Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-06-21


Turin. l went 10 look at the splendid
4 damascend aTnor. Oriental arms, the
sword of Tippoo Said pistols the gift
/ of Charles Y. to Emmanuel Hitherto,
not half convenient as the reyoly-
er of today-in fact that splendid
collection OF antique armor in the roy
al palace, cuirasses. curios, eagles,
shields, and last ''the sword won by
/ Napoleon at Marengo!
! How little did l foreSee that in two
| years more l should come again 10
/ this room TO mud Ii filled by Il bridal
group again uniting the two great
names Napoleon and Victor Emman.
uel!
/ My second visit to Turin was from
the north, through the great Mont
I Gents Tunnel 4 party OF ladies ana
gentlemen We're going down from AK
10 see the week of FIESTA, occasioued
I 10y the wedding Of the Due d'AuSta,
son of Victor Emmanuel, TO his niece,
! Lotltiu Bonaparte, daughter of the
Princess Cloulde, that brave lady VINO,
when the BonaparteS ran away, in
1870, from Paris, ordered her carriages
and drove in state to the Care de
Lyon, and, surrounded 10y her foomen,
/ bought her uckcts ana moved of
calmly, as the daughter of Victor En-
manuel should
The Due d'Aost3 was the second son
and was first married to Maria Wit.
toria della Cisterna, a great heiress
in 1873. lie was elected king OF Spain
IN 1876, but reigued only four years
After the murder Of Prim he left Ma.
dud in such a hurry that his poor
wife was killed by the journey. She
left him three sons the eldest. now
Due d'AOsta, is a very handsome, tall
fellow, ana it was he who led Off the
band of young horsemen. the caval-
cadc Of honor who brought in the
bride from her mothers house TO the
PalaZzo Reale These three hundred
young horsemen the flower Of modern
chiyalry, the pride of Piedmont, We're
augmented 10y three hundred more on
the day OF the wedding, and in the
dress Of Prince Eugene escorted the
splendid bridal cortege to the FIESTA
di Fiore in the Via Pc.
Two American ladies received cards
for the bridal ceremony in the PalaZZo
Reale and had the pleasure of seeing
as fine a specimen of royal court dres7-
ing and pomp and ceremony as can
be well seen in this lower world. FirsI
the archbishop Of Turin, Cardinal
A al ,f..t4a 70 In,
the gorgeous panoply of the Roman
church.; then the parliament, the min
isters, the civic council, then the
Count Gianotti. covered with orders
Chamberlain of the king
Then came the queen OF Italy, with
the bridegroom; then the king OF Italy,
with the queen Of Portugal his sister
"A North Italy red haired blonde
with a sapphire crown, then came the
bride, Letitia Bonapartc, with her
father "Plon Plon;' Prince Jerome
Bonaparte, husband to Princess Clio
tide.
After this brilliant cortege filed the
chapel we went home. TO 20 ont again
in the afternoon to see the FIESTA III
Fiore All Turin was hung with fes-
toons of pink and white silk and vel
vet. We found seats i'm high tribune
at the cad Of the Via 20, where. with
fifty thousand others, we looked at
royalty on a lofty estrada shaped Ike
a basket of flowers.
1t was brilliant sight, especially
when the six hundred gay hOrSCmen.
GardeS de Roi and Gardes a Refine,
in all the glorics of those trappings
which Mazarin invented for Anne of
Austria came riding down. u is al
most impossible to realize the Titan
csQue beauty of these five hundred
beautiful young men, headed by the
three handsome sons of the bride
groom, in blue, in green, in scarlet, In
all the medieval splendor Of soon
forgotten magniticence.
The next day the king Of Italy went
hunting with Count Gianott in Ro-
magma. while the queen departed for
the beautiful valley Of AdOrnO. two
thousand feet above the sea, where,
in stout boots she climbed like a
chamots and led the life of a noun
taineer The Due d'Aosta only lived
a year after this He had in his youth
desired TO be a monk, and was, like
his sister Cloilde, very deyOut. He
was quite elegant slender and taller
than the king, who loved him very
dearly He died, commencing his
young niece bride, Letitia, 10 the care
of the king, who has never neglected
the charge.
Princess Leuta has a very strong
Bouaparte face She lives in England
a great deal, and seems TO enjoy it
better than Turin. The Empress Eu-
genie sent her al the jewels Of Hor-
tense, which she wore at the wedding.
Another king who takes his pleasure
not sadly at AK is George Of Greece,
brother 10 the princess Of Wales He
is NOT handsome, but man Of amiahle
manners ana gracious character He
comes as a patient, seeking the baths,
rest and recreation, and, perhaps,
stakes a Napoleon at baccarat Of an
evening. A few Of his gentlemen ac-
y,,,,,3t,arlt- hin, ,ut no has no bgdup of