The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
NANCY LEE ON
CURRENT GOSSIP.

| On, GOOD many women cherish the de-
!, An fusion thar no female crowned head
knows what ii is TO have a head
| ache. These admirers of titles and crowns
| think that a diamond hand is a remedy for
most Ills or preventive. When We think OF
! dear old Queen Victoria with her groups OF
| loving relatives her hosts of afectionate
( friends. we do not think so badly OF crowns
/ and diamond insignia: but when We fnins
/ OF the tragic death just now OF the En-
| press Of Austria than crown or no crown.
| we say poor woman" What a sad and
, troubled life this poor lady has led, 50 dis
| turbed in her family, SO harassed by the
vagarieS. not TO say bad conduct or her
| son. whose suicide or murder. or whatever
| IL was, has scarcely lost its echo III the
wooded depths of Bavaria. Fran the date
| of the death OF the Archduke Rudolph.
Elizabeth of Austria has shown signs or
mental disturbance. but the assassin, Lu-
gini, could not wal. for "a decree OF Proyi-
dence," but ended the life Of this unhappy
empress with one blow from his rusty file.
The Ion dit' OF the day seems 10 be that
| 1t was not only upon this vague and shad-
owy empress that anarchy had set its seal
OF doom, but upon all crowned Europe.
but she being the first to fall. must and
will now serve as barricade TO protect
her more powerful and beliigerent sisters
and brothers from the anarchists steel.
wonder what pretty and piquante Miss
Alice All Fong. OF Hawaii, Is doing today,
| as she gets her trousseau ready to marry
DR.. Thompson, OF the Mohican? What an
| international romance one may picture
from the union of the English Alice and
| the Chinese All Fong. 1t seems that many
years ago this Chinaman An Fong, leaving
| wife and family In China, went to Ha-
rites Hawaiian lady. There are many
men natives OF many countries who think
| 1t harmless TO have plurality of wives, If
| they keep to the club commandment which
says Have as many wives as you can
| support, but always have one at the time
All Fong followed this comma adment. and
while supporting the Chinese wife and
| family. lived exclusively with his Ha-
waian wife until he had gathered around
| him a large and beautiful collection OF
| daughters. When All Fong had accumu-
| lated a million of dollars and had seen his
| family grow and flourish and the Oldest
| three married to good. honest and brave
| Americans. he settled the million on the
| Hawaiian group and gathering his Chinese
| siken robes around him (Which by the
| way, ne had never exchanged for Ameri
| can wooD, he smiiingly sailed away 10
| China TO live for the remainder of his life
a good Chinese. and be gathered in the
/ C1lUSSe way 10 meet his ANCESTORS III TIE
Chinese heaven.
Although not in America born.
A merry-can was he
| And now today Alice. the youngest OF
| the Hawaians, is getting ready 10 marry
| an American physician. and I'm wondering
| II her observation-disclosures Chinese an
oestry. which l hear has made her so
| pretty and SO sweet, will not throw a veil
| of more than ordinary interest over the
al I'M r,1io hFt1 n. nrid
| loves a lover and, thank goodness. this
| assurance holds as good today as 1t did
| when father Jacob served fourteen years
| for his Rachael.
Now that the war is practically over.
| what are women to do with our war
| biouses. our fag-trimmed hats and our
|. gilt buttons? For the last six months we
| have fairly reveled in bright piumage.
| and there was hardly woman TO be seen
| on the streets who did not show some
| stars or stripes somewhere. / went TO a
! little out of doors tea the other day and
| heard one girl make the bet that not
| woman in the crowd was without the
| American colors in some form other.
| OF course the bet was taken up. and soon
| after marshaling the forces there was one
| timid. pretty girl blushingly exhibited
the one girl who was not patriotic ''Oh. il
| isn't So" cried her friend. who had started
| the bet. She's all right. for saw her
| dress herself" Hon; soft qu NAL pense.
| and We must have them even Il they come
| high
But, what will we do with our red. white
| and blues? Some of them were so becom-
| ing. and all of them were pretty Shall
| We lay them away for the next war or
| shall We wear them out now? | read
| good anecdote in A paper the other day.
Said the captain TO the first lieutenant:
| There's something familiar about that
| woman's face: what is it?'' The lieuten-
| ant. saluting: There Is. captain: It's
| powder" Wen, We can still cling TO our
| powder. although we have to fold up our
| flag effects. Some of us have already had
| TO doff our red, white and blue dresses and
put on black and somber garb that shows
| the world that one particular soldier boy
! will not return TO Us. Some of us will wear
| the dress which tells the rejoicing crowd
| 10 pass US by. lest we stop and cry Some
| OF US will take of our war blouse and but
| toned belt and tuck them away beside A
| tearstained photograph and d well-worn
| glove We will remember the day tie toss
| ed that glove on the little old work basket
| under the table. We did not mend his
| glove that day. Something else came up.
| and We look al the hole in the thumb
| and the rip in the back and we wish oh,
| how we wish ne had stopped ali else. be-
| cause. on, there under the autumn rains
| Somebody's darling" lies very still Bur
| now. il is TOO late. and so some Of Us put
| away our gay dresses to wear them no
| more. But, thank God. our dear old nag
| is victorious. and no North. no South. no
| East. no West. but one reunited whole, we,
| the people OF these United States have
| shown 10 the world that We will protec;
| the weak and that when We "a to war we
| stand by our guns. BY the way ! wonder
| how many people know that the Danish -
| the Oldest flag in existence, dating back
| 20 1910? Our Old Glory IL comparatively
| new. but we get there just the same
a good many women Of our country have
| viewed that considering the action of
| France In our late Anssricar-SranIsh war
| THAI they would NOT encourage F'rencn
| fashions, or buy French fabrics Won
| der IL We WI! have the courage Of orr
| opinions in this dress paradsf / wonder
| how many women would sign an honor
! roll rot 10 spend money that would direct
| ly or Indirectly benefit la Belle France I
| think there many