The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-10

tor, but also dragging down In their Iall
another one OF the princes cronies, Lord
Sudeley, who at the request OF his future
king had come to their financial assistance
and had endeavorod to stay their ruin.
Mr. Reuben Sassoon, too, who ever since
the death of tho last Cir James Mackenzie,
surnamed "the bcnefactor," has been the
principal purveyor of the princes pleasures,
is known to hate been hard hit by lnan-
cial reyerses during the last year-revcrscs
sufficiently serious to compel him TO place
upon the market that house in town which
has been the scene Of so many entertain
ments given to tho prince. There are few
Americans who have visited Homburg who
do not know Mr. Reuben Sassoon, the
Anglo-Indian, who presented to the prince
those wonderful baccarat counters that
figured so conspicuously In the trial of Sir
William Gordon Cumming a few years
ago At the popular German watering
place Reuben constitutes the shadow of his
future king and spends his time I'm organic
ing picnics and parties dc plaisir for his
royal highness.
The Earl of Seton, q great crony Of the
prince, the ground landlord Of consider
able portion of Liverpool. and the peer who
executed" the ViscouDt Dupplin, broth
er-in-law of the Duke Of Fife, for playing
cards for high stakes when he had no mon
ey TO pay his differences, has recently been
forced to place his eldest son, Lord Molly
neux, In an asylum for the insane, and it
Is doubtful whether the unfortunate young
nobleman will ever recover his reason.
The Duke Of Fife himself is afflicted
with spinal trouble to such a degree as to
convert him into q confirmed hypochon-
driac and as to seriously alarm his royal
relatives The sun has likewise ceased to
shine upon the harmless, inoffensive and
hospitable Christopher Sykes, formerly the
fidus Achates OF the prince and the tame
cat" par excellence of Marlborough House.
Long indeed Is the list OF those of the
princes associates who have fallen by the
wayside-Sir William Gordon Cumming,
George Russell and the Hon. Walter Har-
borSi were all oycrtaken by fate worse than
death In being branded as card cheats; the
late Earl ~Joey" Aylesford, who, after
losing his wife by elopement and his for
tune by extravaganza, was forced to ex-
patriate himself ana died mysteriously in
Texas; Sir George Chetwynd, compro-
missed in what Is known as the Gimcrack
club scandal; the late Duke Of Sutherland,
who died practically disgraced and ostra-
cised after having been one OF the most in
innate friends of the prince; Count Jaraci-
wiski, who committed suicide on the rove
lation to London society Of his queer ante
codents; Colonel Oliver Montague, who,
after having had an eye shot out while
staying at Sandringham, died so suddenly
at Cairo, and others too numerous to men-
tion here.
The Prince Of Wales eye that is regarded
as evil is his right optic, and IL cannot be
denied that IL presents peculiar and some
what uncanny appearance, one indeed cal
culated TO strengthen the superstition with
which 1t :s regarded. The eye seams TO
bulge more than it's mate. About once in
every minute and half or so the lid drops
completely over the eyebalL The eye re-
mains closed for about the space of a sec
ond and then suddenly opens again To its
fullest extent, no other feature Of the face
having moved meanwhile
People who SEQ the prince for the first
time are tempted to believe that he is de-
liherately winking at them, and this is an
impression which Is strengthened by his
reputation for goniality. or course, how
ever, there is no such intention on the
princes part, and the wink Is altogether
involuntary, the result Of nervousness. 1t,
however, sometimes has the effect of caus-
ing the persons who are either talking TO
him or listening to his conversation to
start off blinking in response, especially
when they happen to be persons Of nervous
temperament, and the spectacle Of two
gravely winking at each other every min
ate or two is irresistibly humorous, Mar
quise do Fontenoy in Chicago Record