The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-28
NATURAL FRUIT FLEoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE decorative uses of electricity were most
wonderfully shown at the recent artistic sup
per" given at the Continental Gallery in Lon
don by Jan Van Beers. The novelty of lumi.
nous table was intro 1uced. 1t consisted of q
solid slab of plate glass; covered with a trans
parent cloth, through which shone the light
from $50 incandescent lamps of priSmatic
ccllrs These were skilfully hidden from view
and were under the control of the host, who
now and again flooded the table with dazzling
brlllancy of varied hues or suffused a gentle
glow bewi!deringly beautiful.
A CONTRIBUTOR to the New York Recorder
writes this paragraph about Bsmarck's family:
Countess Rantzau, the chaucelor's only
daughter is likewise a member of the party at
hlSslngen. Both in stature and in numerous
traits of character, especially that of economy,
she much resembles her mother. Like the lat
ter, she has feet that are considerably above the
average size and which wera subject of much
merrlment to the Empress Eugene and to the
ladies' or the French court during the summer
which Blsnarcks wife and daughter spent at
Blarrltz during the reign of Napoleon III.
Neither Nine. Bismarck nor her daughter was
blind to the i'll concealed ridicule to which they
they were subjected, and in lsnuch as the eX-
chancellor has never been known to forget or
forgive al insult or an injury, it is quite proba-
bic that the abnormal size of the feet of his
wife and daughter contributed their fair share
to bring about the war of 1870.
THERE is pretty story told of the ingenuity
OF the German Empress Augusta. the dowager
empress who died year or SO ago. Almost at
the time when fate allowed her to exchange
the title of Queen of Prussia for the grander
sounding one of German empress, Augusta met
with an accident at Baden Baden, which was so
severe that she never recovered from its effects.
A year OF suffering changed her from a bright,
DuOyanC woman to a haggard old creature who
was but shadow of her former self. At public
ceremonials, or when foreign sovereigns passed
through Berlin, the empress pulled herself to-
gether and braced up for the ordeal sufficiently
70 make talrly good public showing. Seated
IN bath chair, buried under heavy robes of
rich laces, she would endeavor to smile after
tee Old fashion and try to speak a few
gracious words, although her voice was broken
and her speech scarcely able to be distinguished
She soon found that when driving in her public
carriage she could not bow to the multitude as
she mad been wont to do aud il was a source of
great grief to think that she must soon give up
this expected courtesy. An idea occurred to
her. She had an ingenious mechanism applied
TO her carriage which could be manipulated by
the lady in waiting. Whenever Augusta saw
that it was time for her to bow she would give
the signal TO the lady in waiting, who would
place her foot upon certain crank by means
OF which IAN artificial inclination was impaired
to the figure of the empress. The ordeal-for
ordeal 1t was-was an extremely painful one
but by its means Augusta managed for a year
or more to keep up public appearance.
In the New York Sunday Suns Gale letter
from London writes a correspondent, there was
no more interesting paragraph than this:
Marcus Mayer took party of Americans from
London to Craig y Nos by special saloon car
riageS, and lost his money at poker going and
returning. He won a bet on PATHS age, how
ever; that more than made up his losses, An
English journalist offered to wager that the
Songstress' age was nearer so than IS, and
Mayer took him up. The result was that the
two stole out OF the theater between the first
act of "Traviata and the garden scene of
Faust on Wednesday night on a still hunt for
the family Bible. The book was discovered in
the boudoir just off the grand dining saloon of
the castle, and in it was found recorded Nine.
Fattis birth on Feb. Is, lS47." The
doings and the sayings Of that pict-
uresQue traveller Marcus Mayer are ALWAYS
fraught with unique interest. But, all the
same, he has-perhaps nwittingly-buncoed
his London newspaper friend. The Englishman
won that bet. If Marcus di ;covered any family
Bible in Craig Nos, it was ''doctored.' Nico-
lin may have done it. He's a sorry wag. Patti
was born at O'Clock in the afternoon of Feb,
10, 1913, in Fuencarral street, Madrid, Spain.
| There's no escape from that cold fact. Don
Jose Losada, vicar OF the parish Of ST. Louis,
Madrid. christened the babe. and the certificate
of baptism tells all who seek to know that she
is the daughter of Salvatore Patti, professor of
music, native of Catania, Sicily. and of Cate
rlna Patti (nee Chiesal, q native of Rome. The
child'S godparents gave her the name of Adele
Jeanne Marie, and Adele later became our
Adelina, Does Marcus want to bet against this
record?
81 HAD funny although rather disagreeable
| experience not long ago." said New York
| amateur ventrlloquist and magician, who was
in great demand a delightful adjunct to all
social gatherings. and whose audacity and fun
were Incompatible. Il had a note from my
friend Mrs. B., who lives in that row of En-
glsh basement houses just of Fifth avenue in
- street. DO come over tomorrow evening,
she wrote; the children have a party. and they
simply insist that you should come Dear
cnerubs, remarked to myself; of course
will go, and will make it lively for then too.
SO town that afternoon I
chased a mask OF huge donkey's head. the
big jaw of which was so arranged that by
and horrible bray. On arriving at the house,
about an hour after the time designated, |
threw off my overcoat in the hall. and putting
on my mask ran upstairs | could dimly see
through the little apertures left for the eyes
that a large concourse of people were assembled
IN the suite of rooms at the head of the stairway,
and giving terrific heehaw | dashed in on nv
HANDS and knees sort of unexpected hush. a
sound or startled EXPLANATIONS, made me feel
instiuctively that something was wrong, and
hastily pulling off the absurd head scrambled
to my feet. Horror ofhorrorsl was among a
lot of utterly strange people. who naturally re-
garded me as if had quite taken leave of my
senses. At my bewildered appearance a litter
ran around the room, and pretty young
woman, who was evidently the mistress, came
forWarI TO receive my explanations and
apologies. OF course what happened
was very evident; had simply
mistaken the house-a very nat
III a. OluuuoC, WnSF6 Gner0 are SO many DOtIQlhkS
exactly alike. The servant who opened the
door thought, OF course, that was an expected
guest, so that there was nothing to show me
my mistake until that awful moment when
found myself playing the fool in the midst of
an assembly of strangers. L can hardly remem-
Der how got through it all-the excuses, the
retreat. the rapid exit-hearing all the while
the soft, suppressed laughter that 1 knew
would find full vent on my departure. When 1
finally reached the street / felt myself to be a
''sadder and wiser man." l could not have
tried my donkey antics again if / had been
paid for it, and 1t was not until had regained
my spirits after a good romp with the children
that began to enjoy the righteousness of the
situation"