. In joyful Russia. he Prince of Walesis the most popular man in the country—a saying whichis, I judge, pretty true. However that may be, the oneM^oman in England who rules all hearts by the sceptreof true \^omanhood and unfailing beauty of life is thePrincess of Wales. This daughter of the sea came fromber Danish home many years ago to be the bride of Eng-lands future king. She came a stranger, unknown; butfrom the first her conquest of the British people has beenindisputable, and to-day it is scarcely extravagant to saythat the nation adores her. A similar case to hers is thatof the young Em
. In joyful Russia. he Prince of Walesis the most popular man in the country—a saying whichis, I judge, pretty true. However that may be, the oneM^oman in England who rules all hearts by the sceptreof true \^omanhood and unfailing beauty of life is thePrincess of Wales. This daughter of the sea came fromber Danish home many years ago to be the bride of Eng-lands future king. She came a stranger, unknown; butfrom the first her conquest of the British people has beenindisputable, and to-day it is scarcely extravagant to saythat the nation adores her. A similar case to hers is thatof the young Empress of Russia. She is already creatingan atmosphere of domesticity and gentleness about thethrone whose traditions are stained with violence and withblood. Her mother once wrote to Queen Victoria, I amproud of my girls, for they are warm-hearted and giftedtoo! And in another letter she says: All my chil-dren are great lovers of Nature, and I develop this asmuch as I can. It makes life so rich, and they can never. The imperial family. THE TSAKITSA. 165 feel dull anywhere, if they know how to seek and findaround them the thousand beauties and wonders of are very happy and contented, and always see thatthe less people have the less they want, and that thegreater is the enjoyment of that which they have. I bringmy children up as simply and with as few wants as I can,and, above all, teach them to help themselves and others,so as to become independent. Such, then, is the woman called upon to share theglories of the Russian throne. A woman strong and simplein nature, trained to rely upon herself, and to be quickto help others. Born of a brilliant mother, educated inall the best learning of the day, young and beautiful, whocan say how vast may be the power she may wield in anEmpire peculiarly susceptible to the beautiful and readyto receive the truth? In the latter part of the sixteenth and the first halfof the seventeenth centuries the tsaritsas of Eussia werepractical
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