Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23

monarch had not spared any expense
TO entertain his guests. Grand banquet
halls had been prepared, tournaments
were being arranged. horse racing. run
ming, shooting and fighting were indulged
in, and everybody said that no more enjoy,
able festival had ever taken place in the
history of nkaland.
When the banquet table was spread in the
evening, the royal board filled with the
most delicious dainties and the richest
wines, the scene in the hall was truly en-,
chanting. The beautiful room with all the
costly furniture and ornaments around the
wall; with the elegantly dressed courtiersi
with theexquisitely delicate display of every
thing delicious on the banquet table that
represented a most fascinating picture for
even the most fastidious.
There was one feature, however, the grand
festival lacked, and that was ladies. There
was not one to be seen anywhere, and thus
the greatest charm of social gatherings. the
brightest gem Of all attractions in life, was
absent, and it was not long before good
many OF the young courtiers noticed 1t.
And when the enjoyment of the testlvlty
was at its highest, and the hearts of some of
the guests had warmed up in the general
excitement, one OF the earls requested the
King to let him make few remarks. His
Royal Highness graciously acquiesced, and
the guest said:
"Long live the King; long live my
friends; may the glory of our country never
wane, but may our renown constantly keep
in the ascendent for evermore. The sub
ject on which 1 desire to address you, my
King and my friends, concerns us
all, and His Majesty in particu-
lar. Look around you. Look at
the glittering walls; look at the
rejecting mirrors, look at the wines on the
table, look at the viands and all the other
things to delight the mind and stimulate
the body; look at it all. Was there ever
such richness, such grandeur such delicacy
displayed anywhere? No! because there is
not another country equal to ours in any of
these qualities, we can put them all in the
shade. But one thing we lack. 1t is the
something without which life is but barren
field, enjoyment becomes wearisome, glory
loses its encouragement, success its reward
and ambition dies out within US all. 1 am
speaking of woman.
"Just imagine for one moment our as
sembly here graced with the ever glorious
presence of queen. Her smiles upon us
all from wonder seat beside our noble King
would be like sunshine to all of us. To
please her, to shine before her, to listen to
her words of approval would stimulate us all
to grand deeds of valor, would en-
courage us to become heroes
and would urge our ambition
to glory and nobleness of purpose.
As the world would be more like cemetery
without the ever-charming presence of
women, as the garden would lose its attract
iveness without the blossoming rose, as the
woods would be harbor of awful monotony
without the sweet song of birds, as the river
would lose its fascination without the fish,
so is a kingdom without a queen an abode
where discomfort is bound to creep in and
breed disgust and misery, indifference and
lethargy. Woman is the allevlator of all
dissatisfaction; she is to man what perfume
is to the flower, what breeze is to the bar
ren desert and what makes life worth liv-
ing.
For that reason, my beloved King and
master, 1, in the name of my brethren at
this festive banquet board, beseech you to
look around among the countries of this