Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-30

houses at Sandringham are well sup
piled with these fragrant flowers.
That unassuming, yet rare flower OF
the ns-eidelweiss-is beloved
by the Empress of Germany, and many
rash attempts, even to the risk of Lire,
have been made 10 procure an Offering
for her; indeed. it has been stated that
the law in Germany forbidding the
plucking of eidelweiss was suggested
by the Empress herself. Next to- this
rare flower, the marguerite claims her
preference.
The Duchess of Marlborough, who
was Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt OF New
York, has passion for the beautiful
malmaison earnation, ana the Ia
bles at her dinner parties in Blen-
helm are always radiant with these
blooms, relieved with the pale green OF
| their own foliage ana the most delicate
! sprays OF maidenhair fern. Next in
her Graces favor are the beautiful va
riegated besonias OF Japan, a rare col
| lection of which she has recently
| brought to Blenheim at fabulous ex-
pense.
! Queen Helene, the consort of Italy 5
| lately crowned King, is also a devotee
to one particular flower, her favorite
being the family perfumed gardenla.
! She seldom wears flowers, however, bur
contents herself with growing them and
rendering her apartments in the palace
| at Rome beautiful with their fragrance.
| Roses OF every shade and variety are
| the faYorites of the American Countess
( Castellane, whom we remember as Miss
anna Gould. On any special occasion
her palatisl nome near the Bots de Bou-
| logne III Paris is always a bower OF the
queen CT flowers.
| The Countess sister, Miss Helen
| Gourd, loved py every American for her
| deeds OF great kindness, 5e5toWs her
| affection upon orchids, and has the
rarest collection in this country. Next
| to these exquisite blooms she cherishes
| the simple marguerite.
| Leaving society for the beauties OF
the stage, we learn that Miss Ellen
! cry has a weakness for wild flowers,
the brilliant scarlet poppy in partieu-
lar when staying at her English cot
+ tage IN %inchelsea she often trespasses
among the corn to pluck them Tor her.
I Gafr, and only regrets gheT tendency
\ TO fade Miss Perry quite frequently
/ wears a bunch OF peoples on tae stage,
and in "Godeiroi and 1olanGe the eff
! feet OF her costume festooned with
punches Of scarlet peoples is striking
! enough to excite perpetual remem-
brance, If ANY snch addltiS were
needed.
4 Madame Sarah Bernhard cherishes
I the violet-the small understanding
2 st~l, a,s| ~ s7fh
! Her rooms are always fragrant with
j them and they are the only flowers she
! permits herself to wear out Of doors.
/ There is a story that when Madame
/ Bernhard was once overwhelmed with
! floral gifts at the conclusion OF one CT
+, her great successes in her own country
| she neglected the most costly for tiny
4 bunch of vioiets thrown from the gai-
| lery 1t was long time before the
! young man from whose coat they had
/ been tern in the excitement could be
1 convinced that 1t was for the sake OF
! the flowers and not the giver that she
picked them up and, smelling them,
gratefully placed them in her bosom.
! Flowers of all descriptions are loved by
| Mrs. de Nevarra. formerly Mary Ander-
son. from the hnmbIest 10 the cOstliest,
| but for her favorite she has chosen the
! simplest little riverside forget-me-noi
! There can be no doubt that in her choice
of her fayorite flower woman quite UNI
| knowingly affords as, in a measure. an
! index to her character, and as we have
! seen the rich and great are more ap-
| pealed to by the simplest blossoms Of
| efld and forest than by those costly and
| rare productions Of the horticulturaiisf
| arts and devices.