The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
Uniforms of General Prince
Louis Esterhazy Were
Picturesque.
By LA MARaUIsE DE FoxTENOY.

forms are perhaps the most pictur
esque things Of the kind to De seen at
the courts Of Vienna and Budapest Inc
commander was General Prince louis
Esterhazy, who for the last twenty
years OF queen yictoria's reign was. as
military attache OF the Austrian EN-
bassy to the Court Of ST. James. oiae
of the most familiar and popular ns
ures in English society. He was NOT
regarded by the latter as foreigner.
| For through his mother. Lazy sSsan
Eilliers daughter of the ifth Earl oI
Jersey he was related to many OF tho
greatest houses OF the British arlstoe-
racy.
II was the princes English grand
mother. Sarah Countess of Jersey. VINO
ruled the English Great World with 2
rod OF iron. In It's most brilliant and
most exclusive days. and so despot,c
occasion she actually declined IN her
ca pacity of Lady Patroness or tne
famous Almack's balls Or assemblies.
to permit the admission OF the great
Duke Of Wellington because ne naa d.
rived five minutes late She figures as
.Zenobia' in Lord Beaconsfield's mover
..Endym.on" The late Prince Louis
died a bachelor: and thereby hangs
romance. For many years, long oeiore
she became a widow. he was deeply
attached to the ex-Queen of Naples
IN fact, couple OF years or 50 aiter
the death Of King Francis. IT was cur
rently reported that she had contract-
ed a secret marriage with the pLlnu.
which she could have done without
exposing herself to the imputatton OF
A mesall.ance. since the prince belong
ed to the med;atized branch OF MS
house the members of which retalh
rights. that of mating with the reign
ing houses OF Europe on footins OF
perfec. equality. The marriage. now
ever. never mate-ialized and in recent
Years the prince saw but little II az
thing OF the ex-Queen. who resides
mostly in Paris. whereas he MADE nus
home IN Vienna after severing his con
nection with the Austrian enfcass! IN
London
ina, Emperor Francis Joseph held
him in very high regard TINS prime
who had almost become his erothss-
I'in-law, is shown by the fact tsat ne
bestowed upon him not only the com
and Of his Hungarian Guard. but Al
so the Order Of the Golden Fleece s. arc, =,
the Eighth Regiment Of Hussars. the
bestowal Of regiment OF this kiha
being an altogether exceptional ois-
tinction, usually reserved for crown
ed heads and princes Of the blood. The
prince was on terms Of great intimacy
with King Edward and a IEsaoeh'
Louis Esterhazy is the hero OF that
somewhat familiar story anent the de-
feat of a designing adventures
through a cigar. He was travelling
the weekend with the late Lord and
Lady Salisbury and had just taken his
place in frst-class compartment at
Kings Cross when suddenly at the
very last moment a very elesantis
dressed woman entered the carriage
Under ordinary circumstances " IS
possible that he might have responded
to the somewhat threadbare artifces
which she employed with the object
9. striking up a sonH nssS lead,n su q
recently published memoir OF his old
friend, Valentine Baker Pasha. and the
effect OF this was to call to his miho
the very common practices OF adven-
turesses in Europe. to take advantage
of the Old World system of railroad
compartments to blackmail suscep-
tible and unprotected male travel
ers Thanks to this he declined to
make any response to the advances or
the lady and continued to TRANQUILITY
smoke his cigar as if entirely oblivi-
Gus to her Establishments.
It was fortunate that he adopted
this policy. For just before the next
station was reached. which is the only
and Hatfield. she suddenly tore her hat
FROM her head. dishevelled her hair
and as the train came to a standstiii
put her head out Of the window and
/. and other railroad ofIicials as well as
passengers. hurried to the scene and
then the lady asserted that she had
been terribly insulted by the prince.
who was the only other person IN the
compartment He did not stir from his
seat. but continued TRANQUILITY smoking
his cigar
It was perhaps this extraordinary
calmness on his part which led the
railroad officials to hesitate momen.
/ ~ rfpC nj he
master exclaimed. What have you to
say to this charger" Without the
slightest appearance of concern the
prince who was seated in the far cor
Only thas.'' and with that he pointed
| to his cigar. which showed beautiful
gray ash considerably over an inch
J in length. The station-master was
wise In his generation and on perceiv-
ing the ash he touched his hat to him
. and said quietly. THAT is ali right. sir"
| and collared the woman instead. who.
sadly discounted was led of II Gus
tody. The prince thereupon gave MS
card and informed the station master
whittier he was bound. but declined to
prosecute merely recommending the
railroad ofncials to take good look
at the woman In order that they might
recognize her and prevent her preying
on travellers less up-t"-dafe and wide
awake than himself
related this story in these letters
at the time 1t occurred, now some
twenty years ago. (Which was the first
time II appeared in print) with partic-
ula- pleasure since Louis Esterhazy
was an old and valued friend I have
since seen the adventure ascrtbed to
all sorts Of other persons. Blu: It was
to Prince Louis that it actually and
originally happened.
The prince. like the other members
of the E,sterhazy family, claimed to be
descended from Queen Dsthe-. OF the
Old Testament. and also from the Hun
monarch Att.la- through Paul Estcraa
who 10 on record as having been bAp-
tized in 91e. The Esterhazys have al
ways been magnates. that Is to say.
srea; mobiles Of Hungary. since the
dawn Of Magyar history and every
page Of the history Of Hungary and
in a slightly lesser degree tina. of
Austria. contains mention Of their
name
Thus. Nicholas Esterhazy. as PaIa-
tine Of Hungary q; the beginning %.
the seventeenth century, was one Of
the principal authors OF the Peace Of
westphAlia. which brought the Thirty
Years' War % . conclusion His son
bore h:msek 90 magnincentiy IN the