Exeter Advocate, 1901-1-31, Page 2GREAT QUEEN'
Sketchy Story of the Life of O u r
Late :Ruler.
'.Lha year 1817 was a memorable one sisters an the: other aud,, the Princess
3.' i the history of England. Seldom had Victoria opposite. ' 4
he pr 1? Y
exit of a ceutktry which had DENOUNCED ,Il1 R, MOTHER.
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known tea serious hitch. or obstacle or When replying to a speech in which
a century been more seriously men- hi.e health had been proposed, the
aced ; never were the : destinies of a King burst forth in a bitter tirade
ciaistitu,tion<11 tarrna'ohy that had aloud against the Thiene".
the atorms of WO years enveloped in a "I trust in Gocl," he ex-clainued, "that
marc fabidding gloom. I may have the satisfaction of leaving
The death •of the Princess Charlotte; the royal authority on my death to the
opened up the prospect of suecesaion to personal exorcise of that young lady
the throne to the youngest' son of (Pointing to the Princess)—tho heiress
George ILL, and had inapired him with presumptive of the, crown—and not in
a. desire to marry. As yet the only the hands of a person now near me
who is"surrouii,ded by evil advisers, and,
who is herself incompetent to act with
propriety in the station in which she
would be placed I have no hesitation
The third brother was Edward, Duke in saying that, I have been' .insulted—
of Kent, then 51 ?ears of age. He was grossly and con,tiltually insulted -. by
Ons who had taken wives were the
Ialike, a York, who had children, and
the Duke of Cumberland whose first
diving child was eat born till 1819.
not on terms of ordinary friends -111P
with any of his brothers. Suddenly he
determined to marry.
Victoria, daughter of Duke h'ranz of
Saxe -Coburg, at that time 32 years of
age, had taken the Duke's fancy, On
July 11, 1818, this lady- ' became the
Duchess. of Kent, the -future mother of
the future Queen of England.
HE:1V,A.S POOI.i.
When the Duke was informed by his
consort that he had the prospect of an
heir, ,it was his wish that the ehild
should be born on English soil. The
journey was attended with difficulty,
,,for Bas Grace eras much pressed for
ready cash. In the sprang oft 1810,
However, the journey was .made: The
Duke and Duchess were installed at
Kensington " Palace, :,.then, as now, a
place of residence fof the members and
protegees of the royal family, and on
May 24, 1818, "a pretty little Prineess,
plump as a partridge," was born. 'Th -e
Dake was delighted with the child. He
would dandle and caress her,' and
then, hand beastly the, arms' of admir-
ing spectators, with the caution,
"Take care of her, for' she will he
Queen o,f England." His Grace did not
Live 'to enjoy his parental Happiness
Tong:'
It had been.P r'o pheeied that two;
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members of the family would die in
the' .couse of 1820. The Duke believed
the prophecy -implicitly, but he applied
`ill to his brothers. Intthe winter of
1819 he had gene to the sheltered wa-
nes -hag inr Devon
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:,plans of Sidma i ,
ann , e `aesea�" -;x said, `the wire
that person, but 1 am determined to
endure no longer a course of behavior)
so disrespectful to me."
The King particularly complained of
the manner in:which the Princess had:
been ;?revealed from ; attending at
oourt by her mother.
"-Fur the future," he.said, "I shall
insist and command' that the Princess
do upon •all oecasions appear 'at my
court, as it- is her duty to do."
Having begun with an anathema the'.
King ended with a benediction, ,speak-
ing -of 'the iPirineerea and her future
.�'~� ••�,, Qui-.'
KING' EDWARD VII.
The New' Ruler of Great Britain and all.' I -Ter Colonies.
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g, heedless off,raira and cold, to wit,~.
fees the bridal procession on Its way
to and from diel chapel,'
Notw'ithstanrding the hearty efforts
of the Queen to identify herself with,
her subjiats and to promote their -wel-
fare, three attempts have been made
upon her life. An insane post boy,
Edward Oxford, fired a pistol at lJer
A,l'ajeaty as she was driving on'Con-
stitutional Hill. '1`he'attack was re-
peated by 0.110 Francis: with a similar
weapohi� on nearly the same spot. The
pistol ball passed under the carriage.
About two, Inomiths after this a hunch-
back named Bean similarly essayed
the assassin's role, but was' prevent-
ed from accomplishing this object by
a boy, Dasscatt, who happened to be
near,
THE ROYAL LINE.
The Quetta :was descended from
\William the adru ueror, who claimed'
connection with the previous regime,
and ineladed Alfred the, Great among
his aaeeetors`. Here is - the family
lane, �isaoed ''backward from. ' her
Majesty to William;
Victoria.
Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent,
Third son of George III.,
San of F,redorick' Lewis Prince of
Wales,
San of George II.;?
Son of George. Tee
Sola of Princess Sophia, who married
the Elector of Hanover, r
Danahter of James I„
San; of Mary'Qtieen of Scots. '.
Daughter of James V., of Scotland,
Son c>!f Princess Margaret
Daughter. Off Henry VTL, •
San" of Margaret;''wif-e of Edmond
Tudor, Earl, of R,ichmand,
reign in a ileac of paternal interest the doors ' re thrown open and the daYs after her lover : had reaehed Daughter . of John de Beaufort,
ws
and affection. The effect. however,' young Queen entered. Windsor -the Queen informed Lord Maiuiuis of Somerset and Dorset -
which tha royal •utterances. produced Of thie, a'oeeedings the Clerk of the 1Vlelboterne that she had made up her San of John of Gaunt Duke of
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was alarming. The Queen looked .i.n Gbuncil wrote,: After she had. read mind as to her Marriage. On the 15th Lancaster anus King, of Castile and
deep .distress, the Princess burst into her, apeeoh and taken and signed the she thus wrote to' Baron Stockmar: Leon.
t,aars, the Duchess of Kent said not ,oath t for the security of; the Church " I do ifeel so guilty r know not'Scm of Edward III;
a. word, halt. .soon ` after leaving 'the ' of : Scotland the Privy' Councillors: h,ow to begun: my letter, but I think ' Som ei Edward Il.,
room, anuounc.ed; her immediate de-tt were styorn, the two royal Dukes first the news it will contain will be suf.-
Parham,
Son of Edward I.
partum, and ordered het: carriage. • ,: themselves,' and ds -these two old- 'ficient to insure your forgiveness. Al San' <of Tienry 111.,
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There- wase but 'oris event �Z'hiah His . kne t- before her, m heirrt San of John of Magna Charta fame,'
amen, hem uncles, 1 best has. completely won Y � r L
Ma'est wished too- live towitnessin allegiance and kissing her between us this Sq!v of Henry I ,
1 y sii,earunig'`all g g and all was settled be w
his "God -forsaken realm," He devout- .hand I aw, her blush up to the` eyes, mdrm,inm: , I feel certain he will San of Matilda, wife of
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FASHION'S FRILLS,
Odilments of the ;Lome In Goad, Tin-
sel, Velvet, hues and k''ur,
Gold braid tinsel trimmings and the
little ferrets and aiguillettes, which fin-
ish our velvet alai silk ties give stile
necessary touches ofgold to everyday
dress. Never was there a time when
so many pretty chiffons, and little ae-'
cessories were needed to complete a
fashionable toilet as at the present
moment,
In the cut some beautiful, trnuspar-
cut sleeves of ecru point de= venire lace
are shown; they are trimmed with nein
row black ribbon velvet, and have.,
puffs of flnely tucked white chiffon;
Rt the wrists, with pointed puffs of
thiggon extending over the hands. A
pretty pair of the undei•sleeves which
are now so fashionable is also shown.
Ly prayed: that he might live till the as if'slia felt.the contrast between make me very happy. 1 wish I could: Pla,nitagemet,
Princess Victoria was of age. His pray- ions andDaughuer of Henry 1.,
g p y theca civil and natural relations, say' I felt as ,certain, of making him
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CHIC ACCESSORIES Olr DRESS,
They are made of' tine creamy; lac%
and have pointed` culls of transparent
lace, edged with a double` row of gold
Geoffery tine1 braid:
Another,figure shows. a folded neck-
band of creamy lace, with a bow of
just g hut eem' just. t. William the Gon ueror••; narrow ribbon velvet on the left Bled d
er wap ,,ranted, 3 this wan the only ruga of emotion. happy. Leopold must tell you:all Con' eft ..-. �
earsGeorges alhe ends, or the velvet are finished
It was not until she w. s 12 3 wbieh she. evinced. Her; manner to, about t e•detazls, which I have not The, Queen. through the' Geog
off with small gold buttons. • Another
wild that the Panaceas Victoria was:them w s, .Very:'granceful• and engag " was a Guelph. This family was..
,. & time to do. - folded neckband _hes a tie of ribbon to knew-th,e high destin Lug. She kissed •them both and. rose489 b nul hits' Iiunul -
P g Y g • x,1; The official-„.anid, so' announce- Punded in. y A P P l velvet with pointed gilt ends.
reserved for hes, and. even then the:fro!rn•hei• ehau`,a'nd moved, toward thehu.'f]Guelph,thea first of thc•noi•th-1 rte are -India-
merit' already said, accessories X. a me;nit: of the betrothal was not made a
cknowledge er... ink an almost 'attic- Duke of Sussex who... was :furthest ,.,of
ta3 . Ile suibse uentl and IarticularI • the little
,.:,, � e'uther, in Germany or England .till ern: Pangs of I y q pensalite„ C Y
en Lail manner. from her and too infirm` to reach her. obtained Possession of Bavaria, "a scarfs end ties, rate eboux of velvet
the close of the year. P
Aj'SAILRA ,A LORD. Sheseemedrather bewildered at the the Guelphs ruled there for many c - or crape, and velvet' tabs and adorn
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;Meanwhile
, t• a of men who -we're sworn and The
Prance arrived ill England for• d ments, which are: seen on: all fashlo '
e o m l tt ds luzics, av�d.a.ftezwai•ds held sway in 1bleanwh,l and Suture auwas g f his m,arria e on : Frehruar 6, 1846.
�ne after another, to kiss ,• i= Y ,,i,• •;, able: toilets.” In fact, our bodices see
who came, o Saxon One qt1 the Guelphs, VV illi m
y
Albert er an u sheLoundetr aT the .House of Lunen z.g,
ing up in Germany. Princeha °1 of St.Jam,es s Palace. fussiness of lace and the
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tile Princeiss and her cousin was grow- speak . o The marriage faook4place',an February
h hand, but , h did net
spa t strewn with odds and ends, from th
far•
anybody, nor did she m9 e the slug sons and" er t dao h jingling
�:02,1_4 of Cobur w s y. , „ :. •• had"seven gh e ere. y
�.�,,,p. ,,, A -. qhs son... Dpxi�,e !;, � ......:The m,arn�w,"- writes - Theodo. e � rets' on ribbon ' to 'the man cha;rlus,i
e £=difteaance, in horizcPaiZuei,,or., sliovct e,
e when sf, a.a, ani The .anus agreed themselves
ter." One nay -he ,h Fe era an at, -� A•srYn,L _� e, August f - :Markin m his, Life of the Prince Con -
not
among seals and :pendants Which -swing on. aur
and toea+- ! any. us her esountenanoe to any mdrvid
iaiain °a wane, to get 1, -,et- and to oto 11, the same enx, a�: princess Vrctoria� , and dis-
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ie- not to.divide the dukedom. One, :to chains.
*alt:-"•. . nail o,f anyrank,station, or party. I' sort, had been wet, foggy a
Acute inflammation •. of the t 'n. -'a urrou corncidanoe con
Lala A andt s c t] ,.
mal, but the day was not 'to' want
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thehappy am,o!n of that sunshine he and his children aftter him were ' trimmings in applique form, but gold
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which came siberward to be . P roves to rule. The unusual arrangement and silver tinsel In combination with
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Nally known as 'Queen's weather.'' was aibsarvad to ;the letter, and colored velvet the newest idea and
most charming in faced cloth or hand.
Soon a teflr the return of the bridal Georgi the sixth brother, won the
matrimonial prize. His youngest sonsome chine silk.
, The heavier makes of lace, such as
be selected by lot, }ras to ;marry, and 1 exquisite are the new., galeas and
carried him off.particularly watched her when Lord
lungs supervened andsidesi.rvg the future oonnactioa of the
.The poor wwudow soundherself, children, that Mme. Siehold, the as- M'olbaurne and the Dlnisterrs andthe
Owing to the Duke's considerable couchese who attended the Duchess of Duke of Wellington and Peel .ap
debt's in a very uncomfortable posi- Oo4auirg, a.t thie birth of the young preacher. her She went through the.
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time of his death.
flan"'at the Drilled:, had only months before whoceremony oecaaionally looking at'.
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r to .re- attended the chess of Kent at the Melbourne ; for instruction when she
brother, Leopold, enabled her a Du
haid. an doubt
what to, r%, ';which
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birth of this Princes. "How pretty I 'y
the little Mayflower, writes h ,�
the hardly ever' occurred, and with per -
grandmother both of Albert and Vic-
feet calmness and self. -possession, but
- at'th,e same ti.mewith a' gracefulm'od
tette., the - Dowager Duchess of Co
burg, to the Dlachess of Kent, "will' esty and propriety particularly inter -
ire 'when I'see it in a year's time. Sie-; es'ting and ingratiating:"
bold can not sufficiently describe what HER ENGAGEMENT.
. On Octet sr:14, 183c9;; -that is
al dear•little love it ie.,„The Mayflow-
the 31st, the new sovereign, the Prince er abevc,spoken of :was; of course, the
Princess Victoria. From .a very early
period the Dowager Duchess permit-
ted herself to entertain the hope that
her two igrandiehivldren would there-
after become man and wire.
On February 25 - 1831, when 'i•no!t
quite 12 years off: age, elle attended
heir first drawing room. "Lady !Jer-
s.ey” w+Titea. the -arousing Mr.Greville,
" made a• soene • with Lord Durham,
She god: -up in a, corner , of the room
and said: ` Lord Durham,' I hear that
turn to Kensington, ,where she hence-
forth devoted herself to the education
of hex child, Queen Victoria,"
PROPHECY ' FULFILLED.
Six days after Fla' death et the Duke
of Kent the prophecy above mentioned
was completely fulfilled by the death
of, his father, -George. III. On Monday,
Runt, was proolaimedGeorge IV. The
health of the new King' wan precari-
ens ;: lois age was advanced ; he had no`
legal heir. The Iluke of York, the
heir apparent, was married, had no
family,, an'd ]tis Duchess was in a de-
olintn g state. The Duke of Clarence,
the next in order, was -of ripe age. He
had had two daughters born to him.
Each of them had died in infancy, but
further issue, though not probable,
was; still not an impossible contin-,
gency. The next in succession was you; have said things about me which`:
the infant Princess at Kensington are 'not true, and I desire that you
Palace. Every year as it passed( by will call upon me to -morrow with a.
made it mare apparent that if only the
life of the royal babe were spared upon
her the mianarehy ultimately must de-
volve. As a matter of fact the pro-
phetic beast of the Duke of Kent was
fulfilled ,ca,rliier than might have been
astscipated. T.he ,Regent reigned
for just 10 years after his ascent to the
throne as George IV., the Loire of
Clarenee just seven years as 'Williams
witness to hear -my positive denial,
and I hope that you will not. repeat
such things about me.' She was in
a fluty, and he in a still greater. He
muttered' that he should never set
foot in Ilea` house'; again which! she did
not hear, and, after delivering herself
of her eeepch she flounced bank again
to, her seat, mightily proud of her
expl'it. 1i aaoele , out of her saying
that he should make Lady Durham de -
August 30, : 1839, King William, ma.nd en audience'af the Queen to coin -
mine bad a,ceedcd to i,he throne on the tradict the. things which Lady. Jer
death of his brother, in 1830, gave a say said of hor, and lo other Whig
dinner party at Windsor on hie birth- allies." These were ,days in which
day. party ,spirit ran High, and penetrated
There was ane ,Person 'whom the the whole' fabric of society in Enig-
Trin:g' ;detested nave even then ,his land. !Within two or three years of
Ministers — the rn ther of 'the Frin- t,hi,5 time P,rinoeae Victoria lied taken
Tale Ducheee of Kent, vv'ho hall not her place in that society as the heiress
been sparing -in her oriticl iras on the to'. tha Engrieh throne..
raoepti.on she had met, Pram: the royal lion• national p i'rposoe the Princess
family in England. - The Duchess had completed:her majority :on the sigh -
applied for a salt of apartments'for teenth anniversary of her birth,,
her own uses in Kensington, Palace, and I On' June 2„ nine days atter this
3taii>freen refused by the King. She event had ,taken place, the King was
appropriated the rooms, .notwithstaud- d/esperwtel.y i11 and dried on June 20.
ing the de,rliai, "The King infornled TR•1d CORD—NATION,
iter publicly that he neithei' tinders tban T,ha King died rlb 4° mu the irzorn-
nor would endure conduct -so` dis- Ing Of ,Trane 20, said the young Queen
resp etfal ;o him. This, though'aaid averther'Ooai,ncia at f<ensington Pal -
loudly and publicly, was only the niut- ale's at 11-a:m. the same day. After
terings af' a storta whis,'h broke, next having received the two royal Dukes,
daryr .I1 was thr- "'GYM 'birthday, and the two' Archbishops., the Chancellor
the,king had invited a hundred people ,and i;hb P•riine Minister --Lord Mel -
to dinner, The Ouehess of Kent sat bcurne—the procl,antation was read to
id of. T1is'(Mbjt,isty olio of .his the Council, the usual order passed,,
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foul
party from, the chapel; the clouds pas-
sed off, the sun shone out with un-
usual' brilliancy and ` the thousands
who. Lined the roads from Bucking-
h'am`Palace to Windsor Castle to see
the sovereign r and her 'husband as
they passed 'were more ,fortunate
than those who had crowded the aven-
ues of St. Janves's Palace in the morn-
versiosmrsil
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ALEXANDRIA QUEEN CONSORT OF
1mNGLAiN`1 ,
Ernest Au.gustus, succeeded ; hula, duchesse, bruges point and the becotil-
marrying the Ebectreis Sophia, dough- 1 ' renaissance lace, are distinctly pop -
ter of the ; King- of Bohemia, whose ular, and the godet collars are newer
wife was the daughter of ; our James than the Etat type and can be worn in
I. ' The. Eleotross Sophia, granddaugh,- various styles.
ter of James I. would have succeeded ' The favorite decoration for a lace
bodice o • bluse is a thou arrangement
o
weeks be,fore that monarch, ,and lier fringed.
to the British Grown on the death of of era a or Bebe velvet with ends the
Queen Anne, But . she died seven p
velvet In loops, the crane tucked ot.
son, George I., ascended the throne
B3' way of Janl,es I, and Ilia daughter of 'tulle .or chiffon are `used, the colora•
the' Quaa s was connected with the reprodtieed' fu long velvet or ribbon
Guelphs. She 'was -also, united in the streamers !-falling to the edge of the
Huge single blossoms set in rosettes
same,: way to the Royal 1Ln1e of Scat- gown,
! The black lace robe, with applications
of. -England, and
the
of , white lace .disposed as a garniture,
sixth',oi£ Scotland, was the son: of
Mary, Quemaf Scots,• whose lineage . ii
,
s quite'the new idea; for this type of
gown and eau be worn over black or
is 'traceable back to Elizabeth,,Jeun-' white.
can, :and Malcolm, .of tragic fare, The I Flat, short haired furs are greatly in
Scotch line, the Normans line, and. the favor this season, and.- as fur is nova
Hanoverian oe G'u.e]rph line, all unite, used for coats, for turndown ec"ollars
in the Queen and. Royal family. , So• and yokes,; a bushy or long haired fur
does the old British monarchy. It is would be impossible,. Very narrow
claimed that one branch of the fame bands of sable, mink and of brown
skunk are used on handsome evening
ily tree reaches to Alfred.the Great
gownsofvelvet and silts, and fiat,col�
and Egbent. The various races unit- Lars and wide revers of ermine are, po
ed in the 'Quee
represenytati,vo of the English of to -
d ly,
lanid, James 1,
Queen made her
distinctly ular on long evening coats.
i30W IT Is -DIVIDED.
The Angie -Saxon '11aec vVpll floral:1st
the World.
The great,powere or the earth start
the new century, with the world divid-
ed up among them' as follows:
Square miles. Population.
British. . 12,151,af,0 490,000,000
11 useless. ,9,0 ', J 180,000,l'00
American. r 3,76.1521 90,000,010
French. 3,638,705 - 95,000,000
Gorman. 1.;223,340: 70,010,090.
Ts 13ri.tigh Empire and the Ameri-
cart ;republic have between them 15,-
919,521 square miles of territory`' and
a panelist10,n of 490,900,000,' three nail -
lien square miles .more territory, and
double the population of the other
three great pm -vers. The Angio -Saxon
race 16 „ vidcutly g:aing to dominate the
world this oenttity.' And that is a.cieeid-
ecily; fortunate thing for the world:
New Year's Nuts an:d ttaisinca.
The time honored,dessert of nuts and
raisins can be varte4L a little' in the'
manner of serving. A fancy arrange•
i11I.T!; DEAD rece"sANCE OLDIE.
Clarence7-Olarissa, I hope you won't
:41150 yourself to be deeply unhappy.
vet;,the b.realcing,al our en4agement.
C1 ri,ssa.—Oh, I won't be unhappy,
Clarenec ; I'm in such a social rush T
w,on't, have time.
FANCY 'ARRANGtui, ENT OF rieri ETC.
trent from 'Table' -Talk is here ehov'f
o1' nuts, raisins statical with 'blanched
.alinonds, tolled in sugar; chestnuts in
bur on top, and sultana raisins. '
aborts
Milk -is said to he a perfect food, but
in 'no sense a beverage and should
never be used as such. " For some iii
valitls it'stippllea all that is necessary
,for sustenance and in this respect dif-
fers from beef tea, which does not
nourish, but only .stimulates, although
Many people still foster the delusion
'that,' It affords both nutriment and
strength; A very little milli, if it:ngreeil
witi5 the individual, - is of more real
value theft a large ciutuitii'y of beet' tea.
Again, eocoa end chocolate, made Witt
!mill<. forrn a riot, heavy flood, 1",11t ter.