Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-07-27
CABLE LETTER FROM LONDON

London, Eng, July %. Now that
the Queen and court have gone to
Osborne, the rest of the fashionable
world will soon fit to the continent or
the grouse moors.
The season has been the most pros
porous that has been experienced in
recent years. The tradesmen have had
rich harvests, for people evidently
have had plenty of money to spend for
things that are not necessaries of life.
The approaching marriage of Crown
Prince Danilo of Montenegro and
Princess Jutta of Mecklenburg ,Strelitz
will be celebrated with splendor un-
precedented in the land of the Black
Mountains.
The bride will arrive at Antivari to-
morrow, and her formal conversion to
the Greek orthodox faith will occur q
few hours later, in private house
specially consecrated for the purpose.
There is only bride path from
Antivari to Cettinje, and the Princess
will, therefore, perform the journey to
tho Montenrin capital on horseback.
She will be accompanied by her future
brother in law, the Prince Of Naples,
whose wife is Princess Helene of
Montenegro.
The prospective bride and her suite
will enter Cettinje on Wednesday, and
the wedding will take place on the
following day.
Great festivals are being prepared in
honor of the event.
The heat throughout the week, both
| in England and on the continent, has
been unprecedented. While the mer-
curry has not approached American
records, Americans, who have arrived
here recently, say that it is hotter here
than at home.
The weather has entirely revolution
lied the clothes habits of Londoners.
Even straw hats are deemed too heavy,
and, in the city, scores of 'tsmart"
members of tho Stock Exchange are to
be seen in what is known Us the milk
mans hat. This article is made of
thin white linen, with broad brim.
The clearest evidence of the heat,
| however, and one which most impresses
Englishmen, is the fact that, in certain
courts, the judges informed lawyers
that they could dispense with the
wearing of wigs. The judicial per-
mission was gratefully accepted.
In spite of the heat, the Queen, on
| Thursday, drove ~ miles TO garden
party bazaar, which tho Duchess Of
Connaught had organized for the
restoration of church.
The Queen visited all the stalls, and
made numerous purchases at the
American stall, over which Countess
Conte and the Countess of Dudley
presided. Her Majesty also tasted a
real American sherry cobbler through
straw.
Jaggers, the messenger boy, who was
on duty at one of the stalls, was pre-
scented to the Queen, who questioned
him about his American trip.
Americans have been very prominent
in the entertainments of the week.
Mrs. Ogilvie Haig, whom the papers
describe as the daughter of the queen
of New York society, Mrs. Aston, gave
her first London party on Wednesday.
Her house was full of notable people.
The same evening, Mrs. Ogden Goelet
gave very select dinner for the Prince
Of Wales.
The Countess of Oxford. formerly
Miss Louise Corbin of New York, has
been driving PAIR of American
thoroughbreds in tue park this week,
the gift of her father, d. G. Corbin.
The pair cost $4,000, and are pro-
nounced the most perfect to be seen
in London.