The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-03

hOnOr, require larger gratulbleS and tips
on the part of the royal guest than do
! hotel servants. Indeed. the late King of
| Hollands four DAYS stay at Buckingham
| palace, as the guest of Queen Victoria, is
known TO have cost him no less than 800
| 600 in gifts of jewelry 10 the mem bers of
| Her Malesty's household Then. too, the
royal guest is not master of a single hour
of his time nor of any Of his movements.
He is debarred from holding any inter-
course with many people whom he might
like TO meet, and is forced to see and
converse with all kinds of persons that
are uncongenial to him. Chamberlains
and aldes-de-camp are attached to his
person throughout his stay, and do not
let him out of their sight for an in
slant, so that he feels himself under con-
slant surveillance. He is obliged to con-
form to all the eXigencies of local court
etiquette, to remain all the time zen
parade, 80 that is, on exhibition, mindful of
the fact that he is regarded as the repre-
sentatives of his country, and the slight
est indiscretion or unguarded statement
Is calculated TO affect injuriously its pres
tige and FEASIBILITY. too, its political stu
alton. Lastly. he is placed under the ne
cessity of returning all these unwelcOme
Inequalities with as far as possible
equal magnifceuce, which oftentimes he
can i'll afford
All this may be avoided by the adoption
of an incognIto, which in some cases is
more complete than in others. In fact,
there are various degrees of incognito, the
graduations of which are nowhere more
thoroughly appreciated and recognized
than in the German empire. 1t was only
couple of years ago that Emperor Will
lam promulgated long decree determin-
ing once and for all time the military
honOrs to be paid in each different degree
of incognito. 1t is scarcely necessary for
me 10 add that the young ruler of Ger
many rarely, if ever, assumes a complete
incognito or lays aside entirely his impe-
rial rank and attributes, of which he is
still too genuinely fond to abandon them
even for a day.
Probably the most complete incognito
on record was that adopted by King
Charles of Roumania on his way to take
possession of the Wallachian throne. At
the time the relations between Austria
and Prussia were exceedingly strained
IL was just before the outbreak of war be-
tween these two nations-and the Vienna
government was known to be strongly op-
posed to a prince of the house of Hohen-
zollern ascending the throne OF Rou-
mania. 1t was feared therefore that OBJ
stacles might be placed to the passage
over Austrian territory of the newly
elected sovereign of the Wal
lachs. Accordingly, King-or as
he was in those days, Prince-Charles
Travelled down the Danube on board the
Austrian steamboats, disguised as a SER
want, and in the second or third class
cabin. The two or three members of his
suite, who, of course, were in the first
class cabin, affected to treat him with the
utmost severity and contempt, and as
sailed bin with loud reproaches for al
legged negligence in his mental duties. 1t
was only on setting foot on ROumaniaC ter
rltOry that the roles were reversed and
that those who had remained on board
the steamer were able to witness the
ceremOnious welcome accorded by the
Wallachian authorities to the erstwhile
valet and footman.
Archduke Rainier, who, though one of
the most wealthy, influential and impos-
ing of the members of the imperial house
of Austria, is likewise the most demo
cratic and simple in his tastes, makes a
point of leaving Vienna every spring with
his wife for foreign holiday. On quit
ting Austrian territory tt ey lay aside all
attributes and indications of their rank,
dispense with the services of their suite
and even of their servants, and, adopting
some exceedingly bourgeois name (gener-
ally that of "Schmitz") establish them
selves in some second-class boarding house
IN Switzerland or else in unpretentious
lodgings at Brighton. Indeed, l remember
hearing the archduke remark once during
the course of a state banquet at Vienna
that he infinitely preferred to all the del
icacies and culinary chef d'ouevres set
before him the boiled legs of mutton with
caper sauce and turnips prepared for him
in his Brighton lodgings by his landiady.
Another member of the house of Haps-
burg who invariably travels incognito is
the empress There is nothing that she
loves so much as privacy, nor anything
which she so abhors as fuss and feath-
ers." The name which she assumes is
that of Countess of Hohenembs, " and
under its cover she has been able to sat
isfy her taste for travel without
any interference on the part of the au-
thorities of the countries which she hon
ors with her presence. We hear of her
one day slipping ices on the terraces of a
cafe at Algiers, unrecognized by the
crowd, and then as being subjected to
very pungent remarks by the old FORTRESS
of the Duchess of Montpensier's palace at
Seville, who did not recognize in the
slight, elegant and black robed lady who
insisted on seeing her mistress the con-
sort of the Emperor of Austria. 1t was as
Countess of Hohenembs, too, that she was
able to hunt in Ireland and Leicester
shire for two successive seasons without
being subjected to any of those official at
tentions which would inevitably have
been entailed by any neglect on her part
to adopt an incognito.
The Prince of Wales generally adopts
the name of Lord Renfrew when he
travels incognito; the Duke of Cambridge
invariably uses that of Lord Culloden,
while Queen Victoria only partly conceals
her identity under the disguise of
Countess of Balmorai. She used to style
herself Countess of Lancaster when
travelling incognito but has abandoned
that title since the widowed Countess
of Cardigan married a Portuguese
nobleman of the name of Count
of Lancaster, designating herself
now as Countess of Cardigan and
Lancaster. The queen is not par
particularly fond of Lady Cardigan, who
is perhaps a little too much devoted to
sport for her majesty's somewhat strict
taste; and with view of avoiding all
confusion she has yielded the pas to the
countess as regards the style of Countess
of Lancaster and calls herself Countess
| of Balmoral. Lady Cardigau's husband
by the bye, was the leader of the Light
Baigade which covered itself with SC
much glory in the now historic charge al
Balaklava during the Crimean war
| have alluded above to the anxiety to
escape from the fierce glare of publicity
| as one of the chief reasons why royal
| personages are so ready to adopt incog.
nito Few, save those who have been
subjected TO the infection, can imagine
the positive torture, the terrible strain on
the nerves, which it is to feel ones sell
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