Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-25
DUKE IS UNDER COVER
Queen of Portuga's Brother,
lncognito, Enjoying Himself.
PLAYS FAN AT BALL GAME
Montpensier in America in Course
of Journey for Sport.
SPANISH ADMIRAL HIS RANK
Will Take Cruiser in Manila Harbor
Soon-But Now Is Having
Time of His Life.

NEW YORK. September 25.-Under the
| incognito of M. de Vilers." Ferdinand.
Due de Montpensier, brother of the Queen
of Portugal, cousin of the King of Spain,
brother of the Due dOrleans. son of the
| Comte de Paris and grandson of Louis
Philippe. King of the French. is stopping
at the Hotel knickerbocker, having COM
pleted all but the final stage of an ad-
venturous and interesting journey around
the world.
Accompanied by his chamberlain. the
Comte de Bernis. and one servant the
duke left Paris last winter, went rhi-
| noceros hunting in an automobile in At
RIGA with the Bashaw of Algeria, shot
| elephants in Indo-China and toured roo
| miles through Chinese jungles in the
course Of an exciting dash to Picking by
motor.
Duke Is Base Ball Fan.
The duke added to his stock of expert
! ences yesterday by visiting the Polo
| grounds. where he took the greaest inter-
est in the game and rejoiced like hard
ened fan" when the Giants won.
; Next Monday he expects to start for
! Canada, where, as the guest of members
of the Laurentian Club he will partici-
| u.
more in New York he will go to Mexico
and then depart for Spain.
Full of the enthusiasm of youth-he was
! twenty-four on the 9th of this month
| the duke has enjoyed himself immensely
| on his trip and does not hesitate to say
| he hardly expects to have as good a time
when, under his proper title and in COM
mand of the Spanish cruiser Reina Re-
genie, he sets out next November to cir
cumnavigate the globe.
According to the present program he is
to take the Rena Regente to Manila, be-
ing the first Spanish man-ofwar to visit
that port since the war of 1898 He Will
then visit Vancouver and San Francisco
New York.
Just Out for Sport.
In view of his incognito the duke de-
clines to talk for publication. His friend
NJ Pierre Foret of Paris. who has trav-
eled with him from Picking to New York,
was less reticent
THE duke is making this journey purely
for sport said NJ. Foret. He is an en-
thusiastic sportsman, and not only thor
oughIy enjoys motoring but Is an excel
lent shot with the rifle.
His most exciting adventures have
been in China, where he had to push his
automobile through 400 miles of unbroken
jungle. At many points it became neces-
get out and WELD picks and axes to
hew path for the car. Once a road had
TO be cut in this way for a stretch of
eighteen miles.
Rivers that had never been bridged and
were too deep to ford were crossed by
means of pontoon bridges rudely impro-
vised by coolies under the direction of
the duke and his chauffeur NJ. Guerin
On one occasion, at Pnou, Indo- China one
pontoon sank under the weight of the au-
tOmobile and the duke nearly lost his
beautiful De Dietrich car
while We were in Picking an explosion
of a powder magazine at the German bar
racks killed three German soldiers and
one French petty officer. The duke heard
of it and sent his check for 81 900 to the
German commanding officer to be used for
the benefit of the families of all the men
injured, regardless of nationality He is
making friends all around the world. and
will be gladly welcomed at many ports
when he makes his official cruise