The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
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While scores of Princes and Prin;
l.cesses of the blood have visited Ann
erica during the last 100 years there
lshaye been but Two monarch who
1 have been entert tanned as such by the
goyernmesnut Of the United States
/ one of;then,5 was the joEtai king Of the
Sandwich Islands, who made no at
tempt to conceal the fact that he
preferred the entertainments placed
lat his disposal at coney Island to the
inequalities Of; the Presidenta at Wash
lington. The other was the late Dom
pedro; emperor of Brazil, a potentate
| OF much more serious character who
sayored rather of the pundit. than OF
1.-THE rounder.
Emperor William, during the course
OF his interviews with the New York
banker, James speyers with Or. Mich
o1as Murray Butler. president Of Col
nmbia University, and with Herman
Ridder last Tuesday, announced his
Intention to visit this country as soon
as he could make the necessary ar
/ rangements, and inasmnch as the
Kaiser usually manages to put into
execution his projects We may there
fore look forward to his arrival here
at an early date.
Indeed. the very fact that no ruler
lof the Old World has ever taken the
trouble to cross the Atlantic in his
role of sovereign to call upon Uncle
sam is calculated to appeal to EN-
peror William and to incits him TO
win the distinction of being the first
monarch to pay America the compll-
1ment of trayersing the ocean to pay
his respects to her.
etiquette to be Observed.
In cases such as these the Chief
Magistrate and the authorities are &C
customed to appeal to the State De
partment for directors as to the cere-
monies and the etiquette to be OBJ
served In the reception of the illus
trious guest. But Secretary Root will
| find himself at fault in this particular
instance, and will be unable to fur
nish the required data. since 1t would
/, be not merely dIficult but well nigh
Impossible to seek any precedent in
the visits OF King Kalikaua and OF
the Emperor Of Brazil.
Happening to be in America in an
official capacity at the time of the
stay here Of Dom Pedro. was by rea-
son of his old.time friendship with my
father, invited by him to become 9
member Of his suite, and was in at.
tendance upon him throughout his So
journ. Some "reminiscences may
therefore prove not merely of timely
interest but also OF use.
The old Emperor had pretensions
to- being a sayant, and even a genius,
and was far more proud Of his scien-
tifc attachments than Of his rank as
a monarch. Believing him self gen
Illus, he affected the idiosyncracies and
the Indifference to convsntionalities
(which distinguished those imbued
with sense of intellectual superior
ty above their fellow creatures, and
he was source, in consequence there
of. of much trouble to his hosts. In
everything he followed his own de-
vices and tnclinations regardless OF
the arrangements which had been
made for him, supremely Indifferent
to the convenience of the American
Iomcials, from the President down
wards; and, although he was the most
honest, kind-hearted old ruler In
Christendom, it was with feeling OF
profound relief that we witnessed his
departure from these shores, and with
dismay that 1 found myself compelled
to join his party later on in Egypt.
A Badly Groomed Sovereign.
Dom Pedro has always struck me
as having been the worst groomed
sovereign that ii has ever been my
lot to encounter During his excur-
sions to visit the various sights-e4-
.cursfons which, alas, began every
morning at the unearrhly hour Of 4
or IS o'clock-he would wear trousers
and frock coat Of an exceedinly rus
ty-but toward the end OF the day,
extremely dirty black, topped by q
silk high hat very much the worse
for wear.
But the most e1traor binary one OF
his garments was his capacious dou:
ble-breasted walHteoat, with it's ma
merous buttons. In PROPORTION as the
week advanced, and the appearance
of his shirt-front became less immacu-
late, he would increase the number
of buttons used, until on the ninth or
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