THE QUEEN OF DENMARK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 69, 14 December 1907, Page 11

THE QUEEN OF DENMARK.

...If to be .as beautiful as a queen .is -the cr> terjon of loveliness,, then as ugly as a queen certainly, has .also.a vast distinction. : Few women.achieve it so frankly, so. royally, with such., good'imturo, and suck apparcnt'uherjnscioushess, as Louise,.. Queen of .Denmark. It .is. so easy for an ugly woman to.hc merely commonplace when, often a bit too:.much smartness or- a bit too niuch coquetry renders..her ridiculous. But there is nothing ridic.ulous-about the :? ugliness of Queen :Louisc,' and therein'she.shows herself a.monrlaine'of broad, culture. She personally attains, an -.artistic-'conception: of the ugly! like a .Japanese masquei ■; or .'a Gothic ' gaiigoylo. arid one-can-almost say as-much of a certain very.'cultured 1 American mondaine whom. J could, name. The Queen, of Denmark is g'aiiiit, broatNshou'ldercd, aiid .excessively tall,'; "she. strides and straddles and topples about,; i.n spite of..the cane that aids her; she-' grimaces 'when she smiles; and 'grins '.whe'.n. she talks,■ '. She has neither feminine grace' nor. masculine,'.robustness; she. has the n.ir : of being n's heartily neuter as'a. gnarled oak/.;; And.yet'if one enters a roomful of elegant, women;- where Queen Louise is m'ovi|ig."freely about, one isees nobody hut this majestic, kindly,- awkward .fifru.ro!.' that rndi--ateS/a ;goodfellowship which is never condescensipfi, ,'a reserve that, is never : .hnngliti-. nesa,' a ..cordiality' that is . never .'demonstrative; il'andy above all.- one fools a •faseinati.on in'her/individuality from a plastic and pictorial ;point of 'view. As all ugly women shoulcV be—much more so IKaiv pretty oiies r4thisi'princess is'immensely rich in her.owii right, and her. jewels' are -..of. amazing splen-: dour.'." . • ■-...''. t '-~.!. '.;• On. .Queen. Louise the huge-crown qf diaand grey-pear-shaped pearls, the diamond 'and: emerald : dog-collar, the several necklaces of'pearls, which entirely cover'her bare; neck and. shoulders, the'.jewelled'decora'tions*.tha.t are strung on a .broad blue.cor; dohiaorbs's her 'long.gaunt-..sn,tjn 'bodice.' make all..the- blacker ~b,y- 'contrast the skiiv : and. al).;rthe- more "powerful .and commanding the figure .''winch might well have been carved' and ."lacquered by' some.' c'liiiriing Oriental artist, of., more'artistic ages than, ours.- .• '. : !\Ve,". oftori'. sec '. he'autifu 1 • 'women 'who; fraiikly or unosteiisibly make a cult of their' beauty. If ;more ugly'.women would make a cult of-their ugliness, and more 'old: womenmake a -cult'of"their age, if -only women in general would come to- the conclusion that it is not necessarily desirable that all-should lie. young, beautiful and fashionahle, individual • women would 'present to the cyo | much more character and much more -interest than they now, do— "The Vogue.'.'