Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
And the Irish Praise Their Royal
Guests. the Yorks.
TOUR HAs Been "A GREAT SUCCESS
Report That gillian Russell VIII
Sing in London Company.
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP

! LONDON, September 1.-THE tour Of the
Duke and Duchess Of York, which was con-
| til ued today at Glasgow, Scotland. where
they met with an enthusiastic reception.
| ft rms Che subject of the heartiest congrat-
ulation in many quarters, particularly In
Ireland. where the people, politicians and
| others. admit 1t has done a good deal for
Irish trade. The duchess. for instance.
accepted Galway fisher cloak from Fa-
| Their Dooley. The cloak was made at a
| factory which Father Dooley started in
Galway, and already one hundred Of these
cloaks have been ordered. either in white
OR crimson. The latter color Is correct.
Another result of the visit Of the Duke
and Duchess of York to Ireland is that a
royal residence will in all probability be
established in that country. and. in addi-
| tion, the early abolition Of the vice roy
atty Is everywhere accepted as a fact. The
duchess won all hearts and the duke was
almost as popular, though he did not es-
cape criticism. This, however, was princi-
| paiiy directed against bis clothes. One
paper said:
1T is pity he had a breast pocket in
| is coat. as it gave his left forepart a rath-
er overcrowded and overdone appearance,
as ne mas not attained the proportions of
his father and his forepart is not wide
enough to allow this. His vests bottom
button was unbottoned and gave him an
air of nonchalance. The trousers of his
suit were wretcbed. They appeared to be
AAHo VI CoAcertlna around the ankles
Shadow of Famine.
Across the rejcicings, however, fall the
shadows of the coming famine. The Daily
Nation, after getting letter from every
pastor of parish in rural ireland, says:
'Since black Al the Irish laborer has
never faced a winter more promising of
privation."
The harvest is as bad as can be in the
west OF ireland. and it is pretty sure that
there will b1 cot only food, but a fuel
famine Not only are the potatoes rotting
down by rain and not worth reapinz Int
the turf cut will not dry. Unless there is
exceptional weather within the next few
days, famine Is certainty.
Everything in connection with the visit
OIL President Faure to Russia was thought
out with diplomatic cleverness, and in
stances OF this are leaking out every day
AS an example of the tact employei If is
pointed out that the French president took
with him three speaking dolls, as presents
10 the Grand Duchess Olga, the elder of
the two daughtersiof the car and czarina.
One of these dolls was, dressed like a child
in white muslin. with pale, blue s,,-ah
blouse. When taken from the trunk In
Wnlch IT mad been packed. the doll spoke,
.siBon jour, ma petite mammam. What
, nice dream 'dreaIht thought YOU
brought me nice dolby, which laughed.
TAXED and sang just as well as l do
n. IA r
eau and LIE Petit Tambour" go -.
Inc second doll was dressed as a grand
lady, wearing aspale blue silk costume
sprigged with rosebuds, richly fea.hered
with swansdown and carrying a white sun
shade This doll also had in her wardrobe
tailor-made costume and a bail dress.
The third doll represented French peas
ant girl, and her wardrobe consisted of
French national costumes The latter
originally included a fac sim.le of the COS
tune worn by the peasant girls of Alsace-
Lorraine But the protocol Directing her
wardrobe was confined to the costumes of
Normandia and Brittany, with real pro-
vincia' jeweiry.
Cxe< Tells Who He In.
The car recently filled up a census paper
In his own handwriting, giving his name
and surname. "Romanov," his social status
as GEAR Of all the Russias.' his profession
as Mastered all the land Of the Russian
empire. "9and giving as his accessory occu-@
patton thatsof Handed proprietor and agri-.
cuituralist." For the czarina the car
wrote, Czarina of all the Russias, mistress
of all the land belonging to the Russian
empire and patroness of all the houses of
employment" i'-tr!74
The will of the late William Lewis
Wlnans, formerly of Baltimore Nd, who
died here on June % last, leaving an estate
valued at over So. 10000 to be divided
equally between his two sons, subject to
Oil ahiuity VI e%O,OUU 10 MS VIE and n
other Of $4,000 to his sister-in-law, ex-
presses the desire of the deceased that his
son Lewis will marry. and that in selecting
wife he will take into serious considera-
ton the advice which the deceased gave
to his son Walter in a formal letter in 1880
and, If alive, to seek the consent of mis-
mother. who will reside with Lewis until
her death.
Murray. the publisher, is to present to
the public Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett's
The Battlefelds of Thessaly." 1t is an
elaborote defense of the sultan. The writer
with Great Britain; but, the author adds.
the bad manners of Sir Philip Currie the
British ambassador at Constantinople, pre-
vent this. Ashmead Bartlett paws high
compliments to the ability and shrewdness
OF the correspondent of the Associated
Press who was in Armenia in 1904 and
VINO disclosed the real facts regarding the
terrible Armenian massacres saving he
was the only newspaper man who mad a
real insight into the troubles in Armenia
The new weekly literary paper, in the
nsnest sense OF the term. is to appear in
october under distinguished auspices. If
Will be edited by leading man Of letters
and will deal as fully with the American
as with the continental and British, situa-
ton. s'euAF
At the Doncaster yearlings blood sto,,x
sales during the week high prices were
reached Sir Tatton Sykes, the famous
guineas for fourteen colts and FLIES. Colts
by st. Simon brought top prices one being
sold for .. 400 guineas, and another being
knocked down at 2. 200 guineas. A filIy by
Ben Dor was sold for 165O guineas.
The theatrical season has fairly HOS
somed. and the first nighters are over
wheimed with s,rfeit Of farce comedy
so rs
Lillian Russelps fEngngement.
The report has been put in circulation
that D'Oyly Carte is,.negotiating for the
services of Lilianl Russell to appear as the
star in a revival of The Grand Duchess,
and has sent ctfill through London the
atrical circles. m
The Londoners, of the profession are be-
coming considerably alarmed at the Ameri-
can invasion, which Isl taking bread from
their mouths. ana are particularly indig
nant against MrioCarte, because this will
be a second offeHse. n the rumor nroves
to be correct. He recently importel a
prima- donna from Australia. who has heen
given the centero6f the stage, to the ex-
clusion of home talent.dand has been much
censured by English aspirants ON that ac
count. At the present time Mr. Carte de-
clines TO affirm or deny the rumor of his
treason England. He ia bout - 1870