Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-13

minister are unacquainted with that tongue.
The natural result Is q great deal OF chat
yer Wniie more or less unintelisibie
speeches are being delivered And then
there Is always the tedious recapituiation
oy the secretary. whose abstracts are sc-
eurate and uninspired In equal degree.
peranto enthusiasts
MT. Bryan's speech In good resoundinR
Ehsnsn walked the delegates up as much
as mpoeil-Bahnerman's "vise Ia Duma,"
space to 1t. but extolled his utterances In
editorials. The speech, with Its dramatic,
touch when Mr.. Bryan alluded to the loss
Nelson was to the country. pointing at the
same time to the fresco OF the death Of
Nelson. was applauded vigorously and will
De handed down as the most telling speech
at the congress. While English newspapers
have treated Mr.. Bryan In most courteous
fashion. there has been a tendency to re-
gard him as a sort OF rough and ready man
from the west OF America with store
Tess to see something OF Abraham Lincoln
IN him. and are regarding him as an Amerl-
can patriot and statesman Of high order.
The desperate shock Queen Victoria of
SPAN endured on her wedding day has been
telling most seriously upon her nerves. and
she is still suffering from the effects. 1
near on the best authority that THE cold
she was supposed to have was nothing but
. acute nervous prostrstion brought on by
Tue experiences or that memorable day. She
Is very much better now, but at one time
there was an idea of sending for her
mother. Princess Henry of Battenberg Her
illness TOOK the form OF hysteria and in
somnia, and every one around her was
most concerned. especially the king. who
was most anxious and worried about her
70. ten Gays she was strictly forbidden to
motor, and. while carrying out this order
she was yet again subject to a serious
1riSht when the horses OF the carriage In
which sne was supposed to be taking quiet
exercise bolted. Her majesty has become
a very devout Catholic and is never absent
from daily mass. She has had a tiny tab
let inscribed with an image OF ST. Christie
pher, who Is the patron saint Of motorists,
placed In every motor In the royal garage.
Inc Idea Is that the saint protects the oc-
cupants OF "cars' who thus honor him
Queen Victoria Is bringing Spanish pres
emu TO all her old friends at the Isle of
Wight when she comes to stay with her
mother for the regattas
This visit Is regarded here with mixed
feelings King Alfonso changes his plans
from day to day apparently. but IL is I'M
derstood that after spending about a fort
night on the Solent he and his wife will
proceed on q short yachting cruise before
returning to Spain. Any project Of a trip
to Scotland Is not likely to be encouraged
at court. the fact being that the visit of
the King and Queen of Spain to Cowes
Just at this period would gladly have been
dispensed with in what are termed ..ex-
alted' quarters.
A newly married king and queen have
invariably remained In their own domin-
ions for at least year after their union,
and II would be impossible to find a prece-
dent for the return of a queen to her own
country after only two months of matri-
mony: The trip to England is a complete
preach or the old court etiquette, but a
short cruise is said to have been ordered
for the benefit of the Queen Of SPANS
health and spirits.
London 10 far behind continental cities as
regards the general custom of taking meals
In the open air. but there can be no d ubt
that the al fresco tea is gathering popular
1ty, and the number Of resorts In which IL
Is possible to take your refreshment with
out entering door has increased largely
during the last year or two.
Tea on the parliament terrace of course
Is now one of the regular observances In
nigh society, and II Is quite the usual thing
II one visits smart hotels like the Savoy at
the proper time to find animated groups
chattering and chatting and conducting
mild fiirtations over the teacups in the
courtyard. But the democracy now has
plenty OF opportunity on its free days to
follow society's example, for the county
council has gradually extended Its catering
arrangements until it is possible to sit in
the shade Of the trees and sip souchong Tor
something else) to the accompaniment Of
bright music and the feeling-if you are a
rate payer and inclined to gloom-that this
is one of the joys for which an up-to-date
municipality compels you to pay.
II Is all very nice and Arcadian In its
way. and the cheerfulness with which the
cockney accepts the idea shows clearly
that the suggestion of a little poetry In the
eating and drinking Is welcome to the
heart OF the Londoner as to the Partisan or
the German. Hyde Park however has
held curiously aloof up to now. which Is
all the more unaccountable because the
snowy cloths of the tea tables have been
n nu and ,rg, 49,
gardens for long time past.
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Although an astride position Is still too
unconventional for the average fashionable
horsewoman when she appears In public.
riding in the masculine manner is taught
to great many aristocratic ladies now
adays, and there are some who are not
afraid for the world to see their practical
approval OF the safer custom.
One OF those who ride habitually in this
manner Is little Princess Victoria Mary OF
Wales, for whose exclusive use two pretty
ponies have been procured. Every fine
morning she has her regular canter in the
grounds OF Marlborough House. and the
occasions when she ventures farther afield.
pie have not yet learned to associate with
the female form. are not infrequent.
have seen the young princess riding with
the throng in Hyde Park. and a glowing
picture of healthy English girlhoOd she
looked. On these occasions she has been
accompanied usually by her father and
brother, but the other day she was merely
attended by a groom.
All the younger princesses In Europe are
now taught to ride astride. The small
daughters Of the car and the King Of Italy
all turn out in this way. Among the
ciety ladies whose girls have learned to do
the same are Lady Leicester, Lady Chelsea
and Lady Castlereagh. 1t cannot be pre-
tended. OF course, that this method OF rid
ing Is as graceful as the other, but II In
wolves much less risk of being thrown.
L. H. MOORE.