The times., 1898-05-23
/. ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

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seems to have had everything to make 1t
| meffsb crowds of people. shandsomeowo-
men. beautifully gowned. and the pres
] ence of royalty I'm all its numerous
| branches. Concerning this fete corre-
| spondent at Turin writes: / never saw so
many royalties together at one time as
/ saw at the Turin tests. All of them
were beautifully costumed and all or
nearly ali of the women were beautiful.
| from the queen down to her young daugh-
.ter-in.faw. Light colors prevailed, blue
| and rose being the favorites. CHANGING
over the crowds Seemed Hike looking over
| great plain, covered with, blooming
| flowers. The men were all in frock coats
| and the officers-had--on their handsomest
uniforms. The minister of foreign affairs,
visconti yenosta. Was most gorgeously
appareled in cloth Of silver. covered with
decorations and sashes.
! The royalties came in a landau, passing
| slowly along between immense tnrongs.
/ Entering the ali,athe king came frs.
with the queen upon his arm: they were
/ followed by the, .princesses. The king sa-
/ -luted the people with quick. nervous ges-
| lures, but the queen made deep. pro-
| longed bow. The queen and the princess
i eS seated themselves, but the King re-
4 manned standing. He was In "a uniform
| richly covered with decorations. and as
| he stood gazing about the hall and occa-
| sionally exchanging brief sentences with
| the queen. one could see that his counte-
i nance had become more serious than
formerly and his face less highly colored.
| The people in the back of the hall could
/ not see him clearly, and they called i'm
patiently to those in front, Sit down. sit
DOWN. For a moment the piercing eyes
of the king Were turned in that direction
1 and he howed and smiled at the people
and then resumed his conversation with
the queen. -~,,o-s~,-
The queen looked as beautiful as ever.
although a trlfie pale. thought. in sky
blue gown trimmed with black velvet en-
broidery. She wore small hat adorned
4 with@plumes the color of her dress. and
| carried in her hand a white silk parasol.
- To, the right of the king sat the Prin-
cess Helen of Montenegro, as she Is ire
T fquently called to distinguish her from the
other Princess Helen of OrleanS-AoSta.
The daughter of Prince Nikta, had on a
magnificent gown of pale-5lue silk with
a great fluffy white boa around her neck,
aud on her head little blue hat that
matched her gown. Near her Stood the
\ duchess of Genoa. the mother of the
queen. in pale mauve with dark velvet
mantle and white tulle hat Then came
the Duchess Isabella. dressed in pale
green silk. with hat of the same.
The duke of Aosta placed himself in
front of Letitia who seemed noticeably
thinner than when l last saw her. She
was dressed in a liiac-fiowered gown,
with violet hat. The duchess of Aosta
wore a peach-coiored dress and very
small hat. trimmed with whise' piumes
4 and others the color Of her dress that
brought out well the richness of her colt
fUre. Was it not a brilliant array OF roy
atty 10 be seen together on one occasion
But perhaps In these troubFous times in
Italy they deem 1t best TO cling together
In numbers there Is safety. -1'
The. king in resonant voice, read an
address of welcome. The acoustic
2 properties of the han are not good how
ever and he could not be heard very well
But he was greeted with applause. and
4 the queen and princesses smilingly con-
graduated him. After some music and 9TH
er ceremonies there was a promenade, in
which all the royalties took part. The
king stopped frequently with the queen
before the different objects OF interest tC
examine them closely. but II was evident
4 that his mind was not on them.
The emperor of Germany was expected
to enhance the brilliancy of the Turin
festivals by his presence. but he did not
come The explanation of his. absence is
his expressed aversion to the commemo-
ration of "'48T a celebration which was
prohibited in Germany as a revolutionary
exhibition. Speaking of William II, ]
am reminded of an incident. when ne was
but crown prince. told me by an American
friend. Circumstances sometimes make il
necessary for royalty TO travel BY the
common conveyances that carry less
favored mortals. and il was the fortune
of this friend to find himself one day
travelling in company with the future en-
perdr of Germany. II was on one of the
little steamers plying up and down the
Italian lakes. She is a woman of the
fair fat and forty type and was return
ing from trip to the Engadine. She sat
down oil one Of the benches. and in the
abstraction of her thoughts began to flir
back and forth a small paper parcel she
carried Back and forth it went. care
lessly, when she instinctively became
aware that the person next her was
haughtily drawing himself back as far as
he could on the bench. Instantly divin-
ing the cause, she turned and laughingly
fapoIogized for her carelessness in Tipping
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drew farther away and received her
apology with a naughty stare. After
ward, seeing several officers surrounding
him and treating him very deferentially
she inquired who he was and was told
"the crown prince of Germany on his way
TO visit his dying father at San. Reno
But think of it-fipping vulgar little
paper parcel against his royal highness
of Germany
AS Is well known, Italy grants no di
vorces, and Italians who have found tn.
I bonds of matrimony calling have beer
obliged, nevertheless, to submit to the
yoke or escape from it only by death Tn,
question of divorce has often been before
parliament but has never been favorablS
considered. SO for those who do not wist
to wait resignedly until the Legislators