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their husbands he will not meet at all.
No two women in all England could
be less affected, as Louise OF Dorne IL
gay, clever Independent and nearly un-
conventional. and Louise OF Fife IN 30
quiet and retiring that she isn't as self
assertive as a non-royal duchess Is sup
posed to be. William might select n
bride for his 1S-year-old Crown Prince.
There are two Connaught girls and
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg. The
Emperor and the Prince OF Wales arc
most uncongenial. IL has always been
a very bitter pill for the Prince 60
swallow that he has for so many years
TO follow his imperious nephew: and
the nephew has never done anything
to increase pleasantness. The Prince
bitterly resented Williams treatment
of his own mother. and William critl-
cized the Prince for allowing his
daughter to marry subject The
coming OF the Empress and the two
oldest sons indicates an expansiyeness
of friendliness which is gratifying To
us and must be disconcerting to the
people of the Continent.
The Car and Czarina are still In
Germany, and last week were at the
opening services OF the Commcmora-
tive chapel at Wolfsgarten, near Darn
L..
memory of the Empress Marie. born
a princess of Hesse, who became the
wife of Alexander III. anu grandmother
of the present Car. The late Empress
became a bigot to her new religion, the
Greek Orthodox, and toward the end
of her life lived almost like "a religious
recluse. Her only daughter, the pres
ent Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, was her
earthly idol, and for her from her baby
days were collected the most splendid
Jewels. Indirectly the Empress Marie
was the means of bringing about a so
cial revolution in many reigning fami-
lies OF europe. as she was the first Ho
encourage and afterward recognize
morganatic marriage. Among her
maids-of- of-honor was the pretty daugh-
ter of a Polish father with Muscovite
proclivities and his wife with an Is
raelitish strain. With this Countess
Julia Hauke the Empress brother.
Prince Alexander OF Hesse. fell In love.
and morganatically married. or course
the court circles simply ignored the
marriage; but the Empress upheld her
brother, and persuaded her older
brother, the Grand Duke OF Hesse, to
create his sister-in-law Countess OF
Battenberg and give her the Jugenheim
estate. From this union descended the
Battenbergs, who have been taken by
regular marriages into England's royal
family. They rank in the last division
Of magnates in the Almanch de Gotha.
and the title of royal highness. be-
slowed by the Queen upon Prince Hen
ry of Battenberg. was never recognized
on the continent. The chapel Ia, of
course Russian. built dn semi-Asiatic
style of the seventeenth century. and
has some splendid mosaic decorations.
RECURRING TO THE WAR.
Lady Audrey Butler, wife OF the Gen
eral in command at the Cape, Is almost
as much in the public mind as her
husband. Lady Butler has Just lost her
brother, The Marquis of TowEshend. IL
was a member OF his family who was
supposed to be primarily the cause OF
the war of your independence. He was
Chancellor of the Exchequer. and To
obtain a revenue of 100000 a year for
the Government he brought about the
Acknowledgement of the empire.
Lady Butler was a widow with 4 chill
dren when SIR Redvers married her,
and they have one daughter. who is TO
be presented next season. Almost i'm
mediately after seeing Sir Redvers and
her son off at Southampton she return
ed to Aldershct, and set about looking
after the wives and children left be-
hind. She is immensely popular both
in society and army circles.
= The women are very much TO the
fore. The American hospital ship
movement goes on apace, and IL iikely
to be carried through without difficulty
or delay. Already $4,000 has AN been
in addition to this the fact
thai the steamship Maine has been
given to the service OF the fund free
of charge, and manned, fitted out
equipped and coaled by the Atlantic
Transport Company makes an immense
to the monetary support. The
large firms are making contributions OF
goods that will be especially useful on
such a ship; even such comforts and
luxuries as tobacco, wine, blankets and
all kinds OF foods" are being freely
given. The concert, gotten up by Mrs.
Brown-Potter, which will take place
on the 18th at Claridges Hotel, will
have as special and self-announced au-
ditor the Prince OF Wales.
The Colonel Schiel, wl.o is the only
officer in the Boer army, with the ex-
ceptions of Joubert and Cronje, with
whose name We are familiar, has long
been an enemy Of England. There is
some mystery about him, At seems that
after serving In the German army be
left it with the rank of sergeant, and
to South Africa. He served
as instructor i'm tactics with the Zulu
army under Cetewayo in the war OF
70, and at the conclusion OF hostilities
The British Government offered a re-
ward for his capture. He was not
taught, and we next heard OF him I'm
he Transvaal as an artillery officer.
and il is said that the forts OF Pretoria
and johannesburg were constructed
lnder his direction, and he Is credited
with the authorship of the Boer camp
iign in Natal. He was wounded at
and is now a prisoner
IN the Penelope in Simon's Bay. AZ
he beginning OF the war he asked The
kaiser's blessing on his enterprise. He
lidn't obtain it, which may account for
lis falling into our hands He is
clever. and an extremely flne-looking
nan.