The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-29

Mtp York Pra4
Several years ago, while on q special
mission to Berlin. l attended a fete
given by the crown princess, now the
Empress Frederick. Tho fete, in fact,
was a diplomatic move in which each
guest possessed a political Significance.
But the affair was magnifcently ar
ranged, and the guests were stimulated
to their best. 1t was a mass OF gorgeous
coloring, a seeming whim to charm the
eye, while underneath ran the lively ex-
citement of strategic play. As 1 passed
a group of noblemen InOted n young
man with the furrow of the born states
man between his eyes, who seemod to
control the local situation. He vas
Count Won -, q mar whose family
name appears on the bravest pages OF
German history, and whose handsome
face and soldierly figure in the uniform
of an officer Of the Foot Guards COM
PEELED immediate attention. AS l lin
gered, the princess, passing, paused to
address the group.
He NOW DRIVES A HORSE CAR.
"Gentlemen," che said, but her glance
was upon the striking officer and, as
she moved away, she turned to smile at
him, 1 thought with secret meaning.
Late the other night q boarded a Ilgger
car at Chambers street and Broadway,
New York. While the conductor was
changing q fifty cent piece l glanced at
his tall figure in its baggy blue uniform.
His splendid face was that OF the count
and the furrow in his forehead was as
strongly marked as when l saw hin be-
fore under strangely different circum-
stances.
addressed him and the German burr
OF his speech convinced me l had not
been mistaken.
"Have you been long in American"
"Many years now, sir"
"a great country, isn't it2"
81 hat liked it much"
"You remember Germany too well to
stay"
He broke in uncontrollably:
~ hal no memory Of Germany. This
is my country"
Here the count conductor wheeled to
the platform, and he wal still leaning
there when / Jumped of the car.
Here in New York l have helped to
bury an English lord, the heir to the
Scotch earldom OF Perth and to the
French dukedom OF Melfort, who had
spent the last twoyears Of his life as the
porter OF a great publishing establish
ment; / have been waited upon in a
l.-aIan,o rnakoVronk hu a nrinaa hnar.
ing one OF the grandest names OF Eu-
rope. To q German count, i have paid
my dime at one OF the most dingy mu-
seums of the Bowery, where he was
acting as doorkeeper. l have met
starving in the streets Of New York, an
ex-equerry Of Prince Henry, OF Prussia,
whose father has held the office OF
prime minister. While in Florida
three or four years ago, l came across
an English baronet, Sir Francis o.
borne by name, who was working as a
day laborer at the rate Of 81 per diem.
To-day he is back in England, and, hav-
ing married q lady possessed Of some
property, is no longer obliged to toll
hard for his living, as he did when en-
ployed in that sawmill at Acton, Fla.
H COUNT MANAoEs A HOTEL.
Among other men Of rank and title
In this country now endeavering to earn
livelihood in spheres altogether differ
emit from those in which they were born
in the Old World are Count George
Karolyi, son OF the great Hungarian
magnate Of that name, who headed the
cavalcade OF Magyar princes and mobiles
-,Ltah aaaAHknI thn ErA naRRR EP0nHia
Joseph from the railroad station at
Buda.Pesth to the royal castle on the
occasion of the coronation jubilee fes-
tivitees last summer. Count George,
who expatriated himself in consequence
of the opposition of his family to his
marriage with tho actress, Boriska
Frank, is now acting as hotel manager
at San Francisco. His wife occupies
the position Of ~housekeeper OF the
establishment, while Count Ladislas
Szechenyi, who was formerly IN Aus
TRAN cavalry officer and R~ide-de-camp
to the governor-general Of Croatia, be-
sides being the nephew Of the Austrian
ambassador at Berlin, ful6lls the duties
of bookkeeper. The hall porter Of this
exceedingly aristocratic hotel Is q Count
Logothetti, who was also formerly an
Austrian cavalry officer, and, like Count
S~zechenyi, a member OF the staff Of the
governor general of Croatia.
At Jacksonville, Fla, there 10, or
rather was, q short time ago a porter in
a wholesale grocery store bearing the
name Of Wolff. He is the younger
brother Of tho right Honorable Sir
Henry Drummond Wolfe. O...B., Brit
ish ambassador to the court OF Spain.
Mr.. WOLF, whose mother was Lady
GeorRianEa Walpole, daughter Of the
second Earl Of Oxford, graduated with
honors at the Oxford university, but
subsequently came to grief financially,
and thereupon emigrated 10 this coun-
try, where he has held in turn the posi-
ton Of dry goods clerk, bill collector
and bartender before becoming q gro
Gerry porter.
A PRINoEDY WAITER.
Tho prince whom I refer to above as
having been a waiter Of an oyster
house in New York is Prince Benjamin
Rohan, the youngest brother OF the
present chief Of the Austrian family Of
that name. Such were his debts and
his follies at Vienna that he was dis
owned by the head Of his house, who
bears the crusader title of Due de Bouil-
lon and OF Montbazon. Prince Benja-
min, who, although nearer fifty than
forty, still retains his old nickname OF
Baby" Rohan, IA hardly be said to
have shone in the profession which he
adopted as q last resource in this coun-
try after leaving Vienna, for he sub
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