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Show For the comfort of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught when they make their tour through South America next November as representatives of the British crown a special train has been constructed. It will consist of ten coaches, each sixty feet in length, all accessible to each othot by corridors. That for the duchess will be decorated dec-orated in blue, and the day portion is to be furnished fur-nished with a large settee, two large divan chairs upholstered in light blue and cream silk brocade, and several smaller chairs covered with uncut silk velvet of a color to match. The coach Is solidly so-lidly built, with a double roof in order to keep the saloon cool during the daytime, and every attention atten-tion has been given to harmonizing the internal fixtures. The wall paneling is of South African walnut and Rhodesian teak, and the writing table and other r mall tables are made of the same wood. The bedchamber at the front of the coach is elaborately elab-orately fitted with wardrobes and dressing tables, and is treated generally in while, with the exception excep-tion of the carpet and hangings, which are of blue. A bathroom adjoins the bedchamber, while off the bathroom Is the maids' apartment. Tho coach for the duke is built' on much the same design as that for the duchess, save that the general color scheme is in .green silk and morocco. Each coach has been fitted front and rear with an observation observa-tion balcony. The interchange of trees among the various continents is a most interesting development of BlV VeUt BMBWL'MwMBffBMMj HSrV AiHSjK- fBBv Ctfjrlght bj Undtrwtod & Undtrwtid, AT. T. JULIA WARD HOWE Famous author and champion of woman's rights, who died recently. modern civilization. Besides the white pine, Europe has taken from us the Douglas fir and the black walnut, and we have taken the eucalyptus eucalyp-tus from Australia and the Norway spruce, and Scotch and Austrian pine from Europe. |