New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-21
PERSONAL.

Secretary Tracy, with his daughter, went on "edhcS-
day by special train to the Princess Anne hooi' v"
GINA Beach, Va, for visit OF some iensth'
The young King of Portugal is growing exceedingly
corpuent and spenctc. lie displays neitier inc"''
physical energy unless 10 shoot in the preserves a
his country seat. His wife, who Is clever anu Gil
ergetc woman, his throne slipping away from
beneath him. and can do nothing to avert the cataS-
trophc. Her relations with the Queen mother are cA
ccedngly strained. short time ago the elder oi
the two royal ladies found her daugterlnaw esaseu
In trimming a bonnet and bluntly exclaimed when
/ allowed my Carlos to propose for you. dld noo
intend he should marry mlner. The head, Vi t ~
house of Braganza, before him, have always married
pTncesses, and not tradeswomen Your family lost
the French throne by its cheese pairing economy buy
9"r deter anG SINCE the y%" fn Ot the
mother has been long the sovereign lady OF tho
land without a rival, that she cannot bear to see
herself suppanted, least of all BY her daughter-in-
law Moreover, she prefers her second son, the Duke
Of Oporto, and would like to see him on the throne
Toward the end Of the present month the Empress
Frederick and her two daughters will leave Berlin for
Athens travelling via Venice. They are to pay six
weeks visit to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess
Of Greece and will spend Easter in the Hellenic cap
itaI.
Everybody in Wisconsin seems to take it for granted
that Governor Hoard will be reelected for ahotlcr
term.
historian OF these times In " The Chicago lrlDuhc 20
records that the other day tall, planooking young
man walked into q hotel Office in that city and asked :
is this the Rlchclicul' ayes, sircc' answered
clerk Il will want at least half dozen large irohs
roomsn Then the clerk a study. lie knew 100
well that a frontroOm was worth something like 10
minute and here was a common looking chap, evil
IDENTIFY clothing merchant. IL anything could be read
by aDDearanccs who wanted lake rOnt rooms by tlo
half dozen. The young man behind the desk t"lried
his silver gum-box and about to ask the Vlslor
what shape his property in when the stranger
said. am Baron Edward de ROthschild.' "AW-
beg pardon. Front show the }aIone tr' Pario,
floor Move those English syndicate people up a
couple of flights If he chooses or b, take out McI
paintings and replace them with some morse pr
from The private Office After the Baron had selected
his apartucnts he said he would accept them on ono
condition What is that ?" asked the clerk. That
my name will not be put on the book, ana that nOthi9
will be said OF nv visit Ia the hotel. do not want
to have the reporters know ! have been 10 Cmcaso
until am out Of tho city. The lntervlcwers Dolher
me So Nhey ask me about the possibility OF European
wars, OF Bismarck and the Socialists me hnancla con
dtion in England and on the Continent ana Qtler Ds
.uhiccts OF course know all about such things but
IL Is difficult 10 make the reporter understand thcm
clearly
Prince Henry of Prussas quarters on board the IRON
clad Irene which he commands, are exceedingly conf
Portable and most artistically arranged The moss
striking adornmcnt is a beautiful oil painting, hung
over the sofa and drapcd with flags, of Prince Henry
fine, round faced, applcch baby. over th'
Princes bed hangs portrait Of his wife, the Princess
inuumerablc photographs Of the German and Rrlush
ROYAL families. ClrcatnIcs abound, and there Is
vivid little sketch in water cOOrs Of wounded crOco
die with widesrctchcd jaws. making us way mo INC
river with It's pursucrs In the background Inc iur-
niture is all Of mahogany and dark green leather