The sun., 1895-05-19

what the world expected. For Q lady usually so
amiable as the Princess of Wales. It Is truly re-
markable how often and how strkingly she
manages to let people know there is no love lost
between herself and the Countess Of Warwick,
formerly Lady Brooke.
Profound interest is caused by the announce
ment that some benehccnt genius has at length
invented perfect costume for lady cyclists
which gives all the freedom Of male garments
without detracting from the natural grace Of
the lovelier sex. The women, declares the
proud inventor. may henceforth ride about the
country without fear of exciting the fiippant re-
marks Of towns people or tho coarser jests of
yokels. and cycling will receive an immense
impetus out Of which the manufacturers of ma
chimes will make fortunes. As far as 10 known
the new costume has not yet been placed on the
market, but from information received, THE
SuN reporter is enabled to say that tho leading
feature Of 1t is q weird arrangements Of straps.
| tho manipulation Of which will, apparently,
convert the riding garb into an ordinary walk
ing dress The reporter is unable to say what
will happen II any Of the straps 60 wrong when
the conversion is in progress.
The extreme difficulty Of pleasing some peo-
pie is well illustrated this week by the comments
Of some of the Scottish newspapers on the de-
eigns OF the new yacht Defender. According to
| the drawings published here Mr.. Herreshoff
| has been converted to British ideas of yacht
building, but instead Of being proud of the
| great mans conversion, there Is q marked dis
| position to grumble and cavil at him. Every
| body admres what some describe rs his bold
| ness but most Of the British yachtsmen wanted
him to continue his contests on international
| lines regards design as well as other methods
That is to say. even IL Americans found serious
faults in their type Of boat, they ought still to
build their champions on the defective model
rather than abandon the supposed national
characteristics which would be a very COM
Portable arrangement for people on this side
The Glasgow Citizen. which Is well-informed
paper on yachting matters, thus puts the sit
| uation:
IF we are beaten this year it will be. in a
manner with our own weapons and this Is not
a specially comforting reflection ono that
would be likely to soften the sting Of defeat"
This fairly represents the prevailing feeling
| hero just now.
! The meeting Of the Britannia and Aisa this
| week, for the first time in British waters, has
been looked forward to by yachtsmen with
| much interest. The Ailsa again proved herself
, a remarkably good boat. but she was not we'll
handled as tho Prince Of Wales's cutter. She
| was tender that she could not hold her can
vas. while the Princes boat stood up to 1t with
| all her sails set and the wind altogether
| too strong for tho new boat. She will do much
| better when summer airs prevail.
| Lord Tweedmouth. Lord Privy Seal has sue
ceeded in disentangling his son and heir from
the tolls of a Gaiety Theatre chorus girl but at
the cost Of a lawsuit, the lady having served .
writ upon the youngster for breach of promise
of marriage. Tho case will be certain to be very
amusing II brought into court, but that is not
likely, as Lord Tweedmouth is enormously rich
| and the girl is aware of the fact. He will have
to pay q big price to square the case. He will
do good deal. however. in order to prevent the
| world from knowing the depth of folly to which
his hopeful son has descended, although barely
| out of his teens.
| Tho interesting fact is learned that the King
of the Belgtans was large shareholder in tho
| defunct British East Africa Company. the
great corporation which. after years of mis-
| management. had to be bought out of its i'm
mense territories. and received what the British
| taxpayer regarded as generous treatment. The
| company was a commercial concern. managed
by commercial men. but they always publicly
| claimed to be actuated by purely phianthropic
| zeal to ameliorate the moral and material con-
dtions Of benighted Africans: and there was
| huge amount of simulated indignation when
| the Government offered what was regarded as
| an old-song price for their territories
| and good will. The offer had to be ac-
| cepted however. and now King Leopold steps
forward with a belated protest against the price.
! by which he refuses to be bound. His claim will
|
like scandal are praying that his Majesty's neck
| may be stiffened. for it would be beautiful and
\ interesting spectacle to King on the wit
| ness stand explaining. in s-cxaminaton,
| among other things, how he obtained quarter
of q million dollars worth ut one time of valu-
! able stock for nothing.
Inspector Jarvis has converted Mende How
| ards collection into quite an interesting mu-
! scum, and he continues to hold daily receptions
arI ~ tl.o,1 ux~,,I
| Inspectors visitors yesterday was tho Governor
of the Bank Of England. who expressed aston
ishment and admiration at the American for
gers skill.
The departure Of the metamorphosed Ger
| manic from the Mersey on Wednesday created
| a good deal of interest and q considerable
| amount OF speculation as to the time she will
| occupy on the passage. The majority of ship
| ping people were prepared to take odds that she
would be In New York by Wednesday morning.
and many bets were recorded that basis.
| Capt. Smith of the Britannia is in command,
| and there are a good many passengers, including
Lady Hesketh, daughter Of Senator Sharon, and
several young bloods of the British aristocracy.
| A curious departure In missionary work in
| Africa Ia now under consideration here. The
mortality among European missionaries in the
| last few years has been SO great that the supply
| of new men has not been nearly equal to the
spiritual demands of Africa. and It has Just
struck the Bishop Of Sierra Leone that
African Christians drawn from the West Indies
might be employed with advantage. Whether
the West Indian Is much better fitted to with
stand the climate of tho interior of Africa than
The healthy European is open to doubt, but the
Bishop thinks the experiment Is worth trying IL
men can be obtained. and he will start on May
2a on a recruiting trip to Barbados. Jamaica,
and Antigua
There is some curiosity in Liverpool 40 to the
ownership Of huge, new cargo steamer for
which an order has just been placed in Sunder-
land The vessel is to be 1880 tons dead
weight. with carrying capacity which Is much
/ larger than anything present afioat and her
speed Is to be considerably beyond that usually
given to such ships. Rumor says that the new
steamer is intended for line of fast freight
boats to New York carrying chiefly perishable