Show DOINGS OF ROYALTY The czar has never worn the unifo n of a Russian field marshal one of the fortyfour uniforms he possesses It is a family tradition that this is only worn in the field after a victory Among Queen Victorias presents from I abroad at the New Year were two large boxes richly ornamented the one containing taining crystallized violets aud the other crystallized rose leaves Prince Karl of Denmark recently returned re-turned home after a cruise in the West Indies He was the first Danish prince to visit his countrys possessions there and was received with much enthusiasm Prince George of Wales has been appointed ap-pointed to the Excellent for a short course of gunnery Ho has completed the necessary qualifying service of four and will years as a lieutenant probably be promoted commander very soon The German emperors admiration of the time and customs of his renowned ancestor Frederick the Great has led even to the revival of the court dress of the period By state order all civilians appearing at the Berlin court or at government gov-ernment receptions must henceforward wear knee breeches silk stockings and high heeled shoes as in Fredericks day Prince Albert Victor during his recent visit to Luck ow India opened a new female hospital in connection with tho Dufferin fund and at Calcutta laid the foundation stone of the new water and drainage works which owes its inception in a great measure to the liberal subscriptions sub-scriptions of several native chiefs and which is intended to convert the dirtiest and most unhealthy city in India into one of the most salubrious The Empress Augusta at the age of 37 once figured in the uniform of a lieutenant lieuten-ant of artillery in the streets of Berlin When her husband was bout TO leave for England during the riots in i 1848 she brought some very valuable documents from the Prince of Prussias residence into the royal palace clothed in the manner man-ner described above This was on the 19th of March and so excellent was her disguise that no one recognized her |