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his parentage�察�saying he had not one drop of Bonaparte blood in his veins。 

The King's frightened courtiers tried to stop this outburst�察�showing him the 

French     Ambassador        at  his  elbow。    With    a  superhuman       effort   Victor 

Emmanuel controlled himself�察�and turning to the Ambassador�察�said�此�

     ;I   fear   my   tongue   ran   away   with   me� ─  �With   a   smile   and   a   bow   the 

great French diplomatist remarked�此�

     ;SIRE�察�I am so deaf I have not heard a word your Majesty has been 

saying� ─�

     The   fashion   of   coming   to   the   Riviera   for   health   or   for   amusement�察�

dates from the sixties�察�when the Empress of Russia passed a winter at Nice�察�



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as a last attempt to prolong the existence of the dying Tsarewitsch�察�her son。 

There   also   the   next   season   the   Duke   of   Edinburgh   wooed   and   won   her 

daughter   ��then   the   greatest   heiress   in   Europe��   for   his   bride。   The   world 

moves fast and a journey it required a matter of life and death to decide on�察�

then�察�is gayly undertaken now�察�that a prince may race a yacht�察�or a princess 

try   her   luck   at   the   gambling   tables。   When   one   reflects   that   the   ;royal 

caste�察─�in Europe alone�察�numbers some eight hundred people�察�and that the 

East is beginning to send out its more enterprising crowned heads to get a 

taste of the fun�察�that beyond drawing their salaries�察�these good people have 

absolutely nothing to do�察�except to amuse themselves�察�it is no wonder that 

this happy land is crowded with royal pleasure´seekers。 

     After   a   try   at   Florence   and   Aix�察   �the   Queen;   has   been   faithful   to 

Cimiez�察�a charming site back of Nice。 That gay city is always EN FETE 

the day  she   arrives�察  �as   her   carriages   pass   surrounded by  French   cavalry�察�

one   can   catch   a   glimpse   of   her   big   face�察  �and   dowdy  little   figure�察  �which 

nevertheless she can make so dignified when occasion requires。 The stay 

here is�察�indeed�察�a holiday for this record´breaking sovereign�察�who potters 

about her private grounds of a morning in a donkey´chair�察�sunning herself 

and watching her Battenberg grandchildren at play。 In the afternoon�察�she 

drives a couple of hours ´ in an open carriage ´ one outrider in black livery 

alone distinguishing her turnout from the others。 

     The Prince of Wales makes his headquarters at Cannes where he has 

poor luck in sailing the Brittania�察�for which he consoles himself with jolly 

dinners     at  Monte     Carlo。   You    can   see   him   almost     any   evening     in  the 

RESTAURANT  DE   PARIS�察  �surrounded   by   his   own   particular   set�察   �   the 

Duchess of Devonshire ��who started a penniless German officer's daughter�察�

and   became   twice   a   duchess���察  �Lady   de   Grey   and   Lady   Wolverton�察  �both 

showing near six feet of slender English beauty�察�at their side�察�and lovelier 

than either�察�the Countess of Essex。 The husbands of these ;Merry Wives; 

are   absent�察 �but   do not   seem  to   be   missed�察  �as   the ladies   sit   smoking   and 

laughing   over   their   coffee�察  �the   party   only   breaking   up   towards   eleven 

o'clock to try its luck at TRENTE ET QUARANTE�察�until a ;special; takes 

them back to Cannes。 

     He  is   getting   sadly  old   and   fat�察 �is   England's   heir�察 �the   likeness   to   his 



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mamma   becoming   more   marked   each   year。   His   voice�察  �too�察  �is   oddly  like 

hers�察�deep and guttural�察�more adapted to the paternal German ��which all 

this family speak when alone�� than to his native English。 Hair�察�he has none�察�

except a little fringe across the back of his head�察�just above a fine large roll 

of fat that blushes above his shirt´collar。 Too bad that this discovery of the 

microbe of baldness comes rather late for him� �He has a pleasant twinkle 

in his small eyes�察�and an entire absence of POSE�察�that accounts largely for 

his immense and enduring popularity。 

     But    the   Hotel    Cap    Martin     shelters   quieter    crowned      heads。    The 

Emperor   and   Empress   of   Austria�察  �who   tramp   about   the   hilly   roads�察  �the 

King and Queen of Saxony and the fat Arch´duchess Stephanie。 Austria's 

Empress looks sadly changed and ill�察�as does another lady of whom one 

can occasionally catch a glimpse�察�walking painfully with a crutch´stick in 

the shadow of the trees near her villa。 It is hard to believe that this white´ 

haired�察�bent old woman was once the imperial beauty who from the salons 

of the Tuileries dictated the fashions of the world� �Few have paid so dearly 

for their brief hour of splendor� �

     Cannes   with   its   excellent   harbor   is   the   centre   of   interest   during   the 

racing season when the Tsarewitsch comes on his yacht Czaritza。 At the 

Battle   of   Flowers�察  �one   is   pretty  sure   to   see   the   Duke   of   Cambridge�察  �his 

Imperial Highness�察�the Grand Duke Michael�察�Prince Christian of Denmark�察�

H。R。H。 the Duke of Nassau�察�H。R。H。 the Archduke Ferdinand d'Este�察�their 

Serene     Highnesses       of  Mecklenburg´        Schwerin     and    the  Saxe´Coburg´ 

Gothas�察  �also   H。R。H。   Marie   Valerie   and   the   Schleswig´Holsteins�察  �pelting 

each other and the public with CONFETTI and flowers。 Indeed�察�half the 

A1MANACH   DE   GOTHA�察  �that   continental   ;society   list�察─  �seems   to   be 

sunning itself here and forgetting its cares�察�on bicycles or on board yachts。 

It   is   said   that   the   Crown   Princess   of   Honolulu   ��whoever   she   may   be�� 

honors      Mentone      with   her   presence�察    �and    the  newly     deposed     Queen 

;Ranavalo; of Madagascar is EN ROUTE to join in the fun。 

     This   crowd   of   royalty   reminds   me   of   a   story   the   old   sea´dogs   who 

gather     about    the    ;Admirals'     corner;     of   the   Metropolitan       Club    in 

Washington�察      �love   to  tell  you。   An    American      cockswain�察    �dazzled    by   a 

doubly royal visit�察�with attending suites�察�on board the old ;Constitution�察─�



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came up to his commanding officer and touching his cap�察�said�此�

     ;Beg pardon�察�Admiral�察�but one of them kings has tumbled down   the 

gangway and broke his leg。; 

     It has become a much more amusing thing to wear a crown than it was。 

Times have changed indeed since   Marie Laczinska lived the fifty  lonely 

years of her wedded life and bore her many children�察�in one bed´room at 

Versailles ´ a monotony only broken by visits to Fontainebleau or Marly。 

Shakespeare's line no longer fits the case。 

     Beyond securing rich matches for their children�察�and keeping a sharp 

lookout that the Radicals at home do not unduly cut down their civil lists�察�

these great ones have little but their amusements to occupy them。 Do they 

ever   reflect�察  �as   they   rush   about   visiting   each   other   and   squabbling   over 

precedence when   they  meet�察  �that some fine   morning   the   tax´payers   may 

wake up�察�and ask each other why they are being crushed under such heavy 

loads�察�that eight hundred or more quite useless people may pass their lives 

in foreign watering´places�察�away from their homes and their duties�拭�It will 

be a bad day for them when the long´suffering subjects say to them�察 �Since 

we get on so exceedingly well during your many visits abroad�察�we think 

we will try how it will work without you at all� ─�

     The Prince of little Monaco seems to be about the only one up to the 

situation�察�for he at least stays at home�察�and in connection with two other 

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