Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-19
ROYAL ExILES
BY Frederic J. Haskin

could put any confidence In your most
solemn engagements"
AZ long az he lived on ST. Helena.
Napoleon was great object 81 inter
est The population Of the island
doubled during his stay there. p8rtiy
because ships stopped there more fire.
quently. officials came 10 see and re-
port on the prisoners condition. and
dispatches came and went.
st. Helena prospered then. But since
Napoleon's time ~ has become more
and more Isolated. Steamers rarely
/ find II necessary 10 stop. and in cOnsc-
auence residents become dissatisfied
and leave the island. Then. too, rats
and pests 'aye laid siege 20 the Island
1 go that IL is more desolate today than
when Napoleon rallied against 10
gloomine-s.
Charles Will also undoubtedly at
tract business TO his island. He VII
probably become a guihebOok sight
for tourists trial Napoleon never
had 20 stand in HIS remote. then IN
accessible. refuge From reports -
Charles first days In his new home,
he Will not like the gaze Of the curl
: ous any better than Napoleon did.
Napoleon scarcely went anywhere be-
cause Of the staring groups that gath
cred 10 see him pass. Charles II said
to be taciturn and unwilling 20 enter
, the social life Of Funchal.
Healthy Prison.
II is rather strange that both 50.
: Helena and Madeira should BE- wen
known for their health giving tli-
mates. Both have been long regarded
] as excellent places for tubercuious
e patients because Of the dry. balny
air. never very hot nor very cold.
J Madeira, especially. has attracted
J good many lnvaiids though now it en-
3 Joys more widespread popularity with
j healthy people who are sufficiently
4 afruent 20 20 in search Of a congen-
Q ial climate in mid-wlnter.
= There Is an interesting story ~
j proposed sanatorium for Madeira.
0 Nearly 20 years ago officials ~ a Ger
9 man syndicate appeared on the island
= and set forth plan 20 build a sana-
a torium with number ~ free beds
o set aside for poor cOnsumptives X
: Madeira. Portugal agreed and the
e building was erected. Arrangements
e were made 10 bring in large qusnti-
a ties Of furniture duty free because -
). the phnanthropic character % the
d project.
d But after the furniture was landed
m and the building was nearly ready Tor
business, the sanatorium In some way
became hotel with an annex TO be
used az a sanatorium. The project
70 took on a distinctly commercial aspect
An Investigation was ordered and the
- building was found 10 have gun en-
placements concealed in the walls. u
II was further revealed that neariy q
20 mile OF land along the sea front had
n been bought by the syndicate.
!. The promoters who had been -
nopular until then in Funchai ver'
,,s cont away at once And the sana'
90 torium -hotei-fort lay vacant. IL hai
y, been said that a part OF this buildinf
a. NAV be used by ex-Emperor Charles
rh as his permanent residence.
q, Wherever he lives in Madeira
80 Cbar,as viii be surrounded by flow
xa er.. The luxuriant foliage and gor
90 peous blooms Of the island are "a
NOUS. Red poinsettias that we hav'
ha as hothouse plants at Christmas ar
:, nrofuse in Madeira. Purple wistaria
bo Iilfes cameilias and vioiets are onl'
p a few Of the scent-iaden flowers whicl
M make great masses Of color on IN
tut island landscape.
ne Pine woods add 10 the charms Q
on Madeira. and there are fruits
abundance-the custard apple pine
or. apple. oranges. figs, not 70 menio
,rd the grapes for which Madeira Is mos
famous
ed. Altogether, considering his pros
meets ana surroundings, many peopl
would say that Charles il faile
ice monarch TO be envied rather ina
an pitied.