Evening star., 1921-09-11

PARIS, September i, lSSl.-
" FERDINAND, ex-Czar Of Bulgaria,
- Is reported to be serious.
minded, in these latter days.
a and devoted to daily pious ex-
ercises.
Descendant Of French kings. prac-
tically q Frenchman and entirely An
ardent lover OF Paris half his life
no one who knew him then could
credit his later adventures.
When old Bastien, historical waiter
Of the Grand Cafe. starts telling
stories of prince Ferdinand it re-
wives the prime days of the boule-
ward.
prince of Wales" was still high
hero. though forty-four Gn 1850 and
nearing his dignified middle period.
He is seen cutting loose "once again"
| with younger Archduke Rudolph
| occasions, even. with the recent kai-
ser twenty -six-year -old Prince Will
helm). Always, as bear-leader, ap-
pears 'Monsieur-le-Mar- r-Quis-d de-Bre.
teuii." and. always: that fine flower OF
THE Helder closed at a. m.." says
Bastien, unctuously., ""The Prince Of
Wales would amuse himself in the
large hall or the private supper
rooms he was not Particu.arSany- 2,,n Z, =,
we walters were tired"
Bastien dreams, a moment Of the
past. which does not return. /;
ssI17E walters drank the stirrup-G1d
at the corner wineshop. on our
way home. Time and again the
Prince of Wales would stop and pull
his friends in. The white wine is good
here he would say. let's have a glass
with Bastien and Noe I should say
it was good; when the patron saw the
prince there. arguing on the corner.
he would send, quick, to the cellar
man of the Cafe Anglais for six bot
ties Of . certain old Pouilly. as limpid
1t to the prince as 'workingmen's
white wine for five cents the glass.
We had respect for princes in those
days"
nand. sprig Of old Bourbon royalty.
| mirror Of fashion. pride of the boule-
ward, aged twenty-four, and an enig :
ma to his family. Had he brains and
&mOftiOn!
We have . glimpse of one of these
| s o'clocks. The Marquis du Lau" IL
the late du Lau d'Allemans. then fifty
two years old, multimillionaire ad-
ministrator Of the railroads Of south
"Prince Ferdinand was of it." Bas-
tien drawls, "the Prince Of Wales.
Bre-teuil. du Lau and Mile. Marsen.
that pearl among women, who created
| Mana They drank at the corner.
and there was poor old greybeard
chased him away. Then came Prince
Ferdinand. all laughing. Can you
play a quadrilleT In the middle OF
| the rue du Helder. monsieur. they
Hsnssd that Prass hstors
and Breteuil. Alas. in those days it
was well viewed (the proper thing)
Now you know why. ten years ago.
spend six months in France. he en-
| trusted him to the Breteuils. Six
years after that quadrille the mar
uuis married the American Miss Gar
ner. and Albert Edward. being equally
settled down, continued the old friend
ship.
what is not generally known is
| that one of tho dancers Of that quad
rille put Prince Ferdinand on his
| throne!
TT was the Marquis du Lau d'Alle-
mans. There Is another glimpse
Of him during Prince Ferdinand's
widowerhood. eating shad. at the Cafe
de Paris with "Ma-dame-O o -te-ro."
Have you a friend? Cherish him like
| a jewel above price! .-j
Also. have you q mother? Cherish
her, too. Ferdinand had one. She
was the mastery Princess Clemen-
tine, daughter of Louis-Phflippe. king
, said that II Clementine had been q
boy she would have won back her
fathers throne. He was still king
when Prince August Of eaxe.Cobnrg-
Gothic eourted his daushtes. They
were born at the Tufleries and at the
royal chateau Of Esd and Neuilly. Ferdi-
nand. the youngest, was born In exile.
The people OF Paris, one bright morn :
ing. came out to the pleasant suburb
the park and looted the establish
! ment, while the old king fed with
children and grandchildren.
When. as . youth, Prince Ferdinand
was sent sent to school IN. IN Paris: he bore
Coburg -Gotha. But he was proudest
Of his mothers blood, The French. He
stayed In Paris whom his schooling
ended. He was % Parisien. the bcule.
vad was proud Of him. When Ras-
, nand invited seven ladies to lunch
with him at tho Cafe Anglais It was
| raining, 20 they stayed 70 dinner--
One admires the fabulous pAcha
which he must have been.
Ha seemed to have nothing but the
| gilded sports vocation, yet when his
/ mother stirred up the courts to have
| him made Prince OF Bulgaria ob-
serve that Ferdinand had up his
! sleeve the very ace that took. the
| tfiek-picked MP In the night life Of
Paris. His mother had the influence
| Of England ana Austria, but Rueg4as
bitterly opposed. blocked his election