New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-29
THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.
AND OTHER LESS REPUTABLE MEMBERS
OF Ills FAMILY

PARIS June 10.
The Prince of Orange, the news Of whose death Is
hourly expected was a complete antithess Of his
elder brother the gross rubicund. beer-swiling
"Citron," to whose position OF heir-appafcnt hs
succeeded few years aSo. The dyins Prince has
always been Of weakly constitution. His fathers
sins have been visited upon him m manner 50
striking as TO have filled the heart Of the late Queen
Sophie with bitterness. He had weak, poorly
developed bones weak muscles, weak vascular
system, weak eyes sickly. pale complexion. white
hair and nerves that were always on edge Bat his
mind was active and If he too shy Ia Lee so
cable he loved tenderly the few intimate friends hs
had, and not only adOred his mother bot was her
sympatbzing companion. Sbe was the only woman
with whom he ever couversed freely He bad a
bashful terror Of the fair sex and kept aoof persist
emily from them. Since Queen sophie ded i've tried
TO cheat loneliness by filing a greenhouse ia which
he sat with rare birds. He had passion for Or
anthology, but, unlike most Ornlthoog.st., had an
aversion for stuffed birds. The birl that was not
the incarnation of jog 70 him no bind. ts song.
its light hop, its winged flight were what consti-
tuted its charm TO him.
The Prince Of Orange though Of studious habits
and Of pcnsive and sensitive desperation. loved
with passionate fondness his elder brother. whose
death following soon that Of his mother gave
rude shock to his fran health and threw him into q
He published short time ago a KIND Of apology
for the complete retirement in which Le lived PAM
phet in which, after unwilling his heart-snTes he
recommended the Dutch people 20 follow thu move
ment OF the age and revise their Constitution IN
democratic sense. Not that he had any personal
sympathy with democracy. But be that he
was the coming sovereign and he felt that protsc-
ton might be found IN it for the independence Of
Holland The Prince by his weak nerves, refined
tastes delicate nature and BIRTH was arIstocratc.
But he that the spirit of the time was against
hereditary privileges and that the Netherlands
rrsked being Germanized through the extinction Of
his branch of the house of Nassau. If they did not
get into the democratic current. lie refused 20 10
present at his fathers second wedding and IL IL
said hut of this not sure be has never spoken
to his stepmother nor seen his little half-sster,
the Princess Pauline Paternal sins are also visited
on her in the form of bad constitution
The King of the Netherlands IL a descendant Of
Catherine the Great of Russia and the Prince Of
Orange. Her ruling vice was inherited by his
Majesty, who was tho Sultan Of a singing school for
young girls, which he founded HIS first passion
was for Malibran, with whom he wanted 10 elopo
TO Gretna Green, and in whose son. VI lie Bcriot.
the accomplished pianist, he has never ceased 10
take paternal interest. OF the Kings unacknowl-
edged sons one is a Baron aud Landscape painter
of talent but spendthrift and always N pecuniary
difficulties The Prince Of Wales has tIled To- make
him fashionable by going to visit his studiO here.
Another son is journalist aud Paris corresponding
for an Amsterdam journal. He is, however not de-
pending for his living on his pen, and resides IN
charming little villa az Passy with his pretty. sim
ple-maunered and very lady like Dutch wife. This
gentleman is the image Of the late Car q whom no
was related through Catherine and the Prusslan
Royal family, Prusslan Princess having been tho
| II Inrs.
Paulowna, and an aunt of the wife OF the Gar
Nicholas, Emile ANDRE. was the last fayofile Of
the actual King OF the Netherlands. who filled her
butfets with rare old Chinese porcelain and Delft.
He cast her of when he determined % marry
Princess of Waldeck Pyrmont. She succeeded
Madame Musard. nee Cook. who deserted the King
for his eldest and finally went out Of her mind.
His Majesty gave her the Orange estate IN America
and Jewels which rvallcd those Of the regala winch
the Empress Eugene used to wear on state DC
casiOns
Lemon" lCtronl as the late Prince Of Orange
was called, low scamp He had coarse.
bloated face and figure. and lived in a liceu 81
lodging house because if he had been ia habita.
ton of his own his creditors would have seized lis
furniture There was always a KEY Of beer on tip
in his dining lie was very fond IN the caru-
val of Disgusting himself a waiter and serving
restaurants which remained open all night and
were frequented by authors. artists. gilded
Bohemans and professionally gay bcautes The ~
ness of whc. he died pneumonia was rendered
fatal by his incapaciy 10 resist the temptation "
getting out of bed and running across from the Ruc
scribe where he lodged to the bal lie rOpera re
remained there quarter of an hour. felt III aud
went back in the teeth of sharp blast was taken
with shivering fit aud then became dehrious
This happened soon after the Sauterre adventure.
the noise caused by which affected his health badly.
He had been "A lover of Nine. Sauterro but had got
tired of her. She evening wrote to him {" meet
her at a Boulevard Theatre. Another hcitappannt
to the throne WAS with hun. aud surug that
Lemon" WAS tired of the lady. offered % rclryc
him of her So two Princes instead ot ouc joined
her at the GymnaSc. and the one newly presented
TO her appointed to dine with her at the Cai6
d'Orsay. from which she escaped when her husband
and police comlnissary entered the premises TO
rest her aud her royal adorerl Disguised = pastry
COOKS boy. The Prince had Lemons" visiting
card in his pocket, aud being asked his name
handed il TO the commissary, who teigncd not TO
suspect the deception and did what he could a. pre-
vent tine true name and title from getting out. A
the Royal Dutchman had no character 10 lose, &c
did not matter # he passed for the hero OF the all
venture lie took this view Of the matter himself
aud allowed the journals TO say what they pleased.
Nevertheless the squibs they wrote had the effect
Of grating his and by the annoyance they
caused lowering the vitality of his usedup ccnsti-
tuition
A Princess failing heirs male can ascend the
throne Of Holland. But fear arises that Bismarck
has chosen to consider the Duke of Nassau as the
next inhertor not only % the Duchy Of Luxemburg
but to the Netherlands Ii he came 20 reign at the
Hague he would be brought there by German
army and maintained by one. After Princess Paul
inc who is in her third year. come the Grand
Duchess of Weimar the Princess of Wed
both sisters of the King and Prince Albert Of
Prussia, whose mother was Princess Marianne Of
the Netherlands. Prince Henry, the Kings uncle,
married daughter of Prince Frederick Charles OF
Prussia after he lost his first wife. He died six
months after his second wedding of measles 40 his
seat near Lnxemburg, of which Duchy he was Wee.
Il. IL 4.