The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-01

conscientiously He acts as though he
had to win his epaulets.
He loves France and feels all that
touches her. This explains his fits of
moodiness. Since he cannot talk as he
wants to he keeps his thoughts to himself,
and this sours him. He has spoken more
than once, however, and bravery He was
not listened to and he was not needed.
They needn't talk about me, he said to
me one day. 1T is they who are deafr
Unlike the Duke d'Orleans. he has no
princely coquettishness, which is such a
victorious grace, and has no desire to ap-
pear agreeable. He rarely seeks 10 pleas
individuals. He loves the nation, the
country, his profession, the sea. His
manner is frank, he has a taste for noisy
pleasures, a fine appearance. a handsome
face with a kind heart and few feats of
arms to his credit that have been exag-
gerated he is popular.
The other day there was a masked and
oostumed bail, but only for the family and
the intimate court circle--the princesses
and ladies' Of honor. NJ. de Joinville ap-
peared all in rags in complete 'Chicard
costume. He was extravagantly gay, and
danced a thousand unheard of dances.
These capers. prohibited elsewhere, rem
dered the Queen thoughtful Wherever
did he learn all this? she asked an add
ed What naughty dances! Fie' Then she
murmured, How graceful he Isl
Mime. de Joinville was dressed as a
bargees and affected the manners of
street gamin. She likes TO go to those
places that the court detesis the most, the
theater and concerts of the boulevards
The other day she greatly shocked Nine
de Hall the wife of on admiral. who is
Protestant and Puritan, by asking her:
Madame have you seen the "Closerie des
Genets" p"
Here is an idea OF the way in which he
used to torment his mother:
THE Prince de Joinville imagined a null
saude thar exasperated the Queen. He pro-
cured an old barrel organ somewhere and
would enter her apartments playing it and
singing in a hoarse, grating voice The
Queen laughed at first. But IL lasted
quarter of an hour, half an hour.
" Joinville, stop it"
He continued 10 grind away
" Joinville, go away
1.-THE Prince driven out of doors, en-
tered by another with his organ. his
songs, and his hoarseness Finally the
Queen fed I'm the Kings apartments"
The Prince was endowed with great
strength. At concert given in his apart
ments a the Tuileries by the Duke de
Nemours 1t was subject Of gossip in con-
nection with an escapade in which he fig
ured as the hero. While he was going to
a rendezvous he thought he was being fol-
lowed and turning back, went up TO the
man he suspected and struck him heavily.
II shouldn't care to receive a slap from
him." Hugo overheard a big lackey be-
hind him say.
The events of 1S4S deeply affected the
Prince. When the royal family had taken
refuge in England the Prince de Joinville
met the Duke de Montpensier and greeted
him thus:
"Ah! here you are. Monsieur; you were
not killed; you have not had good luck"
He had not engaged in athletics for ten
years when the decree expelling the pre-
tenders and their eldest sons from French
soil and excluding the other members Of
their families from all public functions
was issued in 1856.
He had been placed in the reserve OF the
navy having reached the limit Of age.
After the law of expulsion was promul
gated his name ceased to appear even on
this list. This was severe blow to his
armour propre He denounced the action
Of the Republican government with great
bitterness, and TO the day OF his death
never forgave his political enemies for
what he called their ingrattude in not
Continuing his name on the roll Of the SER
vice in which he had represented his coun-
try so brilliantly.