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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 hohtt f\f invlfinor fho ?.MW*v VL lufiuug I.UV XV1I15 U11U V^UCCU 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 ^hilHron fnnr j vuy auui ?owuuvu tuiv/uco, auu an" 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 * homely little princess of MecklenburgStrelitz.?The Advance. 1 PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU' Absolutely^ Piirej'" / 0| Baking Rom I improves tha 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; to thp nrPQAnf Hmo ho a t?nf ? r. ?***<?/ UMU UVV UWV1I J/1 V. 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< \TAm. V 1- I- rr. 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< 4 * rH. 1Q mi% j AKING lh 9WDER MSI 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. P > a What are all our losses compared with g having God in our hearts as our inherie tance? Let us welcome any sorrow, pain or loss which brings us nearer to our dear heavenly Father and the divine light which reveals more strongly our sins, and, e seeing our sins, brings us still closer to ^ God in deep, heart-felt penitence and a e grateful sense of his loving forgiveness. We need all our sorrows, disappointe ments and penitence to make us what e God would have us be. So let us say, with " David, "It is good for me that I have been s" afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes. 8 Before I was afflicted, I went astray. But n now I observe thy word. Teach me thy I- ato hitoo txMfV. -- ?k-1- 1 - ?v?kuwH. ?Titu uij wuui? iiean win l ' keep thy precepts." a ? ' Disease Germs i. Cannot harm healthy human bodies. We cannot have healthy bodies unless we have pure blood, 4 ?the kind of blood that Hood's Sarsaparilla makes. ?, This great medicine has an una eq_ualled^unappj-oached record for pari Ajriug nuu ^laivunig tilC UlUUUt r It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions, e catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervousness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, general debility, and builds up the whole system. > G?t it tod * t in the nival liquid form or ia chocolated tablet form called Bursa la bi. 3- ,