Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-22
QUEER SPRIGS
OF GENTILITY.

Tn mon. az In cattle and horses, the
size OF the neck Is supposed To i ii
cate tho strength they possess. TINS
sns,f- tho cnsc. IL IA only natural that
Lord salisbury. the prime minister Oh
tho british empire, should DO com
rallied 10 wear a collar twenty-onc anu
o,.c-hsif inches In sige--tlfst ~ 70 Shy,
IL Is larger than the waiat OF u i'trls,itii
elcgaa3c 1t Is On enormous soisnln-
,ooilirr. Collar. rnS.rlve and abundant.
There Is nothing frivolous about III u
suggests ya5;ncas, convenience anu
comfort. a..
Lord Rosebc4y. compared 10 his
successor In collar measurement. ~
NOR. pygfny. Ect the owuer OF !4adss
wears an elgiicen-inoh collar, two arr
or--hulf inches in depth. Thcrc "
something about Lord liosebery's col
lar that haf.nonizcs with his express
sion. II is q sort OF thughtfui collar,
Thoroughly In keeping with tie spirit
OF the wcarer
Lord Rothschill disiil;cs to he In any
way lompercd about the neck, anu
although relatively spare and thin. he
wears a scventccn-inch collar. n Pc
culiarlty about him Is that lie invnrl-
ably wears black trousers, very uEht
and horsey from the lp1ees TO the
boots, and coat with lorEe pockets
outside and canaciouS lhpcls'
But tho most peculiar and at me
zane time best-known collar OF MI
a. that OF the grind Old man, which
savurs or u byeone age aihd when
eminently suits the striking features
of Mr.. Gladstone. II Is an eighteen,
which does not indicate tho size Of the
veteran st1tesman's neck. however as
he dislillcs to feel pressure around his
throat,
The Prince OF Wales wears
ncventccn collar but Is Infinitely lees
carefully collared than was his eldest
son. the late duke or Clarence. who was
lannon's for both the size and depth
of his collars and cufts-so much SO
that he used to 70 by the nickname OF
collars and Cuffs"
Nuri Pashn, the Turkish dignltary nj
whose house the last conspiracy
pgainst the sultan took place-the plot
resulting In the deportation TO Tripoli
Of the three principal eunuchs Of the
imperial hnrem and In the imprison-
inent OF n number OF bevs and paSltaS--
81 a Swssie by birth and formerly morn
the name OF Gustslve NorinE. under
which he was known In certain hnan-
cfll circles of New York and Chicago,
He went to Turkey as tho financial
usgcnt OF the great German railroad
king. DR.. Strlusburg. partner OF the
late Prince Anthony OF Hohenzollern
md OF the late duke Of Rntiber. Wine
negotiating rlilroad concessions for
the doctor, Noring managed TO In
tgraltiate himself to such II degree with
the sultan and with the Turkish dig
nltarics that he accepted their pressing
invitation TO enter the Ottoman ser
vice becoming convert 10 the
Mohammedan religion and marrying
Turkish Indy, daughter OF Mnhmeu
l. Ia al NaaNl nl
fate will be- There seems to be no
doubt that he has been guilty OF In
triguing against the sultan and mas
much as he has renounced both MS
Christianity and his Swedish nhtionali-
~ to become II subject OF the sultan no
foreign embassy can take official IN
terest in his case.
A r-rrfLt sensation Inns been caused Mt
ST. Petersburg by the sudden with
drsrwal from the world OF the brilliant
but Giraffe Prince Alexander Uchtom-
elly. who two weeks ago, turned his
back upon his clubs and former assoc
ciatcs and entered the monastery or
Easan He possessed everything that
could render life plensant-rlnk,
wealth. health, plenty OF brains and II
phoHing physique, besides the particu-
lar favor Of the new czsr, whose lnu-
unate friends and chum he has been
No one knows the cause OF his aston
fishing net The most extraordinary
storiess arc current on the subject at st.
Petersburg, and while some people
allere that there Ia Il woman In the
case, there are others who do not heal
tate to declare that the prince becana
monk only to avoid the punishment
attending n particularly d'aHraceInl
crime which he had committed. His
brother is naval nttache to the Rus
sian embassy In London.
NJ. lie "rsaron" Friedman de Fried.
hand. who is playing so conspicuous .
role at Paris in connection with th'
publication OF the exceedingly inter
usting memoirs of his fathnr-in-law, TN
celebrated Napoleonlc statesman, th'
Due de Pcrsgny, ~ snilirg under falls
culors In the assumption OF the ttl
which adorns his name. According q
his own admission In the crimSa
court at Paris few years ago. Whe'
he with hiH wife, wns on trial FOR IN
forgery OF the name Of the WIFE
grandmother. the wealthy old Princes
de Ia Moskown, TO SOM, checks an
notes. he is not OF nrtissocrauc birth
He Is merely the son of Carlsbad
brewer In very smail way ana
OF the most plebeian origin.
The signing OF the grandmother
name 70 the checks was proved agnins
tho. couple whose only defense wa
that they had received permission iron
the princess herself to make use there
Of, a statement which the old lady In
dignantly denied. In the midst OF tn
proceedings the old Irincess, who wa
renowned for hor avarice and for he
wrong-hcadinesE, died and her dnurh
ter. the Duchess de Pcrslgny, wit
whom she had been mt dnggers' polnt'
came into her vast ffrtunc Althoug
the duchess had discarded her ow
daughter. Nine. Friedman. In conss
quence OF the daughters marriage. sh
was compelled by pressure Of puhli
opinion to do what i.he old princess I'm
absolutely declined to do, TO pay III
face amount OF the forged notes mn
checks to the pcTsoris who had di,
counted them, thus extinguishing the
interest In the prosecution. The 70,
crnment thereupfm took the groun
wat with sucb rnother rs IN
Duchess de prrsignv and with grnn(
mother like the talf-cra7y Princcss d
II Moskown, n was NOT natonlshIn
that Mmc. Friedman should have faiic
10 posFesa an absolutely correct iden r
TO whnt was right and wrong and
permitted the4cns. to tlrop.
Mine. dc Pers,rrv died two years n 4
nffer barely essuping restraint in col
sequence NJ her infatuation for cnnir
pets nnd OF her marriage. when mo,
frnn 20 years Of age. to tho es-yenr.o al
vicomto de Son,breuil At her d,N,t
the Bafittc mill',rra Inherited from h,
motNer. were divided among her N,
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