New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-30
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
PLAYING THE PART OF PATERFAMILIAs IN
PARIS

lhflS, June IL.
The Prince Of Wales has come here for the'iirst
time IN the character Of pateifhmilias. lie and
the Princess have been here for the whole Of the
week in constan. companonshir with each Other
and their children, "on the go AL the time
pnd never seeming tired. They arrived here on
the night OF last Saturday az 80 with all their
five young people, and after going TO an Anglican
Episcopal church built in memory OF the Queens
Jubilee, went with them to the Exhibition. Prince
t. orge, who is the image Of Eis aunt the Empress
Frederick, left Paris Oh tho third day TO JOIN MS
ship at Portsmouth. Prince Edward lthe Queen
will insist upon calling him Albert victor, mas
remained with his parents, and was afforded a
glimpse Of the high-lite world at the Auteui
races, which have, rs a resort OF fashion, suIFr-
seeded those Of Longchumps and Chanuuy. lhey
have 70. a steward and chief promoter the frnce
de Sagan, who lives in the centre stand house, and
ore patronized by Queen Isabella, the Queen OF
Naples, the Duchess d'Alencon. the De Chnrtrcs
and other native and exotic Bourbons more or less
Bourbon, who, by the by, are not pleased at
Madame CarnOt having taken it into her head 10
patroniIc this rbcecOursc last Sunday.
Auteuil is 10 Longcha mps what Sandown IS TO
Ensom or Ascot The Prince KNOWS too yell what
The high-lIfe world here i TO let his son plunge
into il as he did himself at Prince Edwards age.
This is why he and the Princess decided to accept
no invitations They very firm III carrying
cut their resolution and they went so far as 10 pay
no visits to PERSONAL friends. The only call that
wns made WIS ON President CarnOt, whom they
visited between church and luncheon on Sun
day and who made the return call on Monday al
balf-past IL Madame Cannot was orerlooNcu
As she j. an ambitious woman, dare say she leit
the oyersi ght which was all the more marked ior
the Princess having called to see Madame Mac
= han hoy, 81
Elysce.
The Prince Of Wales is counted in France n
scmi-Parisian He is one OF th" rare Foreigners
not brought up in France who speak French WIN
case and purity, and is az horne In IN" boal"Naro
vocabulary lie is the most popular man IN farIs.
This was shown by tho rush there was for tickets
~or the Handel oratorio at the TrOcadPrH directly
IL WIS known that he and his young people were
going 10 be there Seven thousand applications
could not be met, and tic Music Hall there con
tains 10000 seats There was us great rush
Oh the Wild West entertainment OF Buffalo D!lI
when il got out that the Prince anG Pm" IS ana
their children were going 10 attend The per-
Torrance for the benefit Of the JOhnStown SUI
forrrs The future King and Queen Of kAgi'nd
were every day at til" ENhIbil"t lh"T AM IN
Machines Gallery, they mounted IL" Ehrl t'w'r'
they saw twice the illGIlnat'JHs and iA' c.Ior'H
and luminous fountIinS, they dincd ~ all sorts OF
restaurants. went tc all SORTS OF PhC"' were
josrlcd in his crowds, and Eau the p.c'snrc OF
es,l;;inc recognition. The Princess went about u
n Bath chair, and III, Pane ana III" yoanr Na"s''
walked. Fox two rCa>OE> they k"p' away from
the British section OIc WIS III" fri: Of their
incCcEito not bcin, respected. tn" oih"T on
urcse from the promis tn" Salisbury Cabinet
gave the Governments which sought 10 b'NcNt
the Exhibition nos to pltronhc o!hcrall; OF VIZ
tually the British section. Price Bl'lnar"!i mAdc
. point OF the DISQUALIFICATION Of ll"r MhJc,tyS
Government, and an absolute cngac rmrnt
entered into hy Lord Salisbury NJ. lizard, the
Prime Minister, NJ Rcrrcr. the General Commits
s.oner AZ the Exhibition, and Mr.. Henry Austen
Lc,, Of the Bit sd srctoa, were th'ir CT 'croHi.
They went Thrice TO the theatr Hmm. each time
two stagc-boNrs for the whole party. and taking
unaffected pleasure IN what wet on upon tho
stage One of The plays they saw that Singh
hrly powerful mco,,rama, Roger Ia llonte.' The
Princess and her dauchte- were chiefly interested
in n iuvenilr actress Pauline BcrtOn. OF her il
may we'll be said aftc" cat, after KIND She
was born an actress, because her father was
Pierre BertOr, Son o. an eminent acto,, who mar
red the daughter Of Samson, Of the 1h'atrc Fran
cais the dramatic prcccptor Of Rachel. Pauline
Berton is an infa1t prodigy. She acts so well by
nature and has such retcntive memory, as ~
be free from the necessity of shaving It's there
fore 10 he hoped she will lie more pr0digIouS as
IN adult than as q child.
The amiable lady who is one day TO sit on the
Oldest throne in Europe sent for Pauline and when
she was brought &c her spoke TO her in the sweet
est manner and kissed her on the forehead
On one Of the few occasions on which the Prince
ard Princess lunchcd az their hotel they had with
them NJ. B-asseur. the old French teacher OF
Fl. r. H. and treated him with aiIcctionate defer
ence Yesterday greatly given up 20 patron
izing charitable enterprises They began by pay.
ing visit 10 tie homes FOR British govcrnoSs"s and
nursery maids founded by Mrs. Travcrs Lewis
wife Of the BiShcp OF Ontario when sh" WAS Mis-
Ada Leigh. Mrs. Lewis is great ana good
woman, and she has worked wonders in this city
in trying to hold out helping hand 70 girls Of
the classes l have mentioned and others engaged
in shopwork She began when herself hardly
more than q schoolgirl
What put il into he" head 10 do was hearing
ono Sunday evening by chance English g1r
whose weekday employment was behind a counter
bewnil the frIendcssncsS and loneliness OF her Sun
day evening Ada Leigh who was an utter
stranger, said 10 her: "You are not fricndlcs|
God has a care fox you. Ask Him to raise NJ
friends, and they will arise. Come T. my room and
we shall have scme friendly talk English girls
of the shopkeeping class have not the intellectual
curiosity Of American girls who are employ cd N
drygoods stores. The Louvre and its art trcasurc'
are sealed book to them, and they have too lit,l'
insight to take interest in studying a FrcnCl
crowd They are. though dull OF brain emotiona
when sentiment is appealed TO. Miss Leigh W.T.:
kind Sagacous and magnetic. The girl went t;
her room. Miss Leigh soothcd her. and read tho
Bible to her. She then prayed. A load was
taken of her visitor Other girls were brought
Miss Leigh's father then died and she went bach
TO England. There she ycarned for Paris. re-
turned soon after the war picked up fresh set Of
dull, desola,e but well disposed English girls. and
one day asked Cod" she being herself poor u