New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-21
fTsG NOT AN ARTIST
,.,,,;s Ruler Prefers Courtesy to
Etiquette.
- tana. sr a.. Rren.uooe -

eea, obs.sln from tobacco Whereas his father
n. -. 70 receive people standing, thereby COM
We -hsEl 70 remain their feet. Victor
pee,usl points with . courteous gesture 10
..r receiving g visitor. and sits down him
els ryts Grandfather and namesake was less
sl .,,io,,s and General the Marquis de Gallifet.
= rs one % the orderly officers Of Napoleon
W :. -. hattie Of Solferino. relates in his pub
u .eRsnniscences' that when dispatched by
r-.,cb Emperor 70 convey message on the
a he hattie 10 the italian King. the latter re-
- t,r, wing on hts bed. without a single stitch
.,o,sine. and painting from the heat.
"a xinr talks English perfectly-in fact his
---gsh IS much better than his French owing
sts having been educated by a wonderfully
- English Roverness g Miss Lee. His educa-
- ,rs completed by Colonel Ossio. who. having
-. number Of years SIS military attachE at
-. had become acquainted with the somewhat
80 -1snner IN which the scions OF the House
- t-ohenzoilern are reared and he accordingly
s-,,sA- ID Victor Emmanuel with considerable
--,snf OF severity He exacted from his royal
-. ,o,reness toward servants. but no familiar
A. ara g respectful poiiteness toward the different
.,..o-s There we're twelve Of them including
- ..,eins zyrnnastic and equestrian masters. and
, ,.av ~ho gave lessous-eneirely useless-on the
- For Victor Emmanuel has no ear FOR music
.zx French is correct than fluent, and il
.,sss s--snge-s SIS odd. owing TO his practice of
.sb4us 10 his visitors in French in the third per
-, This g an act ~ Difference which in France
H,f is restricted people OF the humber classes.
-. az donestics peasants and petty tradesmen-
osniag from King Of ancient lineage il savors OF
,ss-ssshioned courtesy. which, though strange Is
.r.sedinzly attractive. Victor Emmanuel. indeed.
.raaaKh somewhat short IN his speech which Is
,1arte-ized ny military brevity and direCtness.
Il sstrsrlelv courteous. and disdains the laws OF
s,,uetfe where they do not accord with those OF
,as4esy Thus most scvereigns who have paid
<ss visits ~ Paris have OF the occasion Of the
rss performances at the Opera yielded 70 the re-
sarer7ents IF etiquette the extent Of preceding
.Ae sffe az the President allowing her to Walk
bshind them. Victor Emmanuel would not hear OF
ssv such thing and alone among them offered her
his arm there ana on every other analogous coca
son during mis- sojourr the banks Of the Seine
with queen Helen.
Like most Of the other members OF his house he
Il in no sense Of the word artist. Il IS strange
indeed when ore recalls the pre-eTninence o. i1aiy
IS q nation in the various branches OF art. N
psnfinE poetry architecture and music that hard
" scior 81 the Savoy dynasty should have ever
fhone in this respect with the exception OF queen
Margaret. who a musician ana poet and Prince
Thomas Of Savoy. who in the beginning OF the
seventeenth century collected ali those matchless
Van Evcks and other Flemish paintings that now
form the glory OF the Turin Museum. Victor En-
manuel c. nothing for music, as l have men
rirred above although his wife is one OF the most
gifted amateur vioiinists in Europe He Is equally
Indifferent 70 poetry despite the fact that she has
rvsiished some exquisite poems in the 'Nadaia,
Russian literary review. and she paints as Well
as she versifies and plays But some tastes tnev
have in common. namely. the love Of children the
ere Of flowers and fonduess for every form o.
t9c-t
REAL ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY.
Let me add that che King is very obstinate. this
Beng no doubt. due the touch Of Breton blood
II his veins a strain dating from the eighteenth
century when his ancestor. one Of the princes OF
Va n
,r Of Breton country gentleman residing near
asunes. and a colsin OF the poet Chateaubrfand-
Fec students Of history can give any Information
oshsnd Of the House Of Savoy. and even the great
German savan. MonTnsen was satished 10 thlnk II
rsueonsc and 10 believe * 70 be founded oy Der
tAole Of Zachringen. whom the German Emperor
sent in the twelfth century 20 act as his admins
trsrive vicar n the kingdom OF Burgundy 40
o5een Margaret however. belongs the creoit oI
harffe attained through dilige1t research, defl1e
ezs about the matter 1t results from her IN
ouries which have included examination OF ar
etives 1t Aries Chanabery. Lyons. Sens. Nienne'
Clsloas-sur-saone Turin Milan. etc that the
founder q the House Of Savoy was a burgunoidA
az the name a GARNER. he had nothing what
seever 10 60 with Berenser IL King OF the i-olIi-
bsrdz whom some genealogfsts place at the root
Of the fsr.y tree OF the House Of Savoy Nel'her
rs me Count de Tiennois. nor Constantine natural
sea # the Burgundian Emperor LOUIS the bilhu'
tire main ancestor. Queen MargaTets researches
20 70 show that 2 soldier Of fortune named Gar
ner achieved military distinction under King Raoui
o. Bzrfundy from whom he obtained the command
q the County 81 Troves and OF the Niscoun1E OF
Sens He was killed IN battle with the NoTrnahs st
Mont Calais IN sZ5. and left large family anu
G widow ThiberEa. His son. Hughes GARNER mar
NED villa Of Burgundy. and through his de1ehce
ot Savoy against the Saracens and the Huns be
uns rs count
WHY ENGLAND FFoNoRs THE sAssoONs-
Jscsh Elias Sassoon who has Just been created
hsronet by King Edward is the head Of the main
establishment al Bombay Of the great oriental
banking house Of Sassoon which is represented IN
England BE- Sir Edward Ssssoon. Bart. and Mem
sr ~ Parliament married the daughter OF
Baron Gustav Rnthschild. Of Paris, by Joseph Sas-
sooa and also by Arthur Sassoon. the warm trieno
q King Edward and Of the Prince Of Wales, WHO
has often entertained the one well as the other
81 Fuesn Lodge. his place in Scotland and al ms
house At Brighton Reuben Sassoon. another OF the
Family VITO was equally intimate with the King
oleo a few years ago Sir Jacob Sassoon Is IKE
~ ndNsrd Szssoon in England, a grandson ot old
bs'fe ssssoou- who in the early part OF tho nine
'sean century. transferred the headquarters OF his
efes' banking business from Bagdad to Bombay;
she sH Ssooe like his uncle, the late sr Aioer'
Isthsr q sir Edward owes his esronetcv partly
y AS magnificent philanthropy (an1ong his recent
'71e1seusns was the grant of s2.o0o.0oe Tor the
sfec'lon and Endowment Of college If science at
- , ana partly, too. 20 the great SERVICES
Hich ne Sassoons barking house have been
se'e to render 10 the British government not only
a 4ses but throughout the Orient
. exiensTe were and still are the financial deal
nss o. the SEASONS in every part Of Asia and OF
-NoIihern and Central Africa. that. with few
.o'os q recommendation bearing their name
"a may tEavel safety from the Atlantic coast
y morocco to the Pacific coast Of China. In the
-asefoas passes Of Afghsnistan. in the renotest
s.V'inoss o. China where white men are most
lofEed. in the most fanatic of the Khanates OF
a'Fsl Asia and in the wiids of Arabia. passport
ne sessoons constitutes ar infinitely better pro
on man any papers bearing the stamp and seal