Show FIFTY HAPPY YEARS KING SOON TO CELEBRATE HIS GOLDEN WEDDING fortunate in ills marriage and in ills his family thin princess of adalem if the of IUM i und anil tile liln f cf greece among III children cop right let by american press AB clit liulam N THE of may ilay the tha king anil and queen of dunmark will celebrate their golden Q wedding from al f a political pc point tint of view tile tho eva event nt AY 1 I V i ia ilof of little importance but as a J family celebration it will trill command the tit attention of the world americans care little for kings and queens but bravo brave men iren and true women me ire imore admired and better appreciated in the united states than in any other part of the world under ir cum stances I 1 do not caro care to write ou this p tr titular occasion of christian IS IN and andl Louisa as king ind and queen of denmark andall ami all the gentles and gatlis goths they are only very small potentates among the crowned heads beads of europe find and their country is not much larger than ohio ind and has less inhabitants than han t that state stale but I 1 lile ithe to write of their standing us its nan man anti and wife as father and mother another As tuch such they are arc entitled to our highest esteem anti ami have set a binning example to all the world do la bruyere once said faid of kill kings ja tie ne manque rieu lien a roi clui la douceur tie de la vie moans means that kings have everything except the sweetness of family life in king christians case history nery cry emphatically contradicts dicas tins this utterance of the great french moralist tho the kings public life ll 11 ha been one constant trouble over ever since lie he ascended the throne on nov 1 As a matter of fact lie lias has been one of tho the most niest tried sovereigns of europe the v ar with austria and prussia cost him holstein and lauenburg but and lie he has been in chronic feud fend with his parliament anti anil ministerial crises seem perennial in tho the little kill kingdom lie ile detects dem democratic socratic ocra tic ideas but nis subjects adhere to them and consequently as a ruler they do ia not t lovo love him As man arid and father however lio they allora idoN buim tho popular ditty of which tha refrain runs it is a lino filio family that or of king christian had no lie derisive meaning when the populace sang it beneath the royal windows ou on a raw november evening in 1 1888 A As husband and wife the royal dinish danish couple are among those fortunate parents choso whoso chil children dien ire are a credit and lonor honor to them settling in life lifland adorning exalted positions position a grace graco and dignity which v would bo recognized even in a republic where honesty frugality temperance and virtus virtue are regarded as the qualities which befit a noble character among the daughters of the royal couple we think first of the beautiful princess of wales then of the czarina of russia whose stately lot involves so much solicitude that no simple american wife need envy tier her brov crown it and throne of thyre the duchess of cumberland tall and handsome hall 0 sonie as a I 1 lily ily the 6 sons oils are prince frederick heir apparent to the throne of Denni denmark denniard ark george king of greece and pance waldemir the sailor the latter also could wear a crown like his father and ancl brothers brother saud and sisters but he lid did not care to ilia kingdom is tho the beas and when tle tie nulo u hiams rians asked him to step on their thron ho wisely declined the private lives of the king filid quern queen have been blameless and irreproachable As parents the danish sovereigns cig ils have been blessed with all the happiness that heaven u can bestow on mortal beings tho the king is the fourth son of duke william of slean lck bolstein glicksburg anti and wa was born april y 8 iain like many other german princes princea ite ho had little of this worlds itches As a por poor lie he chose his wife dotso not so much for tier her beauty as for qualities which would insure a happy f nature he married princess louisa daughter of if tho landgrave of besse cassel on may hay 23 25 18 1842 1812 12 2 at copenhagen site she being his senio C by one year they were a hands handsome olno couple anti and much admired ito ho manly m tilly tall erect she fair aud and sweet 11 like 0 a prec precious ions flower of womanhood many talis tales are told of how their daugh daughters teli now DOW sovereigns themselves made their own dresses trimmed their own hats and took their turns in keeping house so Rs to relieve their royal mother at that time etwas it was not unusual to see thern them driving out all squeezed in fit ono carnage father mother and su BU children tho alio king was then a superior officer in ia the danish army anny and lived 11 1 0 11 v jl N 4 m A 1 pa N v R 1 ajl S 1 awn trie KING AND QUEEN with ili hii family partly in copenhagen and partly in J uge and frankf frankfort ort on the main it is said that duke tian who at that period was waa not even nominated presumptive successor to the darn ai crown increased his small income by giving drawing lessons leb sons once a gy gypsy apsy happened to meet the three young princesses in and insisted on telling thorn them their fortunes alexandra Alex andrawas was to wear a double crown of queen and empress dagmar would rule ruo over a vast empire and tayro would have si I 1 queenly title but no kingdom tho three 3 oun oung girls laughed heartily and little did they dream then that thai thai gypsy told tho the truth today they thay know that shedid ahe did nall and none 0 of tile the sisters hai ever forgotten this thia strange incident it in their ih va though the tha home of duki duke christian was wab devoid of in iury and am splendor yet a happier household was not to be found all over europe how happy in fact diet tile family lifo life of tile tho royal couple laust have bocci is proved by thu the ea eagerness erness chown by all the absent children to conic boino home king christian ind and queen louisa have thirty six grandchildren III all of j whom look longin longingly ly forward for tho approach of tho the annual visit to taci grandparents there the grown up and ami little ones onea enjoy 1 11 I tire life or of unlimited freedom awl it is refi e diug to how well all aln these se english en fisli russian greek anti ami dani danish h couin cou cousins in s harmonize the queen is not only a sovereign but also a queen among women indeed kin king all christian w v IS iia a fortunate man iran when lie ho conque conquered reLl the love of so and good a bride though slie site is seventy live five years old now she does net look more than fifty six sis she is still handsome and with regard to brightness good judgment and gifted nature f few ew wo women men it if any can excel tier lier but more precious pie cious than all these qualities and a I 1 gi greater later treasure than the crown bhe sho wears is lter L ter cr heart of gold if any an woman is beloved in denmark it is slie she fler graciousness gracious noss lim of manner and her kindly looks avin the hearts of all few ladies in private lifo life ire are as S active actina as this queen she sha rises early nand and attends to almost everything personally in her household lier her day is occupied from morning until night B besides e sides she keeps up an exten extensive siv 0 correspondence correspond enco with her three absent daughters ani and her sou son king geor george 3 of greece no one ona can cal write ivorite nicer letters than mamma tays bays her royal hight highness less the nuncess of wales iler her leisure hours the queen devotes to music and printing and she does much to encourage these arts she kretem painting to music however and is herself nn an artist of no mean abilia ability y many a poor village church possesses an altar piece painted for it by her thou though itsie sha has a thorough understanding of music her clearness cleaf ness somewhat interferes with will her enjoyment of musical sounds a weakness which unfortunately also affects affect tho the princess of wales foreign artists are always wel welcome conle in Copen bageL UIO venice of tile the borth 1 N r ir 1 L aa 0 Z ajl 11 f II 11 I 4 it 1 ilio li P 14 FREDERICK KICK ALEXANDRA WALD KING GEOROE ts es it is called abroad both king and queen beldom miss a concert or a premiere during summer tho the court of denmark offers 1 l sight probably the most unique in the world is tle the namo name ol of tile the royal summer residence it is situated a couple of miles front from copenhagen and near to the deer park Dyb haus of which all danes are i cry proud the queen is especially fond of staying there but when 11 tho the childr children ell anil and grandchildren come visiting bernstorff is too small sinal I 1 and the court moves to F fredensborg near elsinore tile tho E S pot to which cling so BO many associations of tile the ill rated fated Il hamlet amlet the castle was built a century and a i half ago by frederick IV on tile the shore of lake esrom in commemoration ot ol tile the peace between denmark unil and sweden at tins this idyllic sylvan spot eve the cair ind and the czarina czari nii III aio 0 able fur awhile tu to forget their anxieties when fredensborg is filled with visitors excursions cur curs to copenhagen are frequent and tile the hearts of tho the danes beat hi high h when they seu MO the empress of all the russians Russian with tier her sister the princes of wales und her brother the king of thy the Ilelle nert o walking quietly about thi the street zeli Lh hupping upping the clup emperor eror of ill kus s sia bia prefers the country and being inore isioro ol of a i like his roa ro at al fabber in law both ride walk and shoot ire together one of the greatest delights of tilo tho king is to I lay play with ills his little grandchildren and he can of often ten be seen seated in ina a cramped op position in fit ia n diminutive pony carriage 0 o ti trusting listing tiu sting hi himself t to 0 the care of a very youthful coachman ichman coi after dinner queen louisa will generally induce her daughters to join her at the piano and often they have played eight handed on two pianos etiquette and ceremony ate aio banished and tile family leads the tha pleasant life of ernida seeking relaxation from worldly obligations early in january januar 7 the court boves into copenhagen and from that time begins tho the scabon at the capital which liets until of april the kings birthday during this tune time the king can often be ba seen walking in tile the streets with no 0 ther other attendants than two collio collie logs dogs one of which is a prescot pre from queen victoria in ili the evening w when lien there ire are tie no court i ecea bious the king and queen visit tho the opera or a concert P F DE DB I CLOTS CLOTH |