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November 17, 1909. THE
Princess," cried one of her companions.
It actually proved to be the fact. The
post brought a letter from the young
sovereign of England, asking her to be
his queen. The princess was not the
woman to refuse so honest and sincere
a wooer, and the marriage accordingly
took place. The wedding was a splendid
alTair; the bride's dress was of white and
silver, with an endless mantle of violet
velvet lined with crimson fastened on
one shoulder by a bunch of large pearls.
Charlotte was eighteen, and King George
was twenty-three.
They led the simplest, happiest lives
of any married couple I ever read of.
With all his political errors, George III
was an honest, stainless gentleman; and
he and his wife were devoted to each
other. They loved simple pleasures, and
urn not enjoy tne gay pageants and the
costly entertainments of court life; but
neither shirked its duties. Their happiest
hours were passed in the country
among rural retreats. They enjoyed the
simplest pleasures?quiet, dreamy walks,
little country dances to which a dozen
couples were invited, and where the
honest, good-hearted King and his little
Queen would stand up and dance three
hours to the same tune. Other evenings,
the Queen would play on the harpsichord
and sing; then they would have
a game of cribbage, and after such an
innocently spent day they would go to
bed without any supper.
Does not this seem very commonplace
and domestic, not at all as we dream of
royalty? But George III and his Queen
were not like other royal personages.
Charlotte Sophia was a very domestic
person, caring more for her household
and her children than for the gayeties
of royalty. She could play the part of
a queen, however, when necessary; but
her tastes were simple. The homely little
princess was one of the best of mothers.
She had I don't know how many
children?almost as many as the old
woman who lived in a shoe?but they
were all well brought up and carefully
trained.
At their country home at Kew, the
royal children had a little farm, and
raised their own crops, and were in the
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to partake of their simple rural meals.
Was it not a pretty idea? On these occasions,
Queen Charlotte and her husband
would take a holiday in the country, and,
forgetting all about the cares of royalty,
enjoy themselves Just as any private
person would do.
For fifty-seven years, Charlotte Sophia
occupied the high station of Queen of
England, all of which time she was the
most exemplary wife in Europe and one
of its best women. She died in 1813, aged
seventy-three years. Of Queen Charlotte's
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other was the father of the late Illustrious
sovereign of Great Britain, Queen
Victoria, whose strong domestic qualities
and best elements of womanhood were
1. inherited from her grandmother, the
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A RARE OPPORTUNITY.
Miss Houston's Trip to Cuba.
To those interested in my proposei
trip to Cuba, I wish to say the time o
starting has been postponed. The prot
able time of leaving now is the last o
November, instead of the second.
One hundred young women and tei
chaperones are desired. That number u;
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cured. I ask the help of Christian womei
of all evangelical churches in securin;
the class of young women, who promis
future good to the cause of Foreign Mis
sion8?the "bone and sinew" of Missioi
ary Societies, those present at the smal
monthly meetings. I am glad to stat
that some are availing themselves o
particulars for those who think they hav
not the money.
I can now give definite figures, as th
steamship rates have been gotten. Th
whole cost of trip from Richmond, Va
a month on the Island of Cuba, and r<
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iuiu iu new iuik is *ioz. i raveier
tell me it is amazingly low. One womai
impertinently refused it as the imposs:
ble. It is the result of some months o
work, in the interests of those who hav
no money to throw away.
By visiting New York and Washing
ton, I have also brought expenses o
costume and outfit necessary, to a lowe
figure than it would have cost the ir
dividual.
Material for white serge coat suit, $
to $6; Material for blue serge coat suit
$12 to $13; Taffeta waist, blue or wint
$3.75; Taffeta drop skirt, $3.75; Taffet
cap, $2; Straw suit case, $1.75; 1 pai
white silk gloves, $1; 1 Collapsibl
umbrella, $3; Patterns for suit, 25c,
Any one wishing to act as chaperon
who is in mourning, will not be re
quired to change dress.- And any chap<
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rone having already a anavy blue coat suit
may use the same, only wearing the cap
in black or blue. But the rank and file
of young women are strictly required to
wear the white suit of material and pat*"
tern gotten from me. The time will not
exceed six weeks.
For further particulars, Miss Janet
Q Houston, Y. W. C. A., Richmond, Va.
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^ God in deep, heart-felt penitence and a
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ments and penitence to make us what
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" David, "It is good for me that I have been
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