The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1904, Page 17

- | Pageé 171020 THE i —_— | Pages 171020 - FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1904. MRS. “JACK” LESLIE, BY HER WIT AND CLEVER STORY TELLING, WINS HER WAY TO THE INNER CIRCLES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY —_— v uchess of Connaught, the King's Sister- in-Law, and the American Girl Are Now Inseparable. { Connaught, the er. Since the Durbar, and Leslie¢ has g to the 8 e favor- Connaught aret and Patri a to come TELLING THE MISTAKEN FOR DUCHESS. available underiand fir gh mar- who thus ROXBURGHE'S LONDON HOUSE. ¢ tects’ plans have : rawn in detail for the ' se of the Duke of Rox s hat the promise that it > palatial than t g \ derbilt mansion is to But it will take build it, and in the Duchess will ond fiddle to the Van- s a London hostess. n and English club Brussels, vice * which died of ago. The lied the “Union,” jes. E. M. Enr- of Chicago, is responsi- of the club, hav- g ring energy called it like ashes, and is one Colonel R. Hes- h Indian army is the officers are elected for s ¢ WO years glis ne 3 The club will establish it- self W er's Hotel, Boulevarde Wat where new premises are be- ing prep r it. American visitors to Brussels will be able to join as tem- porary members. % AMERICAN SCOUT'S RECORD. Major F. R. Burnham, the American scout, a record of whose adventures would make one of the most exciting books ever penned, has just returned to London from another difficult ex- pedition to East Africa—this time through the BEast Africa Protectorate and Uganda to the borders of the Congo Free State, penetrating about a thousand miles and exploring much itory tk s never before seen a The major was accom- panied by several hundred blacks, and twenty white men, three of whom died »r, and six were invalided home. t eresting result of the the discovery of a lake y-nine square miles com- almost entirely of pure carbon- ate of soda, forming a snow-like cru so thick that the party walked across In some places the chemical is r through to the ground. It rgest deposit of the kind that been found. The lake is fed springs carrying soda in and the deposit is formed by evaporation of the water under rial sun. In y T evitable railroads run through Usganda, this chemical will doubtless be of enormous value, but at present it is one of na- violable reserve funds. active volcano was found at Rudolph, and several others h were busily spouting mud and steam were seen irnham was accompanied the uplands of Nawasha by Burnham, who also a Califor- vear-old son rished himself on occasion by spending seven hours the saddle. MARLBOROUGH'S ENERGY. as, the Duke of Marlborough has slowed up! As second in command at Cotonial Office under Joseph mberl e set forth to be as rgetic s chief; and was the wonder of Downing street. But whe r. left office to lead the the Vanderbilt S0 tangled in red t According y informant, the Duke began office by hustling hjs sub- ordinates, imposing extra duties upon them and keeping the merest office white posed ral the Major all Chamberlain tariff fight, n-law becs me under his ducal eye. The hum- clerk would be summoned into ace’s presence for the most e. Now, it had always ivilege of the permanent DQUCHESS S CONNAVGHT oo under-officials of the office te boss the office boy and the minor clerks, and they resented this liberty with their authority. They sent a delegation to the Duke and told him that he must confine himself to his own part of the work in the establishment. In conse- quence, the Duke has abandoned his democratic ideas and the old dignified style of time-wasting has been re- stored. Having succeeded in remov- ing one grievance, the permanent offi- cials are now satisfied to wait for the removal of his Grace to a higher office before they agitate for more favorable terms. It is noticed that the Duke is taking things much easier than he did at the beginning, when he used to work eight or ten hours a day—some- times even more. + MARQUIS' ADOPTED CHILD. The most noble Marquis of Angle- sey has: made a new investment, of which news has not yet Treached the English papers. Play-acting has long been the favorite pastime of the Mar- quis, who at the present moment with his company is engaged in going the round of a number of towns in the United Kingdom, where he performs his favorite roles and gives the money s0 obtained to charity. As _is well known, the Marquis also derives much satisfaction from the possession of in- numerable jewels and gems of the first water. With these aistributed about his person, he has been in the habit of dazzling the eyes of his re- tainers and neighbors at Anglesey Castle, and of the audiences at his theatrical performances. Now, how- ever, the Marquis has come into pos- session of a jewel that eclipses all the others. The new acquisition is a little, girl three years of age. She is the e 0000 ©ood daughter of a poverty:stricken French mother, to whom the Marquis has paid a good round sum for all parental rights in the dark-eyed beauty. Little Marie will never know her real par- ents. She has changed her surround- ings as entirely as did Cinderella from the fireside rags to ballroom glories. Her course linen smock has been re- placed by garments of the finest spun silk, her wee bed is-a marvel of ivory, covered and curtained with rich silk. Her bath and toilet tools are all of chased silver, so are all the dishes in which are served the, nursery meals. A whole suite of servants attend to the wants of the fairy princess, who, however, manifests some. discontent as to one or two matters of the new re- gime. She dislikes the too-frequent scented baths, and kicks her dimpled’ limbs against the silver sides im- patiently. She also disapproves of the twice-a-day visits of the professional manicurist, and the frequent changing of the priceless laces and silks that enwrap her small form Is often the occasion of an outburst of baby rage. But all is forgotten when, with her court of attendants about her, she is borne in state to be caressed and ad- | ZRINCESS THTRICIA Y Cemrnpteas - — kS & - A SISTER OF MRS. GEORGE CORNWALLIS WEST, THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS, PRINCESSES MARGARET AND PATRICIA, | WHO HAVE MADE AN INTIMATE COMPANION OF MRS. "JACK" LESLIE, AN AMERICAN GIRL AND | ., serais _ ¥ mired by her - adopted " father. She coos with delight as she puts her tiny arms out for him to take her and lisps “Papa!” in the most charming Parisian accent .imaginable. It has been a source of much regret to. the Marguis, who was married in 1898, that he has had no children. Miss Sharp and Miss Violet Sharp of Although it seems hardly possible San Francisco are making a stay in that a restaurant in which a meal of - London to conclude their year's holi- meat,. vegetables and pudding can be served at a prefit for 10 cents, such a place will roon be opened in London, and judging from the business-like way in which the promoters have laid out their scheme they are sure that the venture will be successful. day in have Eurepe. toured The Misses Sharp throughout Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Germany, spent . a considerable amount of time in Nor- way and Sweden'and France, only leaving Paris to come to London. These holiday makers are now about to start for home, calling a few days at New York en route. @ 55 MARGARET ?f‘)v]gg‘,y_yjyiflz‘ P 5 :Q, — WOULD MAKE A PANTHEON OF BEDLOES Sculptor Bartholdi’s Dream of Liberty Island. ———— e PARIS, Jan. 9.—Correspondent called by appointment upon Bartholdi, the famous sculptor, who gave to New York the colossal statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, at his fine villa, comprising studio and home, with a garden and rear court, No. 82 Rue d'Assas, on the left bank of the river Seine. The artist, now in his seventieth year, is suffering from a complication of ailments, but his eye is still bright. his mind is clear and he does light work daily himself in addition to di- recting others. Bartholdi said that he is always cherishing as his favorite idea the turning of Bedloe's Island into a sort of National American Pantheon, girted with the statues of these who have contributed to their country's fame— with Washington, Lafayette and other famous generals, perhaps, as a central group. He would also have the bodies of all the Presidents removed to Bedloe's Island, and would have a comprehen- sive museum of national relics estab- lished. He believes that such a spot would prove a mecca for all Americans, in- stilling patriotism into the young. The correspondent inquired about the project attributed to him for Hght- ing Montmartre with a lofty pillar to which he had planned to attach an tric balloon. “The press has mixed up two of my projects,” Bartholdi smilingly ex- plained. “Some years ago when back of Montmartre was a great plain, I suggested the idea in question. but since the Church of the Sacred Hea has been built that plan.s no long pecessary. The papers have tfounded the old idea with my present work on a monument in honor of the deeds of the aeronauts during the siege of Paris and to the heroes of the mail and telegraph service of the same enoch, cor