The Press., 1893-04-20
ROYALTY ON HALF PAY.
Exi1ed Monarcfs Who Are Forced to Dead


 Lines of Economy.
 Royalty without a civil list or large private fortune is about the most trying situation to which human creature can be subjected. I have come across in my day not few illustrious person. ages to whom this test was applied by fate, and do not remember one. unless the late king of Hanover, who went through it like first rate man or wom- an, though some of them bore reverses better than most persons of far lesser rank known to me, who had fallen in the world and prided themselves on hav- ing seen "better days"
 Don Juan of Spain, father of Carlos, and husband of the beautiful and splen- didly lowered Archduchess Beatrice of Este-Modena, was a lazy old loafer. When "at home" he lived in the Regents park with lady who was not at all archducal and seven or eight children, who unfortunately for themselves were every inch Spanish Bourbons. When on the continent Juan was sometimes "Mr. Johns," sometimes ''Mr. King" or I'M. le Roy," and again, "Mr. Bliss" Ca trans lation of his wife's name), lived gener- ally en garni and dined at cheap tables d'hote. His breath used to smell of mutton ragout, a dish that sticks to the breath like garlic.
 The king of Naples also loafs through life, but in a harmless, gentlemanly fashion. He has hopelessly lost his bear ings since the Italian confectioner att the corner of the Place de la Bourse was, through having given credit too freely to the kings followers, obliged to shut up shop. The poor confectioners sup piled dinners for an age to one of the kings brothers, and will have to wait for payment until the Neapolitan Bour- bons are restored. Going to lunch at that confectioner's which he always did on foot, enabled Francis II to get through several hours every day, and afforded him an easy walk to and from the hotel in the Rue Bossy d'Anylais in which he has lived ever since he came to abide in Paris. He shares so little the tastes of his wife, who goes in for race horses as ill point of fact to live alone, though en menage with her. The august pail rather camp than reside here.
 The Duke of Aquila, having run through his own and his wife's fortune was ages ago obliged to quit the beauti full villa in which he lived for some years in the Avenue du Bois de Bou logne, and he is now a pensioner of King Humbert to the amount of $400 year 10000 lire), and also lives en garni He, however, makes up well when ht goes to dinner parties, and has toucl of naval frankness that is pleasant. Ht drew a good pension so long as tht Brazilian empire lasted as it's lord higf admiral and filled corresponding situ | ation in the kingdom of Naples before l 1860. I do not suppose that he is much of seaman, but he was formerly alway. entertaining or being entertained by naval officers, and his manners took color from theirs. He manages to kee, up jovial spirits under depressing cir cumstances, which think creditable tt him.
 l Comte de Bari, his nephew, has found consolation for personal and family losses and crosses in marriage with { lady of the corps de ballet, and has adopted son who is nearly his owr age, to the great disgust of the ex-king In Italian law the adoptee is member of the Bourbon family, whatever he may be in blood, and is supposed by il to be 0 grandson of the illustrious Arch. duke Charles and of Ferdinand II of Ma. ples.-Paris Cor. London Truth.