New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28

the OF the festyity S mc Sn rooms
iected hy the very delightful gentleman who wa. was
our host-perhaps for reasons not unconne''e' VIII"
Such pretty little drawing-room 1t was, where
We ali came together for that aegGa m wbits
and gold with deep rose brocaded panels ana luz
niure Of the proper period covered VIII hsnrs who
we're merely to form becoming BACKGROUND 10, o,.
bright and shining lights. arrived cary IN n our ooie
best bound not miss moment IN the socie's
OF p snS as Mr. Rhodes usually is and is be.
ueve famous for being he was little late 'hdi
nicbtLiust enough TO be dramatic-and DR. anu
Mrs. hansen arrived before him rhodes before but
had never seen the great hansen. who had only ar
rived in Iond very few nights PREVIOUSLY ed
ana was csnecialIy struck by the almost piercing
briiliance of his light blue eyes tho Gun r,ters
upor it. and in the high alert carriage OF ms nfau
there was the OF bn S snHs Of the
powerful dete mined jaw. and the pecurar wa C
mouth had 81 G ,hs fhnoa of vaor in
world could have done how he had gone thIou ,,
those terrible months Of starvation ana cola IN HIS
Mr. hansen appeared very small beside her big
hbsrd and every once in while during the even
ing glanced across at him as much as 10 say: wen
Won really are the finest mi n on earth anu no, h
dictator any one else IN the "oriu II III ~ " '
the dust off your boots" fiji, - .o
She is plain little woman. dark. with no COM
nlexion IN particular. figure no style no srtt'
taste in dress and she looks every day oil hel Az
S,1I from thn very first glance ut her one would
Lnn,y that those fine eyes mobile lips ana the WIN
rino smile which flashed out so often, belonged "
- ordinary woman. And when. in the draWlhg-roohi
after dinner she sang pathetic niue olhspIs Vi
her own country the rich sweetness or her VOC
thrilled through every nerve in ones pody WIN Il
ioy that was almost pain 1t was pre!ty 100 70 90
The little brown. capabe-looking hahds NASH ac'oS'
the piano KEYS. .,,.a., for ,ve ore onIv
sunnoscd 10 have got as far as the NanseHs en-
,rInco Within ten minutes arrived Mr. Cecll
Rhodes explaining TO his host that ne hau n, Nv H.,
toined nj The Burlington (where he Is stayinG) py
n lot of stupid men talking business Ana MS
watch had been slow -, 49,, ~ ,,r
II was more than two years since mao seer Nj
Rhodes Little did dream In those departed
dave ~ tho stirring which would rise 10 de-
nose him. the same time AIDING Il certain e''O-
trir briliance to mis- diadem OF fane.
lie ccrtainlv appears "A little older. and-a good
denI redder than he did at that time. Inc ruddy
brown stain which dyes the faces OF those VINO i've
murh I'm the open air. under African SUM- - very
different from the dark. slllcw TINT worn py OF,
residents in India-more wholesome iooh'"s' IA
somewhat less picturesque. ,, -.
MANY are the Jokes regarding the curious ana m
congrlous style Of dress he affects, looking as y
rule@so those who knew him in Africa say-as
though he had stood at one cnd or the room anu
LEI some one pitch his clothes to him. have only
seen him I'm evening garments. however and, on tins
occasion As or the other. he perfectly correct.
horn TO commando face that could express scorn
so whitening that almost might shrlVel IN the
hro Of his contempt His eyes seem 10 see Al
things at once without being restless The nostfl!s
~ his long nose culver like those OF thoroughbred
horse when he speaks in any excitement; otherwise
I should think he would never In any way visibly
lose control over his emotions.