Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1890 — THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN.

A Pleasant View of Queen Victoria.

-na IT E E N jW-ri fe > yrises eas ly Awy iflTa 'LZ/h in the morni n K . and after breakfast reads

a and answers her letters £and transacts business. ’She is fond of the ooeu air, and if the weather be favorable often has her papers taken into a tent or summer-house

upon the lawn, which commands an extensive and most lovely view of Lochnagar, its surrounding mountains, and the Valley of the Dee. After this comes a walk or a drive in a pony carriage, and then luncheon, at which no one is ever present except members of the royal family. During the afternoon the Queen takes a long drive, often extending to over thirty miles and always in an open carriage. She dines late, never before 8:30 a. m. An hour spent in the drawing-room talking with the guests who may have been invited, finishes the day, and the Queen retires to rest. \

. No question of state is ever decided finally until her Majesty has been consulted, and she is such a sensible and clever woman that she has often put her Ministers right and settled a difficult point, and generally for the best. The Queen is faithful to hei’ old friends and thoughtful for everybody with whom she comes in contact, remembering the smallest details about them, their families, and their occupations, and giving evidence of this at most unexpected moments. A circumstance which happened to me justifies strougly the truth of thi i. Four years ago I was singing at the Royal Opera at Berlin, and was not even aware that the Queen knew of my engagement there. I. soon after my debut, was at a large dinner party at. the English Embassy, and sitting next to me was one of the gentlemen of the Crown Princess’ household. During dinner he put into my hand a telegram, telling me to read it. This was from the Queen to her daughter (now the Empress Frederick), recommending me to her and desiring her to-do all she could for me. Needless to say that after this 1 was so excited that I could eat no dinner, and I insisted on keeping the telegram, one of my precious souvenirs. Her Majesty is fond of music and is a good musician. The Queen herself looks after the welfare of all her tenants and servants, and if any one of them is sick she is the first one to pay them a visit and take them little comforts. During her stay in Scotland she takes a pleasure during her drives in stopping at various cottages to ask after the welfare of the inmates. When so occupied the Queen is as kind and simple as any ordinary lady could be.