Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-12-21

| to enlighten me by whispering:
/ tame cat and again. a poodle I'M
able to comprehend the meaning of
| her interpretation. was afterward
! told that the European custom of the
'cavaiiere atself-appointed or
i tolerated admirer and devotee of a
married LADY, had been imported to the
city of monuments from England. 1t
| is sort or piatonic poodledom, in
dulged in by single, empty but,
usually, purse-backed young men OF
leisure, who, as may be urged in extern
uation Of their canine adulation, tired
of their for the most part equally stu
pid and ignorant male, surroundings
and club society, seek relief and refuge
among pretty, witty women The lat
! ter, as a rule, far excel their money
seeking, brainless or brain tired hus-
bands in general education and refine
ment, A poodle therefore, despite his
| apparently canine, or feline, DISPOSE
ton and manners of speech and con
duct toward his patroness, need not
necessarily be looked upon as a con
sulnInate fool There are some poodles
that make poodledom pay, for they
usually attach themselves to wealthy
women whose husbands are too busy
to attend to the fashionable fads, fan
cies and amusements But that Balt-
more. the good, old, conservative city,
1 should harbor them seemed so queer.
\ Strange tor say, ! saw only one real
poodle dog in that city during a stay
| or over two weeks" f%
Id Harrison and Hohenlohe. ~
Z At the dinner which the German
chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, gave IN
/ Berlin to- ex President Harrison the
guest of the evening sat facing the
chaneellor, between Prince Muensterf OF
Dernburg and the minister of state,
Count Posadowsky The tchancelIor
himself sat between the ambassadors
of Great Britain and the United States,
! The. way in which both the exPresi-
dent and Mrs Harrison We're seated Il
the gala dinner at the Potsdam palaoe
in honor of the queen of Holland shows
! how the Berlin court ceremonial has
been modernized The presidential
couple were seated at the imperial
table, being treated as an abdicatad
l.couple of rulers, thus greatly contrast
ling with the ceremonial at other
Ecourts. When cx-President Grant Wis
iited the queen iat Windsor, who gave
a gala dinner In his honor, he found
himself plaed at the very lowest end
of the table, Being no longer presi-
| dent Of the United States, he was, at4
cording to English court etiquette,
4 looked upon Is q general OF bourgeois
4 origin, and all the princes, dukes, peers
and other high dfgnftaries had the
precedence of General Grant, who had
been the chief magistrate of his own
country during eight years. Emperor
/ William II might easily have avoided
this special distinction in honor Of the
Harrisons by inviting them to a break
fast or a supper, but he was deter
mined to treat them with every mark
of honor, and thus showed himself a
modern monarch.
Royal Military Women.
1t is an oddly Of European court life
that the women of the royal fam .4es
| have all their military rank in the
field The German empress commands
the Pasewak cuirassiers, who are truly
lproud of their sprightly colonel, attired
lin her white uniform, with red velvet
lfacings. She wears tie sash. Of The
4 Hohenzolleren order and the three
4 cornered. hat, with its long, gracefully
waving white plume. On several re
i view days the empress has most charm
i ingly, led her regiment before the EN-
i peror, whom she salutes profoundly rs
I she passes by The Empress Freder-
i ick lacks the grace Of her daughter-in-
4 law, she certainly makes more inn
4 posing figure as she leads the hussar
fragment. Kaiserin No. d and The
4 eishtieth infantry Were Queen Vie
toria as agile in her younger days. she,
too. might lead the Victorian regiment
of the guards.
Other women entitled ~ command in
the German. army, are the empress Of
Russia. who is colonel of the second
regiment Of dragons; Queen Margher-
! tia of Italy leader of the Hessian Jae-
rger corps, and the hereditary princess
Of SAKE Meiningen with her devoted
] second grenadiers The queen of Wur-
tenburg is colonel Of the famous koa-
mig William Uhlans.2 OF all these
none takes more interest in regimental
duties than do the grand duchess Of
Hesse and Empress Frederick. Both
ARE frequently seen ongthe' field ). con-
tcaeting reviews. and busy themselves
f0uite as much with uniforms, laces and
plumes as does the kaiser. There are
! also serving as officers in Williams
army Princes Charles and Albert Of
Prussia. Prince Louise OF Great Britain
and Ireland. the duchess OF Con
a.