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.( N VIOLET VIVIAN, MAID OK IIONOK TO TIIK QIEEN. I . A I ) Y CONSTANCE
1 1' KEN ALEXANDRA is
ft J I wl-v .",,n Anno, in
N-C ' that she takes the sin-
UJJ cciest pleasure in flow-
ers ami pretty women.
Sun e hiT hiirdiaud has assumed
supremely royal slate ami iiiflu-cn:-e
she has slowly, gently, hut
firmly been retiring, from all the
posts of honor ubout her person
ami householil. (he
frnniiy elderly ladies
ti it il lo the pleasure
gracious iiueeil.
Ity the time the
good but
who minis
df lh late
coronation
lakes place the English court will
be justly famous for u galaxy f
lovely glrta ami youthful matrons,
all worthy Ihe brush of Sir l'eter
a ly ami the admiral ion of that
notable judge- of funiuine beauty,
gay King Charles II. About the
court this preference of the
qu i n's for good looks and go; d
tempers and good hearts in well
known, ami nobody was in the
least surprised when two of the
ini st piet urt sque twin beauties in
Croat Hritain were chosen as her
first maids of honor. These eweet
girls are the Honorable Doric" and
the Honorable Violet Vivian.
Though they are twin sisters, they
ar- not counterparts one of the
other, and the Honorable Violet
is esteemed rather the fairest of
Ihe two. If tlu Honorable Doris is just .1
trifle- less perfect than her tall, slender,
chestnut-haired, violet-eyed, Russet 1 1
mouthed sister, she is keenly witty and
quite as popular with the queen, who is
not so seven- a stickler for royal etiquette
as was her predecessor, and likes to hear
of the Jokes ami prankis of her shrewd
iiia ill of honor. The Honorable Dorin is
one of the few persons who can read aloud
to the satisfaction of her tnistrtss. who Is
bard o' hearin', but does not wish to be
reminded of her weakness.
EN ATOll HOAR'S brother, who is a
distinguished jurist, has as pretty
a wit as the venerable, statesman
himself. There was a funeral
a short time ago in the town
lives of a man who, while very
been mean and miserly, related
York World.
where he
rich, had
the New
"Are you going
asked Mr. Hoar.
"No," he repli
of it."
to the funeral? a man
1, "but I am iu favor
"Out in my district," sail Representative
Landis of Indiana, quotnl by the Washing
ton l'ost. "there was a quaint old character
who finally succumbed to illness and had t
take to his bed. Much against his will the
village preacher came to s -e him and. as
usual, indulged in a prayer by the i-l k man's
bedside.
" 'And, O Lord,' prayed the minister,
'give unto our sick friend a new heart.'
"'Hold on there, parson!' int rruped the
patient. 'It isn't my heart that's troubling
me. 1 wish you'd ask the Lord to give me
a new liver!' "
Ambassador Horace Porter si ill tells as
go d stories as lie used to before he went
to live abroad in a diplomatic capacity,
sas the Huston Herald. At a dinner in
New York the other night he regaled h's
hosts with a description of how the Amer
Beauties Who
COI NTESS OK CKOMAIITIE.
Next afler the Vivian girls, as these
sweet maids are familiarly spoken of in
London drawing rooms, the queen Is fomlint
of the Ladies Hutler, the daughters of the
marquis of Ormonde, and are counted the
two handsomest women in Irish society.
Iast year Iidy Heat rice Hutler, the oldest
sister, married for love the gallant (leneral
I'ole-Carew , and her sister, Lady Cons'anee,
is invited to serve at court. Iady Constance
is an all around modern girl; almost fault
less in feature ami coloring; a finished
horsewoman; an expert in and on th.
Gleanings from the Story Tellers' Pack
icans in I'aris celebrate the Fourth of July
when they set about It. At the last an
niversary of the Immortal declaration
somebody proposed that the American flag
be run on top of the Eiffel tower. This
was considered a rather rash proposition
tit first, but the enthusiastic Yankee who
made It wouldn't be discouraged. He mad?
the necessary arrangements with the Eiffel
tower management and the Stars and
Stripes floated from the top of the tower
all day. "It reminded me," said Ambas
sador l'orter, "of the small boy when they
said to him on the Kourth of July to stop
wiping his nose. He said: 'It is the
Kourth if July ami il is my nose and I
am going to wipe it off the face of the
earth.' "
Two interesting war-time stories were
told the other day by Senator Haeon of
(leorgia, relates the Washington l'ost. One
of them concerned Senator I'ettus of Ala
bama, who, as everybody knows, was a
gallant officer in the confederate army.
In one of the battles before Vicksburg Sen
ator l'etliis. then a colonel, was capture!
and carried as a prisoner before (ieiicral
(Irani.
"Colonel." said (irant when the prisoner
was brought before him, "what are those
i roups out in front of me?"
"Central." replied I'ettus. "1 must de
cline to answer thai question."
Surround
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HITLER. D.U'CIITER OK THE MARql'lS
water; a clevt r water coloriw; a maker of
the most delicate varieties of fine Irish
lace; a linguist end a charming companion.
She yachts with her father, physics and ad
vises und jests with the Irish peasantry on
her father's estate, and is delightfully un
spoiled by admiration and wealth. She Is
to take her turn as a court lady during the
coronatii.il. in association with one of the
prettiest women and boldest fox hunters in
the I'aitel Kingdom, the Honorable Ethel
Cerard.
The horse lias yet to be found that this
(oncral (irant looked him in Ihe eye for
a moment. "You are right, colonel," he
said. Then turning t an ollieer nearby
(irant said: "Take this gentleman to the
rear and treat him kindly."
Senator I'ettus has never forgotten that
interview with (ieiicral (irant.
The other story illustrates the same no
bility of feeling in (leneral Robert E. Lee,
the commander of the confederate forces.
It was at the li se of the battle of (ict
tysbiirg. As (ii neral Lee rode from th -field
he came upon a young union soldier,
a mere boy, lying mi the grass, wounded
The boy, though painfully hurt and unable
to rise, had a spirit not to be queiichid.
As he recognized the confederate uniform
be raised himself upon his elbow. "Hurrah
for the union!" he cried defiantly, though
with fetble voice.
Cent ral Lee got dow i from his horse,
went over to the boy and laid his hand ten
derly on his head. "I hope, my son," he
said, "that you are not much hurt and
that you will soon be well."
Ceorge H. Daniels, general passenger
agent fir the New York Central railroad,
is not easily taken in, but there is a story
Moating about among railroad men of how
the editor of a country newspaper once
get the belter of ti i ill ill the matter of
passi
Thls editor, who was a pi rsonal friend
England's Queen
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OK ORMONDE. HON. liolilS VIVIAN,
HON. ETHEL C.K.KAUD.
courageous oiing lady would fear to ride,
and yet, despite tile fact that tdio comes ol
a long line of hard rid.ng maternal as well
as patirnal ancestors, she is in no sense u
horsey girl, off her horse she i a frou
frou as a Parisian marquise, mil she has
long bun a prime favorite wph ill
queen, who admire her high spirits
and her genlle voice and big appalin
gray eyi s.
If women below the lank of duchess were
permitted to bear the canopy over the
quei n ill Wesliuilisl. r Abbey il is safe to
if Mr. Daniels, had a brother, to whom lie
used to give some of his free transporta
tion. Mr. Daniels found this out and tlio
next time his friend wrote for pass s In
replied: "Sorry lo refuse you, but I've
been told you've been giving them away lo
an outsider."
A few days later Mr. Daniels happcnid
to be in the village and called on the ed
itor. "You see how it Is," he ixplaimd.
"I am willing to do almost anything for
you I can, but I hear that you give away
the passes to your brother. Now. I don't
know your brother, but I know he has n
claims on the road."
"My poor brother!" xclaiined the editor
indignantly. "Why, the last time 1 saw my
brother a hearse was carrying him to the
cemetery."
Mr. Daniels was apologetic and regret
ful. "I didn't know that your brother was
dead." he said, "and I am very sorry. I'll
s' ml you transportation at once."
He did so and Hie biolher took a trip to
N.w Vi.i-k in il. A few weeks later Mr.
Daniels met auntle r friend from tic edi
ti r's town and remarked lliat he was s ri
to hear of the death of Tom's brother.
"Why, Tom's brother isn't dead." said
the other. "I saw him just before I cam"
away, driving his hearse. He's an umb t
laker, you know."
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"They certainly know more about pel
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MAID OK HONOR To Til K tjlKEN.
pi'dirt that the iiuinicsH of
t'romartie would have been one
iif the four chosen In this
high olllce. As il was. tin
quei -n deliberately passed over
Ihe claims of many superior
elderly ladies who bilicvcd in their
divine right to assist at corona
tions and picked out her four
canopy bearers, because they were
young, pretty and eminently like
able. Their grace of Suihril ml.
Marlborough, Montrose and roll
land are to support Hie queen,
really to the disgust if the
duchess f Devonshire, etc.
Among tin- assisting women
only will be seen the pretty,
piquant counless of t'romar
tie, w!i is a countess and
heiress qiiHe in her own right.
She Is lirsl coin-Hi of Hie duke of
Sutherland and through her f. it her
inherits the earldom of Cromarlle,
which he Inherited from his
niolhir. who was also countess of
('romartie in lor own light. I .ail y
'romart le, with all her wealth
and good lin ks mill high lineage,
chose to marry Major llliint, ami
he ami she li.e al Castle I, end or
at Tarbard House on Cm-
marl 1
even
tdic
I laelie as llui li
Her sisli r is
Kirlh.
to her
is Scotch
nil ihlngs,
aw accent,
and speaks
ly as her Highland tenantry,
the sturdy Lady Coiis'an e
Mai ki ti.ie, who rides astrde. ami swims
like a South Sea island t, and travels as
industriously as Sinbad Ihe Sa.lur. and cares
not the snap of her fingers lo be al caurl.
Iady Cnuiiarlie is gentle and donieslli' and
a truly warm friend of the queen, who,
though old enough to be her mother, is not
ill Hie leas! overshadowed by the fresh
young bi aiilies she pleases to gather ab nit
her.
hies in Indiana than in any ollnr stale
In the union," sail Colonel Harry Hall to
n New York reporter. "Every man Is a
politician. An experience I had when I
was stumping the slate ill lV.oi for McKinley
shows how i lusrly labs are kept.
"1 got off at (iicenciiistle lo get a sand
wich and met a prosperous looking man at
the lunch counter.
"How ate things politically?" I asked.
" (ili. liist rate,' he said. 'We've got '.in
t his ear. mire.'
" '( ii I w bum ?' I asked.
"'Why. ihe democrats. We've been
lubting th m fir yiars and we've brought
h- ib-mocrai ie majority in this county
down so that we t ii d 'em last time. This
lime we'll whip 'em.'
"'re you sure of it?' 1 asked.
"(Vrtaiir lie said, with the inmost con
viction. 'Why, strangir. three republicans
have moved Into the ft unly and there ain't
a family in the county with a sick re
publican in it. We can't lose.' "
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While Ci imrcssiuaii Waniock of Ohio was
sirring as Judge of the court of special
pleas in his disiiict, whiih poillon he held
for ten jiiits. h" wa.i one day tring i
case ill which a woman was a witness. An
attorney aski d her age and the williess
I esilated. ' Heller answer the question
now," said the lawyer. "The longer you
-hi.-i'aie the older you will bo."