The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-10
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European High Life and the Foioles
Of Titled Pc pie.

! unknown IN New Y ork, where five years
/ ago be might have been seen eking out
miserable existence as q waiter in Third
! avenue raStauraDt Although big, fat and
burIy, and nearer so than 10, he still retains
his old Vienna nickname Of Baby" Rohan.
Vienna has, however. long since become i'm
posi- bic TO him as plsce Of residence. for.
apart from his numerous debts, his folhes
have been Of a character to necessitate his
being disOwned By bis family, at the head Of
which Is Prince Camille de Rohan, Due de
Bouilon and Montoazon, etc.
Prince benjamin during his stsy in this
country can hardly be said 10 have shone in
the profession which he had adopted,
namely, that Of rastaurant waiter, and he
subsiSted at least during part Of the time on
the earnings Of q fellow knight Of the nap
kin who hsi been born as a peasant on the
grand old ROhan estate Of Sichrow in b.
hemlS, and who therefore considered It
privilege 70 be permitted to act SIS a hench-
man 20 q member Of his seignsurial family.
Like his friend Prince Joseph Lubomirski,
Prince Benjamin has since conferred his
title and his hand upon a wealthy but
mature and vulgar widow, whose first hus-
band realized large fortune by the manu-
facture of fertilizer. The lady has, how
ever, been too shrewd to intrust her second
husband with the control Of her fortune,
which remains in her hands, while ne has TO
be content with an allowance dependent
upon his submissivenesS TO her wishes.
Prince Lubomirski, Benjamin's friend and
inseparabis companiOn-a man of about the
sane age and mental callber-has become
the husI and OF tue aged widow Of N. Boyer,
the well-known manufacturer of patent
medicine called Eau de Melissa des Car
mes" Formerly a brilliant leader Of En-
press EuEeuies cotilliOns at the Tuileries
alls, he las now become one of the star
amateur dancers at the Elysee Montmartre,
which has taken the place Of the old Ma
bile
HIS remarkable and fantastic skill in dan
cling the cancan arouses the widest enthu-
siasm Of the visitors TO this pleasure resort.
Known there by the endearing AID graceful
name Of ''Boule de Stuff" Tallow-balD, on
account of his embOnpoint, he has even
composed pas Seul which has been chris
tened the Pas du Gores.n the literal trans
lation of which Is Pigs Step"
One of the principal features of the royal
| palace at Athens where young Prince
George of Greece, makes his home with his
parents, is the large gallery which has been
| fitted up as a skating rink. Both King
George end Queen Olga are pa5sonatelY
| fond of skating and since snow and ice are
practically unknown in Greece, they have
adopted this means Of obtaining their
| favorite exercise. An excellent orchestra
| plays waltzes and polkas while the royal
|
| and twice week during the winter invita-
tons are sent out for regular skating par
ties at the palace.
| King George, unlike his wife and his chill
dren, who belong to the orthodox Greek
| faith, is Lutheran, and while not quite as
tall as his, Prince George, is nevertheless
considerably above the average hight He
is very bald, and his bright blue eyes have
an exceedingly searching. piercing look.
IA IA nd fha
| gift of drawing his interlocutors into easy
conversation. He is passionately fond OF
| sport, keeps a fine stud Of hunters and
spends mis- harpiest hours in the saddle.
Capt. O'Shea of Parnellite fame has re-
| Gently come into a considerable sum of
money bequeathed to him by his uncle. the
| Spanish Duke of San Lucar. The latter
vas the son Of a Dublin banker, who, hav-
ing failed to achieve success in Ireland,
established himself in business at Madrid,
where he proved more lucky. One of his
sons married Queen Isabella's lady-in- wait
ing, the Duchess of San Lucar, and in ac-
cordance with the Spanish custom in cases
where the wife is Of superior rank to that
of her husband William O'Shea, the banker j
| son, assumed the name and ducai title of his
bride
The announcement in the English papers
that the Duke and Duchess of Fife are stay
ing at Brighton with Reuben Sassoou
recalls to mind the fact that the baccarat
counters which played such an important
part in the recent Gordon-Cumming trial,
aud which are most elaborate affairs, were
presented to the Prince OF Wales about a
year ago by Reub Sassoon, the young Parsee
merchant, who is one of the most constant
and submissive caterers to the entertain.
ments of H. r. II.
Mrs. Sassoon, a particularly clever
woman. warned her husband at the time
that the present was an unfortunate one
which might bring trouble upon the prince
And so it has. For nothing has given a
greater shock to the respectable middle aud
lower classes in England than the revelation
that their future king was accustomed to
travel about the country with baccarat
counters in his luggage.
| Mrs. SassOon, who is the sister of Mrs
Leopold Rothschild, is the daughter of a
| Venetian Hebrew of the name of Perugia.
The Perugias are among the most ancient
Jewish families of that part, and Mrs. 5as-
soon, Mrs. Leopold Rothschild and Mrs.
Hirsh of Paris, all three sisters, possess in
addition to exquisite compilations and per-
feet features and figures, that glorious
golden-red hair immortalized by the brush
of Titan.
Baron Hirsch, who last season seemed
almost like the shadow of the Prince of
Wales, and who was every day at MARI
borough House. appears TO have been en-
tirely dropped-from a social point of view
by England's coming *" His name NO
longer figures among the number of those
invited to any entertainments given in the
honor Of royalty, and it is likewise conspic-
uously absent from the list OF guests at the
state balls and concerts az Buckingham
palace. He has taken up his residence at
one of the Piccadjlly hotels instead Of in a
well-equipped house as last year, and is left
severely alone by all the Marlborough
house set.
Baron Hlrsch, however, is not the kind OF
man TO submit passively to treatment of
this kind, and it is openly rumored in Lon
don that the recent action of the Partisan
} press in suddenly abandoning its attacks on
Sir William Gordon>Cumming, and in
holding him up as the victim of foul con-
spiracy, in which the prince, Ie prince
fdineant, was one of the principals, is at
tributable to the barons gold.
Anybody knowing anything about the
Partisan press is aware that it is not in the
habit Of modifying or retracting its opinion
unless for the sake of consideration. and
In the present case the UOlte face of the
new spapers has been SO complete that the
consideration must have been very large
one
On the other hand the Club de la Rue
Royale, where the princes Partisan friends
oonRregate, and where the Baron Hirsch is
looked upon as the bette noire of the estab-
lishlnent, has notified Sir William Gordon
Cumming that his name has been effaced
from the list of its members. This is what