. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ough so many bereave-ments, she looked exactly as when I saw hereight years ago. She made loving inquiryconcerning her brother, the Crown Prince ofDenmark, who had sent her a message by was full of reminiscence. She said: Doyou remember the handful of flowers I pluckedfrom this arch, and sent them to your family?You stood there; and I, with my smaller chil-dren, stood there. How well I remember thatday, but oh, what changes! Then her eyesfilled with tears and her voice she is the daughter of a king, andwas
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . ough so many bereave-ments, she looked exactly as when I saw hereight years ago. She made loving inquiryconcerning her brother, the Crown Prince ofDenmark, who had sent her a message by was full of reminiscence. She said: Doyou remember the handful of flowers I pluckedfrom this arch, and sent them to your family?You stood there; and I, with my smaller chil-dren, stood there. How well I remember thatday, but oh, what changes! Then her eyesfilled with tears and her voice she is the daughter of a king, andwas the wife of an emperor, and is the sister ofthe King of Greece and is the mother of anemperor, her manners are as unaffected as those of any lady we ever saw. Shelaughed and joked with the ladies, asked familiar questions and interested us allas we have never been interested. She invited us to come, the day after, to herpalace, and see the Queen of Greece, who is now visiting Russia, and who hadreceived me at Athens years ago, but our plans would not allow CROWN PRINCESS STEPHANIE OK AUSTRIA LATER SOJOURNS IN EUROPE 315 The imperial carriage that had met us at the train returned us, and therepresentative of our American Embassy accompanied us to St. Petersburg,and we felt that we all had passed a day of absorbing interest. MRS. TALMAGES IMPRESSIONS One of the most pleasing literary souvenirs of Dr. Talmages travelsduring the summer of 1900 is the following letter from Mrs. Talmage, writtenafter her return, which records her impressions, in true womanly fashion, ofwhat she saw and heard during her sojourn amid royal palaces: No sooner had I stepped ashore from the Oceanic than the question wasasked me for publication: You have had abundant opportunity this summerof studying royalty in Europe. What do you think of it in comparison withrepublican simplicity? As this question has come to me repeatedly I proceedto answer it, though somewhat reluctantly. Yes, we have had an oppo
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