The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-05-03
Gen. Taylor Abroad.
1HE IMPRESSION He CREATED ON ALL CLASSES
OF EMINENT PEoPLE-HGs Social
TRlUMp!IS.
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The c'owning triumphs of Gen.r.l Tav
tors social career were won in Enelanc
and on the Continent Of Europe some year
ago. He first gained notorie,y at tn,
London clubs by his admirable skill as
whist player. He was a disciple of Hoylt
and the older schoo! Of PLAYERS cared little
for the modern niceties of the game. hi.
memory was wonderful, and he never for
got card The English c'nh men, who had
learned their science from James Clay
CavendIsh and Pole, were assoniSted q,
this old fashioned player. who beat them
in spite of the rules aud formulas. So
Gen. Taylo,'s fame came to the ears Of the
Prince or Wales, who loves a rubber next
to tiger hunt, and they met at the Marl
barough Club one night and played to.
gether. Thus began an intimacy which
endured to the last Wherever the Prince
went, whether to Sane,inghsm for wh if
of rustic air, or to Scotland to stalk the
deer, or to the races at Ascot, or to ;he
university boat race on the Thames, thth
er he was certain to invite Gen, Taylor.
He introduced him at Windsor TO the
Queen, and the Queen was so charmed
with his company that she prayed him to
stay for week at the Castle. When the
prince went to India he invited Gen. Tav
|or to be one of,he party. But the G.n'
era' preferred to stay in London, and
many a quiet rubber was played at the
Marlborough House by the Princess, the
Duke Of Cambridge and the American
while the Prince was riding in an elephan,
howdab through the jungles of NJ paul.
In the royal box at Ascot his fgnra was
familiar to every jockey on the course,
though his means neyer allowed him to
own race horses and rarely to bet. Oae
wager he took, however, the issue Of which
troubled him to the last. He was gu the
Princes boat following the university
crews when the Ea'l Of Dudley, spying
some token Of French imperialism on the
lawn at Chiswick, suddenly cried that he
would bet $4,000 to el0, twice over, that
that the Napoleonic dynasty was never
restored in France. The Prince of Wales
took one Of these bets, Gen. Taylor took
the other, and be has ever since regarded
the metamorpboses Of French politics with
an uncommonly wistful eye But despite
this new born ardor for imperialism he
was received with much distinction in
Paris BY Marshall MacMahon. and even
the rugged Bismarck greeted him with
warmth that savored Of personal friend
ship. Indeed his passage across the Con-
tnent was one Of unaIoyed triumph, and
the first gentlemen in Europe were proud
to call him their friend.
At the root Of this p,odigious success
lay his wonderful faculty for being all
things to all men. Wfatever the topic
of conversation might be to that he yonLl
adapt himself. To men of Younger
generation he WIS particularly charm
ing. When the faster members Of the
P,ince Of Wa'es' set would meet at
the Marlborough he would discuss
COACHES with Lord Carington. cock
pheassnts with Lord Ayesf'rl and the
test horse race with Lord Charles Bsres
ford. In the park with the Princes and
his manner was redoient of anti
que chv'lry. At the Turf Club he would
arrange handicaps with Admiral Rnus and ,
help Lord Rosebery max. his book for the
newmarket meeting. At the Ahennam
he would cross literary swords witt, Sr
Charles Dixie, and at he United s .lvices
would discuss military tactics with Sir
Garnet Wolsey and Lord Napier of Mag
lala. Nothing came an'ss to him. Cog.
Otto Treve'yan, nephew Of Lo.d M.caulay.
'ead his articles in the North 1ime,1cun
ReuaeU, an! said there was in him the
stuff of a great military writer. States
men listened with delight to his di>serta
ions on the American constitution. Won
Noltk" himself gave in his homo, the. din-
Ter at which he me, Prince Bismarck.
Everywhere he spread about him the
charm of his personality, and nothing 'ls
ingnished him from he crowd of rocon
eurs more than this that his converse
ion was nver forced or out Of place, nev
" labofed or prepared beforehand. yelling
'p naturally from the stores OF naturally
lch mind. /,