Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04
GRAND DUKE GOES TO A CIRCUS
Not Il to Carry Water for the
Elephant in Order to Gain
His Admission.

Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, May .3.-(New York World Cable
gr~am-Special Telegram.)-Spencer Eddy,
who is now the guest Of Grand Duke Mich
ael at Cannes, insisted on taking his inn
perial host and his wife, Countess Torby,
to the Barnum & Bailey circus two days
ago, when the show was at Nice. The au-
gust Russian enjoyed the lark hugely.
Clyde Fitch is here to spend a week. He
is looking but the shadow Of his former
self and confesses that he feels as II he
were OF the verge Of serious trouble,
brought on by overwork. He is going to the
neighborhood of Florence, Italy, for a long
rest.
The sultan of Johore, with a party OF
Americans, occupied a table next to Mr..
and Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt. jr., at Paillard's
fashionable restaurant after the theater
lately. Mutual friends introduced the sui
tan to the Vanderbilts and the acquaintance
proved exceedingly pleasant to both sides.
The next day Mr.. Vanderbilt took the sui
tan out riding in his famous automobile,
afterward dining together on the island in
the Bots de Boulonge lake. The sultan has
now invited Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt to
make a long stay in India, promising ex-
traordinary elephant and tiger hunts. Mrs.
Vanderbilt accepted the invitation enthusi-
asticRlly, and her husband said his father
undoubtedly would lend his steam yacht
Valiant to convey the party to Bombay. No
date has yet been fixed for the visit, as the
Vanderbilts must return to America before
they go to India.
The beautiful Mrs. Keppel, who is re-
ferred to here as King Edwards best
councillor, is escorting Miss Yznaga
through the gayest Paris season imagl-
pahIa Tbau ara constantly aaan fnpafhAr
at the polo grounds, the races, at teas,
dinners and after-theater suppers. The
Hon. Lester generally escorts Mrs. Keppel
on these occasions. Miss Yznaga's escort
is a handsome. mysterious, s~ecretive
gentleman who is never introduced to any
body by the two women. Nobody knows
him or remembers having seen him In the
fashionable cosmopolis before.
Among the smartest entertainments
given in this city recently was Mrs. John
w. Mackay's dinner before her departure
for London. Her guests were General
and Mrs. Winslow, the marquis of Talley-
rand Perigord, Mr.. and Mrs. Reilly, Count
and Countess Florian, Mrs. Houston, Miss
Snyder, Captain and Mrs. Lydyg, Edgar
Drake, Messrs. Sands and Fitzhenry.
The mansion formerly occupied by the
king of Hanover has Just been bought
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Phelps. who will
further improve the superb place and move
into 1t permanently at the end of the year.
The dashing Warehouses de la Rozierea,
the daughter of Mr.. Tilghman of New
York, whose runaway marriage nine months
ago was the sensation of the season, has
given birth to twin boys. Mr.. Tilghman
arrived two days afterward.
Charles Seribner has bought a large rae
ing automobile.
Allison Armour's yacht Utowana has ar
rived at Gibraltar from Madeira.
The Anthony Drexels are here negotiat-
ing to regain possession Of their yacht,
Margarlta, which is now cruising in the
Mediterranean under charter by Alexan-
der. 1t has been for sale for some time
and some people say the Drexels wish to
break the lease in order to attend the
Cowes and Kiel races and then go on a
cruise to the land OF the midnight sun.
Others whisper that It is in order TO give
immediate possession to Count Boni de
Castellane, who has never been consoled
since he was forcibly dispossessed OF his
boat.
Young Bradley Martin is fast becoming
an undisputed star in the Bots de Boulogne
private polo games. Incidentally his skill
on the pony is fast making him a prime
favorite with the most exclusive young
sports OF the French and English arts
tocracy.
Eugene Higgins steam yacht VaTuna,
having finished the Riviera season with a
trip TO Corsica, is now bound north, prob
ably to Dinard or Cowes. Its owner is in
Paris varying his pleasure by daily driving
with joyous coaching parties TO Versailles
or some other distant suburb.
Count Boni de Castellane is back In
Paris as gloriously happy over his re-
election to the Chamber Of Deputies as IL
II we're a perfectly spontaneous manifesto
ton Of his constituents love and admira-
tion. Countess Anna and the children
have also returned. The election Of his
two younger brothers enhances Count
Boni's political position materially. He
jokingly calls himself the leader of the
Castellane new liberal party. Being the
financial hacker Of Jacquelin, the French
long-distance cycling champion, Count
Boni Immediately drove to the track to
watch the training for the race with Law
son, the American wonder. While stroll