Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-05-18
HOW ROYALTY FRoLICs.

|W -HOIALi FROltCS.
CApermg In Masquerade and Domino to
Merry Fife and Fiddle.
The prince of Wales naturally goes
ms own gait, says London correspon-
Z dent OF the New York Press He does
what he likes, and is as popular as ever
with peer, patrician, publican, plebeian
and peasant They do say he was at
the last masquerade at Covent garden,
and that the stumpy fat man, with his
heac and face entirely concealed by a
hooded mask and the rest of his BODY
clothed In q close semblance to the
eighth Harry, was England's future
king Certainly gentleman, for whom
way was made with obsequious prompti-
tude by masters of the ceremony and
hlrelings generally, led by Augustus
Harris himself, was seen doing the cir
cult of the ball floor, accompanied by
masked lady, who may have been q
Mrs, Arthur Wilson, of baccarat fame.
or the American duchess Of Manches-
1 Ter; but everybody was SO full of the
mystery regarding the party that It
won't do to state anything definitely.
Another young man, with very high
collar, hiding very long neck, dressed
otherwise as harlequin, was pointed
out to me as surely Prince Collars and
i Cuffs particularly as three Of the pri-
vate detectives at the ball followed him
wherever he went and were extremely
of6cious in hustling a couple of mas
1 queraders out of the place who hap
2ened to knock against him.
One thing, however, is very certain;
l the prince at this end of the century is
> far more live and untrammeled person
1 than the prince at the beginning of
1900. The orgies of George w., Of the
late emperor Of Austria, of the Gar
Nicholas, were, after all, but harmless
amusements of royalty grossly exagger-
/ ated by the publicity with which mon
l archs in those days performed every
thing. Nowadays royalty manages, to
q large extent, to enjoy itself, free from
the prying gaze Of the ubiquitous re-
porter, or that still worse infection, the
diary Of the obsequious courtier with a
view to memoirs. A prince Of to-day,
when he wants little fun, changes
clothes with his valet. gets into q han
som cab, and disappears with an init
mate chum.
Take, for instance, that very remark
able young man, the emperor of Ger
many. People who imagine that his
imperial majesty passes all his time in
christening newborn sons, meditating
on the wiclsedness of Prince Bismarck,
| and quarreling with Count Won Valdez
/ see, are very much mistaken. He likes
1 fun, also, and takes 1t. My Berlin cor
respondent happens to be ON intimate
1 terms with the proprietor of a certain
music hall in Berlin, where the emper-
or enjoys adventures worthy Of the
caliph Haroun AL Raschid. Whether
he is recognized or not cannot say, as
l his majesty is an adept in the art Of
| making up" However, policemen,
I detectives and others are far too wise
1 to express suspicious In case they have
| some idea they are in the presence Of
| the lord Of Germany. The other day,
| am assured, that in the guise of He
brew peddler his majesty wandered
through the haunts of the Jewish COM
| munity in his capital and discussed with
a number Of working Israelites the con-
ditions of their race in his own domin-
ions and the effect Of the harsh meas
ures recently promulgated against them
| in Russia
On another occasion the emperor Is
said to have passed many an hour of
the night wandering among the saloons
used by sailors and common soldiers,
arguing and inviting criticism on the
life of a private in his army or an A. B.
seaman in his navy. ALI these things,
doubtless, assist the young sovereign in
| his endeavors to act as the father Of his
people; but occasionally the fact he is
young man bursts upon him and he is
apt to join in vigorous dancing, and
play high jinls generally, as enthusi-
astically as the latest Jack ashore.
Then, in the middle of schoppen,
comes the momory "'Ich bin der kaiser"
and his temporary boon companions are
surprised to see their new comrade sud-
and leave the place swiftly, followed
posed to be drunken chums.
The best prince of the lot for a spree
Is the heir to the Russian throne. The
way that young man has been going on
in India is said to be simply caution
to rattlesnakes. That some inkling of
it has reached st. Petersburg is sug-
cent copy of the Illustrated London
Graphic was handled on its arrival in
Russia. 1t depicted the czarwitch at
hunting party, standing with a group
beside the carcass OF tiger, and at the
back of his highness q young man Is
shown with comical smile on his face,
and his two arms extended, "Mess-
lng' the two Russian princes In the
suite of the czar's heir, who is sup
posed to have slain the striped monster.
This picture was blocked out by the
Russian press censor. When young
man. doubtless young English officer,
can presume to place himself in such q
familiar attitude, within half yard Of
the "awful" presence Of royalty, It
shows that that royalty is not standing
extensively en- its dignity. Some Of the
revels Of the Russian heir In the palaces
of the Indian rajahs are stated to have
rivaled in their excesses the widest