The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-28
THE COUNT OF PARIS.
The Legal Head of the Orleans Family-A
KingIy Scion with Republican
Tendencies.
Now York IIeraid.

| Tendencies.
| New York Herald.
| The Count de Paris, being the eldest son of
Ferdinand, Duke of Orleans, Louis Phil
lippes eldest son, is legally the head OF the
! Orleans family. He was born at Paris Aug.
! "a, 1885, and was educated by the celebrated
Adolph Regnier. After the revolution
which deprived Louis Philippe Of the
throne the Count de Paris and his brother
! the Duke of Chartres, were by their mother
taken to Germany, where they completed
! their education After travelling extensively
! throughout Europe he took up his residence
in England, and when the war of secession
| broke out in this country he joined the
army of the North in tine capacity of captain
on the staff of General Mcclellan, and fis-
ured in the campaign against Richmond in
the siege of Yorktown, in the battles of
williamsburg Fair Oaks, and in his retreat
that it would be too long and
purposeless to investigate, he left the
service in 1862 and retired to England where
he remained during the war of 1901 When
the French Republic arose from the ruins of
the Empire the Count de Paris was advised
to renounce all ambitious projects which
might tend to replace the House of Orleans
on the throne of France. His private life
after his return from America was singular
ly happy. In 1868 the Count married his
cousin-german, the Princess Isabella, daugh-
ter of the Due de Montpensier. He keeps a
keen eye on the political situation, is by no
means entirely hostile to the republic. and
it was even rumored in the early autumn of
1873 that he and the other members of the
family were inclined to rally to the support
of the new government. He devotes himself
with the same assiduity which char
M tori nod
England and the United States
to the study of social and economical ques-
tions. He is tall, robust and gracious per-
sonage, noble in aspect and the observed of
all observers, even when surrounded by
celebrities. He wanders about the industrial
quarters of Paris and enters into converse
ton with the workmen; passes his mornings
in his library and his evenings with his chill
dren or III society, and travels enough every
year to keep his metropolitan spirit out
of Paris ruts. He has three children, one of
whom, the Due d'Orleans, gives promise of
decided genius.
The Count is known to this country by his
admirable history of our civil war, which
is rapidly approaching completion. Last
February he was interviewed at his villa in
Cannes by a correspondent of the London
News, who published the following account
of his visit:
THE Count de Paris's villa is without
architectural pretensions. 1t is formed of
two white square houses-Siamese twins in
stone and mortar-which are united on the
ground floor by a narrow passage glazed on
both sides throughout its length. The inte-
rior of the sitting-room house, or the one
furthest from the entrance TO the grounds, is
comfortably and elegantly furnished. The
morning room, in which the Count and
Countess de Paris sit with their children is
to the right of the vestibule the dining room
to the left, and the drawing room in the CEN
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cred 1t is spacious and lighted up by wide
ow-window. Louis Quinze chairs and tables
are upholstered in crimson brocade. The
tables are Japanese and English. A long
rectangular one in the middle supports lit
ter OF journals and reviews. There is not a
reading room in Paris in which there
are so many. so many journals are
received in this house. the Countess de Paris
observes with a sigh. They flow in from
| every center of political and intellectual ac-
| tivity. The Count de Paris is one of the
greatest newspaper readers of his time. No.
| body in France is better posted about home
| and foreign affairs. He is contem plative and
studious. AT the Chateau d Eau he busies
himself with his forest, his gardens, and his
| farm. The evenings, when there are not
visitors at the house, are devoted to books
and writing,
SIN an interview which 1 have had with
| the Count de Paris | was greatly struck with
consequent absence of charlatanism
and with his fairness in speaking of the
political adversaries of his family. The
Count de Paris gave credit to his family for
having, since they retired from politics.
maintained an attitude of dignl1ed
reserve. He had made up his
mind to persevere in that attitude, and
would not, pending the decision of the
Chamber, emerge from his privacy or in any
way foment agitation. He regretted public
opinion should sustain those who demanded
an exceptional law against his family. Iu
the United States such law could not have
been proposed. The Count de Paris is under
no illusion as to the general state of feeling
in the different propositions laid before the
Chamber. He did not seek to explain it in
expressing his sorrow that the nation was
not quick to defend the principles of indi-
vidual liberty which, in his opinion, would
be violated by law of exception. l dare
say the Count de Paris has prejudces of birth
and position, but he did not show them. His
manner is entirely exempt from hauteur,
while characterized by quiet dignity. He
holds in esteem the republicanism of the
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