Show QUEEN VICI VICIORIA ORIA all the pomp aud splendor and re kleing that be british nation is IB capable of are being put forth in the cole cele bration of the sixtieth an anniversary of the coronation of queen victoria not can it be said fluid that the honor being shown to the royal loyal ruler is in mere lorm and outward show for deep down in the british heart beara to 1 a strong ano abiding love for the girl queen of sixty aty years ago age w whose boas on bet q bent carter of noble motherhood aud and womanhood has haa sudad to her bar crown diadems diadema 0 more priceless value than can be fludd among the remo of the mineral world worl and has given to her a power IV among her people that armies and navies could not dot wield the british queen is ie trusted and re reve by her people with an i affection not real ased by people uD unfamiliar familiar with abe be home lite life anil and sentiments W u those who dwell in the british isles islas and in the bo colonies lonies that giat political allegiance to the imperial often it has bae been that in a constitutional monarchy like great Bri britain taing the royal ruler to Is merely a figureD figurehead eads subject to the statecraft of ministers and parties aud and that the real ruler to is the be premier who bus bas a large political following at lite iila back thin is true in a degree in we theard ord nary affairs of the he gvero meD but bat there share have been times in british history when queen viet vale will bus baa bee so absolu e As aa that da cla nit me d by ADS csar or of emperor when the premier or the political party which would have ventured to antagonize hot her bisbee would have been aebi irom from power at ae with the biting blest of an east wind strange to say bay tie the moist moat prominent of bete bese occasions have been abion the queen stepped forth in the interest or of peace that shag she military aror ar or or of the mili military gary nation over which she he ruled rated was sr ar reigned oo on the be other side the material serit ai fleo ilon kindness and wisdom which queen victoria has ban displayed la in her family as a well a aa national ba ld been an ideal be ore which abrl ish so ciment has bowed with most humble bumble ube liano and to the he lanting honor of the queen it way bay be told aid that her kindly efforts tor for react evor ver hare proved to be on me ade side at 01 her hei uati aba honor bonor and safety and have bave been marked by justice sod aad scarey one means mean by which the queen has a hold upon the affection f her subjects object is the kindness and con KS cration she be haa boa shown to them as aa individuals regardless of their rank and station an AD illustration of her bar course in this regard la is oborn in an i incident related in with the present celebration A abort time since an aged lady in rural england told her bar family that thai she ehe Int intended endea viewing the anniversary ceremonies in london douthi abib month smooth her family thought the idea preposterous but the old lady iv insisted alsted ebe be was 83 years of age and 1 was wait in westminster abbey when the queen was wag crowned her family pointed out the impossibility of her bet paying for or a seat anywhere on OD the six eix mile route but she replied that hobt would write to the queen and write ebe abe did her respectful letter related trio he old jaaes good fortune in witnessing the coron coronation aLion aid the service ton ten years ag and appended was the veterans had bad come down from we the era ot ct the norman conquest the queen made a cordial and gracious reply end and stated that a window in 0 o buckingham palace had been reserved tar far the old lady on an we the day or of the great parade of course too toe incident was published throughout the lana jana idd and the british heart bubbled over with expressions of love for or the good queen victoria by the way there is ala a bady dynow now living jiving la in this city who when a girl in her bar teens teene attended queens queena coronation services it Is Is ie said that alter after alie anniversary celebration in over victoria wil abdicate in favor of the prince of 01 aslop possibly she be may do so ao no aa he be la is pretty well advanced in years ano his hib babits have not been such as aa to ic sure a life as long as his hie mother enjoys yet there is ia some duurt of tb queen surrendering the royal ive iva an aa long as ae she feels competent t t wield it for the british mother queen has never ahurn any inclination to be ruled over by othere she octet elerree to others wishes yet it if obi does retire at this time were there are many others thou than the british matlou wl will feel the that it to is not to a wiser wort matt generous ten gen ercus hearted or trustworthy sovereign Bover eln though he be her own son |