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PARI THREE.
SALOME'S DANCING.
Marvelona )leß*ur That Eorred
King Herod to Ytnlil I'p the Ilea<l
of John the Hnpttxt.
New York, Dec. 2.—James Tissot has. In
his remarkable pictures illustrating the
life of Christ, offered a striking and un
doubtedly true version of the dance of
Salome before Herod. Many and famous
artists before him have given us their
idea of that astonishing dance, the for
feit of which was the head of John the
Baptist. Tissot follows none of them nor
their traditions, but the Salome he paints
moves before Herod on her hands, her feet
in the air. Instead of a light drapery of
gauze, she is swathed from chin to toes in
close heavy embroidered garments. The
silk trousers common to all oriental wo
men, are caught snugly about her ankles,
her feet are naked and her head, oiled,
curled and heavy with pomatums, Is gor
geously dressed. Only her arms are hare,
and yet they are resplendent with brace
lets, while her face is artfully painted, the
. yes so darkened about us to give them a
mysterious languishing expression.
This Is assuredly the way Salome
danced her famous measure, says Mr. Tis
sot, for no ordinary achievement on her
part w as required in order to excite Herod
to the pitch of enthusiasm aoid extrava
gance he reached. An abundance of beau
tiful and skilled dancers were invariably
at the King’s command, in consequence a
peculiarly brilliant effort was needed for
Salome to achieve her end, which she did
by admirably performing one of the as
tonishing acrobatic dances that are to this
day known and practiced in some parts of
the east.
Only a woman with marvelously supple
body afnl muscles of steel can go through
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SALOME DANCING BEFORE KING HEROD.
■cap figures, and the professional contor
onjsts j n our C j rcutos more pearly give
ls of what Salome’s movements
must have been. She, however, danced
undoubtedly alternately on hands and feet
° ’’’spiring music, keeping time with the
milling of the silver bangles on her arms,
walking on her hands among a maze of
*’SSs, swaying and leaping with sword
rVs * ,ou '’hing her eyelids, giving her
1 i s body the motions of a serpent, and
ml the while watching the half drunken
King with her strangely painted eyes, un
. st, e had thought him to the required
latch of reckless passion.
Certainly Mr. Tlssot's arguments are
'cry convincing, and, furthermore, he
points out that in a famous church in
‘Ouen, among the exquisite mediaeval
that decorate it, is a small stone
• alome dancing on her hands before
erod. This shows that one brother artist
"as impressed by the same conviction, for,
ns Mr. Tissot says, dancing among the
or.entals takts the place as a religious and
‘Cstive rite that singing does among the
occidentals. The Hebrews danced in the
j'K>?t sacred processions, as well as in the
’lost joyous. Inventing an infinite variety
°f significant figures, so amazing, indeed,
’ ’at In one sculptured representation of a
’ eugious procession a dancer Is Mliown
"hh his thumbs In his teeth rolling along
m a series of somersaults.
—A fashionable London doctor, whose
mornings are fully occupied by paying
’’ Its to his many patients, has succeeded
.” effecting a decided economy. He may
“ seen driving through west end squares,
’■■’ling his breakfast In his brougham. His
morning meal is nicely packed In n ham
l“ r. A wooden flap is in front of his cur
-1 ttge. This is propped up and ihe table
siuead. The doctor thus eats comfortably
“I’d at leisure.
Pjc IHofning ffetajs.
WHAT TO GIVE AT CHRISTMAS.
I'OR INVALIDS, YOUNG GIRLS, MEN
AND MATRONS.
A Woman With Little Time and Lesa
Money Explain* Her Plan for Giv
ing Acceptable Holiday Presents,
All of Them Costing; One Dollar or
Leas—She Classifies Her Friends
and Then Provides Inexpensive
Unt Acceptable Remembrances for
Them.
■New York, Dec. 2.-One woman who has
a score or more of persons to remember
at Christmas, and a modest holiday sum to
spend, explained that she always made out
a long list consisting wholly of gifts for
$1 and under.
“And I don’t include trashy little things,
either,” she Insisted proudly.'”When I got
a list of about fifty articles I classify them
into gifts for girls, for young men, for
elderly ladies, for invalids and so on, and
then you see it is not easy for me to do
my buying, but vsry often I send my list
(o relatives in the country who make se
lections from it also, or I pass it around
among my friends, and so the anguish of
fighting to a counter, wavering over a
choice and finally taking the expensive
things, because you know of nothing bet
ter, is obviated. This is the way my
list runs so far:
Let U Take Young Girls First.
“Here, are black velvet ribbon muff
straps, with either a tiny rhinestone or or
namental silver buckle fastening the rib
bon ends together. Muff chains are next
1 made of cut jet beads with circles of
clear cut glass between the beads. A
watch fob Is nice for a dollar. It is a
two-inch length of black gros grain rib
bon with a big Imitation sapphire heart
in a gun metal setting at one erkl, or just
as nice is a night-dress pin of silver, in the
form of an oxydized silver cherub’s head
with wings outspread. Girls take kindly
also to the slim necked, sliver topped per
fume pitchers for their dressing tables.
The pitcher is large enough to hold the
conlents of one of those small bottles of
violet or heliotrope essence that girls love,
and for a dollar a pttir I have seen charm
ing red and green leatherette Turkish slip- 1
pers for bedroom wear, their toes embroid
ered In gold or silver.
‘‘For less than a dollar I can get a leath
er covered goif scorer, with crossed di
ver clubs on the oiAside, a nice pencil in
the loops and fifty ruled and prepared
scoring pages inside. Any girl who is
fond of pretty modish Irioks would like a
box holding four little linen handker
chiefs colored in the gayest scotch plaids
on a white ground, or a traveling house
wife in the form of a big perfumed apple.
The apple Itself Is a cushion to hold pins
and needles. To a ribbon from the stem
she ties a pair of scissors and by pulling
the stem the apple opens to reveal a space
for a thimble and spool.
’’One dollar buys a box holding two
hundred pins of assorled lengths, show
ing heads of pearls of every tint, or a
leather covered box for the toilet table
cut up in sections inside for holding
every grade of hair pin. Tiny wreathe of
golden mistletoe as veil pins, big white
or linted iul!e neck bows and stocks, vina
grettes of cut crystal to slip under the pa.in
of the glove, and others, in the form of a
big crystal thumb rings with silver stop
per*. are sold at a dollar. A big flower
for the hair made of black tulle and gold
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1898.
spangle?, a pair of wee rhinestone
bow knot?, to fasten on dancing slipper
tees, a gun metal thimble with two ca
bochon colored atones set in either side,
and a singie silver tube bangle, or a small
black painted muslin Empire fan, all
within the dollar limit.
"Under seventy-five cents J found
strings of imitation seed pea> ]9 that look
so pretty with light theater waist*, pairs
of small silver heart-sloped slides, to run
on narrow ribbons when the watch is
worn slung about , h e neck, and by way of
Christmas card.* I shall send some girls
one quire of very smart cream laid paper
and envelopes, tied up in lilac tinfoil with
broad w ftite satin ribbon, on which is
written Merry Christmas in gold letters,
rhef* i s a stationer offering these and
paper weights in the form of foot balls
’jound with colors of the various colleges.
Elderly Ladles.
‘They, I find, are difficult to cater for;
but see, here, I don’t go over my dollar
limit for any of these . A netted silk bag
to hook to the waist line and hold a ball
of knitting wool in place, yet so it will
roll off easily; a mixed cotton and moss
stuffed cushion covered dark green cloth
to use in the carriage, and in the church
pew; a gun metal eye-glass pin; a crystal
and silver funnel for filling ink wells; a
pair of pure wool knitted bed socks, and I
rating* think elderly ladles are as com
plimented by receiving a poited plant or a
coupie of handsome, fragrant roses, on
Christmas morning as with anything else.
A pot of blooming cyclamen, blossoming
house bred nasturtiums, or a couple of Lit
France roses, sent with a card, are any
one to be had for a dollar. Under a dollar
one can purchase, bound beautifully in the
Temple edition, the “Confessions of St. Au
gustine,” “Thomas a Kempis,” the elder
ly relations' favorite play of Shakespeare.
For Slint-ln Friend*.
“Send an invalid In the country a trans-
lated copy Of the Christmas Figaro, or a
coup.e of the English we-tkiles for Christ
mas. Any poet your bed. or chair-ridden
friend loves can be had in excellent edition
for less than a dollar. Instead of bells for
sick folks they now make tile most musical
little silver whistle and a charming device
for a cousin laid up with a sprained an
kle or bicycle knee ls a Blender bamboo
rod that folds up or runs out like a tele
scope and has a fine hook In the end. It
does not cost a dollar and it is simply In
valuably in reaching.
Gift* Men *ilke.
“Mert seem always difficult subjects
but a bunch of little silver tools consist
ing of a pipe stopper, jrobe and holder
cost only 95 cents, and lor $1.60 I can get
a (pair of pocket tool scissors. They are
small but sharp, and you can pretty near
' *>' till id a house with them. The new
! silver pocket pencil case has a screw top
; costs sl, and the hieroglyphics on It consti
. tute a perpetual calendar. Another pencil
! 18 done in black leather and French gilt
| In the form of a tightly rolled umbrella
and It is on my list. Also I have down a’
new thing in shaving papers; a doll dress
ed in tissue paper ns a housemaid, and her
petticoats are meant for wiping the razor
To a brother can he given, for a dollar a
set of silver suspender hooks and buckles.
“To a man friend 1 osin offer at the same
outlay a magazine knife of olive wood In
the shape of a sole and heel of a woman's
slipper. A leather book lined with silk
to hold his cravat pint is another device
and for his desk n leather box. having a.
hole In the top fp ho*d a ball or string
while small sciseors lit in a case outside!
A aieel hook with a wood handle for
pulling on hla shoes Is io be had for a dol
lar. The same sum will buy the sports
tnatf calendar for 189; It will buy a sil
ver name check to fasten to the handle of
a golf bag, purchase a neat desk utensil
consisting of eraser at one end and brush
at Other, or n remarkably equipped
bachelor's housewife, holding self-thread
ing needles, various types of buttons, a
leather thimble dnd a few maxims in the
art of sewing. Some of these I have sent
oft to friends in the army.
Gift* for Housekeeper*.
"Married women friends come last on
the list and here I have the new patent
revolving toasting forks down. They have
imitation ebony handles and steel prongs
and they are Invaluable. Another novelty
at my price is a long handled spoon with
a covered bowl of brass; the cover is per
forated and you burn pastlles or disin
fectant incense Inside. Silver handles for
sealing wax sticks, sliver table bells, seal
ing wax sixrons, leather catch-all boxes
for desks, individual salt cellars of cut
glass rimmed with sliver, a silver rimmed
slate to hang in the hall by (he hat rack
for any guest to write a message on and
a big lettered box, to hold bills, are any
one of them appropriale and within my
means. An excellent investment for a
housekeeping friend Is a portfolio of big
envelopes Inf which to keep clippings’ con
cerning domestic advice.
“A device I always follow with a num
ber of my relatives is to send them a
subscription to some good magazine on
Christmas; for a year if it’s a ten cent
publication, or for six months if it is more
expensive. Another sensible plan is to cut
from a magazine if you can the well-en
graved picture of some place or person you
think your friend is Interested In, have it
framed in pa6se-partout and send It
Christmas morning. A colored Japanese
photograph can be bought for 50 cents,
framed prettily for less, and the result is
very charming." Fanny Enders.
A SILVER CHRISTMAS.
Christ inn* Novelties for Ilnthroom*,
Smoker’s Den, Cliullng Dlsli mid
Pantry-.
New York, Dec. 2.—New toilet sets in
silver are suggestive of Col. Roosevelt's
now famous kerchief of blue with white
polka dots, which wreathed his army felt.
Ebony, ivory or pearl i>olUa dotted with
silver prove It. The silver polka dots of
uniform size are let into or inlaid. This
same scheme ls carried out in out glass
—only the dots are bubbles blown in at
a regular distance. As for pantry silver
the list is new and interesting, from a
fernery made with a bowl of green cut
glass, embossed in gilt, to the lemonade
spoon. By the way, have you sipped
iced drinks through the handle of a
spoon? It li one of the new things of
fered, and has a long, splndley, hollow
handle, and serves an a straw, while the
.stem either ends at the bowl of the spoon
or the bowl Is double and perforated,
allowing the bgyvl owning of the straw
handle invisible. “
Beside at dainty sugar bowl lay a queer
affair, neither a nut-cracker nor a ixilr
of scissors, yet evidently related to both.
It proved to be anew device for cutting
sugar. The handies were loops, the ou
ting tongs furnished with long, sharp
teeth, and by closing them over a piece
of sugar, the cube was neatly cut, with
out crushing the sugar.
Snuggling close to n stately ehaffling
dish was the dearest little French horn
in silver. From Up to flare It would meas
ure perhaps nine inches. It was not
merely ornamental, but supplied a need.
It is for the up-to-date host who wishes
to extinguish his alcohol flame with due
decorum and effect.
For tlie Writing Table.
Silver knicknaeks for Ihe writing desk.
Intended for men's use, apparently, so
business like they look, Included a pen
extractor, a combination of prettily etched
books or loops that formed the handle,
By moving a spring the extractor will
also insert anew pen. An up-to-date i*-n
--wiper was in the style of a miniature
traveling rug In huge biaek and red plaid,
with a silver shawl strap. The handle
to the roll v.-as that of the strap—the inky
pen was to he thrust into the shawl at the
fringe end. Its complement was a stamp
box in bright red morocco, after the fash
ion of a dress suit case, with silver moun
tings and trimmings.
A unique Inkstand was made of highly
polished horns of generous proportions,
which were inverted, and held a small
ball of silver swung in silver sockets. The
effect was al first startling—the whole af
fair required a space of a foot and a half
square to stand upon, while the well it
self couid be filled to the brim with half a
teasi>ocnful of ink. It looked like gro
tesque centipede with swollen legs and a
silvered body. Horn is about to enjoy its
perlodieol revival, I am told; likewise wal
rus and colored ivory, esiiccial y when
carved. These materials are used when
handle* are needed, as in babies' rattles,
curling tongues, carving knives, ami as
legs or standards for toppicy things, round
ink wells and the like.
Sliver for Smoker*.
For Ihe comfort of the smoker there is
a bewildering array of dainty necessities,
as well as luxuries. There is great chance
here, too, to carry out a man’s particular
slant. The dream of all, however, the
newest, choicest gifts. Is a case of pines
dubbed “For morning, noon and night.”
Three pipes there are—a small, straight
stemmed, tiny bowled affair, with the sug
gestion of two, or possibly three, puffs
without refilling—a medium-sized, every
day sort of a pipe, straight also in stem,
and last a chugged, deep-bowled, curved
stemmed dreamer—the sort college fel
lows are wont to sport. These three fitted
neatly into a case In so compact a fash
ion that the whole is a convenient pocket
piece. French briar, the pipes are atudded
with silver, in this new style of inlaid
polka dots, and with amber mouthpiece's.
Set up in a royal blue velvet case, lined
with pale blue satin, they make a gift fit
for any young or elderly god.
The pipe rest, anew Idea elaborately
worked out in silver. It Is an oblong tray,
indented with two howl rests and a pocket
for matches.
From England, too, comes the shallow
glass bowls, rimmed and trimmed in silver
—a round silver wire forming the recip
ient'a initial, which sprawls over the top,
thus making ait edge for knocking off the
ash. The bow! Is easily slipped out for
cleaning.
A unique match box, designed to com
fort the fisherman, has the fly and hook
let In tinder crystal quite as the four-leaf
cover has been worn. The fly is the real
thing, and shows off to advantage in an
upper corner. The plain box can bo In
scribed with some fishy quotation appro,
priate to the fly—‘Everything cornea to
him who waits.”
Until room Luxuries.
Bathroom fitments In silver arc now as
much part of the stock in trade of the
Jeweler as the appointments for m.v lady's
sewing basket or dreasing table. The
purse long enough to supply silver-plated
pipes or gold-plated spickets for the mod
ish bathroom can find trimmings In k<*et>-
li.g. TViwel racks, prettily engraved, made
with a movable arm and plate to be screw
ed to the wall are new; an oval space is
left for the monogram of the recipient.
The large, round hoops are still in vogue,
and are to be had daintily chased or plain,
in sets of three or singly.
A novel but practical device Is the new
comb cleaner. It is made of a scries of
perhaps three dozen horse hairs,white.and
about ten Inches long, which are to be
drawn through the comb by means of the
silver handle, in frosty oxide. This com
plement Is the brush eleaner, which look*
like a miniature scrub brush with solid
silver teeth.
Medicine cups stm to have reached at
last the stale of perfection in detail. The
cup of to-day consists of a glass with a
stiver frame and handle similar in size
and design to those used for phosphate
glasses at the soda fountain. The glass
cup is fitted with a silver lid. and near
the handle is a tiny rack for holding the
spoon.
Clocks for the sick room or nursery, to
he attached to the side gas jet. are not
new, except in their trimming of silver. A
rim of silver finishes the dial, which is
white porcelain about six inches in diame
ter, with heavy, minute marks, and the
hour numerals plainly made in black or
dark blue enamel. The hands are silver,
a sliver box, which incloses the tiny
works, and from which extends the arm
attachment for the gas burner, or to be
bent downward to form a back support,
easel style, should the clock lie set on a
mantel. The scheme of the clock is to
place the dial In front of the light—a tiny
flame being sufficient to illumine the face.
Helen Haseltine.
$2,500 FOR 22 YEARS COI IITING.
Ml** Gelirlng of Hearting. !■., Gel*
Damn wex for Year* of YYenry
Waiting.
From the New York Sun.
Rending, Pa., Nov. 24.—The verdict of
$2,500 yesterday to Sophia Gehring for her
twenty-two-year courtship in vain ended
an odd love Ftory revealed In court before
Judge Endlich. Daniel Mayer was the de
fendant. His mother for years operated a
large bakery here.' Mayer and Miss Geh
ring became acquainted in 1875. Twenty
two years ago Mayer began paying atten
tions to her and at the close of the first
year he proposed marriage to her. Site
accepted him. Mayer made a condition
that he would not marry until his widowed
mother died. She was then in feebie
health. Miss Gehring agreed to this, be
cause she was then but 20 years of age.
Widow Meyer became stronger, and site
continued living. Mayer continued his
wooing, and Miss Gehring W.TS content to
continue waiting. Y'eur after year roiled
around, and the coup!" saw each otln r
growing old, but the Widow Mover contin
ued living, and her son would not marry
until she died. The widow lived until
1897, when she died, and then Miss Gehring
looked to her lover, who was then 50 years
old, to keep his word. He said he would.
After hts mother’s funeral he bought a
house on North Ninth street util sai l he’d
start a bakery.
The day was set for the wedding, but
when It arrived Mayer again asked for a
postponement. Later. Miss Gehring says,
Mayer told her he did not intend to get
married at nil, because he had “nirh pain
in his head." Miss Gehring told him if he
didn't keep his word he’d gel more pain in
his entire body in court. Then she wept,
and Mayer said he pitied her. Next in?
told her that he'd rather pay her than
marry her.
He had called on her three or four times
a week. Miss Gehring Is tall, handsome,
robust and attractive, and a most excol
lent housekeeper, and of good character
and reputation. No one could say that
she had ever had any other company.
.Mayor tod Miss Gcbr.ng he was worth
about SIO,OCA. Miss Cehrlng sewed and did
millinery work fc-r a living, and Mayer
frequently told her that after his mother
died she would not have to work for a
living.
Witnesses testified that they had heard
Mayer admit that he had promised to wed
Miss Gehring, but ttial he had decid’d he'd
rather pay her a sum of money. Mayer's
defence wns that he had never promised
to marry the woman, hut that they sim
ply kept company. On the first ballot the
jury fixed ution $2,500 as the amount or
damages to which Miss Gehring is enti
tled.
BRAINS OR BEAUTY.
Continued From Page 18.
what I thought it ought to like I find life—
O, ever so much easier.”
“Would yod have lik’d to be Mary An
derson?” asked the querist.
“No." said Miss Irwin. “O, she was
beautiful—but cold! Why, marble is tor
rid by contrast! With that face and voice,
too! I saw her in the most beautiful thing
—a short play, whose name I don't recall
She had the most tremendous opportuni
ties! She seemed to me just to look ut
them, and pass by on the other side. She
had not the least bit of sympathetic fire.
I know an actress when I see one. She
was like a perfect statue, vitalized and
beautifully drilled, but lacking a soul."
“How about Charlotte Cushman?" was
asked. Miss Irwin's face grew thought
ful. “It would have been .something to
be Cushman,” she said. "She was great.
Yes, 1 think ail of us crave greatness. I
think In a way we feel It is as much our
right as happiness. No, I don't believe in
the necessary unhappiness of genius. Gc-n
--iuses may seem unhappy to the casual
glance, but the consciousness of what they
have within, I am sure, make up to them.
A man or woman can cherish a reputa
tion, and work for it, and live in it, as I
work for and live in my two big boys.”
Next minute she was on the stage, set
ting a matinee audience, nearly half made
up of men. In roars. When she sang the
roaring redoubled. On, on. fast and futi
ous, went the athletic play lo Its climax.
As the curtain fell, Miss Irwin came to
say: “You see what acting really |g—
almighty hard work. Girls are always
writing to beg me to help them get at It.
Tell them all, a I do, that they had bet
ter scrub floors—if they want an easy,
good, comfortable time. An actress to be
worljt the name has got to be born, and
made—made by the hardest sort of hard
work. If a woman is bom for It site
commonly gets her chance—but even those
women often wish they had not tried for
it.”
BEETLE EMBROIDERED MC'I'S.
Itlcli tells i’rom tlie Unreins nought
to Adorn tmerlenn Lull Gowns.
New York, Dec. 2,-The brilliancy of
dinners and dances this winter will Is:
greatly accentuated by the introduction
of a novel fabric which has attracted the
eye and succumbed to the purse of ultra
fashtonuble women that have been trav
eling in Egypt. The material will be used
mostly for ball gowns. It is white and
similar in texture lo soft Brussels net.
The feature about it, however, is that it
is covered with the hard, luminous parts
of beetles’ bucks that are sewed upon n
ut regular intervals and strapped across
by threads of gold. They are oblong in
shape, and range in color from the softest
blues all through the green and ycl'.ovv
tones to a deep sapphire blue. In fai t,
the> may be said to vie with the opal in
coloring, and to spurkle like the dia
mond.
Of course, for the uses of society, no
one wop’,cl have a whole gown made of
this material; it would be too startling;
as it is so brlU unt that even Jew Is have
to be laid aside until a more somber back
ground is chosen for them. But those
who arc fortunate enough to have brought
It from Egypt intend using It In the front
of gowns when the sides and back are or
some contrasting material. The one that
is already awaiting a runcrlon worthy of
its appearance Is hung over white satin
and forms a front panel in a gown made,
>ti prlncesse. The rest of the gown Is
over velvet, which is of the most exquis
ite of the green shades. Hardly anything
or a more bewildering beauty can he im
agined.
One of the women that boasts the pos
session of the fabric Insists that she
prizes it too highly to hack ii out in a
TIIE PRINCESS HELENE.
bail gown; for the weight of the beetles'
backs on the delicate net makes It very
perishable Her beautiful square will be
used as a tabic covering at formal dinner
parties, it will be spread over while sat
in and finished with an exquisite broad
gold lace. No silver or glass ornaments
will be used with this covering; oniy the
softest pink or yellow roses will droop
upon it to complete the decoration.
An immense amount of dexterity Is re
quired to be able to purchase this stuff
in Egypt; as It is made exclusively by the
women In the harems, and In very small
quafitities. Jt Is only worn by them on
the most distinguished occasions when it
covers some lovely face as a veil. The
beetles have ever been objects of the great
est Interest in Egypt, and used for per
sonal adornment.
We have also this season a fair pros
pect of seeing many of the embroidered j
boleros In gold and silver tha? ar#> so j
characteristic of Egyptian art. Those
that are the most beautiful are also made
by the women in the harems, and can !
readily be distinguished by the absence
of apparent stitches. They appear to be
blown together; although in reality they
are sewn securely from the under side.
The stitches of those that are bought ill
the bazars come through and show jrtuln
ly on the right side. They are worked by
mm and lack the delicate touch and de
signing of the harem work.
Th< se boleros are worn with light silks
nnd cashmeres, and a feature Is made :
of having the two-knee sashes hang down
in front that us much as possible the Ciri- j
enlal character may not be lost. There I
is hardly any style of costume that lends i
such grace and charm to an aliriKlive
woman.
44ut among the languid beauties that
PAGES 17 TO 24.
make these embroideries it is only the
'rue women who spend a large amount of
time at embroidery and resign their work
to tie sent out to the great markets of the
world without ever dreaming of the in
terest that is dispersed by their nimble
lingers. Alice Lounsberry.
THE HAHY HECO.YCIDES HER.
A It oj a I lleanty. Princess llrtcnr,
Who Was Disappointed In Love.
Ixtndon, Nov. 26.—Princes* Helene d'Or
leans, Duehesse d'Aosta, Is one of the few
royal ladle* whose name Is connected with
a genuine romance. She is the child of the
exiled Comic de Paris nnd until her mar
riage knew no other home than England.
The second daughter of this Bourbon
l’rince, she grew up a handsome, vivacious
girl, passionately fond of British sports
and among her favorite playmates and
friends were the daughters and sons of
the Prince of Wales.
When the prince's eldest son came to
a marriageable age It was found that ho
gild the Princess Helene entertuined aome
. tiling more than a sentiment of mcra
friendly affection for each other, and only
a difference of religion stood between the
union of (tie young people. Queen Victo
ria has always highly esteemed the mod
ern Bourbons and in court clrcies the pos
sibility of a mairlage was seriously dis
cussed. Eager to mary not only th* matt
she loved, but the man who would some
day, she hoped, 1* King of England and
Emperor of India, Princess Helene posted
off to Me the Poiv. His holiness wae
obdurate and so were the English people;
tlie Queen was wise enough not to sanc-
tion any alliance for her grandson aava
with a woman who could accept the com
munion of the Anglican church, and the
Princess Mary of Teck took Princesa
Helene's place.
When Ine Duke of Clarence died there
Is no doubt that his Bourbon princes*
mourned him deeply and sincerely, and
- for a time to consider any matri
monial arrangements that the old Princess
Clementina of Saxe-Coburg proposed to
the Com tcs.se de Paris. No love match in
arty sense was her marriage with King
Humbert's nephew, the Duke d’Aosta. She
married him simply because of her moth
| er’s pleadings, and the Prince of Naples
refusing to marry, there seemed every
Chance that D'Aosta would one day be
called to the Italian throne.
After tyr wedding, the Princess made
no secret of her dislike for her yoke, and
for her adopted country, and when the
Prince of Naples did finally marry, im
petuous Helene, believing her hopes of
queening it In Italy to be forever gut off,
decided to return to her beloved England.
By the united pleadings of by mother
and her kindly clever sister-in-law, the
Duehesse d'Orleans, a family scandal was
by chance averted and she was persuaded
to stay in Italy.
Just now her prospects of holding an
exalted position among the crown heads
of Europe m brighter. The Prince of
Naples Is not over strong, no children have
>et blessed his union with his lovely Mon
tenegrin wife, and the Duehesse d'Asta
hau lately tecome the mother of a line boy.
The promise seems to be that her hu*l
band, a fine, stalwart fellow, will outlive
ills cousin and that he will succeed to th*
throne, while for the present the Durh
esse’s babv son Is heir presumptive to the
crown of Italy.