The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-16
| PRINCESS OF INDIA.
BEAUTIFUL AHMADEB, WHO IS
THE PRIDE OF DELHI.

FRIEND OF roe.
Frong the Commercials Advertiser.
Il is told Of the beautiful Princess Ahma-
dee of India that when she was first
brought to India she refused to allow her
sslf to be presented TO Queen Victoria, say
ing, 30 the horror Of her attendants, that
the caste Of her race forbade her TO look
upon her interiors. 1t was only by persistent
entreaties that the proud little beauty could
be induced to obey the queens summons to
Windsor, and even when she did deign to
confront her majesty nothing could induce
her to offer the slightest token OF respect
for the sovereign Of the people who had de-
posed the hereditary rulers of India. At
hrst glance one might we'll be surprised at
che little semblance OF an Indian princess in
she attire, IL not the features of this
charming scion Of eastern royalty. Delhi,
however, long since yielded to the forms of
western civilization. and is to- day thor
oughly Europeanized city as a result of
British rule. Shah Jshan, in 1881 built the
present city, close to the old Delhi and
made it the royal residences. The Moham-
medaus still call it Shahjehanahad, the
~city OF the king OF the world.n Nadir
Shah, the Persian usurper. captured it in
1889. mastered thousands of the inhabi-
tants and bore away plumber to the
value of nearly 100000. 900, including the
famous peacock throne and the great
Kohl moor diamond, now in the possession
of the British crown. The English first
came into control in 1903, when the Nah
rattas were defeated near Delhi by Lord
Lake. When the lepoy mutiny broke out
in 1857 Shah Mohammed Bahadour. then 80
years old, took command OF the city, and
until the English again triumphed enjoyed
the imperial state 70 which he had long
been stranger.
PRETTY RUNAWAY.
Quite little romance has been discovered
In certain summer hotel. OF course, sum
mer hotels are, as rule, hotbeds for things
OF this sort, but this is quite different kind
from the usual run and therefore better
worth the telling.
A young matron having come 30 the
shore with nurse and baby was Mortified one
morning on arising to find that the maid
had eloped with the head waiter and her
baby left in a room all by itself to cry its
little eyes out, break its neck or do any other
of the little foolish things infants are SO
prone TO do had not oharnbermaid on the
floor, noticing the continued waiting, gone
in and discovered the state of affairs.
Of course Mrs. Young Mother was very
grateful, and as the days went by and no
suitable nurse could be obtained, she was
obliged to depend more and more on the
rescuer of her baby. Being thrown SO con-
stantly In her company, she soon discovered
that this was no ordinary chembermaid
whom she was dealing with. The refined
acce It. slender hands and delft ways all In
dictated the lady. but her position was In
compatible with any superstition other than
that she was only better than the general
rule perhaps, until one day In burst OF
confidence she revealed to the thoroughly
surprised matron that she was OF a very
high family In England and had run AWAY
from home to see the world.
Her money did not last long when she
began to tackle American hotel bills. vet
not daunted in her original purpose she de-
termined TO hire cut in the great caravan
sarles in the large cities and thus see the
sights as we'll as make a little money. She
was working her way back to New York
shsG, having seen all tine great towns be-
tween there and San Francisco. Though
she had borne up 80 long she broke down
entirely before little womanly sympathy
and cried as though her heart would break.
said she regretted her foolish sAan and
wanted to go homa. 1t is needless to state
ehst the next outgoing steamer will carry q
very repentent but thoroughly satisfied gtrl
whose story was proven to be true In every
particular.
A WOMAN OF RARE GIFTS.
The late Mrs. Breckenridge belonged, like
her husband, to one Of the most distin-
gutshed families In Kentucky. She was a
woman OF remarkable gifts. Few women
are able to merge their lives so completely
With their husbands lives as did this lady.
She was his other self. When he wrote
speech or an address he ale
ways submitted it to her for
criticism, and he says of her:
HShe was the most merciless critic 1 had
Vtten she drew her pencil through my pref
tiess sentence" She attended to his CORE
sspondence, writing most of his let
tersa TO 4 his constituents. Many of
These answered letters were written with.
Gus any suggestion from him. She knew
every man OF any consequence In his dis
trict better than he did, and the result was
That much of his political correspondence
was addressed to her directly.
During the past two years she wrote over
ZOO such letters. She ACCOMPANIED him
almost everywhere, and be says that dur |
ing all their married life he never took a |
uays recreation without her. She went |
with him on his fishing trips as well as on |
nus lecture trips. During their railroad |
journeys she would write letters on |
ner lap, turning out forty or fifty |
a. gay when his correspondence required |
TALENT In various directions. Among |
other things IN which she exceIled was |
architecture and the interior decoration of /
houses. There are over thirty residences |
scattered about the country that were |
Planned oy her. She painted we'll and ex-
ceIied IN drawing. She was hard student |
aud constantly added to her fund of knowl- |
sage from books. Her daughters inherit |
some som OF her talents. Her second daughter,
VINO Is graduate OF Wellesley, was re-
Gently offered valuable place as teacher of |
iIlatnematics in Washington. Subsequently |
sne received request to take charge of a |
new movements for the benefit of the shop |
kIIs OF New York and Philadelphia, lately |
started; the whole expense of which is be- |
Jug betrayed by wealthy and philanthro- |
PIC lady This offer she probably would |
nave accepted but for the death of her
PoE's BEST FRIEND.
Lne name of Sarah Helen Whitman will |
70 forever associated with the name of Ed !
gar A. Poe, as that of the woman he most
loved during life and who most |
!ealously guarded and defended his memory
wen, WIen ne was dead. Their names will be !
mixed together like the names OF Sur
ny ana the fair Geraldine, Byron and |
nary Chowarth, Burns and Highland Mary. |
~ Is well known that after the death of his |
tSu aI. vile, Virginia GLENN, Poe, seeking |
hsurcease OF sorrow for his lost Leuors.D |
Oe6aine engaged to Mrs. Whitman.
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