TOPICS OF THE TIME.
A funny play is being acted in the leading Siamese theatre. In it Ceylon is the capital of England, and a marriage has been arranged between Queen Victoria and the King of Siain. However, misunderstandings arise, and the marriage is indefinitely postponed. Queen Victoria invades the country to obtain damages for the breach of promise. She is repulsed with great slaughter, the Duke of Cambridge being very prominent in this scene, where he engages three Siamese fairios in mortal combat with a battloaxe. Finally all mistakes are remedied, and Queen Victoria and the King of Siarti are made one.
It has been a bad year at Monte Carlo —for the Casiona Company ; and the dividend has fallen from 185 to 165 f. per share. It's all the fault of King Luck, which not only helped to land the Tories in the country, but also enable the plungers to take away extraordinarily large sums from tho tables. There was a German doctor who carried off £45,000 ; Mr Woolf Joel and Mr Frank Gardiner "scooped" ±'13,000; whilst Mr Lewis got a comparatively modest £12,000. The fall in the dividend is considered so serious that efforts are to be made to provide opportunities for amusement other than mere gambling, so that more visitors may be attracted, especially in the summer time. Going to Monte Carlo may clearly be something very different in the future, though, of course, it is always possible that those who go to recruit their health may remain to play.
Bisjiarck I. is a much more gallant gentleman than Bismarck 11. The wife of Count Herbert Bismarck has lately given birth to her second child. Like her first ehild, the latest addition to this great historic family is also a daughter. No Bismarck 111. has appeared in the world as yet. Count Wilhelm, tho younger son of the old statesman, is the father of daughters only. He has grandsons, it is true, but they are the children of his daughter Marie, and will consequently bear the name of Rantzau. Count Herbert was sorely distressed at the sex of his last child, and telegraphed the sad news to his father in three short words, " Nur ein madchen " (Only a girl). Hereupon the grim old prince wired to his son, "No matter; remember Marie was only a girl."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 28, 29 May 1896, Page 2
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390TOPICS OF THE TIME. Hastings Standard, Issue 28, 29 May 1896, Page 2
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