The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-04-05

No parsonage in the society OF the
National Capitol is attracting more at
lention Just now than Mr.. Augustin
-Achille Iturbide. "Mr. Iturbiden he
is introduced, and only very small
number of those who admire the finely
made young man of distinguished pres
ence recognize in him the hereditary
heir to the throne Of Mexico, the grand
son of Augustin l., Emperor of Mexico,
or identify this tall, fine young man, Of
decidedly American presence, with the
little Prince whom all the world talked
about while he was prisoner of state
In his ancestors palace during Maxi
millian's reign. Ostensibly he was
there rs Maximillian's adopted son, but
he was none the less q prisoner in
reality. 1t must be said, however, in
Justice to Maximillian and @GArlotta,
that they were extremely kind and in
aulgent to the child Too much so, in
fact, for when he was BY throes OF rev.
olution returned to his more iudicious
mothers control, she found him greatly
spoiled and difficult to manage. When
poor mad Carlotta was taken over tho
sea Mexico was no more comfortable
tor the lawful claimant of the crown
then than during the French regime,
and the Iturbdes fled to the United
States. "Mrs." Iturbide, as she has
since been called, being related to the
distinguished Lewis family, of 'Vir-
ginia, the descendants of General Wash
ington's sister, they went to the old
family seat, .Marmion,n III the valley
of Virginia. Here they remained very
quietly, and the pangs OF disappointed
ambition which they presumably felt tho
world knew nothing Of Mrs. Iturbide
was Miss Green, a member of tho
historically famous family of that name.
She was the beauty of her day, and said
to have been as ambitious as she was
beautiful.
There seems no other way in which
to account for her marriage. For
while the man whom she chose for her
husband was said to have been remark
able for his mental brilliancy and fas-
cinating manner, it is scarcely possible
chat fastidious, beautiful young girl
could have brought herself to overlook
his physical defects had she not been
overweeningly ambitious. He looked,
II is said. like some hideous little gnome,
the malformation resulting from fall
down the marble stairs of his faith er's
palace, through the carelessness of his
nurse when he was an infant. The in
juries resulting from the fall MANNED
him for life. His spine was twisted,
dwarfng his growth until he was
scarcely four feet tall as man. His
body was broad and ungainly, his arms
long. His face had been so crushed
by the accident that not vcstigc of
nose remained except the distended
nostrils, and his walk was the hop Of
frog. Such was the Imperial Prince of
Mexico when the beautiful Virginia
girl married him. Yet it must be said
that he was universally admired and
liked by those whose nerves were suffi-
GENTLY strong to overcome the repug-
nance his horrible appearance evoked.
He was, moreover Of singularly unos-
habits, the sole excep-
ton being the custom of carry
ing about with him wherever he
went his table service Of massive gold
Yet even this was apparently merely a.
habit and had nothing ofparade aboutit.
The son, fine lad, who inherited his
mothers good looks, had rather a
rough time of it when he first came
among his high-spirited Virginia cous-
ms. It was a new experience to the
small autocrat to meet companions of
his own age upon the unusual plane Of
The deferential petting he
had received at the court of Mexico,
where every child he came i'm contact
with was his very obedient subject, had
not prepared him for the give-and-take
of Republic.
Since the fathers death the widow
and son have made their home at the
old Green mansion on the Georgetown
Heights making their home there, but
going to Mexico sufficiently often to
prevent possible oblivion Of the sons
claims, for the mother, it is said, conf
IDENTIFY expects her sons restoration.
10 the disinterested observer of the
political aspect of Mexico, hers
would seem forlorn hope. Yet who
can sayp Mexico is as uncertain as a
probable things have
And it is not impossible that this
graceful, handsome young man, at
whom all (speaking fguratively) the
pretty girls in Washington are making
eyes, may one day become Augqstin
ILL.,, Emperor of Mexico.
As for himself, he is not at all over
sast, seemingly, by any possible future
greatness. He is the gayest "in the
SWIM" he goeseverywhere man Of
fashion may. He admires American
pirls. it is said, most profoundly and
Possibly the mother
overlooked this contingency in rearing
him lAmerican. OF course it's a fore
gone conclusion that he is to marry q
Mexican Princess -noblesse oblige, and
all that sort of thing. He himself
laughs about it.
But such a battery of destinations
have been opened upon the Prince that
the perturbed mother has evinced much
lneasiness and has attracted attention.
Society looks on with curiosity and
smiles. - Washington Cor. N. Y. World.