The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-14

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| ing cards that are considered good form n
Chine by the mandarins.
To give an Idea Of the enpefor's visit.
| Ing cards II may be stated that they meas
| ure no less than six inches In length ant
| four inches In width. On the upper line
is the single word Wilhelm" and on the
second line the words Deutscher Kaisel
und Koenig won PreSssen;'' that Is TO say
German Emperor and King OF Prussia"
| These words are printed In fat and large
| Gothic letters. II is hardly necessary t
| add that the emperor does not CONSIDER II
necessary to insnrihe. like ordinary folks
his address on his visiting cards. perhaps
for the very reason that he is so exceeding
Nv seldom at home. or course the, en-
Dercr does not carry about these huge bits
OF Dastebs ard himself. They are confidcd
to his chasseur or body servant, who ioi-
lows him like shadow. and are only used
when calling on foreign ambassadors either
IN Berlin or in other capitals which he maj
visit. and on royal personaRes.
The other eoyereigns Ia Europe content
themselves with quite small and unobtu-
sive visiting caids with the words In script.
Among The most simple In point OF size
and appearance being those Of the emperor
of Austria and of the prince Of Wales The
latter. it may be added, has two sets OF
cal DIS, one for use abroad, and the other Tor
use in England. The latter bears the
words, the prince OF Wales the other
the french tl4uSlatOn OF the SAINT, Huineiy,
the Prince de Gales"
The kaiser, by-the-by, has promised TO
dover every one of the girls at Constants
nople employed in the manufacture of the
superb carpet presented 10 him by the SUI
tan. This has led to the irreverent sugges-
tion that the sultan should immediately
proceed to gather those girls into his harem
with view 10 recovering from the kaiser
some Of the money spent in his entertain
ment. III
That Lord William Nevill is being treated
with altogether exceptional consideration
while undergoing his sentence of penal
servitude for forgery and franli is evident
from the announcement that, fired OF his
confinement indoors, he had applied for
outdoor labor, but that this had been de-
clined by the governor of the penitentiary
IN the Isle OF Wight, where he is confined.
on The ground that outdoor work would
entail ordinary prison fare. ami tile sans
treatment as the ordinary col5yict, which
would he injurious ia man so delicately
reared.
] may adj that the governor OF the peni-
Tertiary in question, who resides with his
family within the precincts of the prison, is
married to a first cousin of Lord William,
which may account for the manner in which
the wind is tempered TO this shorn pedi-
Siec iuiup VI pidch sHtSp.
~
Lady Sholto Douglas, the American act
ress. who enjoys the distinction OF having
the atheist Marquis of Queensberry as
father In law, who is herself Baptist,
and who has an uncle Lord Archibald
Douglas. who is a Roman Catholic priest
is about to complete this extraordinary col
Nf a 49,
Buddhist sistcr-in-law.
Lady Sholto's only sister, Lady Edith
Douglas. has just become engaged to MR.
Lane Fox Pit, who is professed Buddhist,
and who has in times past achieved mucn
distinction by his connection with the
Primrose League. and also as the inventor
of a very important incandescent electric
light. In fact, he claims TIC have been the
original inventor of this particular IL
Inmnant.
Lord Queensberry's eldest surviving sou.
Lord Douglas, is member of the Anglican
church, and the son-in-law of country
parson. Over the religious belief OF Lord
Alfred Douglas, the friend of Oscar Wilde,
1t is perhaps best TO draw veil. and 10
content oneself with setting down his
creed as pagan while Lady Florence Dixie,
the sister of the marquis, is a Presbyterian.
In fact, do not believe that there is any
family of the entire British peerage that
comprises WItnlH us UOsom Sucu uH eAtid~
ordinary number Of religious beliefs as
that of which the so eccentric marquis of
Oueensberry is the chief.
1t is odd that in recording the death
the other day of Ralph Disraeli at the adj
vanced age of 80, not one of the newspapers
should have called attention to the more
than 'infriendly treatment to which he was
subjected by his younger. and more ceie-
brated brother the late Lord Beacons-
field.
throughout the latter's so brilliant ca
reer he pointedly avoided his elder brother.
Ralph as If ashamed of him, and do not
think that anyone in English society can
ever recall having either met Ralph Dis
raei at Hughenden manor. or having even
heard of him as being either. there or at
Lord Beaconsfield's town house during tho
lifetime of that statesman.
Certain 1t Is that it was only when the
earl was ON his death bed that he bethought
himself of Ralph's son as his heir, and al
though ii is young Disnaeli who Is now the
owner of Hughenden, and who hopes one
day Ito be raised by the crown to the peerage
of his uncle yet he scarcely ever saw the
latter and can not claim to have known
him save at distance. This estrangemant
between the two brothers was all the more
noteworthy since, as rule, the jewish
families are so united, that mecca DeinB
one of the most attractive features of their
race. and can well remember the talk that
was created when, on taking his seat for
the first time in the house OF lords, LORI
Beaconsfield strobe up to his brother. who
was deputy clerk OF the upper house, and
shook hands with him. II was asserted at
the time to be the first occasion In many
years that tho two brothers had shown evil
dence of the fact that they were aware of
one auother'S existence.
Let me adj that while Lord Beaconsfield
was of course the more brilliant of the two
brothers, the Late Ralph Disraell was far
and away the most respected and erudite.
his modesty, his sobriety of speech and
manner and his profound learning consti-
tutlng in every respect the antithesis OF
Queen V!ctora's favorite but superficial
and frothy premier
II is to be regretted that young Dlsraeli,
10 whom England looks to perpetuaie the
family name. takes rot after his father. but
rather after his uncle, without, however.
possessing the latter's brilliancy or his elo-
uuence. Marquise de Fontenoy.
BRASS kNucIks IN CHURCH.