Arizona republican., 1899-07-07

1 rlS0n, owing to the issue Ot an Ofdef
 of the metropolitan district prohibiting
 officers in uEiform from prCEnenaG.ng
 Up and down the Ringstrassse except
 when on duty. The Rini9istrasse is like the Firth avenue of New York. the Champs Erysees, or the Boulevard des
 Ita,iens at Paris. the PaH Mall and the Lady's Nile of LOndCn. Regu arly every afternoon between the hours of 3 and the whole of Vienna society
 can be seen sauntering up and down the RirGatraSSe, chatting. laughing.
 and st0---ling here and there to talk
 With friends and to exchange the gos-
 sip of the day. As civilian clothes are
 not permitted to be worn by officers
 eXcep1 on rare occasion, the number
 eff handsome uE[fOqmS has been very
 great and lent much bItIliancy to the
 scene Indeed. until now not q court
 beauty or q club man, or yet an officer
 wCdId have considered the day con-
 plete withcuit the stroll on the Ring"
 Unfortuna tely. however. the assemb
 lage was not altogether confined to the
 beau monde. The ladies of the half
 world speedily realized the advantages
 to E2 obtained by an afternoon ap
 pearance or the fashion promenade.
 Since at no other place or time in the
 day could the sons of Mars and the
 golden yCufh be met in such large
 nun hers. Accordingly all the frail
 siSterhood fiocked down on the Ring
 every afternoon. and by their gorgeous
 display of ra'imant added StiI1 further
 color ard picturesqueness to the gay
 and merry crowd. To such prccor-
 tions did the latter go that the beauti- ful and spacious thoroue4-rare. one of the finest in Europe. became almost inlpasSJole during the afternoon. Tbs seems to have attracted the attention of the emperor. who came to the con- cl-idiOn. that since the advent of the ba'i- world the Ring Parade as it is called, had become something like q public scandal ard that means must be adopted to put a stop to it. Accord lngly he gave the instructions. which have jEsst been issued in the shape of q general order. convinced that the dis appearance of the military uniforms from the scene would deprive it of all | further attraction. It is needless to state that the order has given wide spread offense to ala classes of the pop most of all, Cf course. to the 1 officers. whose sentiments eff discipline | and loyalty are put to d severe test thereby.
 No American tourist has visited either the TyrOl or the Swiss Ans 1 Without being treated to that extraOrd- | mary species of vocal music known as | the 'yodel.' It seems that while stay ing at the Tegernsee. in Bavaria. the | sons of Emperor Wi.tiam acquired the | art from an old guide. Their father was so delighted with their ned ac- that he resolved to learn hcW to ''yode4'' himself. and accord | ir,Sly the old guide has been spending at Rl+cf the kaiser inStruction in t,.ls art of song- The kaiser now "vodels'' ex- ceedinglT we-l ard sonOTously, and is prGb&Sly the only monarch who has ever possessed such an art
 The recent festivities throughout Russia in connection with the centen- niaI anniversary of the tir .f of Porck- Kline. the most celebrated of all Mus c0vfte poets, has led to an extraOrdin al,y dispute at Paris It may be re- mem3bered that POachkine was killed Tn duel by his Ibrother-in-law. George Ahtnes Baron keeckeren. A consid- af3lC!e amount of mystery has prevail ed about the cause of this duel. and T Dit of ugly gossip was ciro1lated re- gardIrg it. Ai'ter the duel Baron Heeckeren quilted Russia and took LTD his residence at Paris. being created T senator of France as soon as his half brother Napoleon III.. became en- peror- The baron was the flegfiimate son of Queen HOrtense, of Holland ard Of the Dutch envoy at the court of St. Petersburg
 UT course the recent festivities in connection with the PCuchkine centep- nlaI nave led to q revival of the story Is to the cause of the duel This seems 10 have excited the ire of the only son T the caron. Who makes his home in France. and he has accordingly issIIed notification to the effct that he will -haHen2e to mortal combat any mem per of his own social rank who gives ,ufrency 10 what he denOunces as the sander concerning his father and his 9ncle, the POet. ard likewise warns newspaper editors that if they con lnue to slnirdh his fathers good name le VIII bring suit against them for ibel, and force them either to ray l iaEages or apologize and withdraw.
 One would have imagined that this ;canda. eff more than half a century igo had passed into the domain of his ory and that no one would take the forole to make it the sul,tect of a ] Iuarrel at the present day. Yet the ( contrary seems to be the case. and no ne need be astonished at any moment D learn of sanguiEary duel. or a ( lcfl suit taking place in connection with the POuchl1ine-H -Heeckeren en- 0unter of 1887.
 People are celebrating thfs year, the I ine-hundredih anniversary of the in '
 1%uratiou of the use of the fork. ( which first made its appearance at | he wedding of the Byzantine Princess Argiia to the son of tine DOge. of Ven 1 % IietrO OrsOlO at Venice in 999 It 2 IaS not, however, till the year 1912 hat the fork was first introduced info 1I land. and tw1 centuries more | iapsed until it came into ordinary use | t l Great Britain fingers being employ c q urtil then in lieu therecf f
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