Arizona republican., 1900-08-16

tain that had there been any pOssibil- ity of throwing himself in front of his King he would cheerfully have sacri- feed his own life to save that of his friend and king. Incidentally it may be pointed out how few instances there are of those in att nGance on royalty having the presence of mind to place themselves between the regicde and his victim in the moment of supreme dan ger. can recall but one instance that presents any analogy with that of Premier Carroll at Naples, namely, that of the Comte de Rainbaud. equerry to Napoleon III. who, when the Pole Ber- oZOWski made his memorable attempt to kill Emperor Alexander II cf Rus sia, at Paris in 1867. dashed his horse forward so as to shield the Czar from the pistol which he saw beina aimed from among the crowd at that mon- arch's head. The gallant device was successful, for the bullet, instead of finding billet either in the body of the Czar or of the plucky equerry, pierced the neck of the horse which the latter was riding. Tho count I may mention, died only the other day at Paris. for gotten by every one, little or no notice
 
 ian press. which was far too busy at the time furnishing picturesque details 10 its readers of the eighteenth attempt of one of the queens of the half world to commit suicide.
 It is probable that Gen. Ponzio Vag- !ia's dismissal will be followed by many others, and that numerous faces famil- jar to Americans will disappear from view at the Italian court, some of them in particular being held in special and undisguised aversion by the new king. One of the reasons why Queen Margha- rite has announced her intention of withdrawing to Stretza to take up her residence with her mother, the old Duchess of Genoa, cn the shore of lake Como, is doubtless because she realizes that with all her old friends gone the atmosphere of the Italian court under the new reign will no longer be congo nial. Since his marriage the new king has ceased to be as devoted to his mother as formerly. and the almost touching attachment of one fort O other CT has become a thing of the past. The fact is that the new queen and the now widowed one do not harmonize any longer and that Victor Emmanuel III takes his wife's part against his mo&h- CT.
 II is probable .kat the new king will keep his fathers master of the horse, the Marquis Laiatico. who is lated 10 some of the greatest patrician houses of Rome and of Florence, and to whom belongs the credit f having raised the royal stables at Rome to their present high standard. They occupy a place in the royal and imperial equine estab- lishments of the old world. His fea- lures are of a somewhat Hebraic char acter and he always used to remind mo Of Du Maurier's Svengali, with his hooked nose and long beard, the latter concealfng almost the whole of his face. Like Gen. Naglia. he is extremely taCi- turn. differing therein from his broth er-in-laW. Prince Corsini so well known to the American visitors at Florence, where he has a superb palace, the sa- Ions of which are presided over by his charming wife, a princess of the house of COlcnna
 Count Brambilla. the grand hunts man of the court. an old chum of King Humbert, is likely to b. shelved. and so, to, is Count Giannoti. the grand master of ceremonies, who is married to Miss Kinney. of New Jersey a lady con- siderably older than himself, and whose Fr1nch is of the most amusing and en- tertaining character. The count, who used to be known as "Le Beau Gian- not,' got into a very serious scrape during the last reign through his in- discreet correspondence with one of the editors of the Paris Figaro. and at the time the then crown prince expressed the opinion that his indiscretion was such as to render his retention in of flee impolitic.
 Another face which will disappear from the scene is that of Queen Mar Gherit s principal and only permanent lady in waiting. the widowed Marquisa of Nillamarina. who has never left her majesty for a single day since the date of her marriage, more than thirty years aSo. She is m7re of a friend than an a. tenGant, identifying herself absolutely with her sovereign. She speaks English perfectly, and has presented many American ladies to the queen.-Mar- quise de Fontenoy in Washington Post.