Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

q Aumale TO ask him what reply sa1i VI
be given And the duke answered: a.
mat there L. no reason To be distir 't'-'
alive
The conduct OF the princes in these
memorable circumstances is matcr u,
history Capt. Robert le Fort fought
WIFE that Nalor and male courage which
was characteristic. and the mask was
never suspected by his comrades i'm arms.
NJ. tortambert, writing thereof, says nat
invited to dine one day by the lady OF
chateau near which his troop was en-
camped. she remarked to the officer who
was taking leave. Sir. you resemble very
much the Duke de Charities"
You think so. madame? l have h,en
told so before in fact
oh. 1 know that YOU are not. she
added. And Capt. le Fort went his WAY.
Capt. lie Fort won the rank OF majo"
during the war. and the DEGREES OF eXtla
having been abrogated. he was success
sively promoted lieutenant colonel ana
colonel i'm the regular army under hts real
name.
The Duke de Charities was commandin:
the 18th Regiment. Chassears d Afr.qre
a. Rouen in 1883 when political passion
caused the Orleanst prince To I've stric'icn
from the army lists and again Frame
was deprived of the services OF good ana
faithful soldiers.
Condemned To Involuntary retirement
from the military Service to which h,
solitude. his life oNershadowed 10y the
grief OF exile. grief over the exile OF his
nephew Philippe the son Of the Count ia
Paris. the actual chief OF the Orleanist
arty: grief over the death OF his uncle.
the Duke OF Nemours and d Aumaie the
Princes Valdemar of Denmark, and Of his
son. Henri d'Orleans. the distinguish
explorer. Stricken in heart 10y thesr
successive calamities. IL has been sail
that he cared no longer for life. and his
death. when has caused 81 much dis
tress and tears to those who loved the
valiant soldier and friend. has been u
him a deliverance
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Whoever has visited the magnificent
to remark the admirable
Portrait at painting by Paul Bsuiry
r,..,, representing ST. Hubert.
OnoAIAAy' the patron saint of the
huntsman. riding through the forest OF
ArdeEnes followed by huntsmen and dogs.
The cavalier is superb. tall. vigorous.
heroic. With his blonde nustaches Of thu
Gaul there is something of Bearnais.
something OF the Gaul-with his splendid
eyes of clear blue or indesctibable Yer
giss-mein NIGHT. Beside st. Hubert is a
page with blonde hair cut short. a minia-
has drawn in st. Hubert a faithful por-
trait of the Duke de Chartres and in the
page his son. the Prince Henri dO-leans
Prince Henri d'Orleans was born in
Ham near Richmond. England, in 1851.
died at Saigon i'm 1901. He was a traveller
who won distinction for his travels I'm
Asia and Africa. the gold medal Of the
Societe de Geographic de Paris for GEN.
1892: in 1893 he travelled from Hanoi 70
Calcutta. and won the cross OF the
chevalier Of the Legion of Honor. in 1897.
The Orleans house in the Rue Jean Gongon
was a familiar visiting place To the
writer. VINO. with other travelers. were
invited to exchange notes with reference
to his contemplated voyages in Asia and
Africa.
The Orleanist party is the political party
i'm France which since the appanage OF
the duchy of Orleans. i'm 1874. has with
the throne of France. Louis Philippe
Joseph, known under the name of PM
ippe-Egalite. played a curious role during
the revolution. He was born at ST.
Cloud. April IL, 1747. and persisted on
the scaffold in 1888 During the lifetime
of his father / bore the tide of the
Duke Of Charities. He was courageous.
and evidence of this is given I'm the "a
tnat ne fnaue an ascension III the bailOO1
invented by the brothers Robert. d
'dirigible'' which was to lie propelled by
rudder and oars. The balloon encoun-
tered a tremendous storm in the clouds.
and became unmanaseable. The duke
climbed the suspension ropes, reached Il 0
balloon. and, piercing il with "A knife. the
gas escaped and it descended rapidly but
safely to earth.
The son of Louis Philippe Egalite be
came King of France under the title OF
Il in
Ii is interesting to recall a. this mo-
ment the visit to the United States OF
the Duke de Charities and
Visit to his brothers, the Dul,c
de Montpensier and Couns
]AASo' Beaujolais, prescribed ~
the convention in 1893.
The duke was scarcely twenty lone whtn
under Kle5er and Dumourier he had Won
distinction as commander of a real
ment. The Duke de Charities warned u
the danger that menaced him at Par.
abandoned his command and found EN-
ployment and seclusion as a protesso o.
of geography in a college in Switzer-
land under the name of cEa5aud. Il
was there be received news of the tfasc
fate OF his father. Fearing detection, h.
fled to Hamburg, and finally reached L
North cape in 1873. There the directory
found means to propose to him that .ie
seek asylum in the United States.
September -. 1856 the Duke &c Cha
tres embarked on board the America, IA
American vessel trading between hAa.-
Lurg and I niadelph.a. he "a. rived A.
fElla;.> H. october II. l536. VA
not uAIi November :, mat his lrot.Ies
Montpensier and BeaulolaiS. Itleas. "a
after three years of imprisonment m a
castle, embarked on vesSe,, the Jupisei.
to reJoin tie duke.
The Jupiter vessel frei.hted ~
the United States consul at Marselle IL
convey to America eighty Americans who
had served as slaves on corsair vessels
at Algiers. The Jupiter, after a tedious
passage of ninety-three days. reached
Philadelphia.
The Duke de Charities recitcs in his
diary that Philadelphia. being the seat OF
the American government, he r"
ceived there by Gen. Washington, ID
whom he presented his brothers. He men,
tions also that he and his brothers were
present and heard Gen. Washington de-
liver his farewell address and that lie
assisted at the inauguration OF the sec
ond citizen king" Mr.. Adams.
The exiled princes visited the retired
President at Mount Vernon. who fur
nished them a map on which he trace
valuable indications for their proposed
Journey west and south. From New or
Cd IIax her..