The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-06

the OtneT. While her education was funda-
mentally good, her knowledge in many
ranches of science is truly astonishing.
Scientific men are her natural friends.
She is now forty-four years old. but looks
much younger. No one would suspect her
Of having a son, the Duke Of Richelieu,
about 10 be declared Of age.
Princess Alice was thirty when she first
met the Prince Of Monaco. His hand she
accepted in the hope OF reforming the gam
bier kingdom, and, as the wife of an .abso-
lutte monarch. become the real mother of
her subjects. With these audable ends in
view she wouldn't listen TO the contrary
advice of her family. and after a time per-
suaded her shrewd old father to sign the
marriage contract already set forth.
Her awakening from her dreams Of en-
pire was both sudden and unpleasant. She
had no sooner entered her states when
the Sea Bath Society,"" owners of the
casino and the rest of the country, gave her
TO understand that there was nothing to
govern or experiment with-the society at
tended to all that. Albert, furthermore,
had just previous TO his marriage signed
away his sovereign rights for another thir-
~ years in exchange for a revenue of $780,
900 per annum.
Princess Alice was deeply chagrined. She
resented her husbands "treachery,' as she
called the renewal of the contract without
her knowledge or consent. But the willy
Italian only smiled; he is strong on con-
tracts; contracts are his speciality. Alice
ought to have known that. However, when
the casino monarchs observed that the
princess might make trouble If left wholly
without employment. they offered her the
position of sovereign in the realm of art.
She was given carte blanche to install a
grand opera, to engage whomsoever she
pleased and to play what she pleased. AS
long as Monte Carlo was well advertised.
the gambling company would foot the bill.
Thereupon her highness Travelled to Lon
don and Paris in search of operate ma
teriaI. She found De Lara and the rest is
known.
WHO HER PROTEGE is.
De Lara is a ine-looking, big fellow, with
a wealth of very engaging black curls,
burning dark eyes and a beautiful baritone
voice. His real name is Isidore Cohen,
and Lara, Portugal. is his birthplace. He
studied music in Paris and composition in
Milan. When the princess first saw him,
he was a music teacher and parlor enter
tainer in London
The relations Of the couple might nave
escaped public attention for many more
years if De Lara had not insisted on bring
ing his whole family to Monaco. Besides
the mother and sister in the palace, there
were several brothers holding minor posi-
lions, one as a councillor of state, the
other as a master of horse. Papa De Lara
might have had a place as a card dealer,
or the like, but died before the ship came
in, poor soul.
The prince is a gray, somber and exceed
ingly dirty man. No one ever knew who
wore his clean collars and cuffs. But he
is also very learned. very serious and ex-
tremely bashful. Possibly he would have
made a good German professor, but as a
husband he is a sad failure. Ask Lady
Mary Douglas Hamilton-she ran away
from him on the morning after the we'd
ding.
When at home he surrounds himself with
aid-de-camps and body guards to empha-
size his princely dignity. and with bishops
and monks TO show that he is a good son
Of the Catholic Church. But he is seldom
at home. The greater part of the year he
chases over the Mediterranean dragging
the bottom of the sea for bugs and plants,
OF which he has an immense collection.
He poses most successfully as a savant,
but, as his contracts show, is not a bad
business man either.
Perhaps he will marry a third time. Why
not? He is only ffty-four years Of age,
and, excepting a few emperors and kings,
his income exceeds that of most Euro
pean monarchs. Besides, it is independent
of politics. People will gamble, whether
republic or monarchy keeps school. After
the departure Of De Lara, Albert invited
the great Massenet TO his palace. L saw
the composer of the "%Jongleur Of Notre
Dame yesterday standing at the window
of one of the rooms, formerly occupied by
Isidore Cohen Of Lara, Portugal.
A late dispatch from Paris says Princess
Alice is bringing De Lara and his operas
to the United States.