The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-03
Face Now Adorned With Moth
ing But Particularly Fierce
Mustache.
By la MARauIsE DE ToNTENoY.
~ HE reigning Prince of Monaco's

full beard. 1t may be as well
| therefore. to draw attention to
tho fact that he has shaved 1t off. leav-
ing nothing but a particularly fierce
long Sray mustache. something like
| the late King Humbert's, which seems,
! however. TO emphasize the retiring
character OF his chin Anotb.r no
t!ceable thing is that he has. while
about making sacrifices. got rid OF his
celebrated yacht which. named "Prin-
| cess Alice" for his second wife, the
American daughter of the New Orleans
banker Michael Heine. had con-
tinued under the same name long after
| MS judicial separation from her.
He has now n new vessel wonder
fully equipped for mis- oceanogvaph.c
cruises. entitled "rHirondella": Anglice,
| Swallow"
The prince Is taking a leading part
/ in the peace movement, as might be
| expected. OF potentate who has Just
disbanded his glitterins legons, some
eighty strong. He has been visiting
various courts to further ths move
that OF Vienna. from which ne was
| barred for many years after the an
nulment of his first marriage. and
where even now his presence must be
rather embarrassing to the Emperor
| cwho. nevertheless, consented to give
small dinner In his honor. for one
o. the principal dignitaries OF the ven
| eraoi- monarch's court and greatest
Prince Tassiio F>astetics. who is hap
PLY married to Monaco's first princess
| Lady Mary Hamilton. only sister of
the late dul0. of that ilk. 1t will be
remembered that Princess Festetics.
| whose mother was a royal princess of
| baden. was so brutally maltrsated and
J insuited BY her first husband that F,es-
! tetlcs. n.tng present on one occasion,
not only Indignantly protested. but in
I nicted sound thrashing upon the
| Prince OF Rouge et-Noir" It was not
long after this that she was forced
| oE further maltreatrne Mt to seek refuge
In hight. taking up her residence with
! her little son and a few servants at
| Florence.
The prince insisted upon her seizure
by the Italian police at her apartments
I In one OF tns leading hotels there
S"arsing that she mad abducted the
have been complied with. as a matter
OF International comfy II the Grand
Duchess Helen of Russia, who hap
pened TO occupy adjoining apartments,
a nna not .nterrupted the police in their
attenpt to get possession of the baby
cr"wn prince. and intimated that
Wother and child were under her per-
Sonal protection. dsfyins the agents
OF the law to execute their warrant,
unless they desired 10 incur the dis
| pleasure OF the Russian court
! ne Italian authorities at once saw
Things In quite different light. espe-
ciaily since the late King Victor EN-
| manuel was very anxious to wean Em-
pe'or Alexander II. and his govern
| ment from their sympathy for the ex-
| lied Neapolitan Bourbons; and within
Nsry few hours the grand duchess
| was notified that neither the Princess
! OF Monaco nor her son would be mo-
! Tested in any way. Later on the prin-
| cess secured a divorce from ha, hus-
| ana' and also an ecclesiastical annul-
i ment of liver marriage. on the ground
| that she had been forced into 1t against
her will By her mother. and by the
iatter's kinsman, Napoleon III. the
courts awarding to her the custody OF
the boy until he came of age, while
this church especially stipulated. in
granting the decrne OF annulment, that
1t SHOULD east no stigma OF illegitimacy
on the child.
\ var later she married Count Fes-
tctlcs. her former champion by whom
she mas number of children, and en-
| JOYS to-day ths distinction Of being
| the only d!vorcce who occupies n posi-
non in the foremost rank of the courts
OF vienna and Budapest. this, OF course
being due 10 the fact that the Roman
| Catholic Church annulled her mar
rage. Louis. the Crown Prince OF
Monaco. now man OF forty-two.
| served Tor E.imber OF years as an
officer of French cavalry-the Spahis-
! In Algeria and Tunis. For time he
/ was on very bad terms with his father,
| out they are now practically recon
clied, the son spending part of each
| year at Monaco. and representing his
father on numerous official occasions.
both there and abroad. He has. in
deed. received the reigning princes
recognition by public decrtIs of the
| legitimacy OF his fourteen-y year old
daughter. by left-handed union, to-
gether with the tisle-one o. the old
| est in the possession of the Monaco
| famiiy-of Countess of Valentinois,
and place IN the line of succession
| TO the crown.
The Prince OF Monaco is the only
European sovereign who does not wear
! the uniform of his own country on
| state occasions. This is only natural
since he has no navy. and has recently
dishanded his army" He affects in
/ stead the attire OF an admiral OF the
| Spanish navy. while the crown prince
| appeared at the coronation OF King
George and Queen Mary of England in
| the eminently picturesque garb OF
| captain of Spah.s.
| RMS prince of country whose liv-
ing population is exceeded by the num-
Tins of the Monus Carlo gambling
tables-was the last person who saw
/ te!iN Faure of France alive at the
| Elysee Palace, and also played an inn
portant role In the Drayfus affair. He
| likewise lsndeaYorcd. without success
| IL is true. to become an intermediary
! between the Kaiser and France, and
some years ago attracted conside rabl lie
| !!otISs oS rSHuSlnS 4 cnalIenSe to fight
| a duel with Boni de Castellane, on tho
ground that he would not cross swords
! with man bearing title that did not
belong to him; offering, however. to
do so whenever Boni succeeded in ps-
tabl!sh!ng his right to IT.
! Tho imperial navy list OF Germany
Cor the current year. Just issued, shows
| once more what / nave often point ted
out In these letters, namely the un-
| popularity of this branch of the service
among the ag1Stocracy. Noble names
are few and far, between. espt cially
| those of that ancient patrciate of the
/ Holy Roman Empire. which comprise $
ali that is bluest OF Teutonic blood
Indeed quite the largest number Of
the officers with the nobiliary particle
Won before their names have re-
| ceived 1t from the present Emperor on
| reaching the higher ranks OF the SER
vice The Kaiser does all in his power
| to attract historic names to the navy
1tlas 20.