The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-12
The Prince Imperial and His Establish.
ment.

/ He L TIuce lHlpeTltl, dS lie IS called, IS Il
| little boy, and his father is Emperor of
France. 1t is expected, when his father
dies that this little fellow will be emperor
i'll his place. France is ruled by armies;
and when the prince was a lad not more
than five years old, he was made an officer.
His father had handsome little uniform
made for him; he gave him little horse,
with military trappings, saddle and bride,
and all in the style of a colonel. When
there was grand review, and his father
and mother rode out in state, and the kings
and queens who were in Paris attended the
parade the prince would be put on his
pony, and, a careful groom leading his
horse, would attend the review also. He is
a handsome boy, good-tempcred, and kind.
He loves the servants who take care of him.
He is not proud nor ill-tempered, and is
quite smart and popular.
When he was only five years old, car
riage maker of Paris made a little coach
for the prince. In size it would have been
a very good one for Tom Thumb 1t was
all trimmed with gold lace and FURNISHED
with gold. When it was done, the maker
! brought it to the palace to present it to
the prince. He came out to look at it, at
tended by his father and mother AS soon
as he saw it, he turned up his little nose at
| it, and said: at is nothing but baby's
carriage. I won't ride in it. The boys
will laugh at me in the streets. Send it to
the Tuileries, and let it be OH exhibition
The imperious mandate was obeyed; and,
last summer, when 1 was in Paris, l saw it
in the Exhibition-room. 1t is gaudy toy,
but nothing more. Somebody sent him
some little rats of ponies to 60 with the
carriage, and he sent them to his country
stable, where they now are.
This little boy has palace of his own in
which he lives 1t is fine house, most
beautifully furnished. 1t is full of statues
and paintings. He has his reception-room,
dining-room, library, and bedroom, all in
the most exquisite style. If he should do
nothing but read all his lifetime, he could
not read all the books in his library. His
table is covered with gold and silver plate.
A massive crimson canopy, made of silk,
hangs over his little little bed. About fifty
men wait on him. They dress in beautiful
uniform. They are tutors, coachmen, foot
men, couriers, walters, grooms, and ser
wants generally.
Like the emperor, his father, he has his
own stables and horses. About thirty of
the finest horses in Paris belong to him.
When he rides out in state, he has an open
barouche, made like the one his father rides
in, covered all over with gold with gold
crowns embossed ON the harness and on the
saddle-cloth. His four horses are not driven
by driver on the box, but rider, called
a position, sits on each of the near horses
and guides the horses. Men ride in front
of the carriage and in the rear, called out
riders; while three men stand ON the hind. i
part of the carriage, dressed in gorgeous
style, called footmen, who are ready to jump
down whenever the carriage stops, and wait
on the prince. This turnout makes great
sensation in Paris. AS the team comes
dashing along, it seems queer to see, sitting
all alone in the great carriage, little boy,
pale and feeble, who takes his hat off and
bows right and left to the people who stand
watching him. The hardy little boy in the
| country, who drives the cows to pasture,
cuts up the fire-wood for his mother, and
runs of errands, is quite as happy as the
prince imperial. Lads that coast down the
long hills of frosty night, who can play
game of SNOWFALL or know how to play
baseball, have sources of pleasure that the
boy-prince knows nothing Of On the hard
benches of country school-house in the
free school of city, in a seminary, OF in
college, almost without cost, the poorest boy
in the land may obtain as good an educa-
ton as the prince imperial can get, though
he pays for it out of the royal treasury
And when the poor boy has got his educa-
ton, he can take position in the country
that he has talents and character to secure |
He can be a tirst-class merchant or me-
chanic, and secure wealth. He can be
professor in college, preacher in the
pulpit lawyer at the bar, doctor with
good practice. He can be judge, if he
will. He can take a seat in Congress, and
aspire to be Governor or President.
The Prince imperial is sickly little boy. |
He has always been under the doctors care.
He can't have any playmates, because he is
the emperor's son. The poorest boy in
America has as good an appetite and can
sleep sounder than can the prince. The |
prince imperial may be emperor one of
these days, although it is very doubtful
If his father should die, there may be |
revolution in France. In that case he
would either have to fly from the country
or else be imprisoned, or, perhaps, put to
death to get him out of the way. Little |
royal boys have been put to death great |
many times in France. At best, out of the |
thousands of little boys in Paris he alone
can be emperor; but, in America, every lit |
tie boy is a sovereign's son, and everything
is open to him. Men who are rich to-day
were poor when they were little boys; and
the poor little boys of this day, if they
study, and are honest and industrious, can
become rich and honored and noble in the |
future. 1t is a great deal better to be a
noble boy in America. To earn ones own
living and to make ones own mark in the
world is great deal better than to be the |
prince imperial of France. Young america. |
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