Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-27
LIFE OF ROYALTY.
Kings and Qussns Who Appear Vay
Much Like Other People.
RESTING AT Alx-LES-BAINES.
Qew York Herald.)

tne Hiiis anu WOoutb VAIN" -
Bains to be quite assured that he Is
king cooling Of" as one OF the doctors
at AK guessed IT,
Although AK in summer would not al
ways express that particular process.
with the thermometer at 50 degrees, yet
Il affords a king out OF business, or
king on a lark. or a king who Is tired
OF sporting his crown and ermine all
day, a very good opportunity for I'M
bending.
remember, particularly, seeing two
very plain old people wandering through
vineyard, apparently lost. In Savoy.
when / was told that they were the
Prince de Joinvile and his sister. The
Old Emperor OF Brazil and his wife were
often there in their last days. the most I'M
pretending of people. One opnlent Eng
llshman. feeling a great pity for the
poor old man, offered TO lend him his
Carriage. and was very much mortified
20 be told that he had been talking TO
Dom Pedro di Alcantara, Emperor Of
Brazil, one Of the +. hest men IN the
world.
In fact the trappings Of royalty, their
livery. gets TO be intolerable to them
they desire nothing so much as to get
away from 1t. excepting on these great
occasions Of state, when 1t is absolutely
necessary to wear uniform, orders, grand
gowns. and tiaras
/ suppose Victor Emmanuel was con-
sidered the ugliest man in the world
And IN t.I
lcaped from his saddle to the throne OF
the Quirinal was by no means to see only
an ugly man. He was n noble and pic
turcsque figure. with more majesty than
most fat men can assume. His very red
face bespoke exposure to the weather
and to the pleasures of the table, but 1t
had an individual charm as we'll He
would never eat in company. but appeared
at the head Of his table In splendid uni
FORM bearing big sword, talking to Mr..
Marsh, our Minister. of whom he was
very fond. and who gave me many partic-
ulars of the private life of this RE Ga
lantuomo" and of his beautiful niece,
Marguerite OF Savoy. now Queen of Italy.
VICTOR EMMANUEL AND EUGE-
ME.
Mr.. Marsh was dean Of the diplomatic
circle, and Of course sat next to the
King at the state dinners. / saw the King,
the ugliest man in Europe. seated near the
most famolisly beautiful woman of the
nineteenth century, the Empress Eugene,
In n gondola, on one occasional night
% fiesta and illumlnation-in October, 1863
She was on her way to open the Suez
Canal. which her kinsman, Lesseps had
just completed. ] have often wondered
that artists have not made this splendid
scene the occasion OF a great picture.
I.Ns,..., a .,,Ix
king that evening. / afterward saw him
dining out of Florence. in huntsman's
hut. looking like brigand OF the Abruzzl.
'Oh! SAID my courier. prostrating him
self on the ground there the Re Ga
lantuOmo is enjoying himself"
Your fine wood-cut in the Herald on
Easter Sunday Of Turin Zone OF the best
small pictures ! ever saw of that noble
town and your account of the funeral Of
kossuth reminded me of two visits /
once made 10 Turin 1t IS IA book of
golden requests of the Titanic race from
which came Victor Emmanuel, and in
coming up from Rome In the spring time
1855. l could but think how Napoleon
Bonaparte and his descendants had be-
come interviewer with the Piedmontese
monarchy.
The journey was through very lovely
country. The Apcnnines wore the b,ue-
green Of one of RaphaePs backgrounds,
and over their shoulder peeped an occa-
sional snow mountain The grass was as
green as Erin. the mustard fleece lay
~ yellow patches here and there. the
peach-trces threw out hectic pink which
was atheticaliy lovely and up into each
of these Daphne looking trees cambered
a vine. promising future grapes. The
agriculture of Lombardy is the most
patient. neat, frugal thing in the world.
The plains of Marengo will bear fruit
and flowers yet the short. sharp. decisive
voice of Napoleon still rings in ones ears
as the guard calls "Alesandria" for
scarcely above the river lies that decisive
battle ground where Dessaix fell, saying
Il fear this is "A battle lost" 1T is n
battle won." said Napoleon. Il cannot
stop to weep" lie pressed on and won
the day by his audacty.
But why fight the battle of Marengo
over again? Yonder stream is only red
with the light of the setting sun. Great,
granily. uselessly fortified town of Ales-
sandria! THE Guelphs builded, and the
Ghibellines laughed"
BEAUTIFUL TURIN.
We pressed on to Turin. The world has
not praised II enough. The wandering
Po" and the violently-rapid Dora Riparia
rush through and by it. and that mag
nifcent vision of snow mountains the
whole chain of the Pennie and GRAHAM
Alps, the high snow peak of Monte Ger
vain, make Il singularly beautiful and
striking background for this impressive
neat, populous. thriving town. whose
handsome residences speak loudly for
the vigor Of Northern Italy. The Piazza
Costello. surrounded by the Palazzo NADIA
ma, the Royal Palace and the Teatro
Regio. is a fine place. Even after win
ter in Rome there was much TO see in
Turin. went TO look the splpDdil
damascened armor. Oriental arms. the
sword Of Tippoo Said, pistols the gift of
Charles " 10 Emmanuel Fiiberto not
half so convenient" as the revolver of
to-day-in fact that splendid collection
of antique armor in the royal palace
cuirasses. curios. eagles, shields, and last
1.-THE sword won by Napoleon at Ma
rengo.
How little did I forsee that in two
years more l should come again to this
room TO find II filled by bridal group
again uniting the two great names Ma
poleon and Victor Emmanuel
My second visit TO Turin was from the
north, through the great Mont Cents
tunnel a party of ladies and gentlemen
were going down from AK to see the
week of fiesta, occasioned by the we'd
ding of the Due d'Aosta, son of Victor
Emmanuel. to his niece. Letitia Bona
parte, daughter Of the Princess Clotilde.
that brave lady who. when the Bona
parties ran away. in 1870 from Paris,
ordered her carriages and drove in state
20 the Care de Lyon. and. surrounded
by her footmen, bought her tickets and
moved off calmly, as the daughter OF
Victor Emmanuel should.
The Due dAosta was the second son
and was first married TO Maria Vittoria
della Cisterna. a great heiress. In 1873 He
was elected King of Spain IN 1876. but
reigned only four years. After the MUIR
der OF Prim he left Madrid In such a
hurry that his poor wife was killed by
the journey She left him three sons: the
eldest. now Due dAosta Is a very hand
some. tall fellow. and II was he who
led OF the band of young horsemen, the
cavalcade OF honor. who brought in the
bride from her mothers house TO the
Palazzo Reale. These 800 young horsemen,
the flower Of modern chivalry, the pride
of Piedmont, were augmented by 300 more
on the day OF the wedding. and in the
dress OF Prince Eugene. escorted the
splendid bridal cortege to the fiesta ar