LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 60

LADIES' GOSSIP.

■ — -A. young American millionaire who is " astonishing Paris by his reckless extrava-' gance lately gave a dinner fo beautiful wo% men. All the guests — there were some 150 of them — are «oted in a greater or less degree, and they were chosen for their good looks aloner Actresses predominated, of course. It is said that the feast cost £10,000. He entertained his bevy of famous beauties jit a restaurant on the Cha?np9 Elysees, which is the most expensive in Europe, kept by a man who was once chef in the Palace of the Czar. The decorations, the wines, and the food were selected vith a sole vieAV of their cost, and in this the proprietor sided heart and soul with the enthusiastic young person, who was to pay the bill. If it had been possible to serve a dish of stewed nightingales' Tongues the thing would have been done. As. it was, the youth had the satisfaction of knowing that a more expensive dinner could not possibly be provided. The souvenirs came from the most famous jev, ellers. — Young Queen Wilhelmina's joy knew no bounds not long ago when the Kaiser

appointed her colonel of the 15th Hussars, though it was not her first command. The Queen of Saxony is highly popular with her soldiers, and often displays her gorgeous uniform at the monthly drills of her corps, the 2nd Royal Saxon Queen's Husf>ar». The Queen of C4reece gets much satisfaction and a fair amount of glory from being the only lady admiral in the world. Alexander 111 was always extremely fond of his young relative, and, knowing her jSJajesty'a passion for the sea, gave hes .ships instead of troops.