The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-29
Al THE COURT OF sAxONY.
King Albert, Who Won His Bride
against the Suit Of Napoleon.

lLelpsIc letter 10 the San Francisco Chronicle.l
Albert Is a rather slimly-built man, Of
mluuIe stature, rather square-shouldered
ana erect from military training. His M
per lip l. covered by a moustacbe. cut
rather shor and stubby, and VARYING in
color from a white OF it, outer ends 10 =
llght mahogany or rosewood color under
his nose. His side whiskery. REACHING
III a straight line from the corners Of
his mouth to his ears, are also white
and cut short. His hair-of which he has
lost considerable, leaving him with . very
high forehead and a shining spot M the
rear end OF the right-sided parting is also
white. His nose, large and straight, does
not appear 10 be- as large rs il really i, on
account OF his projecting forehead and
gray eyebrows, Oyerhanging a pair OF mild
gray eyes. When he looks at anything at
a distance he has a queer habit OF almost
shutting his eyes. wrinklmg his whole
face IN the attempt TO overcome his near
sightedness, and, though his nose l.
straight, there is a suspicious rcdncss about
the interior extremity Of il, which, ii the
owner OF the organ were not arealliNe king.
| should say was the result OF GOOD living.
But under the circumstances | Will say that
it was the result OF the cold weather. ] am
always very careful about offending one
especially kings, live ONES above all others.
His ears, large and fat, SCI him down
at once A. being a very generous man,
il the popular idea about the connection
between the size of ones ear aud ones
generosity has any truth in il.
Though his ears are large, and supplied
with large dependent lobe4. they are not OF
the aggressive KIND OF large ears which
stick out from the sides of the wearer's
head like wings, and are always thru.ting
themselves upon your attention every time
you look In their direction. Albert's ears.
on the contrary. are very Well-behayed
members OF his Maiesty's body. and stick
closely 20 the sides of his head. His mouth
is large and his lips full and fat. the under
one slightly pendulOus. and rolling over
his slightly retreating and rather small chin.
Garcia, the Queen, Is always shown Ia
her picture Is a very handsome woman IN
the prime OF life. But with all due respect
to her Majesty. she Is rather q hOmely-
looking woman, approaching toward forty
and fairness. Of her personal appearance /
do not remember very much, except that
she has rather a pleasant smile. during
which one discovers the fact that
the two front teeth Ia her upper Jaw
are rather wide apart; that she wore
her hair very simply, something like an
old-style waterfall, smoothly parted IN
front. and ending behind in a number OF
short, corkscrew curls. OF course, she
wore low neck and short sleeves; but she
won my admiration by dispensing with all
but about a foot OF her train. Nothing
makes me more ont OF sorts than 10 see a
woman with a long-trail dress. She also
wore a crOWn-none OF your tinsel. stage
crowns. with impossible glass Jewels, but
a real, simon-pure, golden, royal crown
and around her neck she had a heavy neck
lace OF large diamonds.
While we were taking mental notes Of
the appearance OF the royal par. the hand
shaking had been going on, Just rs ii there
were not a single san franciscan within Il
thousand miles OF Leipsic. And It was
quite funny to see how the people bore
themselves during the ordeal OF being pre-
Sented. Smiling and trembling. they wait
ed for the supreme moment to come when
they could grasp the royal hand and listen
to words from royal lips. And when hi,
or her turn came, each made a most pro-
found Obeisance over the royal hand-the
7 gentleman bowling nearly to the ground.
and the ladies nearly kneeling, they curti-
sled so profoundly. And have no doubt
but those short interviews will be spoken
OF with pride in many German homes for
years TO come, the exact words spoken by
their majesties being carefully treasured
and proudly repeated as often as opportu-
nifty will permit. The Misunderstanding
ended. the King and Queen. pre-
coded by the master OF ceremonies
and followed by the ladies in wait
ing and others Of the r%etinuc. pro-
eeded to the dancing floor. We naturally
followed. Arriving there. we found that
the people had all been crowded over TO one
side OF the floor, leaving one third OF the
width and the whole length of the floor
empty. How this was accomplished 1 done
know, for the whole floor had been before
most densely packed; but IL was done, and
the royal party proceeded 10 walk slowly
down the length OF The theatre. bo"ing
now and then 10 some favored and happy
one in the audience. and being glzed at
with al the power oi fifteen hundred or
more pair, OF eyes and hall as many opera
glasses.
The do0r-keeper OF the Fifth-ANenue
Theatre saws that Mr.. Gebhard applied TO
him the other day for permission TO see the
"lt->lu-l'pi ~ Nul'u Nvhiu ~ '''"p'r"
by Mrs. Langtry during her engagement.
lie told him he could not do il. Nh. Stet-
son has an imperative rule that none but
those connected with the profession should
enter the theatre by the ,tage-d0or. Mr..
Gebhard offered him . $50 bill If he only
would let him have a peep. and be- replied
that ii Nr. Gebhard were W. II. Wander
bilt himself, and offered him more money
than he could count. he would not dare 10
do it. Gerhard went away greatly dis
cOmlited.