Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1911 — Woman’s World [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Woman’s World

Loyal Belgians Will Celebrate the Queen’s Birthday With Edelweiss.

Photo ty American Press Association. QUEEN ELIZABETH OF BELGIUM. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is thir-ty-five years old, her birthday, July 25, being celebrated by her admiring and grateful subjects as a public holiday. This Is due to no royal decree, but Is entirely a voluntary matter Last year at the queen’s request tbost who wished to please her donned a red celluloid rose, which was sold for a trifling sum. The money from the sale of the roses was set aside as a fund for fighting the white plague. Queei Elizabeth, who is a princess of Bavaria and clever and learned, like all the members of this remarkable royal house, takes a great interest in the campaign against tuberculosis. She is herself a doctor of medicine and frequently visits the hospitals, which are her favorite charities. Queen Elizabeth’s plan for raising a tuberculosis fund was so successful that she has announced that this year her flower will be the edelweiss and that it is her wish that all money derived from the sale of the flowers on her birthday be applied to fighting the sleeping sickness in the Kongo, where the late King Leopoldleft the nation immense possessions. Queen Elizabeth is the mother of two sons, one of them ten and the other eight years of age. She haa* a daughter, Princess Marie, who is five years of age. The queen personally superintends the education of herchfldren, jßven to teaching her eldest son.

who has a talent for music, to play upon the violin. Since she has been in Belgium she has tried in every 'way to promote the welfare of the people. Her interest in education and all good works Is not restricted to permitting the use of her name as patroness for these movements. She contributes money and takes a personal part in the good work. No wonder that the good people of Belgium, after the reign of that selfish old worldling, King Leopold, turn with love to this good, kind woman, who, with her admirable husband, is doing so much to make monarchy popular.