New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
TIE ~PR1ScEss-s RoDYGUARD.


American laws, like those Of England. OF France
sr5 q Germany. DO not allow men TO go about
s-nei with swords, unless the weapons form part
and parcel OF the uniform Of the state IN whose
service they may happen TO be That Is Wny Nine
Wilma Parlaghi. who arrived here the other day.
ans who is now at Lakewood. y. J.. IS likely TO
become involved in trouble. through her chasseur-
The chasseur is the gorgeously appareled indl-
vfdual in the cooked hat and uniform whom she
5Asienates as her "bodyguard,' and the authori-
.tes here would do vel TO take their from the
officers Of the German ocean liner that landed her
n these shores who deprived the bodyguard of his
sword vhen he went on the ship, and restored 1t TO
him when he. by disembarking. quilted what may
Be described as their jurisdiction.
f-hssseurs" or ''jaegers." are body servants who,
SIS general rule. are restricted TO royal and i'm
perial personages and 10 certain foreign ambassa-
dors al Vienna. Berlin and St Petersburg They
usually ride on the box beside the coachman, and
their cooked hats or chapeaus are adorned with
huge lunches Of white or eolored cocks plunnes.
something like those OF an English general Their
uniforms are mostly green, with gold epaulet1es'
end their breasts are crossed by broad gold nai-
dricks 70 which attached highly ornamental
short swords Of the couteau de chasse order.
The late Prince ConsOrt introduced the fashion of
5aeEers at court, in England, and now each Eng
ush prince Of the blood has his jaeger. that IS
60 say his special body servant But instead Of
wearing any such gorgeous array as their Con-
finental confreres, they merely the usual
livery of the royal servants. Thus, the Prince
Of Wales's Jaeger, with his red livery coat adorned
with 4 number Of medals in miniature. accom-
panies him to all public banquets and many
private dinners standing behind his chair and car
ing for his royal master. Some of the grand old
1eudal magnates OF Austria and Of Germany VINO
rank almost as petty sovereigns, still have ehas-
ee1rs bur these are rarely in full uniform But
for a private person such as Nine Parlaghi 10
travel with chasseuT is extremely rldlcu-
lous and would excite thr utmost derision were
it 10 be known in Europe. In fact. 1t is sucn
an extravaganza OF conduct that II can re regarded
only as 2 bit Of advertising.
notice that Nine. Parlaghi styles herself her
highness- and also Princess L7of- But the mar
Rage Of Nine. Parlaghi 10 Prince Lwoh Is under
stood TO have been dissolved by divorce, and the
woman who was Russian while il lasted. has re-
-erted TO her Austrian Hungarian nationality.
Noreover Prince Lvrof was never in his life en-
titled 20 the predicate Of hghness. belonging in
deed 20 that very numerous class Of Russian nobes
whose title OF 'knia= would he far more correctly
translated into English by the word esquire than
hv prince" II is 4 class which is equivalent in
point Of rank to the Prussian junkers. or petty
territorial aristocrecy. and TO the English country
soures and county families. There are thousands
upon thousands Of such princes. many Of them
occupying humble and even menial positions, as
drosky drivers, as stevedores, as laborers. ETC.
vnie il was estimated some time ago that there
were nearly eight thousand Of them in various
3aiis and psuper asyiuHs. They must not be con
founded Hith the real Russian princes who hold
their title as such from the Crown or else by
virtue Of their descent from the House Of Rurik.
grsnduncie n the Prince Lwof who was the hus-
hand Of Nine. Psrlsghi composed the national
anthem os Russia.
With regard 70 Nine Parlaghi. she is entitled on
some consideration artist. True, the con-
sensus Of opinion in the artistic world is against
her work But with all that. it cannot be denied
that she has enjoyed in the past considera bic
as q portrait painter. and as q pupil Of Lenbach
vas able 70 include among her sitters the German
Emperor. the late Field Marshal Count Moltke and
Prince BdleV- King Edward also gave her a
couple Of sittings on enc occasion et Marienbad,
though do not know whether she ever completed
his portrait or whether he accepted It when fin
ishe5. AT any rate, / have never heard OF its
existence This is her third visit 10 America. The
first time she came she had not then married the
Russian Prince I.wor and arrived here merely as
well known Hungarian portrait painter. bringing
letters of recommendation as such 20 the Austrian
and German embassies.
Let me add. in conclusion. that a chasseur or
1aeger should be tall and very stalwart individual.
convey ing The idea strength sufficient TO defend
his master or mistress in case OF danger. This is
also necessary in order TO create an impression from
z decorative point Of view. Nine. Parlaghfs chas-
eeur however, is a small and undersized, unhappy
looking individual, which adds to the grotesqueness
Of the situation
As for the physician in attendance on her and
whom she describes royal Bavarian physi-
clan. he has not any connection with the court Of
A4unlch- Physicians IN Germany when they Join
ne army TO undergo the military service which is
oolgatory upon every sble-boded Teuton citizen.
enter the medical branches Of the army and on
completing their Of service become part Of the
reserve As years go by they advance on the re-
serve list by virtue OF seniority from assistant
surgeon 10 surgeon and 10 surgeon major. being
compelled 10 put IN perhaps a couple Of weeks of
military service once every two or three years
Inis does-not Of course. interfere with their civil
practice The physician accompanying Nine. Par
Asni is merely physician engaged in civilian prnc
nce' *ho is carried on the reserve list Of the Ba-
fSrian army as a surgeon major. That constitutes
Ais Connection with royalty. since the army is royal
E, DIPHTHERGA AT RUSSIAN COURT