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Whon tho )ato Christopher Sykos first
boon mo prominent in London souioty,
it was tho faBhioa for ovorybody who
was anybody to bo eeon in Uydo Park
on certain days. "Kit," who waB but a
fair whip oven on country roadB, took a
fow losBonB in London driving, and ono
morning, at tho moat crowded hour,
tooled his mail phuoton to tho Row.
Ho had riot got beyond tho Achilloa
Statuo whon his polo crashed through
tho back of a brougham. Kit" throw
tho reins to his man, jumped down and
ran to tho eido of tho damaged curriago,
which wbb occupied by an old gontlo.
man. So sincere and profuee wore
"Kit's" apologios that tho aged ono was
cbarmod, and begged him to say no
more about tho accident. That after
noon Mr. Sykes and his mail phaeton
Bgain appeared in tho park; am1, alas!
k. . no poppeu nis polo neatly through an-
other brougham! He was very sorry, of
course; but not crushed, for ho remem
bered the eiFoct of his judiciously ex
pressed regrets on tho first occasion. So
down ho hopped, and began a string of
polite apologies at tho window of tho
carriage. But, to his horror, tho head
of tho Biimo old gentleman) appeared,
purple with rage, and a voice said: "Oh
it's you again, is it? I'm damned if
twice in ono day isn't too much for any
one!" Christopher Sykes had his faults, and
hia weakness made him a butt, yet ho
wub often a useful counsellor to tho
Prince of WbIob, to whom he was do
voted . Many a time ho bad tho courage
totellH.R. H. homo truths. If the
Prince announced an intontion of doing
a thing not consistent with prudence,
Christopher would just say, with a broad
Northern accent, "Noo yer wean't!" and
the Prince would yield. Another of
"Kit's' virtues was that he never gos
siped. Baron Fredinand Rothschild, another
of H. R. II 'p. most intimate friends, was
ono of tho most modest and popular of
men. To make others happy was the
object of hiB life. The death of his wife
in the tirst year of wedlock, put an end
forever to hiB thoughts of love and mar
riage. Of course he had a few romantic
adventures. He was not distinguisned
in appearance none of the male Roths
childs are but his manner was co
charming that one forgot his plainness.
A certain beautiful countess made a
dead set at him for years, and it was
very amusing to note the perfect cour
tesy with which he kept her at a dis
tance. It wbb so with all women; for
the sake of the one whom he had loved
he was full of consideration for them;
his voice would soften if he so much as
spoke of them; he would take any
amount of trouble to please them and
even to gratify their whims as bis guests;
but it wub a case of "thuB far shalt thou
come no farther."
Tho Du:hoBB of Marlborough looked
li. !... nnrmit ttrlinri aha rtlatrHllfnrl tHft
prizes at tho Oxford High echool fes
tivity. Her little speech wbb delivered
clearly and with perfect grace. Ono of
her pretty sentiments was this: "I
think wo women are happy in knowing
that wo have now mado man acknow
lodgo that higher education must bo a
help to ub in any vocation wo choose to
purauo; but if, on tho othor band, we
prefer to make man's work and his aims
our own in uniting our tfforts with hia,
I think any man will prefer an intelli
gent and educated woman as his com
panion and helper.'" "Companion and
helper" her Grace certainly jb to her
husbnnd.
Lady Margaret Stuart, only daughter
of the MarquiB or Bute, Disraelrs "Lot
hair," iB studying navigation with a
view to gaining her certificate. It is to
bo hoped that she will not do as did
Lady Ernestine Bruce, the daughter of
another MarquiB, who went in for a
master murinor'e cortillcato and ended
by marrying a young seaman, to tho in
fill i to diegust of her relations.
Tho Eonsution of tho wook in Court
circles Iuib boon tho torn pest, in a teapot
causod by tho indiscretion of tho Liver
pool PoBt and Quiver. Tho former pub
lished a contribution by Sir Edward
RuBeoll, whoroln ho told a story of tho
Queen's interview wilh Lord Rosobory,
whon she ''afTectionatoly begged that
statesman not to turn Conservative."
Tho Quivor published a long account,
"by a formor Mair. of Honor," of convor
sations had with Her Majesty about in
international peaco and war. Tho ur
ticlo attracted a great deal of attention,
aa every ono naturally supposed it to
have received tho Queon'B scanction.
Tho Queen was very angry, indeod,
about the articles. Sho deBirod every
prominent journal to Btato, as from her
self, that "there was no truth" in tho
Quivor story; and tho Livorpool anec
doto was contradictod by Lord Rose
bery. Now, of course, everyone is won
ing who "tho former Maid of Honor,'
that had made such a blunder, can bo!
It is thought that tho Duke of York
will represent tho Queen at tho Duke
and Duchoss of Coburg's silver wedding
celebration. Tho Duke is a very good
boy, alwaj'B willing to do jobs to which
his father objects. The reason why tho
Prince does not want to go is that he
dislikes "Billy" of Germany, who intendB
to be in groat force on tho occasion, hav
ingso aays rumor a project at heart
for tho betrothal of hiB son to tho only
unmarried Coburg girl, Princess Bea
trice. She is fifteen, and tho Crown
Prince is two years older. Ho is unfor
tunately rather delicate. It ia easy to
understand that the yound lady's wealth
to say nothing of her Russian connec
tions, make her desirable as a daughter-in-law
for "Billy," wnile the position of
German Empress would be a bait to so
ambitious acmother as the DucheBS of
Coburg. The Prince of Wales does not
like the idea at all.
The Khartoum boom has begun. A
houBO there and another at Atbara are
being furnished for the Connaughts.
Clement Scott must have felt it a
wrench to sever his connection with a
'journal on which he has worked for
nearly thirty years, not only as a dra
matic critic, but also as chronicler of
races, cricket matcher, royal marriages
and funerals, and the beauties of sea
side resorts all over the country. After
leaving Marlborough College he obtain
ed, through the influence of bis father,
"Scott of Hoxton," a well-known writer
for the Saturday Review, a position in
the War Office, where he had plenty of
time to study the drama that he loved.
After the usual vicissitudes that fall to
the lot of the aspiring journalist, E. M.
Levy, then editor and chief proprietor
of the Daily Telegraph offered Mr.
Scott tho. position of dramatic critic,
which he accepted, and haB held ever
Binco. In all probability ho will now
devote hiB attention to the compiling of
his memoirs, which ought to prove in
teresting, when one considers the cele
brated actors and actresses ho was
brought into contact with during a busy
life.
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