Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-09
PRINCES GEORGE AND RUSSELL.
The Greek Heir Face to Face With
the Heir to the Big Hat.

A Racy Account of the Chance Meeting
The Hope of the Indiana Dynasty Did
Not Greet the staIwart Greek.
The New York Herald Thursday gave the
following racy account of one of the Incl
dents Of Prince Georges visit TO New York,
on his return trip from Japan;
The sailor prince Of Greece completed
his acquaintance with the potentates of
the earth last evening by chance meeting
with an uncrowned king at Delmonicos.
The Spartan prince of wild, barbaric
growth and mastiff build has met in his
travels around the world with the Khan
of Tartary and the Maharajah of Singa-
PORE the Shah of Persia and the Mikado.
In Denver he hobnobbed with Mike"
Kelly, and last evening he ate cold aspar-
gus face TO face with and only two tables
away from prince" Russell Harrison, the
hope of the Indiana dynasty and the
Pooh Bah of the present administration.
Surely his cup of exquisite and choice
acquaintance is full, and the good King of
Greece can have no fault to ind with his
'widely travelled son, Telemachus.n
The princes did not meet, but they
sized up each other and so did the spec
tntors who dined last evening in the
fashionable hosiery over which Matre
d'Hotel Eugene presides. Prince George
dined in the northeast corner OF the
spacious restaurant and Nj. Alexander
Greger, the Russian Charge ii Affaires
the Russian Consul General Peterson the
Greek Consul General Botass NJ. Bodkin
of the Russian Legation, and Commander
Lomand of the Russian Navy, were hidden
to his table. prince RUSSELL sat only
two tables away. and to his royal banquet
were hidden Secretary Of the Navy Benja-
min r. Tracy and several mighty men in
the Republican party,
but THEY DID NOT SPEAK
No rapprochement took place between
the two royal parties. A genial nod which
NJ. Gregar gave to Prince Russell" should
he overlooked as personal, privileged and
non. official A summer girl who was
there dining with college boys in tlannels,
thought that prince Russell should have
shaken the stranger prince by his salty
tlipper and welcomed him to America, and
she said so several times, quite loud enough
for the heir apparent to the hat 70 hear,
but of course a simple summer girl could
have no appreciation Of the difficulties Of
his position or the height of the hedge that
environs the children of q hundred kings.
Prince George of Greek chatted, laughed
and toasted his friends in a merry, genial
way, just as il the eastern question had
never existed. prince RUSSELL seemed.
however, more appreciative of the dignity
and the perpleXities of his semi-regal posi-
tlOn, lie wore u Drown uerDy MAJ, sulrt
that was full of frills anda pair Of trousers
that were full Of frills, too. lie looked
''nobby." The summer girl said so, and
she knows. The prince from the Pirmus
wore full evening dress, with a pink in his
buttonhole, and his leonine locks hung
about his massive forehead in carefully
arranged confusion. In his plain shirt
front he wore very unpretcntious buttons
while from the snowy frills of Prince
RusselPs" shirt bosom peeped diamonds as
| big as peas.
The get up of the prince from Montana
was more costly, but on the whole the
audience of fashionable diners out favored
with their franchises the prince from tho
far country. Perhaps, however, in this
case as well as others n prophet is only
without honor i'll his own country, and
Prince Russell would be better appreciated
in Greece; and as the Peloponnesian PENN
sula has now railroad connection with
the continent of Europe there seems III
reason why he should not go there and be
/ appreciated.
l About 10 O'Clock the Greek party broke
4 up and finished the evening ut the Garden
Theatre watching the amusing antics Of
| Richard Mansfield, who played Prince
Karl at the Garden Theatre.