The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-23
From. the Neo York Recorder.

GUS. naughty and cynical bachelor in the
/ the empire
Like his brother Hugo he has never as
yet been seen without his eyegIass stuck in
his right eye. 1t is even asserted that he
sleeps with it. and l mhself have seen
him come terrible cropper In the hunt
| ing field without dropping the glass from
| his eye.
Another of Gustave's peculiarities is his
| horror of shaking hands. When he is
obliged TO do SO he generally gives only two
| fingers. or even one, according to the de-
| gree of honor which he is inclined to pay
his visitor. The only time that have ever
seen him Disconnected was once. when a
young English attache who was being pre-
sented to him, and who had been warned
| of this popularity. responded to the single
| finger which the Count held out by EXTEND
ing his own fore6nger. hooking it on to that
| of the astounded excellency, and shaking it
heartily
Count Hugo Kalnoky. the prime minis
ters younger brother, is famous as being
| the most witty man in the Austrian army
| He is an inveterate tactical Joker, and the
stories told of his freaks and pranks form
| the delight of Viennese society and of the
entire Austrian army. Although even
more popular with women than he is with
| be altogether in his favor, for he was born
| with only one ear.
Among the most amusing practical jokes
which have seen him play was one which
took place after a dinner at Sacher's fa-
nous Viennese restaurant, when he made a
| wager that he would get the first woman
he met in the street on going out to blow
| his nose. It was dusk, and the military
cloak which he had thrown loosely over his
shoulders without pulling the arms through
| the sleeves gave him the appearance Of
being armless. Stopping under the shadow
OF an electric lamp, he manifested signs Of
great discomfort and distress. A respect
able-looking old dame who happened TO be
passing became attracted thereby, and,
after a minutes hesitation, asked him sym
patheNcally what was the matter.
81 want to blow my nose, and l am IN
| able to do so, as you can see yourself"
| replied Hugo Kalnoky. gazing helplessly at
| the one and then at the other of his empty
coat sleeves.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina campaign
was just at an end, and Vienna was filed at
the time with wounded soldiers and officers.
The old lady Immediately took it for granted
that Kalnoky had lost his arms on the
battlefield, and exclaiming in tones of
| boundless pity: Poor fellow, poor fellow
let me help you," she extracted his hand
kerchief from his breast pocket, held it to
the proper organ while he blew with the
sound of a trumpet.
AS soon as the old lady had returned the
handkerchief to its pocket Hugo flung his
| coat aside and, gracefully rising his cap
with his right hand, bowed profoundly, ex-
claiming, 81 thank you madame, for your
great kindness" and then walked away,
leaving the old lady staining as il dunn
struck with her eyes and mouth wide open
| with astonishment.
Count Hugo Kalnoky had won his bet.
Lady Brooke, whose name is just now so
L-G
| ton with that of the Prince of Wales, is a
far more beautiful woman than her photo
graphs make her appear. Indeed, have
never yet seen portrait that did her JUS
tice. With her wealth Of golden hair, her
graceful figure and her exquisite complex
| ion, she has always seemed TO me the per-
/ fection of fresh, delicate, hlylike English
LONELINESS. She is, however, far from popu-
lar in London, a fact due to the jealousy
| caused by the Partially which the Prince
| of Wales shows for her society, and also to
| the strong individuality of her character.
She does not make friends easily, has a
horror which she does not attempt to dis
guise for all bores and for everything COM
monplace, and possesses a mind of much
| originality, which is as active as her body.
| She drives four-iu-hand, handling the rib
bons In delightful manner, talks cleverly,
| is a devoted mother to her beautiful chill
dren and does an immense amount of good
| with her enormous wealth among the poor
| both around Easton Lodge. her country seat
| in Essex, and in London. At the
| former place che has organized and
| maintains a school where over a hundred
| girls of the neighborhood are educated and
taught dainty aud feminine trades, such as
lace making. embroidery of under wear, etc,
commanding both good remuneration for
| the present, and pleasant livelihood for the
| future. OF course she Is willful and per-
haps l might add sometimes something of a
| spoiled child. But what pretty woman is
| not, especially when, as in the case of Lady
| Brooke, she had been taught from her ear
| lier youth to consider herself the greatest
| heiress in London.
Queen Victoria devotes 210 600, or CSC, 900,
| every yeer to entertainments at Bucking-
| ham Palace. These consist of two state
balls and two state concerts. at each Of
| which her majesty is represented by the
Prince and Princess Of Wales. The queen
| limits the expense of the state balls to
$4,000 each, while that of the state concerts
is fixed at $15, 900. Under no circumstances
| are these figures permitted by the sovereign
| to be exceeded. The principal gastronomi-
| cal feature of the function is the hock-cup,
| which owes the secret of its composition to
| the genius of the late Prince Consort
| and which enjoys a well-deserved fame
Court trains are not worn by ladies at
they belong to the army or navy, are forced
| to don white knee breeches and white silk
| stockings, which are very trying to the ap-
pearance. need scarcely add that these
| state balls and state concerts are infinitely
more exclusive affairs than the drawing
| rooms and that the queen herself annually
revises the list of guests to be invited,
rarely adding more than half dozen new
names,
In addition to his trouble with the vari-
cose veins Of his legs. to his worries in con-
nection with the baccarat scandal and to
his financial difficulties, the Prince Of W ales
is suffering most intolerably from insomnia,
malady for which the Princess of Wales,
| the Empress of Russia and especially the
unfortunate Duchess of Cumberland have
been under treatment for many years with
out any great Improvement having mani
tested itself in their condition. Insomnia
| is, indeed, one of the most difficult of all
nervous maladies to cure, and when it
pounces down on a man who Is foyced TO
lead life of considerable excitc-S It, as is
the case with the prince, II Jurse all
the harder to shake off. go ana
The Princess OF Wal az - les being
a pianist of rare ia, iCy as lar so quisitely
on the most difficr ano regula tents. the
either, has nowsss,S,a ~ PRES; ana on to the
go w Jervice is the best of any ,strument
r r"1y +" and Is under the ip1me put much
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