Wichita eagle., 1889-03-08
AMONG THE NOBILITY.

THE Queen Of Greece is not Dolly Var.
den in her taste. She only wears two col
ors, the white and the blue.
THE Prince of Wales has been exceeding
~ unfortunate upon the turf He received
no return last season for $4,000 paid for
yearlings.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Battenberg, has
been occupied during the last two years in
writing an elaborate history of his seven
years reign in Bulgaria.
THE German Empress, says the London
Star, is perfectly colorless character, who
has no opinions Of her own, and she is
completely under the domin alton of her hus-
band.
IT is said that the Marquis of Salisbury
has expressed his readiness to ask Parlis-
ment for a grant of 91500O a year for the
eldest son of the Prince of W ales as soon as
that young man desires to get married.
THE Duke of Portland owns six country
seats and is a member of at least seven
clubs, but he can not speak half a dozen
words in public with ease, and he carefully
prepares, or has prepared, all his speeches,
and reads them off as a young curate reads
the lessons at church.
STEPHANIE, the widowed Crown Princess
of her wedding as sthe most beautiful
Princess in Europe Now it is said Of her:
eff she had been chambermaid in hotel
nobody would have noticed her, so common
place was her physiognony"
THE Princess Mathilde Bonaparte contem-
plates giving her memoirs to the world.
Her career has been romantic, she has lived
among distinguis he'd people, and her salon
hac for IF ba nt-
tractive in Paris The Princess is sue
cessful artist, and many of her water-c olors
have been exhibited at the Paris salon.
THE Princess Bismarck, speaking to
friend shortly after a man in Posen had left
her husband about $500, said: ''rm so glad
Bismarck got the money, just at this time
when he needs good, steady horse to ride.
He always refused to buy one on the ground
that he couldn't afford it. 1t comes in
handy, doesn't itl'' The Prince, it will be
remembered, has an income of Sl25,OOO a
year.
QUEEN VICTORIA is so fond Of fresh air
that she is in the habit of sleeping with
open windows even in the dead of winter
The Empress Maria Theresa, of Austria,
was more peculiar in this respect. Her writ
ing table, even in winter, was close to the
drifted in and fell on the paper on which
she wrote. 1t frequently happened that the
hands of the hair-dresser were partly frozen
while attending to her Majesty's couture.
EMPRESS VICTORIA, of Germany. and the
Queen of Italy are said 70 be the two clev-
crest and most highly-educated women in
Europe. The Empress Victoria is brilliant
conversationalist, but Is not as witty as
Queen Margherita. The former, however,
is possessed of a knowledge of scientific
subjects most remarkable for a woman.
She Is able TO converse learuedly with such
men as Virchow and Won Helmholz, and her
comprehension of her husbands case has
awakened wonder among his physicians
IT is not generally known that the Queen
Of the Belgians eXcels in the art of produc-
ing bowls of FISH from handkerchlefs. and
causing coins, watches and other articles to
vanish into thin air In other words, &C
cordlng TO an English paper, she Is prac-
ticed adept at conJuring. The late Prof.
Hermann gave her private instructions in
the mysteries of his craft. and, as he de-
clIned to take any remuneration for hrs
services, his royal pupil sent the pro-
lessons wife magnificent bracelet and
pair OF diamond earrings. On his seventeen
birthday Hermann received kind letter
from the Queen, in which she remarked
''Do not be afraid; have not divulged YOUR
secrets TO auv onen