THE TWO ROYAL SISTERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1286, 15 November 1911, Page 11

THE TWO ROYAL SISTERS.

The-Tftirirf -of ;1 nte deals out impartially to both tho peasant and the king. It is but a few short years since. Queen Alexandra" wa.s'the idol of millions, the loved Consort-'of a popular Monarch, and the first" lady of the land. To-day-.thc scene is changed, and the pomp and vanities of palaces has boon exchanged for a regime, embracing almost spartan simplicity. As most people are aware, the Dowager Empress of Russia and Queen Alexandra aro sisters, and both Royal ladies own a chateau on the Sound in Denmark. Life at Hyidoro passes very quietly, a secluded life, strangely enough appealing strongly to both. Drives and teas, reading, writing, and feminine 1 recreations pa*s the time, and these, women' who wero once tho cynosure of envious ores, (!re«s simply, receive' old friends, and find full interest in the new routine brought round by tho force, of sorrowful circumstances. The Queen and her sister always go late to bed; the former ganerallv devoting a couple of late hours to her correspondence. It. is a well-known fact that tho Queen Mother- is an excellent correspondent, indeed she enjoys the distinction of Iwing a Royal "Madame do Stacll, and her letters aro no me.ro ono and a half sheets, but lengthy opistle.s full of gossip about her daughters and her son, and her grandchildren, besides other intimate tittle-tattle, which forgivable failing is equally the prerogative of women all over tho world.

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