Logan Republican | 1903-04-24 | Page 2 | The Effect of Civilization

THE EFFECT OF CIVILIZATION. Dusky Empress Finds New Methods of Having Her Own Way. Civilization Is making way In Abyssinia. Tho latest Innovation Is nerves. These havo been developed In Queen Tnltu to a qulto alarming extent, ex-tent, nnd when King Menellk complains, com-plains, sho retorts that he Is all for civilization, and now ho has got It sho hopes he likes it, says the London Telegraph. "All European women," she Is reported to have said, "havo nerves. If they want anything, they glvo way to nerves; if thoy do anything any-thing which is not Just qulto what It ought to be, it is nerves; even it they murder their husbands or run away with nnother man, It Is excused because be-cause they wero nffllcted with norves." Tho latest exhibition of the nerves of tho black queen was induced by tho Inauguration of tho now railway. The emporor announced his Intention ot going, and had nil his best clothes brought out. Including his choicest umbrella, when ho was arrested In tho midst of his preparations by his consort, who declared that she must go, too. To that tho emperor agreed, knowing that It was useless to oppose op-pose her, when sho suddenly gavo a shriek and went Into hysterics. It thon transpired that sho had no new gown, nnd tho Negus had to telegraph tele-graph to Paris at onco.