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r=i The Sunday Bee to* VOL. 52—NO. 42. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1923. ' FIVE CENTS “Never MindARoijdlCrown-IW^ntLore! How Princess Yolanda Defied All Her Proud Family’s Traditions by Giving Her I Heart to Dashing Cavalry | Officer Instead of Some ^ . King’s Son ie..., , 9 ( omit Cnlvi cli Bergolo Ijovelv Princess Yolanda of Ital, who might easily have been a quo- . of any one of several European countries, is to he married in Xpril to the inaij of her choice, Count Cal#l de Borgolo, a cavalry captain. For while Rome's diplomatic match makers were busy arranging her future, the princess was quietly making her own plans. "Never mind a royal crown, I want love!" the handsome Italian girl cried when the eyes of the world were focused on her *s the probable bride of the prime of Wales, i he duke of Brabant, tie crow n prince of flreecc. Prim e Reo pold of the Belgians, or some other royal son who will some day be king. Now that Yolanda has announced her preference for being queen only of the modest villa of the cavalry captaln. Count di Bergold, every one seems to ho happy except the Dowager Queen Margherlta. who thinks It a sol mistake to miss this opportunity of linking Italy’s royal family with some other royal house The old dowager queen Mann » the strong minded granddaughter's dem ocratic ideas on the Montenegrin Mood brought into the family by the girl's mother who was the beau tiful Princess Helen of Montenegro But the other members of the royal family und the Italian people In general are quite delighted with the stout-hearted independence Yolanda has shown. Queen Milena of Montenegro, v - lamia’s maternal grandmother, thor oughly approves her choice of love When sh- heard of it she hastened to telegraph her os follows: ‘ You could have been a queen, but preferred to live in love. J.lfe without love is a lie. Be Inspired by the affection and virtues of your parents. Safe, ytw will proceed along the path of happiness My prayers and tty forvent hopes ac company you.” The dowager queen’s disapproval gives the key to how much courage It took for Yolanda to defy tiadl tion and marry the man with whom she had fallen in love. The event of I'rirtc. ss Mary's marriage to a commoner was by no rarans unprec edented in the history of the royal house of Kngland. but until now no one of the house of Bavoy has ever ventured to take a husband or a wife outside the charmed circle of royalty Although she knows her own mind, the princess is known every where for her sweetness and charm She Ills been described as a prin cess who likes the simple life bet ter than the glittering pomp of royal palaces "llow I wish 1 could always live In the country," she 1- said to have confided to a friend, "and cook and sew and maybe some day have a little home of my own!" The princess' wish has Is cr granted V pretty \ ilia has already been bought for her and her future husband mar Plperolo, wie-r. Yobuidn may soon keep house to lier hear, s intent and go ruling through the beloved countryside which she ri' V'o' wished to leave Yolanda unlike most Itallai girls, is »rt fond of sports She likes hoi -os. Is an excellent Judge of them audit ides to the hounds to perfection Her equestrian ac Com|ilislmiei 's itol love of horses The count performing one of the darim; feats of horse manship tli.it first stirred Yolanda's fn him. The prince** and one of her favorite dog*. formed a natural link between her and her lover, the count being a member of one of Italy's finest cavalry regiments. The princess first met her fiance, a very handsome man. tali, thin and much darker than Yolanda, at the cavalry school at Tor di Qulnto, Rome, w her the captain was serving as instructor. The Tod di Quin to school is the nv'st famous of Its kind in the world Hardly a man leaves It but has had several bones broken in learning how to ride according to the daring Italian cavalry traditions It is not hard to see how the little princess, thrown Into constant contact with the captain In her daily riding !• -■ sons, learned first to admire b.s skill and then to love him. Hut It was not until the princess slipped off to Kngland to s*'e her hero win fresh laurels as a horse man at the International Hors* Show at tie* Olympia, in Tsmdnn, going incognito. Just like the prin cesses in the novels. that she mad* up her mind that this man, and tills man only, would she have. I'lider the name of "Countess M.irgherita de Holienzo," the prin-j attended by a lady In waiting and an officer of the Italian royal household, watched the perform ance of the f-minii Italian army rulers, among whom wain Count di I let goto As the print-, ms unknow n to the spectators, a very pretty girl. In a becoming English sport cat urns « f the kind she likes liest to wear, stood watching the finest of her country's horsemen riding past, she of 22. whether this was the man she wanted to marry. When Jhe competitions were over l>i Bergolo, on his prancing stood, rude past the place when* ► lie sat—the winner <»f several prizes and, although ho didn't yet know it. the heart of the most sought after little prim es* in Europe. H»r eyes were shining. her cloc ks flushed Her mind wa - made up. He was the handsomest young man in the world, she thought —- handsomer than any print-, of the fairy tales and. oh. what .1 wonderful horseman’ Evil though she was recognized \ \ n number of person# at the ho' e show by her faultess com pi. v n and the bt nut If ul dark eyes and hair which she Inherits from het n oth. r. no one realized that In . tMtimnce was about to burst to flower. Some even thought her ap pearance in England was definite proof of her coming engagement to thf prince of Wales. W hy a trip to England if the royal parents were not «l>out to arrange a wedding** W hen it was suggested that the prince of Wales would make a highly desirable husband for her. Yolanda*' reply Is •aid to have been I'lilUtM Yo Lamia, eldest daughter of the king and queen of Italy and the first member of the house of Satojr to marry outside eh armed eirele of royalty ■ How could I possibly estab hsh myself in I-ondon? I would not know how to live without the *»un of Italy.'* In the case of the duke of Bra bant she said; *'I am Italian and wish to marry an Ital Ian.” And now the lucky lit tie prmeos* is to have both her wishes. When the final formal announce ment was made of the engage ment of Princess Yolanda and Count di Met goto the gossips of the Kter •ial City were taken entlrtly by ear sprlso I.lttle was known of the count, sav ■ that he waa a splendid horseman, hod a fine war record and la n descendant of old Piet a Fortunato Calvl, who fought the Austrians nt Cadore In 1S49. and of the ancient Homan poet Liclnii hs Cul> u» The prli cess who was looking for love and not a golden crown, is marrying a man not at all wealthy The estates of Yolanda’s future hus hand do not bring In a large reve nue Mut his courage matches that -»f the girl who braved the frowns of royal grandparents nnd illjdo mats who think she should do bet* ter than marry this good looking young cavalry officer. Count t'alvi was wounded during tti" late war and lias throe medals for Valor, as well ns the Croix do tluerre. When he found the cavalry had not enough work to do under modern Conditions hs Joined the bomtuirdh rs and distinguished him self in several encounters. It was perhaps his wartime stories that first aroused Yolanda’s Interest when they went riding together at the cavalry school. Now thut they- are to be married, the princess has shown her strong minded tendencies again. She has OVerrule-1 her parents" desire that the wedding be postponed until after the visit of the llrlttsh royalty in \ May. Princess Yoltuiria refuses to think of waiting any longer than \pril for the count who has won her heart so completely. Yolanda s marriage will he s* imlUr o tha* of her parent* even though she is nuurying out of the pale of royalty. It will bo celebrated wt h all the gorgeous p nip of the church of Home at Santa Maria. It is expected that tlje engagement f the bride’s »»ster ITln *e«s Ma fa Ida. who is to act is a maid of honor at the wadding, will l>e an nounced shortly after the celebra* t .-n of Yolanda’s marrl wf# Rumor has it that M tfalda is engaged t*» Prime Leopold of IMgium. but per haps the young princess will fol low in tier sisters footsteps and think that she. t »* would be better pious* i w U h >om- ne besides a crown prince for a husband. The Italian jieople, a little dis jointed at first that their prin »ess did not marry royalty, now jKdnt with pride to the fact that the count comes of a noble enough family and one that has been de voted for many years to the House of Savoy. Their disappointment has ‘given away to general admiration of Yolanda's courage in marrying the man of her choice They ara de lighted that King Victor Ktnmanuel intends to give liis son In law an of flcial position .1 court and allow him and hi* b-Plo apartments in the royal palace* Yolanda has always lwen especial ly popular among the Italian people troitiini'fii •« r*i^