The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-07
Gossip of the Word.


Here is copy OF a letter addressed by
Dreyfus to his little son last autumn
Ny Dear Pierre:-I have received your
nice little letter. You wish me 10 write
| to YOU l shall soon do better; 1 shall
soon press you in my arms. Pending this
| good and sweet moment you Will embrace
/ your mamma for me, as well as grandpa,
! grandma, little Jeanne. the uncles. aunts.
/ all. in fact. Hearty kisses 10 you and
| little JEANNE. from your your affeetionate
father.
(Signed) ALFRED
This letter, quite exceptionally. does not
bear the stamp of the penal administra-
! ton.
| The London Mail mentions Lady I'eggy
| Primrose's bridal raiment as 'qufge the
| loveliest wedding dress that has ever been
seen" II is made of rich white satin.
/ opening in front over a petticoat Of beau
| tiful Alencon lace tat one time the prop
erty of Marie Antoinette) and embroidered
on either side in garlands of primroses
worked in diamonds, while the train Of
white satin is heavily embroidered in dia-
mond primroses clustering together in
| punches. The bodice is composed chiefly
| of lace, the yoke being embroidered in
| primroses of brilliants, while the trans
parent sleeves are of chiffon and lace
! A 81. Petersburg correspondent writes:
! A dolls show for benevolent objects has
been opened in ST. Petersburg under the
patronage of a number OF ladies of the
! highest aristocracy.
The Czarina exhibits three dolls which
she clothed with her own hands, and the
whole Of whose garments she herself
sewed.
| The other dolls, which number 500, are
| dressed in the latest fashions by ladies OF
| the aristocracy.
| II seems that there are changes of fash
| ion in the dress of Chinese women. writes
| Lady Charlotte in the London Mail, but
they are confined chiefly TO the variation
of length of the tunic and the wearing or
| leaving off of a skirt. The usual garments
are trousers, a skirt and two or three lit
| tie coats.
The Chinese woman making an after
noon visit takes of her skirt just in the
way that an English lady would remove
her cape. If it is very warm she may
| take off one or possibly two Of the little
coats.
The trousers are really the most gor-
geous part of the costume, being some
| times OF rose-colored satin worked with
gold. Blue cotton is generally used for
everyday wear.
Chinese women wear no corsets, but
they compress their waists for all that.
They have scarcely any width of hip. so
they tie the waist cords of their garments
to quite a painful degree Of tightness.
Says a Brussels correspondent: Some
specimens of the odontoglossum figured
| among the exhibits at the Antwerp Horti-
teur collector offered $4,000 for three of
these orchids
The owner of the flowers, however. con-
sidering tn sum inadequate, refused to
part with them.
The Civil and Military Gazette, pub
lished al Allahabad, contains an excit-
ing account of the manner in which a
plucky woman saved herself and her
husband against the attack of a Ghazi
AS Captain and Mrs. Spence were out
driving slowly, they saw a Brahui
mounted on a Baluch racing mare COM
ing toward them at walk. AS the man
approached he drew his sword and made
a vicious cut at Captain Spence who,
on seeing the naked sword. instantly
stood up and dashed at the Ghazi with
the driving whip, causing the mare 20
swerve and the sword TO pass harmless
ly by, but uncomfortably close TO Cap
tain Spence's head. AT this instant
Captain Spence lost his balance and fell
under the wheel Of the trap where he
lay pinned down for some time. Seeing
her husband in the act of falling, Mrs.
Spence seized the whip from his hand
and jumped to the ground. BY this time
the Ghazi had wheeled on the road and
was making another rush. Mrs. Spence
l.
the man, and there received the CHAIRS
attack, whip in hand, cutting at him ana
his mare and calling out for help. BY
making vigorous use of her whip she
kept the GhaZi off and drove him away.
a second charge the GhaZi made was
similarly repulsed, except that on this Oc
casion the Ghazi's cuts came more peril
ously near, and Mrs. Spence was knocked
down. BY this time Captain Spence had
extricated himself from beneath the W hee.
of the trap (where he sustained several
bruises and a cracked rib and came 10
his wife's help. and when the GhaIi ma de
his third rush he was driven of by Cap
tain Spence. when he made Of At a ga
lop, but the pursuit was taken up. and
he was ultimately run down and shot.
The Duke of AbruzzFs preparations for
his expedition to the North Pole are now
very nearly completed. and the whole per
sonnet has already been recrulteI says
the Rome correspondent Of the London
Leader.
II includes three experienced Alpine
guides from the Aosta valley, but II ap-
pears that these mountaineers were only
induce dtO join the expedition by .he offer
of large salaries, and absolutely refused
10 come unless a priest were also placed
on the Stella Polare's books.
Not without difficulty Prince Louis sue
ceeded in engaging the services OF
chaplain 10 the expedition
Senator W A Clark, the Montana COP
per king, now in Paris. says that the
mansion which is TO be built for him a
Seventy -seventh street and Fifth avenue,
New York, viii be The finest IL that city.
aud that in IL he Will nave the hest col
lection Of pictures in the United STATES.
The mansion Is 10 cost s., 5ooofo and j. %
be constructed Of white granite ~ the
style OF Louis XIV mOdeTnized. Pictures
and stztuary are 70 have separate CALLER