Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-24
Great Success of Bar Room Bazaar
for Charity.
FEATURE OF A LONDON FUNCTION
New Version of Death of Prince
Rudolph of Austria.
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP

mOntn at BalmOTal castle, scotland, where
the weather enabled her to enjoy constant
driving, to the benefit of her health
Great preparations are being made at AL
dershot camp for the review of troops by
her majesty Monday. Most of the princes
and princesses will be present.
Royalties were much in evidence during
the past week. The queen and the Prince
Of Wales won a number of prizes for horses
and cattle at the Royal Agricultural So
cietys show at Maidstone, Kent, while al
most daily members of the royal family
nave been engaged in advancing the cause
Of charity, opening bazaars and sales of
needlework or giving garden fetes.
Tuesday the anniversary of her majestys
accession to- the throne, in 1897, was a spe-
cially busy day. The Duke of Connaught
reviewed the Yeomen of the Guard at Buck
ingham Palace. 1t was a brilliant society
function, the royalties, Mr.. Henry White
secretary of the United States embassy;
Mr.. j. r. Carter, second secretary of the
United States embassy, and Mrs Carter;
Col. Samuel s. Sumner the United States
military attache. and Mrs. Sumner and
Lieut. Colwell, the United States naval at
tache and Mrs. Colwell being among those
present.
Garden Party for Charity.
Inc Duchess of Albany's garden party,
held in behalf of charity was the rendez-
vous of most of the fashionable people, in
Guiding the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught the Marquis and Warehouses of
Salisbury, the Duke and Duchess of MARI
borough, Lord and Lady Mount-Stephen
Lady William Beresford Lord and Tadv
Strathcona and Mount-RoyaI, and Mr.. and
Mrs: Andrew j. Carnegie. Princess Chris
tlan sale of work from the ROYAL School
OF Art Needlework. Monday and subsequent
days, was a great success. Many distin-
no coll
people, including some Americans LADY
Deerhurst and Mesdames Bonynge and
ibradley Martin. The Albert Hall bazaar,
however, in aid of the fund of the Charine
cross Hospital was the browning char
liable function of the season. The adj
mlraDle, untiring work of Mesdames Paget
anu honaids In connection Herewith is a
matter OF general comment, and promises
10 lead to insistent demands for their SER
vices at all future events of a similar char
acter. 1t was an immense success beyond
Were over $50 0D0
The flower stall, where the Duchess of
Marlborough and Mrs. Paget were active,
Iook IN s2'Uo, and the American stall of
Mesdames Mackay, Ronalds, Bradley Mar
$500. ''eU
Mrs. Brown Potter says a thousand drinks
were SOLD, ana the tips to the ladies dis
pehSihg them aggregated 5000. The great
est success of the bazaar was the American
par, at which Ladies Hesketh and Angle
sey and Mrs Frank Mackay, all Ameri-
cans, assisted Mrs. Brown Potter. But the
chief attraction of the bar was an array of
smart young men in white, bar dress GUS
tomary in America, but quite a novelty
here They included the Duke of Man
chester, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Vivian
Lord Edward Somerset Lord Henry som
erset and Mr. Ralph Pulitzer They were
all in much demand by fashionable GUS
toners and received large tips, a lady pre-
senting the Duke Of Manchester with 80
note $50 in payment for a cocktail telling
MIN to keep the change"
Tradesmen Have Good Business
The season, on the whole, is proving
most successful and the shopkeepers and
dressmakers are jubilant. They say they
were never so busy late in the season as
during the present year, one reason given
being the extremely fragile character of
the dress materials which are now fash
ionable. Instead of dresses lasting a sea-
son, as usual, ladies are obliged to have
entirely new outfits in the middle of the
season. Money seems in every way more
plentiful. The lavish entertainments of
past seasons have been surpassed this sea
son and the sums paid to singers and
pianists for private entertainments are
fabulous. Nine. Melba is booked for eleven
private parties, a which she receives 400
guineas (about S2l0o each. Mrs. Harms
worth has issued invitations to a party
early in July at which Paderewski, Melba,
Susan Strong and Coquelin will all per-
form.
The pressure of applications for admis-
sion to the International Council of Wo-
men, to open June 20 and last until July 5,
has been so great that it was found neces-
sary to change the place of meeting to the
large Convocation Hall of Church House.
An interesting feature will be the attend
ance of Chinese delegates. The Countess
of Aberdeen, the president of the council,
has been notified by the Chinese minister
of the appointment of the wife of Shen,
an nf he 1arat IN,
official delegate She will be accompanied
by an interpreter and two other Chinese
ladies, and will be attended by DR.. Kang,
who took a medical degree in America, and
Miss Kang. crowd of American women
of all professions will be in attendance.
Anent Prince RudoIph's Death.
Every now and then new versions of the
tragic death of the Crown Prince of Aus
tria are published and they always attract
interest. The West End now asserts that
it has obtained the true story" of the
tragedy of Prince Rudolphs death gath
cred from an undeniabe source" This YER
sion of the affair says:
LAS is well known, the crown prince
deeply loved the Baroness Marie Vetsera
He wrote a letter to the pope praying for
a dispensation and intercession with the
emperor to allow him to relinquish his title
to the throne and retire into private life.
The pope sent the letter to Emperor Francis
Joseph, and an agoniZing interview between
the father and son followed and lasted all
night long. Finally. Rudolph promised to
give up the baroness. and the lovers met at
Rudolphs shooting box, at Mayerling, for
a last farewell. The company at dinner in
cluded Prince Philip of Coburg and Count
Hoyos. The wine passed freely and the
evening was spent in singing and laughter
though it was remarked that the gaiety of
Prince Rudolph and Baroness Marie Vet
sera seemed forced. Toward / o'clock in
the morning the baroness complained of
being ill and retired to her bed room. At 9
o'clock, after having consumed almost
decanter of brandy, Rudolph babe his
friends good night and entered the bar
oness bed room. The next morning Ru-
Golphs confidant, Bratfsch, knocked at the
door and there was no response. He then
entered, staggered back and tainted at the
CHASTITY sight Lying on the sofa complete
ly covered with wild flowers was vetsera,
dead. Alongside her lay her lover. Ru-
dolph, clutching heavy cavalry pistol the
back of his head shot Off A doctor was
summoned and his evidence refutes the
statement that the lovers died together He
| certified that the baroness died at 1 O'Clock
| from strychnine poisoning and that Ru-
| dolph died at 2 O'Clock from a pistol shot,
| The baroness left four letters addressed to
Emperor Francis Joseph. her mother her
cousin. Baltazzi, and to Prince Rudolph.
| The latter was the direct cause of the
croWp pripca'S SI1fotda Cr;af,tr;,I,ax.