The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-30
THE PRINCE OF MONACO
He Devised An Outrageous Scheme to
Amuse HIS Cronies.

Anuse His Cronies.
From the Menu York Recorder
The third prince in the Monte Carlo bust
ness is the reigning Prince of Monaco. who is
married to New Orleans girl of Hebrew
descent. Her fathers name was Heine.
Like Roland Bonaparte, the Prince of
Monaco endeavors to induce people to forget
the shameful source of his income by
affecting a great interest In scientific in
stlgatlon and exploration. He is, how
er very for from enjoying good repu-
tation, and his behavior toward his first
wife, Lady Mary Hamilton, was such that
she left him in disgust, and finally, after
great difficulty succeeded il getting her
marriage to him annalled by the POPE The
public reason given for the dissolution of
the union was that she had been forced to
marry him against her will, but there were
other and far graver motives Of Il more OBJ
1ectlonable characte. which were kept Sc
cret as much as possible.
The Prince of Monacos character may
De estimated by the but littla known incl
dent which led to his wife's sensational
flight from his palace. One moonlight night
ne was entertaining number of male
friends at supper in the old palace of Monte
Carlo The fun grew fast and furious.
WINE, exclaimed. "GentlWGen, invite YOU
to witness spectacle such as you have
never seen before, and very likely never
VIII see again. My wife is in the habit of
Dashlng after midnight, when all the re-
malnder OF the world is asleep, and to spend
almost an hour swimming about in the sea
az the foot Of the palace terraces. | need
not add, continued the prince with a cyni-
cal ieer, that at this lonely hour her cos-
tune Is OF the scantiestl Come, let us go
and look on, and then surprise her with an
godsw
One alone of the guests present had the
courage and chivalry to raise his voice
against the outrage proposed by the prince.
~ was Count Tassilo Festetics, one of the
proudest and wealthiest mobiles of Hungary.
place.
On the following day Princess Mary, who
IS the only sister of the Duke Of Hamilton,
became acquainted with her husbands
proJect and with the counts opposition
ssneIeto: She never forgave the one nor
forgot the other. The princes conduct in
creased tenfold the insurmountable abhor-
renee with which she regarded him. while
tne enlValrous and plucky conduct of Tas-
siIo reseetlcs touched her deeply. She had
however, at the time no one to whom she
uoul1 turn for sympathy and ADVICE, for it
Nc was ner own mother, the late Duchess of
Taunton, nee Princess of Baden, who. in
SSon!unction with Napoleon III. had forced
nsi INTO the hateful allianc. with the he
ieuiVary Prince of Monaco.
- strong friendship naturally spraug I'D
go ou."eeh the lovely princess and the count i,
and when at length, in 1850 the vatican
t uual'y consented to annul the marriage.
nv tnousn maintaining the legitimacy of the
pawn, "uo was the sole issue thereof, the ex~
to.11 OF Monaco became Countess Fes-
wifo oi 1olna, The happy and popular
s we OF one of Europe's most brilliant
s ss, ana most admired grand
NIT A-l.,1ough more than twenty years have
Mo- sllce the eventful day when Lady
And daii outraged and overcome with shame
mace * usl, ned from the chateau of Mo
lend ienu' queen Henrietta of Belgium AZ the
ber VI Laecken, she was still when [ saw
yVn,rd iaS', beautiful and captivating
adr,in; 10 this day she is one of the most
Is b a,1N women at the Austrian SQUIRT. and
kno lived by all who have the privilege of
showing her. 81 "a
WAS = worthy Of note that the Prince of
the Ri VINO followed the king and queen of
anv cas sans example in refusing to have
Monaco =, unicatlon with the Prince of
bavio oeo ~ consequence of the latteris be-
co,.s ser .toward Lady Mary, has this year
hons oH'e q 10 receive him at Marlborongh
resnors, "A us can only be looked upon as a
him. . a Dy the Prince of Wales TO the
Mar a a public refusal on the part of Lady
tetics i Hne o. her husband, Count Fes-
Hebre~ 49, ,r,; year to permit him to bring the
snnarh TliLl ohaire, Baron Hirsch, 20 her
CONT ana Jna I.u Of Kesthely. Both the
British hai- LIS wife coolly informed the
nnit IL 80. 80, apparent that sooner than sub
~ my .a 70 what they regarded as the indienjtv
thu sewing Ewing Baron Hirsch under tkeir roof
a. ~ mSulu 1orego the honor either then or.
royalty. '' VI VISITS from English