Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-29

Copyrighted, 1900. by The Associated Press.
London, Eng. March 24--Gr Britain
has grown weary Of her seriousness and
Of her military experts with their cold
calculating deductions, and length,
casualty lists no longer make the daiy
pnpcrs things of sadness and terror. m.
war, according to the average opinion.
Is practically over. To be sure it ma,
be months before Lord Roberts reachs,
Pretoria, but his going there is 10.
parded as sure as the hands move round
n clock, and 1t is claimed be is not goiro
to lose many men In getting there
dozen defeats could scarcely spoil thh
supreme self-satisfaotion and assurspcs
of ultimate victory that reigns among
the average public. 1t is not altcgethsi
shared by the press and officials hut |,
Is what the great majority of the Eng.
fish people feel. In society the cry nov
| is "Ho, for the Cape" and the dress.
makers are up to their eyes in work
making toilettes suited for the climats
| of the great war base.
For those who cannot participate 10 |
the prevailing rush TO Cape Town ther,
is any amount of gossip regarding the
possible reception OF the Queen in Ire.
land and what kind Of a greeting MI
Cecil Rhodes will get in England afte,
his scathing structures Of Gen. Bullstl
and Col. Kekewich, to say nothing osI
the curious stories which come fronI|
South Africa about women who haya
been out theie. However, the gaiety
which reiens in London is none the ess
genuine because many Of the gowns al
dinner parties are sombre bued, for thS
sake Of some relative lost on the battlsI
field. The period Of reverse seems ID
have vanished from the memory d
Great Britain as quickly as any fleetiug
dream, The hand of the aged field mar.
shall has taken tho nation from nervous
apprehensive mourning into the op.
posite extreme, and it is time lost to
attempt to stem for the moment the
stream of jubilation. In these celebra.
tiops the Americans resident in London
are not behind hand, one of the most
fashionable dinners being given at the
Carlton Hotel, yesterday, by Mr.. Regi.
nal Ward of New York, whose party in.
! cluded the Belgian Minister, Baron
Whettnall, Ladies Howe, Hindlip and
Dorchester, Lord and Lady Dedre!!
Ross Ward, Mrs. Moreton Frewen, Lord
Glenocke and other distinguished Eng
lish and Americans.
While London society celebrated, L
I also speculates, and not without mis-
giyings, regarding the Queens visit X
: Ireland. The sovereign's great ag'
: makes the trip itself one of serious risk
a while the possibility of hostile demon
0 strations, or even of personal attack
= creates nervousness that will only b
8 stilled when her majesty is safely bac
in England. The murder OF Lor
!. Frederick Cayendish and Mr.. Burke il
i, Phoenix Park has not been forgotten
i aud while the party led by Mr.. job
Redmond is not credited with any ten
Q denoy toward physical force, it is uni
k yersally felt In court and society circlt
d: that the Queen is taking her life in be
9 own hands in making the propose
visit.
If anything is interesting socist
more than the constant departure
j. fashionable women for Cape Town.
l. is the scandals that come back abol
l. those already out there. The latest
d that of woman long prominent
" society and the wife of well-knoV
Dub Wthb out w bhisS
u Buffers wounded, but. becoming Y
ct worse for liquor, she was shut up
II that commander in the room OF y
D. local ststionmaster. Discovering ,
st pajamas and short coat, she DOM
% them, after sacrificing her own raimen
A She afterward refused to make chan
lie and thus scantily clothed she was Ga
% ried through the lines of Gen. Bullel
I'd troops in an ambulance, was ship
to Cage Town and Is now in Englan
The tremendous influx at Cape Io'
of English society women and wives
* the more wealthy soldiers, especla
g those of the volunteers, has Great
"a lnany heart burnings among the u
IN iority of officers families, who. throu
is lack of pecuniary resources, are obllge
n to stay at home. 1t is pointed out VI
to Kipling will have ample chance
g. write UP another series of satlres, su
no as he did upon Indian army society,"