The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-25
PRINCES In PARIS.
-Four Russian Grand Dukes Visiting
tho French Capital-A Royal HINT.
Paris Cor. San Franclsco Chronicle.

Paris Cor. San Franclsce Chronicle.
There are no feMer than four Russian
grand dukes In the city, and it is rather
curious that their imperial highnesses
should have arrived just at the time
when the municipal council had decided
that the chiffonniers OF the capital must
90. ! mean no disrespect to the
brethren of Alexander III. by thus
coupling their names with the ragpickers
Of Paris, but I have reason for doing SO.
Beyond doubt, these two extremes of
the social fabric are being moro talked
about just now than they ever were be-
fore. The fashionable world and the
political world are interested in the ru-
NOR that q marriage will be arranged be-
tween our old friend Alexis Alexandra
witch and the Princess Amelie dor
leans. eldest daughter Of the Count of
Paris, some time on the staff of General
George B. Mcclellan, and now lately
heir to that shadow which some
people call the throne of France. Rear
Admiral Alexis has not changed much
in appearance since his two visits to
America. He has grown somewhat
s%touter; he now wears a full beard, and
is still the same handsome, lusty, and
light-hearted idol of all the ladies. He
il thirty-three years old, and the Prin-
cess Amilie is eighteen. She made her
debut in society last June at a fete given
schild. With the Grand Duke Alexis
are his three brothers, Vladimir, Serge,
and Paul. The last named is the Cars
youngest brother, and there is nothing
dlstingue about him except his f ct and
hands, which are small and we'll shaped.
be stands hv feet eleven inches, weighs
l75pounds, and wears toothpick patent
feathers, only 6 l-2 in size. The Grand
Duke Fladimir is the only n of the lot
who is married, except on 'ths Euro
pean plan." Last Monday the quartette
vent out to Chantilly to hunt with the
Duke d'Aumale. The reason they went
out on "%washday" was because that
was the fete of st. Hurbert,
the patron of hunting. HUI.
bert wa a poacher who was converted
to christianity by the sudden appear
ance of q stag bearing a crucifix between
its antlers. When alive, he was a bad,
bold man; dead, the church made him a
saint, and now his fete day is always
celebrated with hunting parties. Last
Monday throughout the day all the
woodlands OF France rang with the bay
ing of hounds and the blasts ofthe hunt
ing-horns. There are no longer any
kings in France, but there are still some
royal huntsmen, and d'Aumale is one of
them. 1t was for this reason that he in
yited the four grand dukes out to Chan
lilly. OF purse hunting in this county
can not compare with the sport to he
found in Russia.
The chateau of Chantily is one of the
finest in existence, and his royal high
ness the Dixie IAumale is one of the
( nohless gentlemen that ever lived. Their
imperial highnesses did not reach Chan
titly early enough to assist at the 4
o'clock morning mass, at which the
whole pack of hounds were present, but
were in time for breakfast served at
! 8 O'Clock in the grand dining ROOM. All
present were in full costume
SONG in red coats and white
| bucksssiu breaches; others, as we're the
Russian princes, in the colors of the
Duke d. ASumaio, tilat is to say, chamois
coat, laced with gold and silver, with
collar and fasiGgs of garnet velvet,
blue breeches and boots. at III o'clock
the party started for the rendezvous in
the forest, and very soon a stag was
startled, which after a good run, was
brought tie bay and killed ina mill pond
after q struggle with the hounds OF NEAR
ly twenty minutes. The curee took
place at once in the presence Of the
grand dukes dinner, ended only wien
the sound OF hunting horns summoned
the royal iiost and his imperial guests
to the cour d'honneur. where the cllree
u tlanbaux took place. Piles of facts
whics had been well saturated with tur-
pentine we're blazing, and in the enter
OF the court lay the dead stag. The
hounds, held in leash, we're wild with
exc tenlent, and when unleasled threw
themselves on the carcass, and in a few
moments there was nothing but bones
for them to quarrel over. Just befor
midnight a special train brought Alexis
and his brothers up to Paris.