St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
to remain ait the dinner unless he could

| Eyes. l have heard the stories,'' re-
| piled Mrs. Grant. "They were not true
stories, and 1 was very sorry to see
\ them published. The truth is that
Jesse's conduct there, as it has always
been elsewhere, was that of a gentle
man. He was treated like a gentle
man everywhere in England, and there
| was no intention whatever by the En-
| glish to slight him there or anywhere.
The matter arose through a misun-
Outstanding, to put it mildly, on the
part of Mr.. Badeau. Jesse did not
want to go to The dinner at all. He
had an invitation that evening to at
tend big ball in London, where there
were lot of young people, and when
the invitation came he told his father
and myself that he did not want to
go. We w~re very anxious, however,
that he should have all the advantages
Of our tour, and we thought it would
be a pleasant thing for him to re-
member in after life that he had had
such an experience. My children were
all very obedient, and when l told
Jesse that l would like to have him go
he at once said he would give up the
ball and attend the dinner. Shortly
after we had arrived at Windsor castle
and while we were resting in our rooms
there, Mr. Badeau came in very much
| excited. He said to the general that he
had heen ted that himself and Jesse
were not to dine with the queens party
but with the household.
But, said the general, that's your
good fortune; the household is COM
posed of young ladies and gentlemen
of the nobility of England, and would
not this be pleasanter for both you
young men than to be at the other
table?'
Mr.. Badeau, however. contended
that ne and Jesse were not being treat
ed properly, and complained that it
was an insult. A moment later Jesse
came>in and said that Mr. Badeau had
INFORMED him that he was to dine with
the household, and not with the queen
ana II this was so he wanted to go
PACK TO London and go to his ball
lie said that he had come out there
10 d!ne with the queen and if it was
mistake he thought he ought to be
permitted to go back to London He
wanted to know of Gen Grant as to
whether he had not given the queens
son dinner at the White house when
ne was at Washington, and was so
CeliiiC III his ueSlfe 10 Lon
don that the general finally said he
would ascertain as to the truth of the
| report. He then sent out and asked
| the person in authority if it was true
that Mr.. Grant had not been invited
| to dine at the queens table. The an
sWer came back at once. 1t was to
| the effect that the queen most certain
| ly expected Mr. Grant to be one of
| the party at her table, and the result
was that eJsse stayed. 1 think, my
| self, that Mr.. Badeau was much pro-
| Voked at the thought that he was not
to be one of the party at the queens
! table and that this was the cause of
! the trouble
BISMARCK AND MRS. GRANT.
How were you treated at Berlin, Mrs.
Grant? Did you meet the old emperor
Kaiser Wilhelm, when you were there ?"
No." replied Mrs. Grant. ct was
just after the emperor had been shot by
| Would-be assassin, and though his
wound was not mortal, he could not re-
ceive visitors. His palace was shut off
| by iron chains and the streets and pave
! ments about it were cushioned with
| hemlock bark. We We're entertained.
however, by the crown prince and crown
| princess and again by the Prince and
Princess Otto Won Bismarck Prince
! Bismarck took the general and myself
to the war chamber, where the commits
sion was then sitting to settle the terms
OF the Russo-TurkiSh war. The cham
/ Der was empty at the time and he point
I ed out the chairs in which the different
commissioners sat, showing me his
| chair, that of Beaconsfield and others
AS he Gid so l asked him what it was
all for, and he looked at me evidently
| very much surprised at my apparent
ignorance. L haStened to answer that
L knew that it was to settle the terms
| OF the war between the Russians and
the Turks, but l could not see what the
Germans mad to do with it. Prince Bis
marck Strengthened himself I'M His
face at first was quite sober but his
mouth soon softened into a smile. and
ne replied: To tell you the truth
madam, Russia has taken too mucI,
turkey and we are helping her to digest
BISMARCK, THE COURIER.
Prince Bismarck was very court
eous IN his manner" Mrs. Grant went
on remember upon our departure
ne walked with me out to the carriage
ana when [ babe him goodbye and Of
Ter ca MIN my hand, he took it in his,
ana then bending low over it, kissed
it. AS he did so L said: Now prince
II go back to America and the people
there learn that you have kissed nv
hand, every German in America will
want to kiss it.
We'll replied Prince Bismarck. as
he looked rather admiringIy down at
my hands, which looked very small In
contrast with his great palm. wei T
| should not wonder at that He then
handed me into the carriage and said
| goodbye
Speaking Of the meeting of Prince
Bismarck and Gen. Grant" Mrs. Grant
went on, Il have seen the statement
| that When the two met together that
| the chancellor and the general talked
logs and duck hunting like two boys.
This is not true. The general has been
| represented by some as being effusive
| IN his manner at times. He was al
| ways retired and reserved Even in
| his own family he was not demonstra-
| tive, and he never was what is called
hail fellow well met man with
| strangers
HOW GEN. GRANT WROTE.
| 1 here referred to Gen. Grants book.
| and Mrs. Grant told me that it had
already netted almost $4,000 to the
| family, and that it was still selling.
| She said that Col. Fred had gone over
the book and revised it, adding a great
! many marginal notes as to dates and
| other matters, and that the new edi-
ton, which had recently been brought
| out. was much better than the first.
which had been hurriedIy prepared.
1 spoke to her of Grants wonderful
literary ability, and asked her if it
was not surprise even to her. She
replied that it was not Said she:
| Gen. Grant always had a wonderful
power Of expressing himself quickly
and clearly. 1t used to make me very
angry to see the papers question
whether he had written his own re-
| ports from the war, or whether they