The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-29
Countess Of Blankshirc Tells of
What Is Going OIL in Court
Circles.
KING ARMED WITH PISTOL
German Empress Worst DRESSED
Woman in Europe--Clothes
Made in Berlin.
BY THE COUNTESS OF BLAsksHrRE.

BY THE COUNTESS OF BLANKsHIRE.
LONDON. March 2s.--rhe recent as
ssssinations at Lisbon. which revealed
the fact that King Carlos and his son
ware we'll armed. serve as a reminder
that most rulers go hab!tually armed.
King Edward. IL is learned, carries a
pistolA That he used to go armed
when still Prince OF Wales was shown
on one occasion when he was riding in
Hyde Park A horse which had first
.bolted and then oollided with the rail-
5ings had sustained such shocking in
juries that recovery was impossible.
AS It WIS suffering intenselysthe riders
who had assembled on the spot decided
that II should be put ont OF misery at
once The then Prince of Wales, WHO
was looking on, thereupon produced q
small revolver from his pocket and
shot the horse. thus revealing the fact
that he was the only man in the crowd
who carried a gun.
Emperor William H. is never without
a revolver. and he is extremely skilful
in the use of the weapon 1t is in
spected and freshly primed every morn
ing, so is to make sure II is in per-
feet working order. Firmly convinced
that he Is going to die by the hand
OF al dHHISDisl, lulS ldtS ilhNihS ptVi
prophesied for him long ago. he is de-
ternined 10 make a stern fight for his
life and to have. at any rate, the sat
isfaction, If he falls, of infictlng some
injury upon his iassailant.
President Roosevelt. on public oc-
casion in Washington, when the wind
happened to part the skirts OF his
coat. revealed to those who were
standing behind him that he carried
revolver
The walters in the House OF Com
mons restau rant are loudly bewailing
the great shrinkage in the amount OF
their tips. The climax was reached
the other day. when one Of the wait
ers handed into the pool. his total
of tips for the day. the sum OF two
pence, The walters wages run from
eighteen to TWENTY-FIVE shillings a
week. The tips are expected to add
an average of ten shillings a week,
but now the walters are seeking an
adequate and steady wage and the
abolition OF tips. They declare that
very good TO the walters in proportion
TO the little waiting they need. The
Unionists are the most generous. and
always have been. The richest Lib
| erals are the most illiberal. The wait
! ers do not object TO a man who does
| not tip at all. They assume that he is
acting on principle; but" they say
"a member OF Parliament who gives
| penny has neither principle nor gen.
crosby The Parliamentary walters
| have hard time during recesses, for
! they. find 1t difficult to obtain casual
| employment. and their wages do not
run during recess.
AT a discussion the other evening
| ir. the home of one of London's lead
| ing entertainers the subject of dress
was discussed, and 1t was unanimously
/ voted by the women present that the
Empress of Germany is the poores,
I dresser among the Royal Highnesses
| of Europe.
ut is not her fault" said one Of the
hypercritics. for she has not been
accustomed to wearing or. seeing, II
her own country. better gowns thar
she now wears. Why, it is shocking
| the way she dresses. All her gowns
are made by German dressmakers
whose idea of we'll -appearing dress
4 is contained solely in the appearance
/ of the dress. with an absolute disre-
4 gard for the snug 1t. The fitting /.
/. with them comes first, then the appear,
ance of the gown, and finally the At.
THE Kaiserin really has fine form,
but she cannot display it to any ad
vantage, owing to the looseness of ths
4 gowns made for her by her country.
4 women.
1T seems to be the unwritten Law
among German ladies of royal stand
i ing not to go outside of their owl
country for their clothes. They thinl
/ that German dressmaklng is goot
Il enough for any s.onran in the world
:! and they are convinced it must be 81
when the dressmakers in question ar
N patroplzed by thlA Empress, whom
Il they regard as an authority in tn
i matter of dress. Nothing could b
more ridiculous.
. Her appearance, when compares
4 with that of the woman in oEdinaril.
!. fair circumstances. would not lead any
body to suspect that she was the wifi
i OF the ruler of one OF the creates
}, nations in the world. She spend
, much money on frocks, but she doe
| not by any means secure the good re
suits obtained by her royal relative
who patronize the French shops. Bot
| the Queen of Portugal and the Quee
i OF Norway are very French In thei
i, tastes. and, in fact, the general ten
!: dency of European queens and thei
, relatives is towards the French shops.
t lived in a Train for YeRr.
! VIENNA. March 2S.-A commercial
!, traveller OF Salzburg has won a SUI,
i equivalent to $4,000 from, an America
) who bet he could not live In a trail
/ for a year.
The wager was to the effect tina
!, he should from midnight on Februar
. 25. 1907. travel continuously on til
. line from Vienna to Linz, salzbur
!, and Innsbruck, going and returnin;
!, The bet was duly recorded by a Vlenn
, ,awvAr with Whom 10000 marks we
! deposited.