Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-05-26
meus Of the Prince Imperiali at the Tuil

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The schoolroom is an immense saloon
hung with pictures and carpeted with vel
vet. The walls Of bis bedroom are hubp
with blue satin, with oil paintings owe. head
lie hasa dressingroom. q plsy.room, 0
room for exercise, a saloon to receive bis
friends, and many others which are yel
useless, as he is not old enough to appro
pirate them. His tutor has also suit ol
apartments adjoining, and the six other
persons who are bis immediate attendants
are commodously lodged not far off And
these are not sufficiently sumptuous. In
the new wing " which is being added to the
Iuileries, looking upon the quay, be is to
have far more spacious halls, furnished
with far greater elegance and luxury ,
lie is addressed as Monseigneu, and
your Imperial Higbuess, aui spoken Of as
the august child. or pupil, and, with the
constant Difference paid him, and .serviity
with which he is surrounded, ought to be
something bordering upon the divine not
to become vain, selfish, and dissgreea ble-
Those who attend him say he is quite the
reverse. '7a'ia2 Or 'H''-ia
lie rises in the morning ct seven o'clock,
and, having taken bread and chocolate.
goes to the room of the Empress to say
good morGing, and afterwards to those oi
the Emperor. From here he descends to
the gard to run about awhile, and then
enters the school room, where be is occupi
ed I'LL eelven. when he breakfasts. After
this, he takes lessons 10 fencing, shooting,
ho' semanship, and gymoes les, and then
rides OF walks with bis tutor, and returns
to study till dinner. The evening be
spends with toys and hobbyhorses, Of
which be has specimen Of allthat Nurem
berg has produced His favorite nmuse-
ment is to malienvre his legions upon a
miniature battle field, and he rides q war
horse, while cannon are fred and tam
oours play. lie il true TO the family in
stiucts. r53..5.aj alefi- rr. .lNra U.f
His attendants speak ell languages,
which be, of course, learns without study
but is perfect only in English and French
Long before bis birth the Emperor sent to
the ply ican Of Queen Victoria 10 send him
a Trustworthy person to take care of him,
except that of nourishing; and, out of he,
w which came to 10 examined, Miss Shaw
was selected for her fraDkness and good
nature She has had all the care Of his
baby and boy hood toilet, and slept every
night in his room. She processes to adore
him. and this will not be doubted by any
good woman who has had, daring ten
years, the care Of an ordinarily interesting
child n
History Is bis favorite study, and the
characteristics of bis mind are observations
and investigation. t. tN
His precociousness may be inferred from
and anecdote related by his tator. After
having listened to the story of Cadmus
sowing dragons teeth, from Which spraDg
giants. be said, Csdmus is civilization. =
Tie dragon Is barbarism preventing the
approach 10 the fountain, or light. The
triumph of Cadmus is that of civilization,
and the soldiers who slay one another in
civil wars are the agitation of the discon.
tented and rebellious that lnfest all States.
This is certainly being wondrous wise for a
boy of ten years. - es H
He has also great taste for the 6ne
arts; paints and draws without teacher
makes clay models without having taken a
lesson; and repeats upon the piano, with
one finger, the airs he has heard ouly
once. i......... ...r. .....s
A thousand details are given concerning the
gilt and rosewood furniture, for which we have
not space. and most of il is the same which sur
rounded Bourbon, princes when they were being
trained for the same destiny.
When giving lessons. the tutor is allowed to
sit but bis pupil sits also. in chair so high
that the master must look up to him. It is
not much matter what he ia taught concerning
ruling and reignng, there is scarcely proba.
bilty that be will sway the scepter OF France:
He will be what is called highly educated but
be will lack what is most necessary for the rosi.
tion for which they desine him.
1t Is little remarkable that the Emperor
sbonld have given him, for a constant aud most
intimate attendant, an English woman and a
Protestant, and it should be suggestive to the
hundreds of English and Americans who choose
French nurses for their children. He wished
him to learn English. but he wished him also
to learn German, Spanish, and italian +; but his
nurse was not chosen from either of these pa.
tions. The trne reason has probably never
been given, and We will not endeavor to con-
lecture it.