The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-08-01
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Prince Victor Napoleon has, hear
turned over new leaf, got rid Of the
feminine ENHANCEMENT that had es-
tranged him from all respectable peo-
pie, including his relatives, and has ef-
fected reconciliation with his aunt,
Empress Eugenie.
He has evidently taken to heart the
snubs which he has been receiving dur
ing the last few months ilrst Of all at
st. Petersburg, where his very decent
young brother was treated by the czar
ed imperial honors, whereas he, the
head of the house. was left entirely un-
noticed and in the background; and
secondly, at Brussels on the occasion Of
Princess Josephine's wedding to Prince
Charles, of Hohenzollern, when not only
he was not invited to any of the bridal
festivities, but even failed to have the
visits that he had paid to the Belgian
and foreign royalties in Brussels at the
time returned in person, as etiquette re-
quires, cards being merely sent instead
by equerries
This Is not astonishing when one
bears in mind that the prince was no.
toriously living with an antiquated
member of the Partisan demi-monde,
whose only attraction in his eyes was
her vast wealth. The intimacy has
been OF many years standing. And IL
was this that his father referred to
when he used to remark that Victors
means of livelihood were ''inavouable," ;"
that is to say, unavowable. Yet the late
prince was certainly no prude, and was
known in his day as one of the most
profligate royal personages in existence.
over and over again we have Victors
brother. his mother, his uncle, King
Humbert and his aunts. Princess Ma
thilde and the Empress Eugenie, en-
treating him to cut adrift from the
woman, offering to provide him fair
income If he would do so. But until re-
Gently he has turned deaf ear to their
requests, preferTing unlimited means
and a household mounted on a royal
scale from unclean sources to a mod
crate income of respectable origin.
Now however, he has at length seen
the error of his ways. He has been
spending fortnight at FarnboroughI
with Empress Eugene, and inasmuch asl
She during the course of his visit tookI
I,ol
dined with Queen Victoria and slept att
the castle, we may take it for granted
that the imperial rake has reformed.
1t is noteworthy that the English
court fully recognizes his chieftainshlR
of the court of Bonaparte, for in the
court circular which is edited by the
queen in person, he is described as "his
imperial highness, Prince Napoleon
and at dinner sat at the queens left,
the czarowitz occupying the seat at
her right.
AS in the case of Dumas Monte Chris
TO there has always been swift schoon-
er and a steam yacht with steam up
in the little port constructed by the
Archduke at the foot of the hill. They
are in readiness day and night for In
slant departure, and frequently, in the
morning, one or the other is found to
have sailed during the night with its
imperial owner on board, who remains
absent for whole months together with
out any intimation being received
either on his island home or at Vienna
as to his whereabouts.
The collections OF art treasures, an
tiquities and bric-abrac of one kind and
another that he has picked up duringI
these mysterious trips are something
beyond conception. The buildings on
the property are simply stocked with
them, and when the moment comes for
the archduke to take his place in an
other world the museum that secures
possession thereof may esteem itself
fortunate indeed.
Only once has he been visited by a
member of the imperial family, and
that was couple of years ago, when
the empress staid on the island for a
week. Nine. rArchiduc and her fair
charges being relegated to another
abode for the time being.
Shipwrecks of royal personages are
so rare in modern times that they at
tract an unusual amount of attention.
The only other one that has occurred
in late years. barring. of course. the
loss of Archduke Johns ship, was the
laundering of the Princess Alice, the
steam yacht Of the prince Of Monaco,
off the Riviera coast. 1 believe that
she was subsequently raised and It is
now once more ahoat and in commits
sion.
The Empress Of Austria's yacht, the
Greif, 1t is true, struck reef some
where in the Mediterranean year ago,
but managed to get off without sustain
ing much injury and without having
been obliged to disembark her majesty