The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-28

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Conscrt OF Holland is actuatei by fami-
iy pride Aud the young man cannot
be called fortune-hunter. He will be
/ more acceptable . The HOl anders than
would Alorech1 Of Brunswick. as they
| fear Germany. A marriage just now
| W-ol one Of the Queens grandsons
would be most unpopular
As the marriage OF gha Crown Prin-
| cess S<ephanie will probably be an ac-
comp.lshed fac by The cime this reach
| IS you / mus tell you a little more
2 bOu- the bridegrO3n-el Every
| uhlng now seems settled. and the course
| OF loye-true Or Ease cime alone can
proves running smoothly toward the
chancel rail OF course. Il IS a mesa'-
lance, and the Princess WI be reuuir-
ed to give up not only her title as
Crown Princess. which can hardly be
a grief 10 her when she retr0sDeots-
and the sorr0ws she endured are re-
memDered-0uc also her tile Of Prin-
cess. which, as daughter Of the King
Of the Belgians. is hers by right OF
birth. Bu5. in spite of The brid grcom's
non-royal birth, he belongs TO one OF
the oldest and proudes. families in
Hungary. He has borne his title of
Count only since 1896, but he traces his
ancestry back TO 1892. The family has
always acted an important part in
Hungarian politics, and, oddly enough,
have been in days gone by among the
bitterest enemies of the Hapsburgs
The Count. who was horn in 1868, is
clever diplomat, and has charming
manners and English tastes. He and
the Crown Princess have known each
other year; they met during the fest
lvIIes given by the Archduke Freder-
lex of Austria, at Presburg. The Count
was bold and ardent wCoer, and car
rled the lady's heart by storm-evi-
IDENTIFY having no inclination for a
siege. The negotiations between Aus
tria and Belgium have been going on
for months. There were a number of
conditions imposed, the final ones be-
ing those | have already mentioned
and, in addition, tha. the Archduchess
Eliza beth, Stephanie's daughter, shall
renounce all rights to the Austrian
throne before her mothers remarrfaga.
This seems childish condition to men
ton, as she would have ito do the same
thing when she marries 1t is said that
the Emperor Of Austria will give a val
liable property as a wedding gift. and
the King of the Belgians a million or
so % Of francs. The Princess saws
she means to live upon her husbands |
estates, and be in every sense a Hung |
arian countess.
Although war, war, war IS the talk |
and. alas, frequently the cry-every-
where, we are not yet wholly given |
over TO grief and taxes. The new Nj |
agara for ice skating opened on Satur- |
day. There was excellent music, plen-
ty CT light, "a dazzling contrast to the |
London special fog outside, and any
number OF pretty women in very smart |
gowns. The Duke d'Orleans was among |
the skaters. Some of the gowns were
very pretty of dark cloth skirts, bril- |
liant cOlOred bodces, trimmed with |
lace, and coquettish toques And some
lovely furs. A cape OF ermina, with |
reVers of satin and trimmed with lace, |
was lovely.
Madame Patti baroness Ceder-
strOm) has given another opera at her
castle, Craigy-NOs. She sang Violet
ia in la Traviata." One paper says
that her rendering was simply magni-
ficent, Niole'tta being one Of her fav-
orite roles. She was in perfect voice,
and wore quantities of diamonds" Her
gowns were delectable. In the first
act pale-blue satin, with ruchings of
and superb jewels. In the
second a cloud Of pink chiffon, en-
broidered in silver sequins and dial
IOnds. And lastly a lovely gown of |
creamy white chiffon and lace over
ivory silk, embroidered with turquoise
and gold and trimmed with lace. The
operas are given that the bridegroom,
who was born after the songatress had
achieved fame, may see her in her fav-
or:te and famous roles. 444 sa
The fullness of town continues to
crowd the restaurants. Again the
FIgince of Wales and on Sunday night,
dined 81 the Carlton with several men
and the Countess of Torby and Lady
Churchill; both ladies wore
black, not mourning, but glittering
with go1d-colored pc14 leittes in one case
and jet in the other. Half the world
md his Wife-or anolhar's--were there.
Mrs. Langtry, no. far from the Princes
table, looking lovely, if not SO young,
in a clinging lace gown.
We have new play, "San Toy" a
Japaneseis.h- Mikado-Geisha kind, with
Hayden Coffin and Marie Tempest as
the stars. The dresses are perfect,
beautiful, gorgeous and graceful and
the Eastern scenes are splendidly done.
Have you heard that many of the
towns of the Cape are named for Gov
rnors and their wives? Among THE
first of these were General Sir Harry
Smith. His wife was a lovely POrtu-
guese, and for her Ladysmith is called,
and Harrlsmith for the General.
EVELYN.