The sun., 1900-04-09
Dublin IS NOW A GAY C||i
The Irish Capital is the Scene
of Gorgeous Display
and w aIth.
THE QUEENS BUSY LIFE
Englishmen Have at Last Resigned
Themselves to Long Struggle
I'm 6outh Africa, and the
~ Scarcity of Horses
May Cause Delay.

I.andan, April 8--From city of nerv-
nus fnrebodin8s, political excitement and
almost stagnant business Dublin has been
transferned into capital as gay and as
busy as any European center. The COIL
ing Of the queen, though to a Catholic
c0uptry in the middle of Lent, has start
ed a whirl of festivities such us there haa
not been in Ireland since the good old
days of which Lever wrote. The Irish
nobility have focked across the channel
from their English homes in unprecedent-
ed numbers, and from the south, the west
and the north of Ireland itself old coun-
try families have poured into Dublin.
There is a sufficient number of the
members Of the ministry on the banks of
the Liffey to hold cabinet council and /
there are enough lovely women nightly |
dining in gorgeous dresses and shining |
with jewelry which has not been worn
for many dull day to make an Irish |
levee of which any country might be |
Jealous. The castle where the lord lieu |
tenant holds sway is naturally the center |
of attraction, but the ancient building |
can holl only II few. There the Duke of |
Devonshire, the Duke of Abercorn, the |
Marquis of Lansdowne, Home Secretary !
Ridley and Il number of peers and peer
csses dined in state every night last |
week.
A Scene of Sp1endOr.
The brilliant uniforms of officers of the
life guards frsm London, of the Duke Of
30nnaught's staff and the court uniforms
of Irelapds aignitaries are nightly blend
ed with the MACK attire of celebrated civ
iliaris. Nor ceHld anything be msre SUI
perjy than the biz called. bepeWdered lack
eys that rit in geld and red through the
h..t.t H.. artI. fL,,l
Shelhssrne hotel has been the center of
gayety. There almost every yisiter has
a title, Though many of the most distin-
guiShed feMna with chagrin that they
cotdd NET get rsems aud had to he salts
fed with humble lodging and dianers.
Owing to the presence of thieves In the
towR and the large amount Of jeweiry
cafeaessH displayed, no enc who Is not
'stayiRg at the Shelbeurae Is allowed to
enter the outer doors of that hotel with
cut. specifying whom he wants te see
and is often kept in the cold for further
INSPECTION. A well known but badly
dressed peer who seldoin visits Ireland
underwent this ordeal the other day and
almost exploded with wrath when a gold
laced porter barred his way and made
hipIshsw his card before allowing him TO
eAcr.
Ac MSht PSPaAdl lViih VI t'thihS
amusement has beea the chartering OF
trolley cars by large parties and taking
rides through the crowded and illumiaat-
ed streets. With the influx of money and
social gayety political considerations are
temporarily in abeyance.
The more advanced the queen becomes
in years the more her work increases.
The extension of the empire, the increas-
ed activity of modern life and the devel-
opnients Of the times have qaadrHplea
The work the queen has to deal with at
50. Therefore she has to work harder
than at ANY previous period of her reign.
1t is estimated that she has to sign 'iu.-
900 documents yearly. an average of 13I
Il day, including Sundays. Masses of
state papers ~ to her now while in Ire
land. She never really has two days
holiday together.
In enc of the three parliament house
dining rooms is long, oval table. AT
this the members of the cabinet dine et-
cry evening when the houses are in ses-
sion. No private member would think of
taking a seat at this table. The miRis-
teia there discuss the plans and pros
tsects Of the night OF 90 over the speech
es delivered or to he delivered. Owing
TO the absentees in Ireland only u small
group of cabinet ministers gathered there
ON Thursday evening, when some ran
dom war talk took place. The first lord
of the admiralty, Mr.. George ]. Goschen,
twitted the secretary of state for the
colonies, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, pleas
antly on the length of the war. Mr..
Chamberlain made good humored reply
and is then reported to have said seri-
orsly:
Il think we are dealing with better
fighters as individuals than any regular
soldiers of the continent. The Beers
seem to ME TO have both caution and
dash"
Expect Long Struggle.
Superlatiyes have been almost elmi-
mated from the war comments, and with
the disappearance of possible foreign
complications the editors and public
speakers take quite II moderate tone and
treat what is happening in the war field
with certain historical perspective. The
depressing incidents of the week have
caused Englishmen to resign themselves
to q long struggle. The disposition to
find fault with the, war office for not
having anticipated the necessity for the
enormous number of horses seems IN.
justified, for it is learned that before the
dash on Kimberley and the destruction
of horseflesh caused by the surrounding
of General Cronje the war office wired tq
its agents all over the woriu, particularly
in North and South America, giving them
unconditional power to buy horses un.
limtedly until further orders. The con
ditions in the way of assembling and
transporting the animals We're such, how.
|, ever that horses bought month age
can hardly reach Lord Roberts before
June.
Nothing more was heard last week of
the movement initiated by the minis
tcrial members of the house of commons
to sctitiQn the government to proclaim