The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-06-07
Eulalia.
SOME PRETTY INCIDENTS IN THE
PRINCESS VISIT.

veal the princess in q character very pleas
ing to the popular eye. In the privacy of
her own apartments, or when she is the CEN
trail figure of some informal public occasion,
the merrment of her nature Is revealed or
she exhibits the attractive qualities of the
impulsive large.hearted woman, generous
in disposition, thoughtful of the courtesies
due to those by whom she is surrounded,
quick to discern and appreciate merit, and,
with girlish freedom to express her appre-
citation.
Soon after her arrival in New York the
EUenlng telegram contained an amusing
cartoon of "The Lady and the Tiger"
representing the princess riding on the back
of the Tammany tiger. She was laughing
over the paper and understood perfectly
what the tiger represented Turning tolone
of the gentlemen nearest her she said " 1t
is very funny, but oh hope shall not be
like the young woman about whom 1 saw
the other day." and she quoted:
Where WSd w was a young ,U ESd sdy Of NSer
They came back from the ride
And a smile on the face of the tiger"
Even her grave husband laughed as she
reeled off the doggerel. Before the laugh
ter had subsidized she added " But have
no fear If the smile of the tiger is as pleas
ant as that of the mayor, who has been so
courteous and so polite" On the dav the
princess came up the harbor and first went
aboard the Dolphin she happened to see
one of Nast's cartoons of "The Lady and
the Tiger " with the nonsense verses writ
ten below. She was so amused by the lines
that she committed them to memory.
On Memorial Day the princess was es-
corted to Riverside Park to pay a voluntary
tribute to the memory of General Grant.
Arriving at the tomb the Infanta was met
by Mayor Gilroy. At the head of the
steps leading to the mausoeum the princess
hesitated a moment and then turning, as if
by sudden impulse, took the great floral
wreath from the hands of the committeeman
who bore it aud, entering the tomb placed
it with her own hands upon the sarcopha-
gus, bending low as she did so. 1t was
graceful and entirely spontaneous tribute to
the memory of Americas great soldier.
A pretty incident occurred as the princess
left the hotel on the evening of Memorial
Day. Little Leo Hancox who is only three
years old, son of j. w. Hancox, guest of
the Savoy, ran directly before her. His
mother reached forward to draw him back,
but Eulalia disengaged herself from Comp
troller Myers, who escorted her, and bending
down caught the lad in her arms, exclaim.
ing, con, you beautiful boy" and kissed
him fondly on the lips. Then, turning to
the proud mother, she said, " He looks Just
like my little SON."
The princess and her party were on their
way to the Fifth Avenue theater to see the
first act of The Isle of Champagne" Here,
az at other places of amusement where she
ldu dppedT6u, Une princess was received DV
applauding multitudes whom she greeted
with bows and smiles. In the course of
the. play, after the king, Mr.. Seabrooke,
had sung several verses of his patter song,
the " Prodigal Son." he and his army, two
men, filled champagne glasses, and Sea-
brooke sang:
A princess fair as you can see
She Isl she isl
As gracious and kind as she can be
She is she isl
Wen drink to her health in best champagne,
And hope when she returns to Spain,
She'll change her mind and come back again
Eualia, Eulalia la, la!
The wish expressed in the verse was evil
IDENTIFY very popular, for the audience
cheered vigorously, and Donna Eulalia
leaned out over her box rail, laughed shook
her white bonneted head afiirmatively,
and the audience cheered again.
The -lnfanta's trip to West Point was an
ovation. The town and communities along
the banks of the beautiful river and the
craft in it made her course sort of tri-
umphal progress. She was charmed with
the scenery of Americas historic river. At
the review of the cadets, as soon as the
formation was made, the princess, arm in
arm with the superintendent and followed
by her suite, took her position. Commander
Mills stepped in front of his corps and sa-
luted, and the princess, after receiving the
salute, walked ont into tho parade ground
with Superintendent Ernst until she met
the commander. Then, while the band
played Spanish and American marches, the
princess walked around the entire line, ap-
parently reviewing the cadets as critically
as would reviewing officer. They were
worth looking at, those boys Three hun
dred American youths, from nineteen to
twenty-three years old, who were there
after long process of mental and physical
selection and training, and representing in
their varying types every state in the Union.
When the princess reached the right of the
line, Just as she was beginning to make her
inspection, she gave quick glance at the
party who accompanied her, and then sent
one OF her suite back to the crowd which
she had left, with the request that Colonel
Langdon, commander at Fort Hamilton on
the Hudson, make one of her party. The
colonel, of course, complied, but possibly
even he did not know Just what rule of
Spanish ceremony prompted her to detain
the inspection until he had joined her. That
sort of thing, showing that she is very
much more alive to the ceremony she shows
to others than to that which others pay to
her, has happened number of times DUR
ing her visit. 1t pleased the crowd, and
the inspection started off with everybody
in happy frame of mind. AS she walked
down the long line and then up behind it,
those youngsters stood as immovable and
as handsome, too, as if they had been a
marvel creation of some sculptor.
When the right of the line had been
reached again, Commander Mills sauted
INC princess IN military fashion, and re-
manned with his corps, but that did not
satisfy the princess. She stepped up to him,
shook hands with him warmly, and told
him that he had shown her the handsomest
corps of soldiers she had ever seen. Then,
having concluded her military duties, she
resumed her feminine character, raised her
red parasol, and leaning on the arm of SUI
perintendent Ernst, walked back across the
green sward to the position assigned to
her. She was very pretty picture as she
came toward the crowd, and she received
another OF those salutes that have charac-
terized her greetings by the people, that is,
salvo OF applause, as people applaud a IA
vorite on the stage. She wore a gray chew
lot dress, consisting of double skirt, each
trimmed with a red band around the bot
tom, gray zouave jacket, and red vest
and belt, the vest being frogged with white
cords On her head she wore a black Jet
toque, trimmed with big purple flowers.
The princess bowed and smiled gaily in
answer to the applause and then faced the
cadet corps, standing at attention. with
very charming and possibly unintentonal
Imitation of the attitude of the cadets
Then, headed by its band, the corps formed
in six companies and marched around the
parade grounds. The captain and two lieu
tenants of each company saluted her as they