The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04

brilliant appearance than Lillian Russell did
TURQUOISE buttons an inch In diam ter and
life-sized heart-Li!lian's own Size-of dia-
monds and an immense ruby.
The Kaiser has been engaging a governess
for his little daughter and the lucky candidate
describes her interview: Though his Ma
iesty tried his best to muddle me and did not
refrain from being exceedingly inquisitve
about what concerns me alone. II ust say that
never before heard more boyish, nay, child
ish. laugh than that Of this almighty parsonage
when something tckles his fancy. He is full
OF fun and he literally took the cushion OF the
sofa and put half Of it in his mouth to stop the
explosions q his ,mirth when. read him
letter from King Frederick III. engaging my
The letter contained the following state
| ments; You Will occupy a large. sunny room
with Charlotte. each having a separate bed and
together with lodging. fire. washing without
restriction including even iounced and be-
laced cotton trocks and pettlfoats), a wax can;
die per day for your personal candlestick and
atSs IS one ;or , e9m M USE ackey in gray
the Queen, whose rank forPids her to wear the
same pair TWICE. and which; we hone, will 1T
shlp and any favors which might result from
the Same"
Sarah Bernhard. according to an enterpris-
| ing French scholar. is descended from b.
hemian king who travelled around with train
| Of dancers freaks and wild beasts and was
| famous for his wit. Nine. Bernhardts grand
mother is said to have been one Of his many
children. Aunt LanGe Griet was another.
| Aunt Lange was not exactly an ornament to
| Nine. Bernhardts household in days gone by
She had an Inherent fondness for the kitchen.
| and IL needed all OF her nece's cleverness to
her to sdSpt .a gHe
| chair in the hall, and there Aunt LANCE. In q
white lace coife and superb white brocade
Eho asRed fn tor se Nine PfH sse
| shelf in her chair she kept the photographs OF
the evening did she get out OF her giided prison.
An English woman who has been travelling in
| Russia seems to have found it easier to get in
| than to get out OF the Cars country. She sent
her passport to the authorities before starting
In order to have It vistd. and then blithely
made for the frontier. Arriving there. she was
Immediately detained and taken before the
powers that not only be. but also do. at the
Russian frontier. Here she was informed that
her passport did not permit her to leave tho
country and that she would he obliged to make
herself conn Portable while the police found OUT
she would te her friends about i when shs
TO pay not only for her room her mea Is. ser
vice. and all that sort Of thing, but also for
| long kilograms Wnlcn the authorities were pX-
| dwinded as RAPIDLY as her funds did. She
finally got of, however. but without receiving
| any apology or any rein amusement.
Lord Salisbury has been endearing himself
| to the female sex in general and to women
bicycllsts in particular. by making a few chosen
| remarks at a Royal Academy banquet. 81 My
belief" he said. lis that II there was Dante
to write an artistic Inferno. its lowest circle
| NV ha laJi ho
themselves in the bicycle skirt or In knicker-
bockcrs" Not content with heaping confusion
on tho wheewomen. Lord Salisbury declared
that every change which is made in woman 3
dress is n step in the direction of ugliness,
concerned lately in eeveral matters feminine.
There was n bill up in the House OF Lords not
GG E F n 6s ho Ma FffS p
the House OF Comm9ns, hut Lord Salisbury
made it the subject o. a violent attack u thG i
| not think the houses OF Parliament were con
cernod with such matters and he snid that The
! Government might nS We enact law provid-
peers found this remarkahle argument so con-
vincing that the bill failed to pass
Orc OF the wives OF the Sultan has eloped
Her name was Zullahra, she has run away with
an Englshman. and nobody knows where she
is 1t is a most exciting event in Turkish So
ciety where elopments are rare. Zulfabri
took advantage OF the CONFUSION attending
holiday to slip out OF the lildiz Kiosk. i
seems almost certain that her escape could no
have been ACCOMPLISHED without the COMFY
nncp OF one OF the servants. 1t was Impossible
to tell which one OF them had aided her so n;
Sultan ordered tho entire uaace staff to b,
fogGed daily for a week and to be put on
diet of bread and water 1t wasn't so mucl
grief at tho loss OF ZpIfahra herself 1t was Tho
, fear OF allowing such an idea TO take root anI
! spread. Any open door policy OF THIS sort VII
be vigorously suppressed in Turkish harems
Tubing is not so modern custom after all
Even eccentric baths such rs those OF mill
and OF flowers. are not novelty. Isabeau o
, Bavaria IL ed to have great dccoctons Of chick
weed brewed daily, and in them she would
take her tub Diana Of Poitiers took her morn
3 ing plunge in tub Of rainwater. Eighteenth
I century beauties swors by baths mingled wit
} | dissolved with the yolk OF an egg, Or they be
! lieyed In preparations OF almonds and melol