Arizona republican., 1899-04-27

one of her court dresses each year to
 the society for distribution. At Pesth this has been done without any at
 tempt at the organizat ton of a society
 for some time past, the ladies of the
 court presenting the court dresses to their sisters of the theatrical profes- sion. considering it a duty 60 help the
 latter as far as possible, and [ remem
 Der that the late Empress Augusta of Germany made a point Of quietly giv-
 ing al, her court and evening dres3 3es to actresses whom she considered de-
 serving. To the present German em- press, however, belongs the credit of having first instituted societies for the purpose of distributing dresses on a large scale.
 There is no reason why the scheme should not extend to other countries, all the more as the social barriers which are supposed to have existed un- til now between the great world and the stage are rapidly disappearing.
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 l hear very pleasant accounts from Rome of the life of the Italian crown prince and crown princess at Naples. They occupy on the second floor of the royal palace there the old apartments of King Ferdinand II. After break fast with the princess at 8, the prince. attended by General Brusati, his aide de-camp proceeds to ths headquarters of the army corps which he commands and remains engaged in his military duties dntil about noon, when he re- turns to dejeuner with th4 princess. Afterward the prince disposes of his private correspondence, and then he spends some time in arranging and classifying his magnificent collection of ancient coins, an occupation in which he is assisted by the princess, who has become as much of an expert and enthusiast upon the subject as himself At 5 o'clock they go out on horseback or driving, or still more ire quently fo.' cruise in the bay on board their yacht, the Elena. At 7:30 o'clock dinner is served, and at 10 o'clock their day comes to g close.
 The chief feature of the lives of the future king and queen Of Italy is in their independence from the ordinary amusements and frivolous pastimes which absorb the upper classes of It. ally. The prince and princess have the same tastes, the same pursuits, are constantly in each others society, their life of simple domestic affection being almost unique in it's complete ness. They not only collect coins and drive together, but they shoot, hunt, read and work in one anOther's com | pany. The princess is 9 better sho5 than her husband, and recently during 3 shooting party at Nicola she brought | down twenty-one birds in twenty-six | shots.
 People in this country have very lit | tie idea of the extent to which the | courts of Europe are worked up over | the Dreyfus case, especially among | those reigning houses which profess the Roman Catholic creed, which is all the more surprising, as it has gen. orally been understood that the Drey- fus controversy was, to a great extent, | a conflict between the Catholics and | the Jews. At Copenhagen, at St. Petersburg, at Madrid, and at the Quirina1, the royal and imperial sym Dat5y is entirely in favor of Dreyfus, and at Vienna I hear of @ number or dhe archduchesses offering up prayers and noveEas for the release and re- Mobilization of the unfCrtunats pris- ] 1ner Of the Devils island
 As I have stated before in these col lmns both the czar and czaIina are very warmly attached to that German general. Von Schwartzkoppen whose name figures so constantly in the con- -roversy, and who, having been as 2ttache to the German en- 02ssy at Paris. the officer who had re- ations with the real batrayer CT be- 5rayers of Frances military secrets, 1nows better than anybody else the identity of the traitors The general vas tutor and military governor of the 9rssnt grand duke of He5se for num- ger of years at Darmstadt, and has therefore known the czarina from ,hildh0od; she, as well as her brother md sisters. being thrown more int1 he society Of the general than would otherwise have been tne case by the mmora.ftics of their father, wLich lept him aloof from them.
 Perhaps the hardest thing that has 'een said Of the French autho7itie in with the Dreyfus affair has 'ome from the Sr-sident of 'Une i'm ,erial court of appeal at St. Peters, 'un3 who stands high in favCr of the 'mperor and empress. In a scathing etter. which he has published in the 3t Petersburg NOvOsti, ard which, by easOn of it's appearance in print, must 'e considered as having ipse facto the of the imperial censor, he makes the following suggestion: "Tha eport of President Mazeau should be .xpoaed to view at the forthcoming Paris exhibition as an example of the of France. and as an object f curiosity for all civilized nations"
 
 A notable engagement which has ust taken place in London is that of he widowed countess of Cairns to -oung MT Sloane Stanley, the exceed ngly wealthy owner of Paultons. The cuntess is the widow of that amiable. ut rather foolish scion of aristocracy. vho used to go by the nickname of Gumboil. and who after jilting the ctress. Miss Fortescue, at an expense f $5G,000, which he Twas compelled to ay ty way of damages after an amuS- ng breach of promise case, was in turn ilted by Miss Grant Of New York, who