The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-28

their buckets ard spades OF the sea-
shore for baskets and brooms. ard with
pretty eagerness devote all their ener-
pies to sweeping UP the leaves as they
fall and packing tbsm DOM with chubby
tands, only to be emptied out the next
moment over a tiny head amid shouts OK
laughter Among the objects of interest,"
, In the park are the nurse and babies OF
the Court tess BiSctne, who is spending
the autumn with her mother, Mrs. Audeh-
reid The nurse is a conspicuous object,
owing 70 the long ribbons which hang
frota her cap in the back down TO the
bottom OF her dress, and which float ran
tasti.aiiv In the fall breezes as she
runs here and there in the care of her
ii vel charges, who seem to have Inherit
ed much OF their mothers beauty.
Tho News Free Press, of Vienna, pub
fishes interesting particulars about the
daily life OF the young King OF SerVia.
In The morning, Immediately after mis-
breakfast. King Alexander, dressed IN
a generals uniform, receives the court
marshal his adjutant and his secretaries
u,ho present reports on current busi-
ness, He reads them, gives the neces-
sarv orders, reads a few newspapers,
and receives, at 10 o'cock, the ministers
and persons having an audience invita-
ton. ,,,
The King then puts on civilian cos
tune. and receives political men, officers,
servants and other people. At L. NJ,
he sits at the table in the dining-room
with his father. Ex-King Milan, and per-
sons who have been invited 4 general
conversation on all subjects follows the
breakfast, and at u. NJ, Alexander
takes a walk in the palace gardens or
drives through the Topchidere Park, a
few kilometres from Belgrade, and where
his ancestor, Milosch Obrennovitch, was
assassinated. on his return he presides
at the ministers council, taking an actl'e
part in the debates.
Dinner is served between and +. NJ,
and the evening is spent at the theatre
or in official balls. 1t IS seldom that the
young King retires before midnight.
Quite awhile ago the cartoonists and
the funny paragraph man could hardly
get through their days work without
some allusion to boomers, We used TO
| hear a good deal of them in those days,
| but saw little or nothing of the daring
! innovation. We see a good deal now, but
| hear little. The world has changed it's
| point of view That is all. 1t is not
! every innovator who is privileged TO live
! down the Inevitable hootings that fol-
| low any daring departure from the COM
! mon place
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer is one Of TIE
| fortunate few. 1t was I'm 1851 that she
! began to wear the remarkable costume
| named for her. She a married wo-
| man at the time, which speaks all the
more loudly for her courage and her
! her married life In Council Bluffs. now
| a city of many thousand inhabitants,
| but then only a staEgling village OF three
! hundred souls. She still believes In
! boomers.
Notwithstanding his rough and unso-
Cable Character-few persons nave seen
! him smile, much less laugh-Nerdi, the
! great composer, is very charitable. MI
| merous philanthropical works, ana IN
| particular the hospital at Buss ito, owe
! their existence 10 him.
too, -y,slF
| old Queen of Holland. II Is reported IL
concentrating a visit to England, ac-
companied by her mother. the queen ke-
gent The Duchess Of Albany, who Is
relative Of the youthful queen sent neI
an invitation to come and visit her some
time ago. The royal visitors Will stay
some months at Birkhall, The residence
of the Duchess OF Albany, and VIII make
! a short stay with Queen Victoria before
returning to Holland:
Mrs. Beatrice Potter Webb Is probably
| the most wealthy and the most beautliui
| woman in the RANKS OF the So.iais - liz e
belongs to a highly Intellectual fanny.
! and had the benefit of Herbert Spencer ;
instruction. To the surprise OF heT iileIuS
| she took no interest in society, put' III,
stead tried work in several shops, joined
the Socialists. wrote articles Tor jour
nails and magazines, and, by ana py'
married Mr. Sidney Webb, who is In per-
feet sympathy with her
Mrs. Amelie Rives Chandler is pro,
n0unced by the London Literary Norin
''the most beautiful woman in literature.
Queen Victoria, il is said, will now use
electricity for cooking the more delicate
dishes 10 be served at the royal tabie'
The necessary apparatus has been IN
stalled at Osborne, in the Isle OF Wi%ht.
When told by Nelly Bly, that his eye;
were both gray and blue, Senator i'm
replied that he thought the combination
very good for a politician A quick and
clever retOrt.
According to Nelly Bly,. this is what
Senator Hill eats all the year round:
Observation-Disclosures fruit is In season,
oatmeal and cream two boiled eggs. dry
toast and coffee. Lunch-dry toast and
tea. Dinner-sOup, roast ana VeSe-
tables; never fish, never oysters, no VINE
no after-dinner coffee no cigars: VINE
and cigars, however are kept Tor ifiehds'
Mrs. James Brown Potter says she mas
meyer worn heels on her shoes In private
life and discarded corsets long ago.-kate
Fields Washington.
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