The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-25
PRINC Es IN PARIS.

Four Russian Grand Dukes Visiting
the French CapitaI-A Royal Hunt
Paris Cor. San Ffanclsc9 CHRONICLE.
There are no feAer than four Russian
grand dukes in the city, and it is rather
curious that their imperial hlghnesses
should have arrived just at the time
when the municipal co.ucil had decided
that the c~hifonniers OF the capital must
go. / mean no disrespect to the
brethren of Alexander III. by thus
coupling their names with the ragpickers
of Paris, but | have reason for doing ID.
Beyond doubt, these two extretMes 81
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 ris
nor that a marriage will be arranged be-
tween a old friend Alexis Alexandra.
witch and the Princess Amelie dor
leans, eldest daughter Of the Count If
Paris, some time on the staff of General
George b. Mcclellan, and now lately
heir to that shadow which soma
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
%stouter; he o wears q full beard, and
is still the same handsome, Iusty, and
~light-hearted idol of all the ladies. Re
~ thirty-three years old, and the Prtn.
cess Amilie is eighteen. She made her
debut in society last June at a fete given
by the Baron and Baroness de Roth
sci:i3 X It'll the Grand Duke Alexis
are bis three brothers, Vladimir. Serge,
and Paul. The last named is the Cars
youngest brother, and there is nothing
distingue about him except his { ct and
hands, which are small and we'll shaped.
He stands five feet eleven inc ies, weighs
175pounds, and wears toothpick patent
feathers, only 6 l-2 in size. The Grand
Duke Vladimir is the only one of the lot
who is married, except on 9Th. Euro
pean plan" Last Monday the Qnartette
vent out to ChantiIly to hunt with the
Duke d'Aumale. The reason they went
out on 'washday" was because that
was the fete of st. Hnrbert,
the patron Of hunting. Hu.
bert was a poacher who was converted
to christianity by the sudden appear
anc cf G stag bearing a cruciix between
its antlers. When alive, he was q bad
bold man; dead, the church made him q
saint, and now his fete day Is always
celebrated with hunting parties Last
Monday throughout the day all the
woodlands o. France rang with the bay
ing Of hounds and the blasts oftlle hunt
ing-horns. There are no longer any
kings III France, but there are still some
70 yal huntsmen, and d,Aumale IS me OF
them. 1t was for this reason that he IN
vited the four grand dukes out to Chan-
tilly. OF course hunting in this county
can not compare with the sport to be
found in Russia.
The chateau of Chantilly is one OF the
finest in existence, and his royal high
ness the Duke TAumale is one OF the
noblest gentlemen that ever lived. Ihelr
imperial h~ighnesses did not reach Chan
tilly early enough TO assist at the 4
o'clock morning mass, at when the
whole pack OF hounds were present, put
were in time for breakfast served at
8 o'clock in the grand dining room. All
present were in fail cUstu ne
some in red coats M Whlle
~t5urkskiu breeches; others, as were the
RussiaI princes, In the coIor5 or the
Duke a. Aumale, that is to say, cham0is
coat, laced with gold and silver, with
collar and facings of garnet yelvet.,
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the party started for THE rendezvous 10
the forest, and very oon a stag was
startled, whlsh after a good runs Was
brought To bay and killed ina mill pond
after a 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 when
the sound OF hunting horns summoned
the royal host and his imperial guests
to the eour d'honneur, where the caree
aux hambaux took place. Piles OF iacls
whics had been well saturated with tnr-
pentlne we're blazing, and in the center
Of the court lay the dead stag, Inc
hounds, held in leash, were Will WIFI
exc ten,ent, and when unleashed threw
themselves on the carcass, aud IN = rev
moments there was nothing but bonss
for them to quarrel over. just peiof
midnight a special train brought Alexis
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