El Perú ilustrado: semanario ilustrado para las familias familias

6 EL PERU ILUSTRADO. ¡ Qu~ secas son las flores! ¡Qué borras- tentions, and in my zeal for the public was Williarn Wilbeforce; both laughed as -cosas las noches! welfare, that support and those resources an unexpected wave rippled over the feet of ¡Qué intranquilo late el corazón! which usually belong to a more mature the Princess. As the Duchess and her * * * age and to longer experience .... Educa- daughter passed up the B igh Street to Suena la ronca trompeta y la batalla ted in England under the tendel' and en· their residence, the child was seen to run so hace fragorosa. lightened care of a most affectionate back ancl put sorne silver in the 1ap of an El ca: ñ.ón retumba, y sólo el pecho del mbther, I ha.ve 1earned from my infancy to, old lrishwoman sitting on a doorstep. capitán Fernándo destila sangre, porque respect and love the constitution of my Two years later we get another picture of la rosa de la ingrata Isabel no sabe de- native country.» Princess Victoria from Lord Albemarle's fenderló. How those high hopes have been abund· "Autobíography." He says: "One of my Y en el fragor de la batalla, el capitán tlntly realized her people know well. occupations of a morning, while wait- Fernándo repite estos cantares, que es- Queen Victoria was 1orn at Kensington ing for the Duke, w:is to watch from the cuchó el viento ~n la noche borrascosa: Palace on 24th May 1819. Her father, \~' indo': the rnovements of a bright, pretty -Yo no seré valeroso y mi brazo des- the Duke of Kent, was the fourth son of httle girl, seven years of nge. She was in mayará en sus golpes: la muerte cerrará Geotge III, and was superior to any of his the habit of watering the plants irnmed- mis ojos, porque Isabel no me ama ni me brothers in the qualities that command res- iately under the window. It was nmusing será fiel. pect. It was, of course, by no means cerJ to see how impartially she divided the Y el capitán Fernándo siente posarse tain that thc Duke of Kents's three elder contents · of her wateringpot between the las alas de la muerte sobre la sudorosa broLhers would all die wit1 10 ut l cav ing flowers and her own little feet." She was frente, y cae destrozando: con la crispada ~hildren, but he himself always belie\' ed usually dressed in "a large straw hat, an.l diestra la. rosa tinta en su sangre. it would be so, and used to delight to show a st1it of white cotton; a colourcd fiehu ¡El enemigo ha triunfado! his little bal>y girl and say, « Look at her rouncl the neck ' 'rns the on]y ornamcmt she Muy triste es 1u, sepamción eterna ¿nó well; she will yet be Queen of England.» wore.' ' es verdad? E h · l h First arnong the infiuences that. made conomy was anot er virtue w üc the Pero es más triste cuando todo turba our Queen what she uow is, must be noted Duehess inculcated with great earnestness. la paz de las almas que se alejan por una the ceaseless watchful care of a devotcd But for the liberal Lel p of her brother eternidad. rnother. The Duchess of Kent nursed her Leopold of Belgium, the family would have ¡Qué sombríos son los campos de ba- infant at hei· own boscrn, and attendcd been much straitened, until Parliarnent, talla! ¡Qu~.inlranquilo late el corazón, persunally to her bathing and drossino-. seeing how nearly the Crown was aprocah- aunb e~ m e io e la muerte que toclo lo As the child grew older the littl e one Pfl~- ing her, rn:ide a fitting allowance for the ac~ ~: I b 1 : d ª. . d took of her meals at a srnall table beside rnaintenauce and education of the Princess. . nt onces. 1 saf 1 ~ ·aserda. esºrncia ª en her mother's but always of the fo<1d. pres- Other branches of the fomily had shown su in ranqm a e ic1 a . ¡ .. b 1 · h ' F p · f ·f 1 ] f a h 'f * cr1 ec for er . or ten years the nnress 1 ea1 u exa n1 p es o spen t n t extra va- ., * * never slc>pt out cf llC'r mother's room. ga.nccs, and the Duchess carefully tanght . Y o~otros ¡oh JOV~nes ! que alfeSuna vez And all thi::i car'e d health and physical her c.-laughter the necessity of liviug within 1~é~s a la guena; 01d el cond8JO ele los developme 11 t was snppkni L·:ited by thc her rneaus. VleJOS: ,. , . wisest of trniniu g as ng 11 rcls her mind. The Princess, as a girl, had her regular . -No ameis a mUJer q.ue, como Isa.bel, As to the mental p•)wers developecl, they allowmice, flnd was expected to rnnke it tiene dos rosas: la que fresca da la vida, were carefully cultivatea, and the Priucess suffice for everything, and on no account la que seca y deshoJada da la muerte. wcis ready at. the appointed time to enter to overrun it. Once at the bazar at H1LDEBRANDO FUENTES. on the augnst career which in the provid- Tunbridge W el ls, in the yenr 18~7, she "Jubileo de S. .M. Victoria.'' Thanks to the contribution of S1)me of the mem bers of the distinguished English colony, our Mr. Haybaud has been enabled to compile the followiug few characteristic lines of the life of B. M. Queen Victoria, whose 50th annivers~ry of her ascension to the throne is fea.sted throughout the globe wherever an English heart beats. «God bless our young Qreen, >> "\ras the universal aspiration that thrilled the heart of England when the rnaiden Princess Victoria was called from her quiet home at Kensington to rule over the Ernpire upon which the sun never sets. And now that the seven times seven years, with their mingled triumphs and trials, have been aocomplished, and the natiou haih with joy its monacch's jubilee year, «God bless our widowed Queen» is a prayer that unites in heartfelt sympathy meu and women of all ranks, sects, and parties. In her first proclamation to her people the young Queen, after announcing thc fact of her ascension, went on to say, «This awful responsibility is imposed upon me so suddenly and at so early a period of my life that I should feel rnyself utterly oppressed by the burden were I not sustain- ed by the hope that the Divine Providence which has called me to the work, wi]] gi v~ me strength for the performance of it aud t.hat I shall find in the pul'ity of hly in- ence of God was to be hers. had expended all her pocket-money, in a When six months (lld, Pri11cess Y i ctoria was taken to Sidrnouth, cin thc Devonshire coast. \Vhilst herc shc had her first narrow escape from being kílled. A boy, who was shooting sparrows, sent a charge uf small shot through the nnrsery window:,;, and sorne of the shut passed clos:; to the head of the little princess. It was a few c1aYs after this incident that the Duke of Kent. coming in with wetfeetafter walkingin th~ grouucls, staye<.l play ing with his baby in- stead of c.:hanging his things, until a chill struck him. Severe inflam?..tion uf the lungs set in, and on 3rd J anuary 1820 he clied. ' ' .\V-h~n about three years of age, Princess y1ctor1~ wns thrown out of a po11y chaise m Kensmgton Gardens, and narrowly es- caped heing crnshed beueath the wheels but Providei~ce had other dcsi<:rns for th~ child, and she was rescued fr<~n destruc- tion. A soldier caught at her dress just in time, and swung her into sa.fety. Although mostly residing t•ither at Ken- sington or Claremont, our Pri11cess was often tnkell to thc sea-side. Ram:;aate was f . b a avounte spot with her mother and her- self, and a. writer in F?·aser's 1lfagazine tells us how he sa\v the Princess when five years old playing on the Harnsaate sands in her simple dress, "a plain st1~w bonnct with a white ribhon round the crown, a coloured muslin froclc, looking gay and cheerful, and as pretty a pafr ot sh<ws onas pretty a pair of feet, as l e\·erremem- ber to have seen." Talking to her mother, number of presents for various relations and friends, \.\'hen she r<>mem berered an- other cousin, anc] saw a box marked half- a-crown whic:h would be just the thiiia for him. The Lazar people wished to en~lose it with the other articles purc:hased. But t]le goveruess sai<l, "No! yo u see the Princess has not the rnonev and so of course she cannot buy the h~;. 'I1he offer was then made to lay aside the box until purd111!"ed, and to this the Priucess thank- fully asficlltcd. As soon as quarter-clay carne round, she went to the bazar on her donkcy, befare seven o'clock in the mom- ing, and earned the box away with her. The future Queen was quietly getting on with he1· studies, or visitiug various parts of Eug1and with her müther. .At \V e11tworth H1.1use, the seat of the Earl Fitzwilliarn, she hada curious little expe-' rience. One damp morning she was about to descend a sloping piec.:e uf lawn, >Yh•m an old gardener called out "Be careful, Miss, it's slape ! " ' 'What's slnpe?" said the Princess; but almost immediately her feet slipped frorn under her, and the future Queen measm·eL1 her Jength on the darnp grass. The old gardener hurried to help her up and gravely said, "That's slape Miss." It was at ear]iest dawn or 20th June, 1837, thnt King Willi:nn IV, breathed his last. Often has the story been told how the Archl>ishop of Canterbury and other