Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-08-01
KING EMANUEL.


and poetess of pa zion.
Victor Emanuel formerly Prince o
Naples, is barely five feet tall. He i,
sickly, weak and has always been a.
filcted with disease. He walks with {
perceptible limp and can barely mouD
horse without assistance. He wsi
born November IL, 1869, ana is not
quite 81 years old. He ls a great student
Electricity is his fad. He has tie great.
est admiration for Ellison, and couple
Of years ago talked of visiting this
country for the purpose OF seeing tbs
American wizard at work in his own
laboratory.
From the earliest years of his life his
mother ruled the young prince very
strictly, wishing bis education to be
thorough and complete. His father,
then Prince Humbert, and his grand
father, Victor Emanuel, were, however,
more lndulgent with Dim. Ii was q
fayorte amusement of the Kings t.
put the child on table and tell him TO
initiate his grandfather, feat which
,he young prince performed IN very
tuuuuCl, nACu CtnlC
and pretending to pull bis mustache.
AS he was su only child and had no
playmate the Princes amusements
consisted in the erection of small fort.
6cstions in the Quirinal grounds; in COL
lecting coins and medals, shells an0
flowers, and 10 photography. His pa.
sion for coins and medals increased with
mis- years and his collection is now con.
sdered one of the best 10 Italy.
At the age OF II the Prince Victor
spoke French and English. In Italiat
literature, Latin, history, geography,
mathematics, physical sciences, consli-
tutional right, political economy and
German the most renowned professor,
we're his master, and his early examn-
ations in the presence of his parents
tutors and professors we're most severe.
The Princes knowledge of geography
and history IL so great that ne may be
called living encyclopaedia; and dur
ing his journey TO South Africa and the
East in 1890 he surprised General Morris
and the other members OF his snite by
ais complete knowledge regarding ali
he saw.
Proof of his courage was given OIL
May l, 1888 when during his presence
1t some important experiments with
dynamite. in some of the forts srouDo
the capital, terrible explosion occurred.
Several officers and men were severely
hurt, and the Prince himself was slight
ly wounded. His only thought. how
ever, on returning to the Royal Palace
was to request the King, his father, not
70 punish The officer to whose neell
eence the accident was due.
The new Queen OF Italy is regarded
az the handsomest woman in Europe
She was tue Princess Helene of Montt =
negro. She is nearly six feet tall ano
stands head and shoulders over her hus-
band. She is as magnificent physically
as be is punny. Her shoulders slope
and her waist is small. Her eyes art
large and lustrous, and her coal-blach
hair, when uncoDfined, sweeps to the
hem OF her garments. She has grace OF
he commanding order, and the voice
hat is given only to those who Were
born and bred under the southern sn :
She speaks Italian, which she loves for
the music of it; she reads and writes
French and German and speaks them
fairly well, and she recites as mucf
Eoglsh as there is in S6akespearesn
sonnet or on a page of "Msrlmion. ."
5 plays the violin and piano. She IL
q hoisewomsn and good shot.
Queen Helene has one considerable
talent, and that is for erse-makiDg.
She has written two volumns.
Princess Helene reached her twenty
fourth year before she was married, and
thereby hangs the tale of her fathers
quest for a husband. The Prince OF
Montenegro had high aspirations ior
his dsught 81 andresolved that he should
be queen some day. 1n 1890 be took
her TO St. Petersburg, where he drank
champagne by the ma mum and set his
daughters cap for the Czsrevitch, now
Car Nicholas. He also tried to 6or-
row 100000 roubles from the Car Al
exander, but he failed in both attempts
He had already borrowed 100000
roubles of the Car. Next he tired
Austria and Germany, but could not
find crown prince for his daughter.
1t was only after these rebufis that be
turned to Italy. for he knew that the
Crown Prince Victor Emanuel was a
weakling. Prince Victor was at ouce
smitten by the beautiful Helene, and
they were married October "a, 1896.
No child has been born to them.
II Victor Emanuel should die with
out issue the crown Of Italy would go
to his cousin, Emanuel, Duke of Aosta
who is married to the Duke of Orleans's
sister, and who is son of the late
Amedeo, Duke OF Aosta, who was for
short time King of Spain. The duke
has q son and three brother', the
Count OF Turin, the Duke of Abruzzi
now in the Arctic regions, and the
Count of Sslemi.