Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-25

an explanation, when she volunteered
| to enlighten me by whispering: A
| tame cat and, again, "a POODLE I'm
able to comprehend the meaning of
her Interpretation, I was afterward
told that the European custom of the
cavaliere servante' (self-appointed or
! tolerated admirer and devotee Of a
married LADY, had been imported to the
city of monuments from England. 1t
is a sort of platonic poodledOm, in
dulged in by single, empty-handed 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, peed not
necessarily be looked upon as con-
summate 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 Balti-
more, the good, old, conservative city,
should harbor them seemed SO queer.
Strange to say, I saw only one real
poodle dog in that city during a stay
| of over two weeks"
Harrison and Hohenlohe.
| At the dinner which the German
chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, gave in
Berlin to ex-President Harrison the
guest of the evening sat facing the
chancellor, between Prince Muenster of
Dernburg and the minister of state,
Count PosadOwsky. The chancellor
himself sat between the ambassadors
of Great Britain and the United States.
The way in which both the ex-Pres1-
dent and Mrs. Harrison were seated at
the gala dinner at the Potsdam palace
| 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 abdicated
couple of rulers, thus greatly contrast
ing with the ceremonial at other
courts. When ex-President Grant Wis
tied the queen at Windsor, who gave
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, &C
cording to English court etiquette,
looked upon as general of bourgeois
origin, and all the princes, dukes, peers
and other high dignitaries 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 break
fast or a supper, but he was deter
mined to treat them with every mark
Of honor, and thus showed himself
modern monarch.
Royal Military Women.
It is an oddly of European court life
that the women of the royal fam-44es
have all their military rank in the
field. The German empress commands
the Pasewak cuirassiers, who are truly
proud of their sprightly colonel, attlred
in her white uniform, with red velvet
facings She wears the sash of the
Hohenzolleren order and the three
cornered hat, with it's long, gracefully
waving white plume. On several re-
view days the empress has most charm
ingly led her regiment before the en-
peror, whom she salutes profoundly as
she passes by. The Empress Freder-
lex lacks the grace of her daughter-in-
law, she certainly makes a more i'm
posing figure as she leads the hussar
regiment, Kaiserin No. 2, and the
toria as agile in her younger days, she,
too, might lead the Victorian regiment
of the guards.
Other women entitled to 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-
ger corps, and the hereditary princess
of Sake Meiningen, with her devoted
second grenadiers. The queen of Wur-
tenburg is colonel of the famous "Ko9-
mig William I Uhlans." Of all these
none takes more interest in regimental
duties than do the grand duchess of
Hesse and Empress Frederick. Both
are frequently seen on the field con"
Quoting reviews, and busy themselves
quite 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