The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-14
..EccENrRIcs" IN HIGH LIFE.
some pscultaritie~ of u Few of Europe
lbdslest "l'ranks."

so,ne IRREGULARITIES of - Few of Europ-'~
Odsest "Cranks." |
To the s1Ddyssey" Of Prince Joseph
Sulkoffski, who was imprisoned in "a lu-
matte asylum at Vienna. escaped To
Switzerland, and once again imprisoned
i'm an asylum at Brtn, has now been
added another chapter, says the Pail Mai
Gd<rtte. A board of medical men who
nave been 'sitting on the eccentric Aus
trian millionaire have declared that he is
perfectly sane. and that what in his case
has been pronounced insanity was moth
ing but originality and ecSsntricity. and
consequently his highness the prince is
once again at liberty and able tai pursue
the even tenor of his ways.
Apropos of Prince SulkofTski's release
the Paris Figaro publishes nm account of
"a number of other eccentric p~ersonagcs i'm
European high life; among them King
Louis ii. of Bavaria naturally takes tire
first place. Duke Theodore of Bavaria,
| who has recently performed his thou
sanslth successful operation as an oculist.
is mentioned a. the one member of the
Bavarian house whose cccentricity IL of "a
useful and laudable kind. His two uxtist
sisters, the empress of Austria and the
queen of Naples. have also many traits i'm
their characters which mark them at once.
a. belonging to the eccentric Bavarian
race.
In the Hobcnzollcrn this "particular-
ism" has. ever since Frederick William l
a brutal and cynical trait. An exception
to this rule is Prince Frederick. the owner
OF the charming castle of Rhcnstein ON
the banks of the Rhine. who often shows
visitors over his beautiful residence and
explains the treasures of his museum OF
antiquities.
But the hest and most frequent speci-
mems of am nation hail from the
land of John Bull. Among them is men,
toned Cecil =. q n Figaro warily sup
presses the surname,, who for many years
made Paris ring with stories OF his wild
doin9s. Finally gout attacked him and
at home. The ballet having always been
specially p~atronizel Try him, Mr.. -.
started "a ballet i'm his own four walls,
where he kept AN entir. stage with all that
belongs to IL, including costumes of
every possible variety. Five or six spsctat-
ors were invited to the choreovraphic spsc-
tacles. the artists i'm which were paid with
more than princely liberality. Although
Mr.. -. could hardly set "A foot outside his
house he always retained his ten horses
and four carriages. which were. regularly
driven about i'm the Bots and ON the boule-
wards, somewhat like the empty carriages
seen behind n hcarsc.
Russia, too, has always had her eccen-
tric representatives at Paris. but has now
accepted the social law OF France. accord
ing To which. among the inhabitants OF
the most revolutionary country in Europe
il il considered extremely ili-bred to show
old school who made Paris the scene al
his exploits was NJ. Dimitr
ID. whose fame was chief,
acquired by his marvellous capacit,
the bottle ont of which had come the chic
enjoyment OF his life he collected the lea,
papers with which the corks OF cham
pagne bottles are covered, and out a
those which he and his friends had con
stunned a lead coffin was made i'm whici
the Russian was carried To his grave.
, Este. 4 Connen's $500 ladies' cloak i