The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-03-31
LIKE A FAIRY HERO.
WAS ONCE KNOWN ONLY AS
AMELIE RlVES' HUSBAND.
The Personality OF the Mau-So Large
and Athletic That Others Seem Like
Pygmies Beside uim-Hls Bold and
Vigorous Work.

frlnce Pierre Troubetzkoy once up-
on a time was known in WASHINGTON
ana elsewhere in this country by name,
SIMPLY because he happened to be the
husband Of the American writer AM
elle Rlves, says the New York Press.
nut one lay, two Or three years ago,
the RUSSIAN nobleman himself made
MS appearance in the capital city and
since then there has been no probable
NY that the individuality of the man
VIII 10 ooscured by the prominence
ol MS novelist wife. In appearance
alone IL would be hard to imagine any,
lhlhg more conspicuous than the
prince. He is like a fairy-story hero
VI the stature and strength to fight
dragons n rescue distressed prin-
cesses and if he had chosen to he an
actor instead Of an artist the matinee
slrl would have turned tickle to all
FORMER favorites. He is 6 feet 4 in
ne1sht and SO muscular that all the
men IN Washington society seem like
pygmles beside him. Last year at the
art loan exhibition t~ableaux-of which
the fashionable women who arranged
lnem were SO proud, because it was the
nrst entertainment given in the United
o'ales the proceeds of which (S3, OOO)
"enl 10 relieve the sufferings of sick
soldlers n sailors Of the war-Prince
lrouDetZkoy consented to take mart
solhg through some athletic feats with
unmbbels weighing 100 pounds in a
manner that would have done credit
10 the best professional. These dumb
Dells and several long bars of iron,
with which the artist exercises as
olher people would with a light wand,
are given a prominent place in the
stuolo OF the prince and surely it is
the most notwithstanding apart
nent ever dedicated to the gentle art
OF painting. The prince doesn't like
"frllls.' He doesn't want his studio
dim-llghted and filed with art trifes
ana embrOideries and hangings; he
opens the windows and lets in the sun
shine and fresh air and then COMPLAINS
that the room Is too small, when in
reality 1t is six times as large as any
other studio in Washington. A grand
piano, u few pieces of Louis XVI fur-
nlture, several rugs, three or four
easel2 and some sketches on the walls
are What the room contains. The
sturdy straightforwardness of the
prince IS seen in his work as an artist.
lie is vigorous and bold, but without
an affectation of boldness, and there
Is never any straining after the BIZ
zarre. He is not afraid of work and
IS not a dilettante in anything. Per-
haps the best example Of the work he
has done in Washington is the portrait
of Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, which was
exhibited last spring. She is gowned
IN black, with a background of dull
red. against which her golden hair
shines wildly. The pose of her head
and the slender grace of her form are
reproduced in perfection. Prince
Troubetzkoy has lived in nearly all
the large cities on the continents: he
has studied painting in italy and
science in Germany and human na-
ture in highland. He speaks four
languages and English without a trace
OF accent. In spite of his title he IS
more Indifferent On the subject of his
pedigree than many Of our sons Of
the revolution are about theirs. He
processes to find the life of the pres
ent more interesting than stories of the
life OF the past. His about
his family may be accounted for part
ly by the fact that the number of ner-
sons in the world who are entitled TO
bear the title of prince Troubetzkoy'
is so great that it would be an almost
impossible task to keep account of
them. If Prince Pierre had twelve
brothers, and each of the twelve had
twelve sons all of the sons could and
would bear the name of "Prince
Troubetzkoy' a:v SO on Indefinitely.
The artist spends a generous part Of
his time in the country place of his
wife's family, where madame, who
does not like city life, prefers to re-
main. Prince Louis Troubetzkoy,
brother Of the artist, is in Washing
ton this winter. He is a young man,
but has accomplished something in
scientific work already and is having
;ome Of his inventions patented in this
country.