The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-04
Capering in Masquerade and Domi-
no to the Merry Fife and
Fiddle.
n. r. H., Albert Edward of Wales,
at the Last Convent Gar
den Party.
How william of Germany Takes y Night
Oh-Revels of the Future Rus
sian Gar.

The prince of Wales naturally goes his
own gait, says q London correspondent OF
the New York Press. He doeswhat he likes,
and is as popular as ever with peer rstri-
clan, publican, plebeian, and peasant. they
do say he was at the last masquerade at
Coyent garden, and that the stumpv, tat
man. with his head and face entirely con
eealed bv a hooded mask and the rest OF ms
body clothed in a close senlblance to the
eighth Harry, was England's future king.
Certainly a gentleman, for whom way WAS
made with obssauious promptitude by
masters of the c remony and behring's ger
orally. led by Augustus Harris himself, WAS
seen doing the circuit OF the ball hoor' ae-
companied by q masked lady, who may have
been q Mrs. Arthur Wilson of baccatat fame.
or the American dutchess, of Manchester;
but everybody was so full of the mystery re-
Carding the party that il won't d. to state
ANYTHING definitely. Another young man,
with a very high collar, holding a very long
neck, dressed otherwise as a harlequin. was
pointed out to nue. as surely Prince Collars
and Cuhs--particularly as three of tine
private detectives at the ball followed him
wherever he went, and were extremely Of
NC!OhS Ill uuStiliS dSOulie l
out of the place who happened to knock
against BIN.
One thing, however, is very certain; the
prince of this end of the century Is a far
more live and unt.ammeled person than the
princes at the beginning of $500. The Or
gies of George ~. of the late emperor of
Austria. of the Gear Nicholas. were, after
all, but harmless amusements of royalty,
grossly exaggerated by tbs publicity with
which monarchs in those days performed
everything. Nowadays royalty manages.
to a large extent. to enjoy itself, tree from
the prying gaze OF the ubiquitous reporter,
or that still worse mtlction, the diary OF
the obsequlous courtlar with a view to me-
moirs. A prince of to-day, when he wants
a little fun, changes clothe s with his valet,
gets into a hanson cab, and disappears with
an intimate chum.
Take, for instance, that very remarkable
young man, the emperor of Germany. Peo-
pie who imagine that his imperial MA esty
passes all his time in christening newborn
sons, meditatlng on the wickedness of
Prince Bismarck, and quarrellng with Count
Won Waldersee, are very much mistaken.
He like his fun also, and takes 1T. My
Berlin correspondent happens to be on intl-
mate terms with the proprietor of a certain
music hall in Berlin, where the emperor en-
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AL Raschld. Whether he is recognized or
not / can not say, as his majesty is an adept
in the art OF making up However.
policemen, detectives and others a g far too
wise to express suspicious in case they have
sons idea they are in the presence of the
lord OF Germany. The other day, | am as
sured, that in the gulse of d Hebrew pedle
his majesty wandered through the hauats
of the Jewish community in his capt. Il and
discussed ~with|Rnumher of working Israel
ties the conditions of their race IN his own
dom1nionB and the effect of the harsh meas
ures recently promulgated against them il
RussIa.
On another occasion the emper L is said
to have passed many an hour of the night
wandering anon. the saloons used by sal
ors and common soldiers a. guln2 and IN
Vting C ticism on the life OF a private IN
lus army or an A. Il. seaman in the navy.
All these things doubtless assist the youL Z
sovereign i'll his endeavors to act as the
father of his people; but occasionally I'll e
fact that he IS q Young man bursts upon
him and he is, apt to JON in vigorous dane
lug, and play high llnks generally, as en-
Enthusiastically as the latest Jack ashore.
Then, in the middle of a s%choppen, comes
the memory Itch bin der kaiser and his
temporary boon companions are surprised
to see their new Comrade suddenly draw
himself up, turn on his heel, and leave the
place swiftly, followed by a couple Of, till
that moment, supposed. to be drunken
chums.
The best prince of the lot for & spree is
the heir to the Russian throne. lne way
that young man has been goIng on in lnlla
Is sad to be simply a caution to rattle
snakes. That some mixing of it has reached
st. Petersburg is suggested significantly by
the way 4 recent copy of the illustrated Lon
don Graphic was handled on its arrival in
Russia. 1T depicted the cZArwitch at a
hunting party, standing with IA group be
SID the carcass of d tiger, and at the back
OF his highness a young man is shown with
a comlcal smile Oh his face and ms two
arms extended, "Messing'' the two Russian
princes in the suite OF the cars heir, who
is supposed to have siam the striped mon
steg. This picture was blocked out by the
Russian press censor. When q young man,
doubtless a young English officer. can pre-
sumo to place himself IN such a familiar at
titu &c, within half Il yard of the awful
presence of ROYALTY, 1t shows that that row
atty is not standing extensively on its Dig
mtg. Some of the leveis OF the Russian
heir in the palaces of the Indian rajahs are
stated to have rivased III their eNctss"s tn,
widest alnusenents of the wicked Orleans
during the regency OF Louis Nv. OF France.
One night at MysOfe. 1t is whispered, wOulL
have slckened Boccacio had he bcen pres
ent. However, all this is hcarsay. and mus
be taken with grains of salt acco. din tt
fancy. One thing. nevertheless, IS certain
high jinks of royalty are not conducive
to the maintenance of monarchles. Take
away the halo Of crowns, and people he
come of the very ordinary heads that veal
them. Americans discovered that over
century ago.
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