Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-04
GOSSIP FROM
FOREIGN COURTS


FOREIGN COURTS
washington Post.1
According to private letters from
Berlin there Is no doubt whatsoever
that Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland IA
vors the suit OF Prince William of
WED. During the fortnight she spent
at Potsdam she was surrounded by no
less than four royal youths, all eager
to obtain her hand, namely, Prince
William OF Wied. Prince Bernhardt of
Saxe-Weimar (between whom and the
succession to her throne there is only
the life OF his elder brother, the heir to
the Grand Duchy OF Saxe-Weimar),
while the other two suffers are the sons
of Prince Albert of Prussia, regent OF
the Duchy of Brunswick. The consen-
sus OF opinion is that the young Queen
favors Prince William Of Weld. brother
OF the husband OF her most intimate
friend and dearest relative, Pauline,
only daughter of the King OF Wurtem-
berg.
s The court of Berlin may be said to
Prince William is more honestly in
love with Wilhelmina than any OF the
other three suffers, but likewise be-
cause he is the best looking and the
the most accomplished. He is twenty
three years Of age, and slightly over
six feet in height, presents really a
very handsome appearance in his white
uniform of lieutenant Of the Garde de
Corps, with the eagle crested silver
helmet, and the steel cuirass. He
paints, plays on the piano and on the
violin. has pretty gift of poetry is
famed as the best dancer at the court
of Berlin, is successful steeplechase
rider and excels In every form of sport
and athletic pursuits. He is peer.
The other three princes are all of them
very rich. He Is just the kind of man
to take the fancy OF spirited young
girl like Queen Wilhelmina, and those
who have her welfare at heart could
not wish for a better husband for her.
Thanks to the personal influence of
the princess OF Wales, the osprey
plume, SO long a feature of the uni
forms of many cavalry regiments of
the British army. has been abolished.
A general order bearing the signature
OF Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, the
commander-in-chi states that her
majesty has been pleased to approve of
the adoption by officers OF the Royal
Horse Artillery. the Hussars and rifle
regiments of plume OF ostrich feath-
ers instead of the osprey plume now in
use" officers may continue to wear
ia nj in hofr
sion until Dec. 81. The general order
then goes on to declare that the ostrich
feathers, now inaugurated, are to be
mounted on "a stem OF special pattern
and are to be of the color of the osprey
Royal Rifle Corps, where they will
be scarlet instead of black. The lower
part of the plume is to be. enclrcled by
a gold ring, the height of the plumes
for the officers of the Royal Horse Ar
tillery and Hussars is to be fifteen
inches, and for officers OF the rifle regi-
ments seven inches-that is to say,
from the top of the busby to the top of
| the plume.
| Until now osprey plumes have
adorned the headgear of the officers of
all the Hussar and rifle regiments, as
well as of the Royal Horse Artillery,
and it was this circumstance that in
| terfered so sadly with the crusade in
augurated by the princess of Wales
| against the use of osprey plumes as an
article of fashionable wear. The rea-
son for the attitude of the princess In
| the matter is that not only is this mag
nificent bird becoming extinct through
| the pursuit to which it is subjected in
order to secure its plumes, but likewise
| owing to the fact that the latter, In
order to be of any marketable value,
have to be torn from the living bird
during the nesting season.
/ Formerly ospreys constituted very
| favorite feature of feminine headgear.
But since the princess of Wales and
| the other ladies of the royal family set
their face against its use 1t has to a
/ great extent gone out of fashion. and
4 the general order now issued by direc-
ton of the queen seems destined to
prove the death blow to the use. or
rather abuse. of the osprey plume
/ Society in London is specializing at
1.-The present moment as TO whether
Lord Rothschild's only daughter
who married Capt. Give Behrens, of
the Royal Artillery, the other day, has
taken any of her odd pets with her or
her wedding trip. Miss Rothschild
prior to her marriage, was devoted tt
all sorts of queer domestic pets. and
Lord Rothschild relates that on rising
one morning somewhat earlier than
usual at his country seat, at Thring
and coming down stairs, he found 8
tall footman solemnly and very slowly
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