Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-27
DOM PEDRO III.
If Brazifs Monarchy Should BE Re-
stored the Old EmperOr's Grandson
VIII Take the Throne.

Although President Peixoto may be sad
| it is certain that number of royalists now
| floating about Europe in the company of
other driftwood nobility will be glad, says
the New York World, if Admiral Mello
should succeed in placing the son of Count
and Countess dEu upon the throne. Young
Dom Pedro. who will be Dom Pedro Ill. if
he is ever crowned, was fifteen years old
when his grandfather, the old emperor,
| awakened one morning to find that his i'm
perial authority had been suddenly swept
away and that a steamboat was waiting at
| the pier to convey him. mis- family and all
his earthly effects away from Brazil for
ever. That was just .our years ago; so the
boy Is nineteen now, or Very near the age
OF his grandfather when he became the
actual ruler
There's royal blood % the real Uld-fash-
Toned sort in the veins of me young strip
ing, VINO may become the only monarch
upon the American continent. Ills great
grandfather Dom Pedro L., WAS :he son of
King John VI. and Queen Doha Maria /. Of
Portugal. The royal family obliged to
leave Portugal in 1897, when che victorious
French entered Lisbon. They found &, har-
Dor in Brazil, and, upon returning to lnc;r
native land IN later years, left the Prince
Regent to govern Brazil, under the title CT
Dom Pedro l. Dom Pedro :. abdicated in
order TO drive Don MIguaI cut OF Portugal,
which he did; but enjoyed only short
| reign. In this way Dom Pedro H., at the
age OF nve, came TO the tnroa: which Gen.
DE tonSeca prevented him y few months
from occupying for fifty years.
Dom Pedro's Personality.
Young Dom Pedro POSSESSES neither the
! insignificance of his father Count dEu,
nor the brains of bis grandfather said
Brazilian recently. Lntn he was fifteen
Dom Pedro was reared with the idea that
he was to be the ruler Of Brazil. Then he
suddenly became an exile, but the word
prince had no empty meaning ior him. Ills
mother, the Countess dEu, has kept the
bee of ambition constantly Dulzing IN his
ear. She put hum IN the military school or
vienna.
Inc boy is not brilliant scholar. He
delights In driving and gambling. III this
he resembles his father. lie is vain and
feels himself every inch a prince. IN iAis
he resembles his mother. a gentleman who
saw him veal ago describes HIM rs tall
for his years, vita !et-black hair, eyes and
eyebrows and sharp features.
Next to Mello, in case OF a royalist sue
cess, Countess d'Eu Will play the most i'm
portant part in placing young Dom Pedro
upon the throne. Since the revolution OF
1853 the ex-count and ex-countess have
lived quietly near Paris, and, per force,
economically. 1t is said that many OF the
countess valuable jewels have been sacri-
! feed. Their three sons have been kept con-
StanIly at school,
This once princely couple are strangely
mated. Count dEu belongs to the unfortu-
nate house OF Orleans, and because of this
fact has always been cordially disiked by
BraZiianS. To use Yankee term, he was
tied to his wife's apron-strings. She mar
rled him because of his charming indlner-
ence to everything which surrounded him..
He never interested himself in the govern
ment or in anything in particular save
cigarettes and wines. OF which he was an
excellent judge and in cards, at which he
was a great loser.
When the messenger came to the palace
Brazil
that ii did not need old Dom Peiros serv-
ices as an emperor any longer, Count d Eu
was the first to receive 1t.
The devilr he said with a little laugh,
| and then carelessly lighted a cigarette.
His wife was frantic. She walked back
and forth across the room in frenzy. She
demanded that the news be told her hye
times over before she would believe it, Had
she been empress she would not have left
Rio Janeiro until blood had been spilled in
its streets or she had at least learned that
no one in the empire was loyal to its ruler.
The Countess Oddities.
Countess d'Eu is also picturesque, but in
far different way. She is not bothered
about the dead languages; she is bothered
at times most wofully about the salvation
of her soul. She has as many moods as
Sarah Bernhard. and probably would have
been more successful actress than
she is as princess. AT times she reveed in
display, in gorgeous entertainments and all
of the pomp which accompanies a royal
court and she would complain most bitterly
because her father was so democratic in
his tastes. Again, she would confine her
jewels, which she had fondled so greedily,
to the dark depths of their caskets, attire
herself in plain black gown and sit for
hours. perfectly mute, counting her black
beads.
In her younger days it was not uncom-
mon for her TO go to the church, clad in the
coarSeSt sort OF gown, and assist the
scrub-women at their work.
Count d Eu once discovered her upon her
knees. brush in hand, trying to whiten the
marble floor in the aisles or the cathedral.
She looked up, but did not seem to recog-
nize him, and continued harder than ever
at her task.
MY God, Princess. Are you mad?" he
cried.
Il am no princess. / am a scrub-woman,"
was her curt answer.
OH said the count ratching a match
for his cigarette upon his gold case. He
then left his wife to do penance, and drove
away to find some friends who would join
him in d game of cards.
Three days after she was taking her hus-
band to task because he did not manifest
more interest in the affairs of state.
Dom PeGro's Insane Grandson.
Besides Countess d'Eu, Dom Pedro had
another daughter, who married the Duke of
SAKE. That he had no sons was q cause
of great regret to the old emperor. The
Duchess of SAKE had four sons and died
while yet young woman. Her death af-
fected Dom Pedro deeply. She was more
of a favorite with him than Countess dEu
The Duke of SAKE never liked Brazil, and
even while his wife was living spent but lit
tie time in Rio, which he regarded as too
provincial for a man of the world. After
her death he quilted Brazil, taking with
him the two younger sons, while their older
brothers remained with the emperor. The
elder of these, Prince Dom Pedro, was a
studious, melancholy youth and constant
companion of the old ruler. Like few
other unwise princes, he lost his heart to
a woman beneath his station. He met a
Miss Rodrigo of New Orleans, one night
at a ball, and love at first sight resulted.
Dom Pedro was willing, but the Duke of
Sake was not. The dutiful and melancholy
youth obeyed his father S commands, and
the pair parted 1t is said that grief de-
throned his mind. At any rate, he is now
insane and under confinement in Germany
DRiGHTWOOD.