The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-15

| etcetera, etcetera.
The title Of Prince would possibly be re-
vived BY the new king. following the ex-
| ample Of Napoleon BoRaparte, although Il
was not conferred by the later kings OF
the ancient regime. French dukes. who
also bear the title of Prince. usually treat
| the latter title as secondary.
| Count de Cas5ellane might become the
Duke and Prince OF Provence in addition
10 the other titles named.
It now becomes of interest TO consider
what Office at court would confer the mos,
dignity upon the new Duchess Of Pro
vence. formerly the Countess of Castel-
lane. formerly Anna Gould.
There can be no doubt that this office
would be that Of Grand Mistress Of the
Court Of the Queen. In this capacity she
would have a leading part in arranging all
state functions and in seeing that every
woman was kept in her proper place. 1t
! is not possible 10 conceive of an Office
more grateful to the soul Of a society
woman.
Anna Gould would have the right TO
wear a coronet as a duchess and would
havel robes pertaining 10 that rank. and
also to her Office as Grand Mistress Of the
| Court The coronet would be Of gold set
with pearls and diamonds, and the robes
of white silk decorated with the fuer-de-
lis. and bordered with ermine.
These splendors would be heightened by
many orders and decorations bestowed by
her own sovereign and by others for her
share in res toring an ancient monarchy.
Among the most distinguished orders
that a woman can bear are the Order of
Theresa the Order of Malta, the Order Of
the Black Eagle and the Order of the
Starry Cross.
The restored King of France would I'M
doubtedly institute a new order with
which TO reward those faithful followers
who had aided him TO get throne Proc
ably it would be called the Order Of Bour-
bon-Orleans, or perhaps the Order OF the
Glorious ParasOl. in memory of the COun-
tess of Castellane's heroic act or the race
course at Auteuil.
The grand cross of this order would GER
tainly be conferred upon the Countess of
Castellane, together with the other honors
to be heaped upon her.
The wife Of the Duke OF Orleans. who
would be Queen in the event of a restora-
ton, was formerly the Archdudhess Dor
othea of Austria. She is a cousin Of the
Emperor of Austria and a Hapsburg. She
belongs TO the most ancient royal family
of Europe, Which has always been regard
ed as the great defender Of monarchscaI
and aristocratc privileges IN Europe. The
court of Austria has the most rigid and
Intricate etiquette and the greatest num-
Der of officials known
These speculations regarding the future
of the Countess of Castellane must not be
regarded as fanciful. If the monarchy is
to be restored. it is highly probable that
they vii, be realized.
Here it becomes interesting to recall the
incident upon which the hepes of the royal
lists have been raised so high On Sunday
last the President of the Republic went
to the races at AuteuiI, according TO Off
cial custom. 1t was Immediately after the
courts had declared Dreyfus innocent and
implied thar he had been condemned to
Imprisonment for life by a conspiracy of
the general staff of the army.
The royalist aristocracy Of Paris was
at the race course. They had plotted at
their clubs to insult the President as the
head of the government which had done
justice to Dreyfus.
Their plan was to make themselves the
champions Of the army against the repub-
lie
The aristocrats in the private enclosure
yelled ''Vive TArmee" and "A bas Lou
betr' Then Baron Christian. whose title
is Of Napoleonic creation. rushed at Presi-
dent Loubet and struck him with his cane.
Others followed him and all were arrested
by the police.
The most interesting incident to Ameri-
cans was thus described by the Journals
correspondent:
"a feature OF the demonstration that
aroused the widest comment was the &C
ton of Contesse Boni de Casteliane, who
was Miss Anna Gould of New York The
whole race course, particularly the en-
closure. was the scene of the widest ex-
element.
Men and women ran here and there,
shouting at the tops of their voices, cos
tunes that cost thousands of francs were
literally torn from their owners backs,
and hundreds of bonnets were tramp,ed
under foot
1.-The little Countess got into the thick Of
the excitement. Placing herself at the
head of the Jeunesse Royaliste she march
ed up and down shouting 'Vive rArmeet
followed by a bowling mob. She attracted
the attention Of the entire sssemblage."