The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-24
PUTS ! OFF
MOURNING.
England Has Assumed Her Old
Time Gayety.
The War Is Considered to Be
Practically Over.
VICTORY is CERTAIN.
Only Worry Is the Queens Visit
to Ireland.
Scandalous Stories Floating
Back From Africa.
VICTORY is CERTAIN.

Copyright. 1900, by Associated Press)
London, March 24.-Great Britain has
grown weary of her seriousness and her
military experts with their cold, cal
culating deduction and lengthy cas-
ualty lists DO longer make the daily
papers things of sadness and terror.
The war. according to the average
opinion, is practically over. To be sure
it may be months before Lord Roberts
reaches Pretoria, but his going there
is regarded as sure as the hands move
round a clock and it is claimed he is
sure to lose many men in getting there
A dozen defeats could scarcely spoil this
supreme satisfaction and assur-
ance Of ultimate victory that reigns
among the average public. 1t is not al
together shared by the press and Off
cials, but it is what the great majority
of the English people feel. In security
the cry now is "EIo, for the Capev' and
the dressraakers are up to their eyes in
work, making toilets suited for the eli
mate of the great war base.
For those who cannot participate in
the rush to Cape Town there is any
amount of gossip regarding the prob
able reception of the queen in Ireland
and what kind of a greeting Cecil
Rhodes will get in England after his
seathing structures of General Butler
and Colonel Kekewich, to say nothing
of the curious stories which come from
South Africa about women who have
been out there. However, the gaiety
which reignS in London is none the less
genuine because many of the gowns at
dinner parties are three-hued, for the
sake of some relative lost on the bat
tlefield. The period of reverse seems
to have vanished from Great Britain
as quickly as any f1eeting dream.
THE QUEENS VISIT.
While London society celebrates it
also speeulates, and not without mis-
givings, regarding the queens visit to
ireland. The sovereign's great age
makes the trip itself of serious
risk. while the possibility of hostile
| demonstrations or even personal at
| tack creates a nervousness that will
| only be stilled when her majesty is
safely back in England. The murder
| of Lord Frederick Cavendish and I'm
| der Secretary Burke in Phoenix park
| has not been forgotten and while the
party led by John Redmond is not cred
| tied with any tendency towards ply
| steal force it is universally felt in court
and society circles that the queen is
| taking her life in her. own hands in
making the proposed visit. On this
| question an interview has been held
with Ireland's premier, the Duke of Abb
| ercorn who will be a. visitor to Dublin
| during the royal visit and will receive
her majesty as first by right of blood
| in all Ireland. The duke said: Il do
not think there will be hostile demon
| strations. There may be a few black
| flags and other silent signs of disap-
| proval. Still, there is the rabble of
| Dublin which cannot be answered for
| and which is entirely unrepresentative
| of Irish feeling. [ sincerely trust that
| the voice of national chivalry, apart
/ from any political considerations, will
not be overshadowed by some rowdy
| demonstration. Still I must admit
there is no little risk, though if the pre-
| ponderating Irish opinion from genuine
| sons of the SOIL irrespective of religion
and politics. can have its way, her
majesty will meet with the warmest
! reception that ever greeted the ruler of
any country
WORK FOR KIPLING.
IF anything is interesting society
! more than the constant departure of
fashionable women for Cape Town it is
| the scandal that comes back about
| those already out there. The latest is
| that relating to a woman, long promi-
| nent in society and the wife of a well
| known baronet She went out to nurse
! General Buffers wounded, but becoming
| the worse for liquor, she was shut up
/ by that commander in the room of the
| local station master. Discovering his
| paiamas and a short coat, she donned
| them after sacrificing her own raiment.
| She afterwards refused to make a
| change and thus scantily clothed she
| was carried through the lines of Gen
| eraI Buffers troops in an ambulance,
| was shipped to Cape Town and is now
| in England
The influx at Cape Town of English
society women and wives of the more
wealthy soldiers and particularly those
| of the volunteers has created many
heartburnings among the majority of
! officers families who, through lack of
pecuniary resources, are obliged to stay
1 at home It is pointed out that Kipling
| will have a chance to write up another
series of satires such as he did upon
Indian army society.