Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
ApRINCE's HOLIDAY.

Losing Three Thousand Francs at Play
Fighting with Flowers and Bon
bOns.
London PdRtty Fair in a recent issue
says: The Prince of Wales has gone
back to England after fortnight of I'M
mixed enjoyment. One of his first visits
fter he had paid the necessary visits to
he COmte de Paris and Mr.. Gladstone
was to Monte Carlo, where, after break
tasting with Sir Frederick tombstone, he
tried his luck with 1OO-franc gold pieces
at the tables, leaving about thirty of them
behind him.
The Prince of Wales had intended to
remain for 'Faustr in the evening, with
Maurel, Van Zandt and Engally in the
principal parts, and the opera season at
Monte Carlo is the best in Europe, bar
ring Covent Garden. The weather unfor-
tunately was not very fine during the
Princes visit to Monte Carlo, but it
mended considerably the three days which
the Prince spent at Nice to enjoy the fun
Of the Carnival liz the battles Of the con-
fetti and OF the flowers, returning TO dine
with different friends here, and to attend
one or two dances in his honor. The
Prince has spent a good deal of his
time in the society of the Ouch
esse de Luynes, Mrs. and Miss
Chamberlayne and Mr.. Augustus
L
faithful to Cannes, breakfasting one day
at London House, the only restaurant in
Cannes, with Admiral Gym, who forgot to
invite his brother or the Prime Minister
The party was a very merry one. and on
the following day the Prince, with four
friends, one of whom was Miss Chamber
layne, drove to GraSSe, which is beauti-
fully situated upon the mountain side
about twelve miles from Cannes. The
a Of
roses and of other flowers, from
which the perfumes for which Grasse
is famous are distilled, skirting the road
for a considerable distance, and the
Prince and his friends, after breakfasting
at the hotel, visited some of these distil-
leries. Saturday was devoted to shopping
at Cannes i'll the company of Mr.. Angus
tus Savile and Miss Chamberlayne and
to quiet dinner in the evening. The rain
cane down in torrents all night and
showed no sign of ceasing when it became
time to go to church. This is function
which has been very well Observed-at
least at st. Paurs-since the arrival of
the Premier and the Prince of Wales,
and the heavy downpour did not pre-
vent us from tlOcking to get last look,
then as we thought, at both. That the
Prince would leave the next day tor
England we all knew, but so many
conflicting reports had been current as
TO what Mr.. Gladstone meant to do that
we deemed it best to make sure of gazing
upon the sealskin cape once more. So it
came to pass that st. Paul's Church was
full OOyerfiOwing, and as carriages cannot
drive close up to the door, some of the
ladies had to get wet feet. This they did
not so much mind so long as they could
approach the Prince, who held a little
levee of his own outside the church after
wards, exchanging greetings with Mr..
and Mrs. Gladstone, who, like himself,
drove on to lunch with the Vyners at La
FOret. The Prince paid two or three fare
well visits in the afternoon, and had tea
with the American beauty and her
mamma.
The morning of yesterday dawned very
line, and there was quite touching scene
at the station, where the Dowager Ouch
ess of Montrose, Mr.. Alfred Montgomery,
Mrs. and Miss Chamberlayne, Mr.. Angus
tus Savile and several others had assem-
bled to take leave.
Miss Chamberlayne (who used to spell
her name Chamberlain before she went to
Europe) is young lady of Cleveland, in
the State of Ohio.