Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-11
A WORD ABOUT THE PRINCE.
He Has been Quietly Observing New York
and New Workers and Taking Notes

Prince Antoine, husband Of the Infantn,
has had little 70 say since his arrival in
New York. Columns have been printed IN
the newspapers. says the New York I1mts,
about the Princess Eulalic and what she
has SAID and what has been said to her.
but very little notice has been taken OF
her husband. the Prince.
At the various receptions rendered 10
| the Princess. the Prince has stood at her
side and Cazed on the professions of so:
| cietv people silently. and frequently as II
very much bored. There has been no III
tention to slight tho Prince, but II Is a
| fact that out Of the scores OF people who
| have been presented 10 the Princess only
a very small percentage have even bowed,
/ let alone spoken, To him.
But the Prince has been observing us.
nevertheless. 1t was reported IN the New
/ York Traes how be stole of with his wife
; on Friday for quiet stroll. But that was
/ neither the first nor the last time that ne
| has been IN the streets unattended, save
/ by his private secretary.
TIE other morning ne walked out quietly
/ 10 see New York independent Of guardian
| ship. He started from the Hotel Savoy
| for a walk down Fifth avenue. The first
! object that caught bis interest was tho
| new addition to tho Cornelius Vanderbilt
residence, and he stopped on the east side
! and observed II closely. Then one OF the
! Flfth-Avenue stages. with q number OF pas
/ scugers on the roof passed. IL brought a
/ smile 10 the Princes face and he directed
| his secretary's attention TO Il as one who
| had discovered "A novelty.
In a stroll down tie avenue as far as
! FOrty-secOnd street and back 10 IS ialT 10
! assume that Prince Antoine saw many
| things that the ordinary promenader over
/ looks He stopped frequently, aui EVIL
/ IDENTITY found entertainment In inspecting
! . 1,..a hot
! houses. At FOrty-seyenth street on tho
| WAY back he passed two Young men who
were apparently up good deal earlier
than usual and who clearly were
unable 10 explain why. They jabbed
Iarce-handled canes against their teeth
and stared v1cantly into space. and the
| Prince laughed quietly after he had got
I by them.
Dressed in nm ordinary suit Of gray,
there WAS nothing about him 10 suggest a
| Bourbon ancestry. Bar the foreign cast
Of countenance. he looked like q man COM
f0rtab,y well of. and without much 10
worry him, ont for morning cOnstltu-
/ tiOual.
In one o., his previous informal walks he
! had a peculiar experience. iIe was IN
/ Broadway. and noticing tnat "A crowd had
! collected he went INTO u. Much to his
! SURPRISE he learned from tho remarks
made near him tnst the people were
waiting to see tie Princess Fulale. who
had some time before entered the building
before which they Wero standing. lhe
Prince decided to wait too. Noboly
seemed 10 recognize hun. although nearly
oil within his hearing claimed 20 nave
/ loeu presented 70 OF to have seen the
! Princess.
HE Prince heard ls wife described as
| dark and a, fair and ~ short and a. tai.
and was mildly amusrd-and Cratified. too,
/ probably because the unanimous opinion
seemed 10 be. no matter how she looked,
| that Fhe was very charming lady ana
representative Of the court OF SPAN VINO,
IN .plte II her arisfoCary, was endowed
with = largo supply Of common sense and
other Of ;he personal attributes that np-
peal 20 Americans.
The Prince stood until the Princess ap-
peared and then watched ner enter her
| carriage. SHE did not see him.
On Saturday morning Prince Antoine
| came downstairs few minutes before >
o'clock. lo his right maud he carried
/ tghtly-rcllei umbrella. while between MS
! hps was tho eyer-pre3ant cigarette. stroll
INC up Fifth avenue he seemed TO take
great interest IN the surroundings. He
| stopped at SIXty-firs. street and looked ny
| az the white marble coils ot tho ~
! house ~ tho Metropolitan Club. In the
| design Of the binding ne probably recog-
nized something familiar, as Il is a copy OF
/ the Farue,a Palace, a gem OF Italian archl-
lecture. which once was the home of
| Alexander Farncse. Duse OF Parma. who
was related 70 tho earlier branches OF the
bourbon family. of which Prince Antoine
| Is descendant.
At the entrance 10 the park nj Sixty
! sixth street he was met by reporter OF
| tho New York T0pe, with whom "a" eN-
changed greetings in French, remarking
! that II was "A very pleasant day.
II was over an hour before the Prince
returned 10 the hotel.