The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-01
the WELL BELOVED
EMPRESS OF JAPAN
Learned, Gracious and Power
full, She Is WorshIped
by Her People.
GAR AS A MAN
When He Was Czarevitch He Liked to
Wander About London lncog and
See the Sights, Having
Odd Experiences.

London special: In the present
condition of European affairs more
than the average interest centers
around the personality of the beautiful
wife of the mikado Of Japan.
In her gentle presence is found one
of those magnetic influences. almost
unseen n entirely unknown Of the
world outside their environment, that
nevertheless sway the fate of nations.
With a learning that would do credit
to a university dean, with a Wondrous
Winsome charm n grace that bend all
to her will and with a command of af-
fairs equal to that Of any minister of
state in Europe, she might well become
a Semiramis, an Elizabeth or a Gather
inc. But she prefers to win n to hold
the love and loyalty of the japanese
people.
Stories of Lady Curzon.
Never has Lady Curzon, now in Eng
land, whom Americans prefer to re-
member as the beautiful Mary Letter"
locke loVelier han today as she drives
through Regent street accompanied by
her two little daughters, Irene and
Cynthia.
A touch of ma%tronliness has lent add
ed beauty to her presence. Her creamy
complexion, peculiar to a certain type
Of beauty, contrasts we'll with her coal
black hair, always set in Madonna-like
bands.
~ Two pleasant stories told about the
viceroy's wife afford a glimpse Of her
true heart.
People wonder why it is that I take
my two girls with me on my round Of
visits among the poor" she said. 1T is
my wish that they should, early in
their lives, acquire some knowledge Of
the suffering of the poor; that they
should be able to sympathize with those
less fortunately situated than them
selves, those doomed by circumstances
to a life Of toll"
Her delicate rebuke to a New York
society leader famous for her love Of
display and her utter ignorance of all
things outside her own little circle will
be remembered long after her career as
the wife Of the viceToy Of India has
been forgotten.
The woman in question had boasted
h a she had no time or inclination to
think Of anything save society"
u am unable to understand the con-
dition OF mind of some Of my country
women, said Lady Curzon, with icy de-
liberation, who. because they have a
little money, choose to liva their own
narrow little lives ard are as ignorant
as Hottentots Of all that goes to make
the sum of human happiness and hu-
man suffering. 1t is clear that they
have not digested the lessons Of the
French revolution"
A Few on the Car. -
Many curious tales are going the
rounds Of the clubs anent the czar of
Russia. In the days when he was
cesarewitch and visited London 1t was
his delight. following the example Of
De Quincy, and perhaps of Louis XII,
to stroll around the slums on market
night and, all unknown and unsus-
pected, watch the struggles of the poor
in the effort to buy the next days
meal.
At other times he would step into
Hyde Park, and, standing at the back
of a crowd, listen with much enter
tainment to the denunciations of him
self and the form Of government he rep
resents, at the hands of the Hyde Park
orators.
He learnt also hat the British mind
while in some respects admirably con-
stituted, has one radical defect-that
of being suspicious in the wrong place,
For, going into the store Of a wei.
known jeweler. he one day gave orders
for gold pate and jewels in such a
lavish way as to arouse the suspicious
Of h SNUG chief Of the firm.
And the Cesarewitch was artfully de-
tanned while an assistant was sent tt
the door to look for a policeman. There
he found two Scotland Yard detectives
known to every tradesmar in tina
quarter Of the town. They had beer
assigned by Superintendent Melville tt
the work of protecting the Cesarewitcf
from the approach of anarchists OF
cranks.
There's a man inside whom you
probably know" said the young as.
sistant. I'VE wish you would watch
him
The policemen laughed and admitted
hat they did know the man in the
store. They also agreed to watch hin
closely. Indeed, they We're doing moth.
ing else. Then it's all right" said the
assistant with eager enthusiasm. Come
In and take him; he's ready to you
hand"
If we do we'll be taken ourselves;
so will you, and so will the %store,'' re.
piled the detectives. He's the Cesare.
WITCH"
The head of the firm collapsed WITH
the shock end then got even by charg.
ing an additional profit of SO per cent
on everything else the Cesarewitct
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