The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04


has all ored her husband and been devoted
TO her children, and it was the fifteth an
Diversary of this romantic royal marriage
hat was celebrated yes erday at Chantilly.
All the members of the Orleans family in
France were present, and the only person
outside the family invited to this fete was
NJ. Edouard Bncher. a lifelong friend and
counselor. The Duke d'Aumalp is in
Sicily, but he placed the chateau of Chan
tilly at the disposal of his family, and the
Princess ClementinP, his sister, mother or
the Prince of Bulgaria, is there installed.
The Count de Paris sent in his place
symbolcal group in chiseled silver, and
the garden of the Pavilion DIES Angles,
home of the Prince de Joinvile at Chan
tIlly, was filled with orchids and other
flowers, sent to the Princess. Every mo-
ment te egrams arrived from, all parts of
the world, and one salon of the first floor
Of the house resembled display of bridal
presents.
Att O'Clock in the morning the Prince
and Princess de JoinviIe received the
nuptial benedction at the parish church,
and as they left the church 10 return home
they found the road thrnnged with people
anxious to express their devotion. At
noon break fast was served, and on the
right of the Prince was Princess C!emen-
tine and on his left his niece, Princess
Philippe de Saxe-CObourg, daughter of the
King of the Belgians. On the right of the
Princess de Joinville was her brother-ln-
l,w, the Duke de Nemours, and on her left
the Count d'Eu, her nephew. The other
guests were the Duchess de Charities, who
is daughter of the Prince de Jonvllle;
the Duke de Charities, their children,
Prince and Princess Waldemar OF Den
mark, Princes Henri and Jean and PrIn-
cess Marguerite d'Oreans. Duke d Alen-
con, Duchess d'Alencon; Duke de Pen
thleyre, onlv son of Prince de JolnYllle;
Prince andsPrincess of Thurn und TaXis
and NJ. Edouard Bocher. After breakfast
the guests returned TO Paris, leaving their
host and hostess t. indulge themselves IN
relating souvenirs of the past fifty years.
The Duke de Penthievre is a sailor. like
his father; he has served in the American
navy, in the Portuguese navy, and is now
attached to the French fleet as a lieutenant
de vaisseau.
The Prince de Joinville accompanied his
nephews, the Comte de Paris and Due de
Charities. TO America during the Civil
war, but he had already visited America
in 1871; some said this visit was made for
the express purpose of seeing Rev. EleaZer
Williams, who pretended TO be Louis
XVII, son of Louis XVI and Marie An
toinette. Rev. Mr.. Williams was then living
at Green Bay, Wis, and newspapers had
carried the report of his pretensi0ns TO tho
court of Louis Philippe. After the Prince
de Joinville bad listened to the Rev.
EleaZrr, when be related his sufferings in
the Temple prison and the horrible treat
ment of Simon, after he had seen the
wounds on the pretender's body and lis
tened to his explanation OF the escape and
the manner in which he was carried to
America, the Prince de Joinville said
that the Rev. EleaZer Williams story was
much less probable than that of some
Eurepean pretenders, as they accounted
for each year of their lives, and he was
silent respecting long period in bis
career.
BARONESS .ALTHEA SALVADOR.
Faris. May 2. 1898