Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-07-07

cricket Gallo youth has become equally
adept Gymnastic societies have been
called into life all over the country on the
same line as the German Turnverein, and
the Frcnchman of the rising generation is
just as eager TO develop his biceps and to
achieve success in one branch or another
of sport rs his father and grandfather be-
fore him were bent on making conqucsts
among the fair sex.
Now, in order to fit the physique for this
species of existence, it is necessary to sleep
well ard long, and, above all, to rise carly,
the morning being in every way the most
convenient time for any kind of athletic
pursuit. But in order to get up early one
must go early to bed; hence the Partisan
has given up altogether those midnight
suppcrs which until n short time ago con-
stitutcd the inevitable conclusion of n
Partisan day. Post thcater suppers have
gone altogether out of fashion, and it is
becoming almost rs difficult to get any
thing to cat here after IL O'Clock at night
rs it is in Vienna or New York
\ Remarkable Career.
Princess Mathildc BOnapartc, who has
lust celebrated her seventy fourth birth
day. the dinner party in honor of which
was attended by her cousin, the Empress
| EuTcniU, who spent few days at the
| Hotel Continental on her way back from
| exception the most popular, talented and
liberal minded member of the BOnapartC
| family. Her house in the Rue DC Bcrri Is
| the rendezvous of all that Is clever and
| brilliant during the winter, while hel
| lovely country seat Mt ST. Gratien is In
| summer one OF tho most hospitablc and
| charming places in the ncighbOrhood OF
this city. Few people nowadays appear tC
remember that she was at one time the
| wife of that savage and ruffianly brute
Anatholc Dcmidoff the richest of all Mus
covitc millionaires, and who had obtained
| by purchase the Italian title of Prince o.
| san Donate. She was practically sold t.
this man by her disrcputable father. ex
| King Jerome BOnapartc of Wostphalia
| whose first wife was Miss Patterson o
Baltimore Jerome suffered from chronic
| impccuniosity and obtained large lOan
from DCmidoff. One day the latter askeG
for the hand Of the beautiful daughter o
the cx-kinG, and on the fallen majest,
showing reluctance and hesitation he of
fered to cancel the entire Indebtedness In
return for his consent to the match. lie
rome accepted the proposal, and the mar
riagc took place 1t is needless to say tina
Demidof had no idea of marital ohliga
lions, and his infidclities were of the gross
est and most fragrant character. OF cours
these led to rcproaches on tho part OF tn
young wife, and it was after one of thes
scenes that he presented her as a peace OF
fcring n magnificent gold caskct in whic
there were some magnificent jewels
While they were admiring 1t together h
pointed out to her a spring which opcne
a secret drawer In it she found a men
oyandum of her fathers immense indebt
cdness to her husband and her parent
letter accepting Dcmidoff's offer of ma
riagc as a cancellation of the debt.
This was only one of the many indie
mites to which AnatOlc subjected her. o
one occasion no boxed her ears in til
presence of all his guests for having veI
. turcd to object to the presence of one {
l his fair but frail friends under her roo
, Fortunately Gar Nicholas took pity o
4 the princess and interested himself on hi
behalf Summoning Anatole to st. p
tersburg he forced him then and there
consent to q divorce and to settle upo
= Princess Mathildc an annuity OF son
$50, 600, which she still enjoys from II
u, Demidoff estate. The i'll assorted COUP
never met again, and after the divorce I'll
princess declined to bear any longer tn
name of Dcmidoff.
Apropos of Empress Eugenie's stay her
there are two facts in connection ther,
with worth mentioning. The one was hi
dinner with eEQueen Isabella of SpaiI
on record Of tho widow Of the late Prin
Pierre Bonaparte, the mother of til
prince Roland Bonaparte who has
often visited the United States.
Bonaparte Dressma<er.
As for the widow of Prince Peter Boz
partc, she is the daughter of q plumb
4. here, Rufflin by name, and she lived wi
- the prince for many years before becomi
his legal wife, Prince Roland, their 81
J, having been born in 1858, whereas
marriage was only celebrated on Dec.
1871, at the French legation at BrussC
r. 1t was shortly after legitimizing this uni
to that Prince Peter deserted his wife, W
thereupon started a dressInaker's shop
London at 81 New Bond street. the 81
over the door being as follows: Prince
"a Pierre Bonaparte, Marchande do Conf
lions pour Danes" The venture ended
- failure, and she was Obliged to return
] Paris ruined in purse. BY degrees eve
thing that she possessed found Its way
she pawnshop. In fhe autumn of 1s
rendered desperate by want, she sent
her pawn tickets to Marshal MacMah
at that time president of the republic,
ploring his assistance. The kind hear
e. old soldier sent back her tickets by his I
de-camp, Colonel Robert, together W
- $500. On hearing of this, Princess
thilde took pity upon the woman and
children and provided for the education
the boy, Roland, who. after pass
through the military college of st. Cyr
graduating thence with the rank Of u
tenant, was fortunate enough to marry
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