QUEEN VICTORIA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 258, 6 November 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

QUEEN VICTORIA.

SOME: FINE TRAITS IN HEBj ■ i

CHARACTER,

Miss ?iMary Krout, an American writer who visited New Zealand :a! few. years ago and who is now inEng-: land, remarks in a recent letter to; the Chicago "Inter-Ocean:—"There is one striking characteristic of the Queen,, and that is acertainuniversal! interestI'm her people and. all that, pertains to them.. Occupied, and, no: doubt, often harassed by affairs of • State,.with every detail of which she.: is perfectly cognisant, yet she turns: aside from all this to speak a word of comfort and to express in some way; s her sympathy for any who-may appeal to her. At the beginning of the: Jubilee rejoicing, an Etoh boy fellunder r the wheels of a railway carri-' age just as the royal train was leav-> ing the station. The lad was fatally,: injured;and .was removed to the hospital. The Queen at once telegraphed to.v know his condition, and her ser-> vants were sent to inquire after him: daily- until he: died. Oh; the day of the Jubijee two. children in :ah ;ob-: scure little hamiet were killed by the falling of the limb of a tree while the Jubilee was being; celebrated,' and tothe ; parents of each the Queen sent her con&dlehcSsi _hd_ shm o_ iBL&aO ah old woman who.-was horh.dn.he^ birthday she sent a sum of .Money ahtt^ *"*~" a pension for the remainder of ,her life. Her head dresser at Balmoral, a worthy Scotch woman, died during the Jubilee, and the Queen was repre-. sented at the funeral, to -which she sent flowers. There was not a detail in the arrangements for the Jubilee that she did not notice, &nd there was' not aresponsible official who .aided in promoting-' its* success that she did not thank personally,' being particularly appreciative of the efforts of the chief of police for the wonderful order which prevailed throughout the day. Neither blind, insane, imbecile, nor sxiperannuated, it must "be conceded that the sovereign of the British empire adorns her ex_lted posi-' tibn. Virtuous, high-minded- discreet, an example to her people in her fidelity to duty and in her upright life, it is little wonder that they are so conr tent under her rule that there is no, desire to crown her successor. For with the many other stories afloat, it. has: been said that her subjects are exceedingly tired of her.and that they will welcome the accession of the Prince of Wales. There is as little! truth in this as in the other stater iments; there is a" feeling of confidence and trust in the Queen that Has; been tested by a reign of sixty years.' Whatever is destined to come must be, more or.. less experimental. There is no love for change, no restles'shess! under one protracted administration, andythe English people never sang the National Anthem more fervently >nd feelingly than they sing it to!day.» ....;:.,