the manner In which the Princess had been prevented from attending at July 11, 1818, this lady became the a° rt by her mother. Oneness of lent, the future mother of "For the future," he said, "I shall the future Queen of 'England. insist and command that the Prineess AIS 1V 49 POOH do upon all occasions appear at my court, as it le her duty to do." When the Duke was ieformed by his Having begun with an anathema the consort that he had the prospect of an King ended with a benediction, speake heir, it was his wish that the eteld ing oe the Princess and her future should be born on English soil. The reign in a tone of paternal interest journey was attended with difficulty, and affeotecn. The affect. however, for His Grace was much pressed for which the royal utterances produoed ready ease. In the spring of 1819, was ahtrming. The Queen looked in however, the journey was made. The deep distress, the Princess burst into Duke and Duch: ss wore Installed at tears, the Duchess of Kent said not Kensington c res Palace, [lieu, as now, a a word, but soon after Leaving the place of residence for the members and room announced her immediate de - proteges of the royal family, and on May 24, 1818, "a pretty little Princess, parture, and ordered her carriage. plump as a partridge," was born. Tito There was but one event which Isis Duke was delighted with the child. Fla Majesty wished to live to witness in would dandle and caress her, and bis " God -forsaken realm," Ile devout - In hand her to the. arms of admir- 1y prayed that he might live till the pray- ing spectators, with tea caution, Prinocss Victoria was of age. llispray- "'Take care of her, for' she win es, er was just granted, but only just. Queen of England." Elis Grace did not It eau not until she was 3.2 years tiro to enjoy his parental happiness old that Lhe Princeisa Victoria was longpermitted to kthe e high destiny It had been prophesied that two reserved for her, and even than the members of the tamely would die in the course of 1820: The Duke believed the prophecy implicitly, but he app,ied itt to hn brothers. in, the winter of 1819 he had game to the sheltered sea - in the history of Itwgland, Seldom had the proeparity of a country which lied known zee seriow9 hitch or °bataale for not on terms of ordinary friendship with any of his bre'hors. Suddenly he determined to marry. Victoria, daughter of Duke Franz of Saxe -Coburg, at that line 32 years of age, had taken the Duke's fancy. On The New KING EDWARD VII. Ruler of Great Britain and all Her Colonies. the doors were thrown open, and the young Queen entered. Of the proceedings the Clerk of the Council wrote: " After she had read her speech and taken and signed the oath for the security of the Church of Scotland the Privy Councillors were sworn, the two royal Dukes first by themselves, and as these two old men, her uncles, knelt before her, swearing allegiance and kissing her band, I saw her bluish up to the eyes, as if she felt the contrast between their civil and natural relations, and. this was the only sign of emotion which she evinced. Her manner to them was very greseftil and engag- ing. hem kissed them both and rose from her chair and moved toward the knowledge mune in an almost aecid- Duke of Sussex, who was furthest entad manner. from her and too infirm to reach her. ASSAILED A LORD. She seemed rather bewildered at the Meanwhile the future eusnand of multitude of man who were sworn and the Princess and her cousin was grow- who came' one after another, to kiss tering place of Sidmouth, in Devon- the up in Germany. Prince Albert, her hand, but she did not speak to shire, "to cheat," as he said, "the win- the son of tine Auks of Coburg, was anybody, nor did she make the alight - ter.' One day he happened, when been at htosennu in tete August of est difference in her manner, or show taking a walk, to get wet and to catch the same yeas ail Princess Victoria, any in her countenance to any indlvid- cold. Acute inrlemmation of the and it is a ourLous coincidence, con- 'uad of any rank, station, or party. I sides ng the fuhure connection of the particularly watched her when Lord lunge supervened and carried h.m ofL "Th: poor widow wound herself, children, that Mme. beebold, the ass- Melbourne and the Ministers and the owing to the Duke's considerable oouchese who attended the Duchess of Deike of [Wellington and Peel ap- debts, In very uucamiortablo posi- Cohnirg, at the birth of the young preacher. her She went through the tion at the time of his ,Leath. Her Prince, had only three months before whoa ceremony occasionally looking at brother, Leopold, enabled her to re attended the Duchess of Kent at the Melbourne for instruction when she turn to Kensington, where she hearse - forth devoted herself to the education of her child, Queen Victoria,' PROPHECY FULFiILL.ED. Six days after the death oe the Duke f Kent the prophecy above mentioned bis:th of the Princess, "How pretty had any doubt what to de, which the little Mayflower," writes the hardly ever occurred, and with per - grandmother both of Albert and Vie- fent calmness and self-possession, buttoric, the Dowager Duchess of Co- at the same time with a graceful mod- bur.:g, to tis Duchess of Kent, "will esty and propriety partioularly inter- n e be When I see it in a year's time. Sie- esteem and ingratiating!' was oemptetely sulfil1sd bythe death bold can not sutfioiently describe what HER ENGAGEMENT. On October 1.4, 1889,—that is, Muir ofhis father, George Iii. On Monday, a dear little love it is." The Mayflowv- the Ilet, Lhe new sovereign, the Prince Regent, was proclaimed George IV. Time health of the new King was precari- ous; lira age was advanced ; he had no legal heir. The ,Duke of York, the heir apparent, eves married, had ne family, and his Duchess was in a-de- clin.ng State. The Duke Ot Clarence, the next in order, was of ripe age. He had bad two daughters born to him. Laoh of them had died in infancy, but further issue, th»ugh not pre 134 was, still not an impossible contin- gency. The next in succussion was the infant Princess at I3eneingtcn Palace. Every year as it passe,il by made it more apparent that if only the life of the royal babe were spared upon her the ma0narull3' ultimately must de,. verve. As a matter oe fact the prof, phetic boast of the Duke of Kent was fulfilled earlier than might have been anticipated. The Itegcnt reigned for just 10 years after hie ascent to the throne as George IV., the Duke of Clarea•Ge just seven years as William IV. On August 30, 1836, King William, who had acceded to the throne on the death of his brother, in 1830, gave a dinner peaty at Windsor on his birth- day. er above spoken of was, of con"se, the PrLncess Victoria. From a very early period. the Dowager Duchess permit- ted herself to entertain the hope that her two grandchildren would there- after become man and wife. ' On February 25, 1831., when not quite 12 years od age, she attended herr first drawing room. "Lady Jer- sey," write» the amusing Mr.Greville, "made a scene with lard Durham, She got up in a corner of the room and said: ' Lord Ilarha:n, 1 hear; that you, have said things about me which are not true, and I desire that you Will call *pen me to -morrow with a witness to hens my positive denial, and I hope that you will not repeat such thing.; about me.' She was in e. Emery, and he in a still gaeater. He mwttexed tha.0 he shoield never set foot in her house again which ebha did not hear, and, after -delivering herself of hoe eeepah she financed back again to her seat, mightily proud of her exploit. It axone Out of her saying that he Maenad make Lady Durham de- mand an audience of the Queen to con- tradict the things which Lady Jer- sey acid of her, and to other Whig allies," Thews were days in which Pasty spirit ran high, and penetrated the whole fabric of society in Eng- land. Within two or three years of this time Princess Victoria bad taken her plate in that society as the heiress to the English throne. Voir national purpesee the Princess completed her majority on the eigh- teenth anniversary of her birth. On June 2, nine ones alter this event bad taken piece, the King wee desperately 911 and relied on June 20. TiI1; CORONATION. The King died at 2.20 on the morn- ing of June 20,d the young Queen meet herr Coniooei et Kensington Pal- ace at 11 a,m. the same day. After having received the two royal flukes, thle two ArchbL b*pa, the tehaneellor and the Primo Nlinietee—Lord bourne—the proolamatiOn was read to the Connote, the usual order passed, There was one person whom the Ring Klatested more even than his Ministers — the mother of the Prin- cess, the Duchess of Kent, who had, not been sparing in her criticisms ou the reception ells end met from the royal family in England. The Duchess had applied /in a gait of apartments far her own use in Kensington Palace, and had been refused by the King. She appropriated the rooms, notwithstand- ing the denial. The King informed her publicly that he neither understood nor would endure conduct so div- respectful to him. This, though said loudly end publicly, was only the mut- terings et a .storm w1i dh: broke next day, Itwen the royal birthday, and the King had invited a hundred people to dinner. The fuehess of Kent sat tes one side of Roo n ejeety, mane of his days after her lover had• reached tnyf,, lleedleae .dr:rein and cold, to w1t' t>eee 1ko lv^itial protmesiee ors ite way to and from the phapel.' F7ettwtithstalldang the hearty o1'ferts er :the Queens to id•onlley herself with her aillejects and to promote their wee' fare, tlerao atteeneni beet; been [Wade upon hear 1iee. An insane pont bey, Edwerd•Orford, fired a pistol at Her Ittajes'te as she wee d,rivinng on 00e- s'titutionai Hill, The atteok was ripe petted by the Frannie wife a similar weapon§ on nearly the name epee. The plate ball pasted under the carriage. About two months after this a hunoh- leaok named Bean similarly essayed the aooassiu's ripe, but was prevent- ed from a000lnplisheng this dbjeot by a (nay, Dasseltt, who eappO9ed to bo, neer. THE ROYAL LINE. The Quadn was descended Crop. Weiliam the Cdniqueror, who claimed, eanneoteon with the previous regime, and included Alfred 110 Groat among' his ancestors, Bare is the family lime, traceda+'baokward .cram her Majesty to Welliani; Victoria. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kenn, Third son or George III., Som of Frederick Lowe; Prince of Wales, Son oe •George fl., Son of George Som or Princess Sophia, who married the Eleotor of Hanover; Daughter orf James L, Son of Mary Queen of Soots. Daughter• of James V., of Saatland, Son of Princess Margaret, Daughter .ref Ile,nry ViS, Sou of Margaret, wits of Edmond Tudor, Earl or Riobniond, Daughter of John de Beaufort, Windsor—the Queen informed Lord Marquis oP Somerset and Dorset. Melbourne that she had made up her Son cit John of Gaunt , Duke of mind as to her marriage. On the 15th Lancaster and Ring or Castile and sire thus wrote to Baron Stoakniar: "I do feel so guilty r know not how to begin my letter, but I think the news it will contain will be suf- ficient ufficient to insure your forgiveness. Al- bert has completely won my heart, and all was settled between us this mot -ming. . . I feel pertain he will make me very happy. I wish I could say I felt as certain, of making him happy. Leopold must tell ydu all about t'ihe details, which I have not time to do." The official and putiblte announce- ment f Guelph, the first of the north -1 d Id i areImes. Loon. Sdn cf Edward III. Son 04 Edward II., Sen of Edward L, Son, of Ilenry .111., Sea of John of Magna Marta fame, Sdn, of Henry I1., Sao of Matilda, wife of Geoffory 'tinsel braid. become accustomed to the universal Plantagenet, a Another fie ire shows a folded neck bee European custom ed "tipping." Daugharer of Henry 1., band of creamy lace, with a bow of Captain Dreyfus has been to Parts Sun df William the 00nquoror, narrow ribbon velvet on the left side. £crape Inst few weeks, but he goes out 71u1e ends of the velvet are finished The Queen through the Georges Very little and sees no 0110. Mme. prey was a Guelph. This Family was off with neckband gold buttons. Another Pus bas remained in Geneva, wheee the founded in 489 by Anulphus Hunulp- folded neekbond bas a tie of ribbon velvet with emoted gilt ends. the education of file two chilc�i•en, who, 034311(1. of the betrothal was not made 'os o 1 . s already said, accessories foe obvious reasons, the could .not be either in Germany or England till ern Kings of Italy. He subsequently' pensabie. and particularly the little brought up- a Preach public school, be the close of the year. obtained possession of Reverie, and scarfs and ties, the chouc of velvet brought Innfus was probably stay The Prince arrived in England fox the Guelphs ruled there for many con- or crape, and velvet fairs and adorn• there some time. lentos, and afterwards he'id sway in meats, welch are seen on all rasblorsColonel George P. Gross or Kansas his marriage cm February 6, 1840, able toilets. In fact, our bodices seem Saxony. One et the Gwolphs, VJ4llidm, City has a spoon that cost nim $18,000. The marrmg,e [rook place as February strewn with odds and ends, from the 10 in the chapel of St. James's Palace. had s tr of the House of Denenberg., Fussiness nr face and the jingling fee- Years lige be was offered That sum for had seven sons and eight daughters, his shore in Mexican mine. FIs, re- sort," morning," writes Theodora rers on ribbon to the many charms, I Fused, and a day or two Safer the pion MarUis in his "LLP' o[ the Prince Con- The sans agreed among ihemaolves scuts and pendaots weld] swing on our not to divide the dukedoms. One, to chains. erty was Oooded by rains. Then came mit," "had been, ww, foggy and acs- a cave in which ruined the property. mal; hart the day was not to want selected by lot, was to marry, and I7xyuisite are the new galeas and Out of the ore on the bank Dir. Gross the happy omen of that sunshine he and his children atter him were trimmings to apelIque form, but gold had a altoro an made, and that is all which cams afterward to be prover- to rule. The unusual arrange03ent and silver tinsel in combtnatinn with dea and ' he has to show for his and bully known as 'Queen's weather.' was observed ,to the letter, anid coloremost ctird velvegt lins tracetl cloth he newest for nand Soon atter the return of the bridal George, the sixth brother, won the some chine silk. k matrimonial prize. His youngest eon, foe ]caviar makes or tare, such AS Ernest Augustus, succeeded him, dnchesse, bruges point and the beeom• marrying the Electress Sophia, dough- i (4 renalssance lace, are distinctly pop- , ter of the King of Bohemia, whose alar, and the godet collars are newer wife was the daughter of our Tames than the tint type and coo be worn in FASHION'S FRILLS, ' noitimefts 01 the 00er In 11114, Tine eel, Velvet, L000 and *'ttr, Gold braid tinsel tl'lmutings and the little ferrets and alglealeetes wheel tin - lee our velvet and sill tlee give the nee0esary to1Ohes et got4 to everyday dress, Neter was thorn a shat. when 60 many pretty elriffetle and little lie- Oeseet'10a were needed to cempiete a PaebIOneble toilet lie at the present moment, .. ' 111 the tact some beautiful tranapar- enc sleeves of ecru point de venlse laee erre shown; they are trimmed with nar- row black ribbon velvet, and 1111,00 pulls or (choly tucked white chiffon et the wrists, with pointed Pelee or ehlloa "extending over 1130 bands. A Peeeoves which arteY aso fuahiOnabler Of the e is enow4180 shown_ e500. 311000001108 OB 00050 They are made of ,fine creamy lace, and Have pointed cuffs of transparent lace, edged with a double row of,gnld PERSONALITIES, The folate Of Wales has taken. writing verse, Slr William iluglsins, Ii, 0. Be the astronomer, has been elected presldeat of the Royal society, lt1 su0eessi0n t' Lord Lister, Chester A, Arthur had been collector of the port of New York, slut had never held an eleettve oiilee until he became vice preeldeat. Bishop Potter of New York deplore,' the decline of home cooking and ex- presser; sorrow for the coming of what be calla the "tinned" era. • Charles M, Hays, the new belie of the Southern Pacific railroad, wars born In 1858 and in 1878 was a clerk In Ban Francisco, getting $4t/ a month. Elenry 13. Rogers, the New York mil- Bonaire and 000Peer king, was 50 ye ll. ago selling newspapers on the street' of New Bedford, Mass, Be then went into a grocery store, getting 53 r week and board. Hoke, Smith of Atlanta, newspaper man and .formermember of President Cleveltind'e cabinet,. has given travel - fug libraries to 14 oourtiee to Georgie,. The books are intended- for School chil- dren and are to make the circuit of the schools. Dr. Oscar Lmew, who has resigned from the reined States agricultural de- partment to become n. member of the faculty of the Agricultural college of the. Japanese Imperial university at To- kyo, will receive In that position a sala- ry of $7.000 a year. Christine Nilsson cherishes in a unique way mementos of 'her triumphs on the concert stage.. One of ber rooms is papered with leaves of musts taken from the various operas in which she bas appeared. Another Is decorated with reeelpted hotel hills made out be her name during her tours. Tom L. Johnson, the noted capitalist and single tax advocate -of Cleveland,' 10 a moist charitable man, but bas a great aversion to profeceional beggars. Re returned recently from a trip abroad and reports that be could not family has now definitely settled for party from the chapel, the clouds pas- sed off, the sun shone out with un- usual brilliancy and the tbousands who lined the roads from Bucking- ham Palace to Wendsor Castle to see the sovereign and her hu9band as 1• The Eleotress Sophia, granddaugh- various styles, they passed were more fortunate ter of James L, wouldo aysesudocetehdod bodiee.or blouse decorationThe favorite achou arraagemeut than those who had crowded the even.. to the British Crowe» n the eq f of crape or bele velvet with ends, tae ' ues aSt. James's Palace in the morn- Queen Anne. But she diad seven velvet In loops, the- crane tucked or ' weeks before that monarch, and her fringed. son, George I., asoanded the throne. Huge single blossoms set to rosettes 1 By way nt James I, and hie daughter of tulle or chiffon are used, the colors the Queen was connected with the reproduced- In long velvet or ribbon Guelphs. She was also moiled in the streamers falling to the edge of the same way ho the Royal lino of Soot- gown. The blocs[ lace robe, with applicationsI land. James I., ;of England, and Elm of white lace disposed as a garniture, sixth at Scotland, was the son of le quite the new Idea for this tsps Mary, Quaetmol1 Soots, whose lineage gown and can be worn over black or is traceable book to Elizabeth,- (num white. le a Aj tee r4 ' eel tri P •�e 9. vm,see0.0 tt r ALEXANDRIA QUEEN CONSORT 01+ ENGLAND. can, and Malcolm', of tragic fame. The Flat, short halted furs are greatly to Scotch line, the Norman; line, and the favor this season, and, as fur is now Hanoverian or Guelph line, all unite used for coats, for turndown collars in the Queen and Royal family. So and yokes, .a busby or long haired far down the old British monarchy. It is would be impossible. Very narrow claimed that one branch of Lha fain- bands Of sable, mini. and of brown Ry tree roaches to Alfred the Great skunk are used on handsome evening gowns of velvet and slut, and Ont coir and Egbant. The various races unit- lars and wide revers of ermine are m - ed. in the Queen made bin distiuotiy alar on long evening coats. representative of the English of to- day. New Year's. Nuts awl Ralston. Tbe tinge honored dessert or nuts and relates can be varied a little In the manner of serving. A fancy arrange - ROW IT IS DIVIDED. Tile Analo•aaxe„ IGiee {1111 Dontinat tam World. The great powers of the earth start the new century with the world divid- ed up among them as follows: Square mites. Population. n r it ish. . . 12 151,000 100,000,000 It mission. . . 9,610,395 110,010,3190 American,- 8,76,3,621 10,030,900 French. 3,638,755 96,030,100 German. . . 1,2,8,940 70,0.0,100 The British Empire and the Ampri- oan republic have between them 15,- 919,621 square miles of territory and a population of 450,000,000, three mil- lion square mdse more territory and double the population of the other three great powers, The Anglo-Saxon rage is evidently going to dominate the world this century. And that is a decid- edly fortunate thing for the world, 1 MBE DEAD t1OMANCi CURE. Olarcn0e—Olarissa, I helm you won't allow yourself to be deeply unhappy over the breaking of our engagement. Cin,rissa--0h, I won't be unhappy, Clarence; I'm in such a social rush 1 Wolii't bane time. FANOYAIraANO31MII,1`T ON W'138 tyro merit from Table Tails Is here shown of nuts, raisins stuffed with blanched almonds, rolled la sugar; chestnuts in bur on top, and sultana raisins. assent eilln. Milk Is Raid en be a perfect food, but in no sense a' beverage and should never Ile teed as such. 1l'or some in. vends it supplies all that Is necessary for sustenance and in this respect dif- fers from beef tea, wlech does not nourish, but only stimulates, although many people still foster the delusion Mat It aborts both 041111ment and strength, A very Iiltle milk, If It ngreee with the individual, Is of more real value than a largo tlilantity of beef tea, Again, enol[ and ehoeolnte, made with mile. form 8 rirlh, heavy rood. hat ler- ITEMS OF INTFREST. , The French Legion of Honor Is the blggest order of merit it numbers 55,- 090 5,000 Members. Of the 0,758 Finns wbo carne to this country In 1R%9 only 17 were sent back, only 02 were uunble to rend and write, end only 14 were said to be likely to "ecome public share's. fbe winner of the chief prize of e200.000 In the Paris exposition drew - Inge Is a poor Laborer earurng a weekly wage of $7.50. He has three children and an aged mother depending upon h lin. The Varian question in the tinned States has been a most serious one ev- er Mime the Introduction of railroad& it le estimated that or less than 10,000 are carried nightly on trains and that 10,000 mere are waiting to steal a ride at the same dine. Pbilo'oetsts are sirendy noting that the Clnglish language 19 to be enriched by three new words aria direst result of the South African war—namely, "khaki," "kopje" end "enmmaudeer"- to eac•b or which future lexicographers wili give a distinctive mewing. zt young woman of Saco. MXe., recent- ly ecently pwchased a pretty bit of brie -a -brae at a great bargain. Soon after the whist club of which she is a member. met at her home, and her eba:grineould hardly be lm' fined when she discover ed that the fortunate winner or tbis ar- ticle was the very clerk who sold It. ORCHARD AND GARDEN, A11 manures far the garden abould be thoroughly rotted and lined before ap- plying. • An unfruitful orchard may often be brougbt into hearing bye beavv ap plication of.goorl stable manure. In keeping onion sets through the whiter it should he remembered that a coot, dry temperature le the. essential thing. Every tree requires a nei'taln a.monnt~ of splice according to Its kind. You can crrwd only at the risk of getting re- duced drops, • Tbe greatest 6'iecese is rlttelned by keeping up a uniform growth with a proper balance between the wood and fruit growth. i It taDenny always better neoteny to grub out all feces that are stunted and 'sickly than it. 15 to try to restore them to vigor. Diseased weed Dever becomes souue. do plannlug to pino),.a wtodhrpaii It as tettite an Item to select wee or s close go -Owing ' melt and or as nearly perpetunl foliage [es possible„ 'Chen by planting a doable row or thein the effect desired may be seceeedaelat,