The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-05
WITH NO VICES.
Tho Man Destined to Rule Over italy
= Model for His Royal
Cousins.
He Was q Delicate Child but Has
Developed Into a Strong,
Hearty Man.
drinks but Little, Smokes Not ut
All and Never Dances.

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Queen Victoria's recent guest, the young
prince of Naples, Is just entering his twen-
ty-third year, says the correspondent Of the
New York Tribune. Being the first prince
of an Italian dynasty destined from the be.
ginning to rule over Italy, his birth, No
vember II, 1859. was celebrated with great
rcioicings from one end of the country TO
the other. He was a very delicate child,
but with careful nursing developed into a
lusty boy. At his birth 1t was predicted
that the queen would never become n
mother again, and consequently the princes
health was regarded as Of the highest imports
ance. The queen applied herself from the
first to the task of cultivating her sons
mind, without, however, neglecting any
thing that could increase his physical
strength. His education was begun BY a
very talented English woman, a great
f~avorite with the royal family; later, Col
onel Oslo, ono Of the most distinguished
officers in the Italian army, assumed
charge Of the princes studies, in which
task he was assisted by the foremost pro-
fessors of the University of Rome. In
physique the prince is very like his mother,
who're clear, aquiline features. kindly
smiles and gracious manner he has inher-
tied. He has his fathers disposition. with
all the decided opinions, the strong likes
and dislikes. that distinguish King Hum
bert.
He has the greatest fondneas for history
and the natural sciences. None of the fine
arts. music. painting, sculpture, interest
him in the least. General literature, novels
49, til r. L.
Affects to take no interest in light or frivo-
Ions subjects, paying only a l~istless atten-
ton to the artistic and literary gossip of
the queens circle of friends. He will dis
cuss with enthusiasm some problem in
mathematics or point ia military his
tory. and he is altogether a prom.
he will probably outgrow his pedantry in
time. He is an earnest collector Of coins
,snd medals, especially those of the middle
n%es, and this is almost his daily amuse-
went, except soldering, ut which he plays
E~alously. He takes PERSONAL command of
his W regiment, and none other in the
whole army possesses a graver or more
solemn colonel. His tastes are simple to
the verge of austerity. He drinks little
and does not smoke at all. He has no so
elal instincts, dancing bsing his social de.
taStntion. He agrees heartily with that
saltan who foundl it inexplicable ~thatanyone
sh0uld make himself sick whirlinQ around
wlen he could afford to hire Il corps dc bal
lse. The queen tiied her best to inspire
him with 4 taste for dancing by II series oil
parties, but her efforts were futile. The
princes repugnnnce to the seductive
waltz remained rs strong rs ever. 1t
goes without saying that he is q wretched
dancer. The curiosity of which the royal
family III. constantly tho subject ~irritates The
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be regarded in the light of a spectacle, and
the decorative role of a constitutional mon
arch is little to his tuste. He will resign
himself to 1t in q fow years, and play his
part Of what may be called walking gon-
tleman," IN the political stage, with all
grace and contentment. At present he il
called timid, but his timidity more closely
resembles pride. He defeats riding in the
public pGrades, prefel ring that his loyal
subjects should declare that he is afraid of
appearing badly, rather than expose him
self to the annoyance Of being stared at.
There il one curious deficiency in the
princes education, for which the queen is
mainly responsible. Canon Auzino, the
court chaplain. was given charge of the
princes philosophical studies, and that
good man, being either too conscientious
or too law to assume his new duties viii
linely, pleaded his own inability to teach
such aprOtound branch of learning.
Oh" lcplied the queen, in a tone which
admitted of no argument, at is not q ques-
tlon OF giving the prince a pro Ound under
stand!ng Of She subject. His highness only
needs q smsttering of philosophical knowl-
edge. Above all, l urgently recommend no
pencer, no, Darwin, and no Schopen
hauer."
Tn queen probably wished to guard
against any latent tendency to heresy and
skeptlclhm When she planned q course OF
J philosophical study TO" her son, leaving out
Spencer and Darwin, to say nothing of the
high priest of pessimism, but an iri everent
writer suggested that her mate nal pride
was offended at the knowledge thai her son
was destined to become nothing but Il
crowned monkey, ant it YVES to save his
feelings that she kept from him works OH
the origin of species.
Ike prince is much attached to England,
and English is tbs only foreign language
that he takes plsasu 9 in speaking. French
and German he knows perfectly, but never
Willingly uses either. His " language he
speaks with a certain distinction. never
employing any of tho various patois of the
country. and is perhaps the only italian to
whom that compliment can be paid, if in
deed 1t be a merit to ignore tho
popular dialects which are often more
literary language. The p ince's in
difference to women is a source Of great
anxiety to his royal parents. He treats
them all with a distrossingly frieid polite
ness, seemingly quite insensible to feminine
CHAINS. This characteristic he did not
inherit from his illustrious grandfather, in
whose esteem politics ind gallantry occu-
pied an equal elevation, with a possible
balance in favor of the latter. His visit TO
1trlin was made in hope that some OF tho
1trman prinoesses would strike his sensi-
: ivs fancy, but after a grand ball at tho
y"'sce. where all the ladies appeared in
tiGious prince denounced them individually
and collectively as '"passably ugly, don't
Tou thlnk?"t to one of his aides-ds-camp.
lns triple alliance has not 80 far been
ircnethensd by any appeal to the PRINCES
o*thetic tastes. He may make Il German
marriage, but it will not be a love
match. For the rest. il is declared
IN good authority that all rumors
'oncerning his unannounced betrothnl
re entirely. premature. Although quiet
wing, exercise and training have triumphed
yer his natural ill-hoalth, the prince Ia still
trail and Queen Marguerite declares that
he will never consent to his marriage I'M.
CT the age of twenty-four, unless urgent
easons OF state demand it.
mo prince ia Ms fond of the chase as was