Evening star., 1896-07-25
A KING TO BE THE GROOM
And the Bride TnflOr's Daughter
VIII Wed fn the FALL

Ana the Bride TnflOr's Daughter
Will Wed fn the Fall.
New York Letter to the Baltimore American
Fourth avenue is to have a royal wedding
In November, when Miss Ella Collin will
become the bride of Ouralea, King of the
Jiika Islands, whose subjects are partially
reformed cannibals The Jilkas are in the
new Hebrides, about 1900 miles east of
Australia.
: Miss Collin is a red-baired vouny u,o.
man, with eyes as blue as the kind Of s,,ias
.hae pocts sing. Literature has given notb-
ing 10 express the richness of the rednass
OF her hair. When / saw her today sha
| gave me The privilege of guessing her age
antly smiled upon.
The queen to be is the daughter of p
Sohln tailor, with whom she lives al
no. D" 4th avenue. In religion she is a
Lutheran. Otherwise she is at present an
ofaihary young American woman
ouhalea rs IN the city too and is tho
suest OF MS future father-in-law He will
Imam Imam mere Until after the wedding when
ne VIII carry his bride away to Jilkss Ne
expects her to make a hit with his snh
Jects' VINO, being ardent admirers of tho
setting sun, try to initiate its glorious COL
o,s py uyeihg thelr own hair with red ochre
ana other crude coloring
Ihey revere red hair and will vorshin
the wealth of IL that their new queen will
nrins them The only red hair they have
! IN the kingdom is artificial and they will
go do"n ON their knees 10 any that does
not require fresh coat of paint or two
every few weeks wv
ouma'ea, in spite of his royal title. is a
KING TO whom even a popuIist couldn't oh
Ject. He has no privy purse. and works
d' the KING business for glory He is not
a hins from choice He either had 10 get
IA iiI'r the business or 10 be made into stew
or nash or something of that sort, and be
eaten by his present subjects Indeed they
| him raw. GU
% While hailed as king in the Jnkas. in
| New York Oumalea is plain Mr. Hobbs.
IN Lexington county, S. g., where he was
Eorh thirty years ago, he is Col John F.
.lopps When much younger he went to
Austfaila to SEEK his fortune The owners
| or the sugar plantations there could oct
| HeDrides. ~ "
Ihey used to hire them from their differ
eht kings, agreeing 10 serd them hack a fter
the cane was all in. The subjects of tba
| several kings were bitter enemies and U,ar.
! aaocusto'ned 10 eat each other Cd when thew
~, , 10 meet The Australian govern
iiient lnane many r.istakes and sent Tho
supJecis OF one king TO another king. Such
| mony. SAT- "' ceie-
! consequently the kings refused TO LEI opt
their subjects. unless the Australians puar.
| anteel 10 get them back to their nrorer
hlstloms Hn5bs ln y,s,, The government engaged Mr.
l 4 lpya
| avoided. Aiisht pe
On his way over the half rater on which
r;,ons maS sallhe was wrecked, and he was
| piusheu up on The beach, with barrel slaves
| anu otner debris from the deem He bad
landed among the Jlkans Some wears he
.ore some white men had been landed there
| In a similar way and had been digas,a5
| with considerable difficulty ON accn,,,, :.
| the sait in their systems The Jilkans do
| salt '''eu oh
The king saw Hobbs and adopted hin,
| He had several broils on with netgbbar
lig kings at the time. and he and his war
ilors used to go out and have hand-to-hand
hhsni11s hsdi1s win me enemy. Most of these
hroils were draws. Hobbs taught them some
| of the gold-brick tricks of Civilization
| amcnR them being that of strategy.
one day he sent handful of warriors
out 10 meet the enemy. With 3 much
| greater fcrce he hid behind a convenient
ccfher The enemy saw the handful OF
| Warriors and attacked them. The warriors
He'd pursued by the enthusiastic enemy.
linen the army behind the corner fell on
the c'temy and gave them a terrible thrash
ing This strategy gave Mr.. Hobbs great
glory, and when the king died he was elect
ed TO sit upon the throne.
He has spent most OF the time since in
travelioR. He has brought much pros
perity to his subjects. and has partially
converted them from cannibalism They
sun lnsist, however, on eating Cinnamon
and other persons who do not eat salt
King Hobbs has known the Collin FAM
lily for some years. The courtship in which
he has won the pro mise of Miss Ella has
leen a long one, but enc without frills
she told me this morning that the we'd
ding would be held in November. She
said
The king is a Lutheran, too. and the
ceremony will probably be performed by
minister Of our church. 1t will be a quiet
| affair. Maybe he will bring some of his
subjects over to witness il, but | cannot
tell yet. We will probably go to his king
dom on our bridal tour"
She said, however, that they would prob
ably not lfnger around the throne long.
You see" she said, 'he has not MANY
| affairs of state to look after He is king
| forever, of course. hut ne gets no salary
| for reigning, and it is quite likely that he
will settle and go into business in New
York, only going over to see how things
are running in his domains occasionally"