The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-10

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shadow and has returned to wait his
six weeks He has therefore concluded
not to attend the inauguration march to
the annoyance of those who wished good
weather for that occasion.
BRUCE KEENAN,.
WOMEN AS DETECTIVES
New York, Feb. 9.-Women detectives
are the vogue now in the Waldorf-As
toria. They may be seen in the Moorish
room in the tea room and up and down
Ike brilliantly lighted corridors That is,
you may see them if your eyes are sufi-
GENTLY keen to penetrate the DISCUSSES
of the disciples of Vidocq
There has been a reorganization of the
force Of guardian angels who keep the
hotel free from Objectionable persons and
scourge the peddler and the mendicant
from the doors Of the great hosiery. No
one who is well and unfavorably known
to the police can hope to gain entrance
to the realms of malachite and onyx
Women detectives are ever on guard.
They watch the tea room and the cor
ridor and. demure and apparently OBJ
vious to all around them. they keep both
eyes fixed upon all the panorama which
/ constantly passes before their vision
Men detectives still remain in the Wal
dorf-Astoria, but they are subdued. The
day OF masculine swagger and of the
headlight scarf pin has passed away. The
Old race Of hotel detectives, loquacious,
braggart and hashily dressed, is extinct
and there remains the unobtrusive kind
of the mouse-cOlored temperament They
DO their work so quietly and so well that
even the men whose faces grace the
Rogues' gallery fail to recognize them.
Mr. Boldt said that the woman detec-
tive was not so speedily recognized as the
man detective. although she is inclined
to jump at conclusions. he thinks that
she makes few mistakes.
This, however, is purely general, for if
Mr. Boldt had detectives Of any kind he
would not talk about them Like many
another hotel proprietor he has come to
the conclusion that the hotel detective
has been too conspicuous a figure. There
was once a detective not more than a
thousand miles away from the Waldorf
Astoria whose mannerisms were so obtru-
sive that they served him as a badge.
Under the new regime the hotel detec-
tive at the Waldorf-Astoria is involved in
mystery He is not supposed to know
anybody so wen that he can be intro
duced around the hotel as Detective So
and So" The woman Sherlock Holmes
is always travelling incognito. She may
be sitting in the writing room nditing
% note on the gilt embossed paper of the
hotel while she keeps careful watch on
all that happens in her vicinity Tn the
corridors where the world comes and
goes. the woman detective has a quick in
sight which Mr. Boldt thinks is inval-
liable
MAKING or ROYAL MATCHES
London. Feb 9-Deicate negotiations
are passing between the courts of Russia
and England looking to a marriage be-
tween The Grand Duke Michael. younger
brother Of the car and heir presumptive
10 the throne. and Princess Victoria, only
unmarried daughter Of the king of Eng
lend. Politics rather than affection is
said to be back Of the projected match.
Standing i'm the way of the marriage
is the iron-clad law of the Russian
Russian church forbidding marriages be
tween FIRST cousins The czarevitch,
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch. Is
q SON of the dowager empress of Russia.
who IS sister of the queen of England,
the mother Of Princess Victoria.
A dispensation from the ear would be
necessary for such match. and it is ex-
remely doubtful Of Nicholas would grant
such dispensadon- For he refused #
when Michael wanted to marry another
drst cousin. the lovely Princess Helene
dausntcr of the Grand Duke Vladimir
The cars reason for refusing it was
that he was not only emperor of an Rus
slams bat spiritual head Of the Russian
church. and that his brother. should hs
inherit the throne. as now seems pr55-
able. VIII also be the head Of the church
Ana it would be a grave scandal besides
setting a fearful example to his subjects
Il The head of the church should trans
cress enc of it's NEST stringent rules
However. the car may be Influenced
iu this matter for political considerations.
for such an alliance as this would he
bond between the two countries that
would 81 FAR towards ending their heredi-
tary enmity
Another engagement expected soon Is
that Of the crown prince 81 Germany
and Princess Beatrice. Youngest daugh-er
Of the late Duke of -Gotha.
They are both young. he crown prince
being only eieh.eea and Beatrice only
sixteen. This would he marriage be-
tween first cousins once removed for
Princess Beatrice II SaNe-Cohurs is first
cousin Of the German emperor. whose
son 1t IS proposed shall wed her her
father and The emperors mother hav.nc
been brother and sister. But The rules
Of the Lutheran church are nos So strict
about matters If Tins sort rs those az
the Russian church
EXTRAORDINARY CHOPS
What has recently happened to sheep2
asks a writer in the Lon6en Daily Nal
Have they become 6eformed. NJ are they
Il-fel and badly treated? II not why
re we furnished nowadays with sach
extraordinary cho0s2 Formerly a chop
Vss chop. ana you obtained good ~
tarn for yonr money. All chops are
mostly - The same pattern. and yau are
sure ~ q eood allowance * wholesome
meat Now when vou order chap you
never Know in what torm 81 VIII present
-sf u eenerai2 appears n Sc