The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
IN EXILE 0F LOVE-
Is Count Turin, Who Cannot
Wed Where He Would.
ROYALTY HAS DRAWBACKS
Any Ten-a-Week Clerk is
Better Off Than He.

New York. Aug. S.-Of the young men
who move in the highest spores OF Eu-
ropean society the Count Of Turin. at
present a visitor in this country, is ad
| mittedly star of the very first magni-
tude. He is far and away the most brill
! liant and fascinating personality among
| the male members of the Italian royal
family But he has ben badly crossed in
| love.
In fact, that Is why he is now wander
| ing aimlessly over the globe
He is an exile of love. His uncle. King
Humbert of italy, cares mainly for the
company of his horses and Of the garden
plants which he cultivates with much So
licftude, and aims above all things at
avoiding the wearisome routine of court
functions. His cousin, the prince of Ma
pies, is a delicate little man OF Indifferent
health, who passes hs days in his studio.
The Duke of Aosta- the counts eldest
brother, is a soldier. and delights in mar
shalling men and working out problems
Of artillery and engineering. The counts
younger brother, the Duke of Abruzzi, is
traveller, who did creditable things on
recent exploration Of Alaska, and who
is now fitting out for the most ardrus of
al expratiOns, that OF the Norh Pole.
The Coun of Turin loves the society of
women and is. in fact, the society man of
the house of Savoy. He is a leader Of
fashion, and is considered the brightest
40 II k.l1
may win to her salon. Courage and chiv-
airy are certainly not wanting in his COM
position, as was shown when he last
year challenged and wounded in a duel
Prince Henry of Orleans, who had cast
a slur on the italian army
But he is wanting in the fea tures that
characterize his cousin and brothers. He
has no ambition TO discover the North
Pole, and he does not sit up nights rum
mating schemes for improving and en-
Tightening the human race. Recently in
moment of expansion and confidence he
made a confession in this regard.
THE COUNTS CONFESSION.
my life 50 far has been a void" he said
to Mrs. Potter Palmer. II have done
nothing of what enables a man to have
an influence upon his age. 1 am afraid
my heart was bigger than my head from
the very start.
Love has made my life one tangle of
momentary joys and long aeon-like per-
iods of sorrow, disappointment and dis
tress. Passion has filled my existance,
and I am now afraid 1 will prove to have
wrecked my whole career. At this mo-
ment I am roaming the world endeavor-
ing to forget But the endeavor, 1 can
assure you, is in vain
So spoke one who from his position IN |
the world would be an eligible match for |
any lady who brea thes the air of heaven. |
And yet In his own country lives maiden |
to whom his soul is ardently attached, |
who reciprocates bis affection, and yet |
from whom he is irretrievably separated |
as if their existences rolled in two sepa- |
rate plantes.
1t is not that the girl Is poor or OF low |
degree. She is a princess IN her own right, |
and her family name is one of the mob |
lest and most unsullied in Europe. Nor |
is it that she disregards his affection
as has been said, she returns his love; or
that other bonds prohibit 1.-THE young
maiden is unmarried and unbetrothed; or
that King Humbert would oppose the
match-he has formally declared that he
will make no objection.
The Count Of Turin is only two re-
moves from the heirship tot he throne CT
Italy. Between him and it are the Prince
of Naples and his own elder brother, the
Duke OF Aosta- Both of these are of in
different health. Both have ben married
for some time Neither of their wives
has children, nor is it anticipated that
the Prince of Naples will ever have any
The count, who is of robust constitution,
has a good chance Of becoming king or,
at any rate, of inheritng the throne for
the children that may be born 10 him.
A man with an immediate prospect of an
European crown is supposed to be in a
very enviable position. But this very cir
cumstance must render doubly bitter 10
the Count of Turin the fact that he loves
and yet is riven apart from the object Of
his choice Were he a man of humble
he might aim with moro
prospects of successes at the hand of
whom ne adores. This seems paradox
cal. but it is merely the vigorous truth.
THE BARRIER BETWEEN THEM.
What makes the grandson of King Vic
tor Emanuel regarded as an impossible
match for their daughter by Prince and
Princess Ruspon is precisely the fact of
his illustrious birth and lineage. Teh Bit
ter war between Vatican and Quirinal has
here one of its dramatic episodes. The
Pope was temporal king Of Rome tilI 1870
He still considers himself its king. and
regards Humbert Of Savoy as a usurper.
whose forc5ble occupation OF the throne
cannot form a prescription in the matter.
All those who in Rome are for the Pope
must by the very fact be against King
Humbert and his This is why Rome has
two classes OF aristocrats two orders Of
mobiles, Two walks Of society. Dstin-
guished persons in the Eternal City are
either Blacks or "Tyhkes' The for
mer are the adheTsnts OF the Vatican. the
WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE
She Shoulders When She Realizes the