The National tribune., 1907-10-24

but the only thing they are really in
terested in is the approaching meal Al
the big steamers are now equipped will
every known Improvement in cooling
or refrigerating room in which the vas
supplies are kept The North German
Lloyd spends every year about s4,50o.'
600 in provisions. In fitting out :
teamer with food for a trip an addi-
ional two weeks is always provided
| or, in case anything should happen in
he night
Fifteen hundred charwomen were in
| gited 10 attend a matinee performance
| If Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
given at Terry's Theater, London, the
| other day. To the student of human
nature it was a most interesting occa-
sion. These English Mrs Wiggses, y
none of whom, probably. had ever read
he story. laughed till the tears rolled
lown their cheeks at the doings san.l
'ayings of the optimistic, CHEEKY hero
ne. One of the actresses came before
| The curtain at the close of the perform
ance and made little speech to the
charwomen, saying she hoped that a
little cabbage patch sunshine might fill
ter into their lives to tighten its hard
less and dullness. So say We all of us.
| Just why American women should
be blamed for the practice prevalent
| among English army officers of shaving
! the upper lip and parting the hair in
| the middle is not clear, but the British
| military authorities do not hesitate to
/ lay these sins at the door of Uncle
Sans daughters. The clean-shaven
| face is contrary to military regulations
in England, and from time to time or
ders have been issued disapproving of
this fashion, and demanding that the
soldiers should at once grow a mus
tache, to which no particular attention
seems to have been paid. Now King
Edward himself intends to see what he
lean do about it, and it is ,rumored that
no clean-shayen officers will be admit
| ted to his levecs next year. This ques-
ton of a -mustache or none has Occu-
pied the attention of monarchs from
time immemorial. Even Queen Vic
toria had hand in it. At the time OF
| the Seven Years War only the cavalry
was allowed to wear one. Napoleon
would not permit any of his infantry
except the veterans of his "Oid Guard"
to wear a mustache. and these were
allowed to do SO as q special privilege
and reward for their services.
The Chateau of vincennes, which is
-four miles east of Paris. and which for
many years has been used as a military
stronghold, is now to be converted into
a museum. The castle has had a great
| history. 1t was begun in 1164 by Louis
! VII. and rebuilt by Philip Augustus.
Napoleon altered the castle into a vast
magazine of war materials, Louis
XVIII added an armory,s and under
Louis Philippe numerous casemates
and new fort on the east side were
iconstructed.S Around the sold gray ca
tie walls hanss.Gthe aroma of romance.
1t was here that Henry II. poured his
tale of love into the eafssof the fasci-
mating Diane sde PoitierssS who, it is
- a..z
over the King ;is long as he lived. Here,
too, Charles VII. spent his days with
the fair Agnes Soref while the Maid of
Orleans was fighting the foe of France.
In the castle grounds occurred the ro-
mantle meeting of Louis XIV. and the
/ Inflated. lovely Louise de la Valliere,
whose true, unselfish love for the King
caused her deafiI. In the dungeons OF
the castle the great Cardinal Richeiieu
had his enemies confined. who were
seldom seen afterwards. A notable
| prisoner at Vincennes was that Bour-
bon Prince, the p;ic d Enghien, who,
contrary to all International law, was
kidnapped in Germany. drought to the
castle and afterwards shot by the or
der of Napoleon. Amongltie last pris-
oners confined in the Chateau de Vim
cennes was the late Duchess of Litta
who was prominent figure at the Tuil-
leries during the closing days of the
Second Empire, and OF whom Empress
Eugenia was, said 10 be very jealous.
After the departure of Napoleon III.
for thesseaf of war the Empress was
made Regent and alrnoHAthe first use
she made of her power was to have the
Duchess arrested on the charge of fur
nishing information to Gemrany, and
clapped into prison in the Chateau de
Vincennes.
To f,Sy-T. r-ni of toac
| the restraints of conventionality and
the atmosphere of London drawing
rooms, Lady Arthur Grosyenor has TAX
en- up the life and occupation of a gyp-
sy The Roinany fever has struck the
fashionable London set, but no one has
had as bad or serious a case of it as
the Grosyenors Lady Arthur is the
daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield. and
IA years ago she married Lord Arthur
lGrosvenor, the second son of the Duke
Iof Westminster. Suited TO each other
/ by birth and wealth. they were particu
ilarly so in their tastes, in their love of
| life In the open air, of hunting and
travel Wearying of trips in motor cars,
which were always breaking down,
Lady Arthur was on the lookout for
some fresh. novel, out-of-doors expert
ence, and the idea of turning gypsy
was suggested to her by coming sud-
denly upon a gypsy encampment one
day when driving. Several picturesque,
brigandish- looking men were standing
around shifting the odors from pots on
the fire, an aged, wrinkled crone sat
in the shade of one of the wagons shuf-
fling her fOrtune-telling cards. and the
bright eyed gypsy children were run
ming about Lady Arthur had read her
George Borrow faithfully. and warm
bond OF sympathy existed between her
and these rowing people. Her adven-
turous. fresh-air loving spirit was fired
by the scene, and she then and there
made up her mind TO take up gypsying.
She was not long in bringing her hus-
band to her way of thinking. SO quitting
their splendid castle of Broxton Hall
and its retinue of servants. the young
English couple started out on their life
lof adventure. Determined to be the
real thing" they bought a couple of
wagons from some gypsies, took out a
license for hawking in Lady Grosve-
nor's name, which she changed to
'Syeira Lee." to give artistic verisimili-
itude to the novel undertaking, and for
an extra dash of local color hung pals
in true gypsy fashion under the axles
of the wagon. The wagon driven by
Lady Arthur is painted a bright GRIM
son, decorated with rude carvings, and
is drawn by spotted horse, with
strings of baskets of all shapes and
sizes strung across it in front and at
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