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Show THE KHEDIVA OF EGYPT. Bar Interview with Mian Kt Marsden, the Lrper MlMlonary. Miss Kate Marsdcn, the missionary to the lepers, who is now travelling extensively exten-sively to collect information about, the stricken people to whose service she has consecrated her life, was invited, during her brief stay in Alexandria, to be presented pres-ented to the Khediva. Her Highness the Princess Emineu - Hanen, the Khedivs. is the daughter of tho lata Prince El-Harny-Pasba, and the mother of two tine boys and two pretty girls. She is a flue looking woman of about 33 i W 'r' TUB KH14DIVA OF EOTPT. years.with bright brown eyes expressive enough to interpret the thoughts she could not put in words to her English visitor. She has an imposing figure, which was.on the occasion of tbe presentation, presen-tation, draped to advantage in a well-made well-made black gown. The palace of the Khedive is a peculiar structure, paiuted entirely white, surrounded by a court prettily decorated with green creepers, and paved with a peculiar mosaic made of stones in two colors all turned on their sides. Tbe maids in attendance in tho inner ball were all simply dressed alike in plain black and white dresses. Not a man was seen about the palace, whose furnishing is extremely plain and simple, the only pretty room being tho central one, in which wero lovely mirrors mir-rors nnd candelabra and beautifully inlaid in-laid and polished floors. The royal lady graciously welcomed the plainly dressed woman who camo before her in a costume unlike anything ever seen in the presence chamber before, be-fore, for Miss Marsdcn, to quote her own words, was limited to choice between "three severely plain uniforms, one of which was crushed, the second very creased, and the third on my back, its freshness all gone, likewise some of its buMons. Besides they were all so warm, being intended for rough travelling travel-ling in Russia, and by no means suitable for royal receptions or for tho hot climnte. My boujiet had already done good service in London for six months, and its original color being black, it was then a rusty brown. Oioves, fortunately. fortunate-ly. I had, but my only pair of boots were thick travelling ones, made for Siberia. Fancy mv clumping into the presence of her Highness with such boots." But the meeting wns pleasant. Tea , was served in exquisite little cups with sto handles, and the plaiu woman in the travel-worn gown nnd heavy boots wag i wade to forget, by the courtesy of her royal hostess, that she was not in full court dress. |