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ILL any of the prlm-esscs of Kiip-pe win an 11
A T I the niatrimoni.il mat kit sn. .-.-.I In nnrryini!
I f'T love? Tlil. Is the iims'i.,n lm-li troubles
If I not only the sixteen pretti pi in. esses who arc
most in tin- limelight Inn which iti a still greater
in- asiuc troubles double 1 1. iM numb- r i-f roal
guardians am! dm-al ami kingly fatbits.
In the unwed, , d portion of tin- royal daugh
ters of Kurope then- Is mateiial whi.h can be tvlii .1 upon to
become turbulent 'hcn It cotms to affairs of tlm It art. Those
who have shown a disposition to ho ' good prinn sm-h," and
fall In love where the convenience ,if state dictates, have :il
ready been discerned fraim of ir and picked out by papas ami
guardians, while of the- numbers that n main some aln-adv
have shown a disposition to throw to thr wlm'.s the spirit of
noblesse oblige when it i"mn to nia rria gc. Several of the
eligible princessis have In them the strains of F.av.niin ami
Ilapsburg Mood, which causes the n en to renoum e tie Ir rights
to contract odd marriages, and whose women take high pi,-.-, s
only to be removed by tragic deaths or still more fate ful elope
ments and mad adventures
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. Bavarian Princesses Old Maids.
AmonR the Itoman Catholic princesses tli" re are none In
o pathetic n position as are the Hawaiian gra ml.l iug lit i t s of
the heir presumptive and the recent, who have In them the
blood of the mail kitiR of Itavarla. These four princesses, who
rejoice n the names of A.b lgnnde, llil.icgardc. Wlltrmie. and
ITelmtrude, are the daughters of the l'r.m-. ss l.u-lwig. who
Is a half sister to Marl i Christina of Spain. The younger om s
have lieeti discussed In 'he Spanish court as possible wives
for the Spanish monarch, who, now that the 1,,-im.in crown
prince Is disposed of. Is the loadstone matrimonially for all
Europe. It Is no secret that if the royal tnotheis had their
way an alliance would have been arranged brtwci n the cousins
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is-
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Praters?
en i, , c- r ' t-d'0M::Ji 3attiViva a3uril
vwvkwvi i-,s.'-jj,:-; -u v :-sr . v jiff 1 1 i n.m ii.ui fct-jiiif i . "ft. n
SjV i sJr niarrled nnirgiinaticiilly. of coursi to the beautiful Mine. 11 ' - ' JTf i I'
S1 . i . ' lieaui lerc, with whom nc had lived for many years, did not Ql 1 , " ' ' , I il
' "r in the least deter the pi inei ss. who really loved the pretender. W f" I'i'iL jfc'j i U O
v , In spite of his being fat and over 40. l'rince lctor was anx- , . ' J , Vk-
l l.ULtS ri uCLIrfl 'ous for trie match on account of the ureal fortune to winch v .y5. - .
' ' ' '" 1 '".irtyr to state r. ,v.,.,s. but she will have t.. ,-h.mcr
I r i-bu-i ,,s 1,,. ,.,ti w-t I n"e other than a H-onan r.ithollc
prm. -i s- i .a shl, -tin- l . si,,- i,.,s been nblim-d to r nounoe,
the 1 t i ii. -. -l'.,ts, y f.m. i - s most Kit.l VrHz, the second son
of the k lis. i, who took a nre.it fancy to her on his last to
Knt! in, I.
O0a and tna Popular Beauties.
Two ,.f il,,- most opul.tr iinmarrl, d pniu-essi s are Olpa.
duiKhi-r of l1.. ,luke ot mull, Tland. who Is L'4. and rrlncess
I'.na of li.itt. iibuti:, who is not v, t L'o. Tin last named is
inite . it ,,i,l is .h.-itiiiiri; and un.ifT. . t.-d. and It Is a pity
tii.it -lie w:t ii, . , v.,,Uy be ,, Mii, ted In In r choice of a hus
1 ' I" h.in,-, s ,ii,- il, it l'tiie .ss lai.i will pi to some
l' ! ' !i. I" Kf.ltld ilU. '! file has spent ;not of her filrl-
1; 1 itli I-' ' ttftl-er the 1 "i in- .ss Henry of I ;.i t tcnburK, and
'" ' :1 1,1 ! il "in p. mi- ii on iiiotoiniK and yaehtmR
i xi -. .luiotis hh. has had the Koud times th.it unc plrl In a
f ie:U of tin.. 1, loth, is Is always sure to have, and as she
has j'lM iii.i,, (-,. r d.-but ii probibly will not be Ions b( fore
she H pi ovi.l. ,1 w l-.v - r
I Tin, t-sj i , . ii, t:.:t. d.uiphtcr of the duke of Cum-
b, -rl.ind ,u;, t. a in of tj:i. , n Alexandra. She is one of the
pr. mi. st piincissis in i:ut, ,,-. ..ind In a Kn.it favorite of
liu ii-.H . n. who fr. -luentlv writes f-ir her and her sisters to
coin,- up to Windsor castle to K about with h. r for Informal
dioppim; and for a p-m-r il k,,,1 time She was talked of for
the i-r.-wn i-iuii i- .if ii. tin my. but. si f ir as is known, she has
n i.rl-.-t I:, rln irt t.i anxb.idv. tlioiith sh.- N known as hav
I'1'! : "'"'l,- way - w' i,-'i is fet.-hltiK an I w '.i -li is decidedly
a c onn , to the snff rn en-, r of li. r sisiers
I i i rit s Tlm.i of ti-rm.uk. who is the daughter of the
crown inline, ha- more .r il,. ,,k of the puiish family and
of h.r aunt. i.,Mi. , ti AI, v.-imli i. .is -lie us. d to be. than has
filM-a. rnn.-ss Tl.yra. wh,. i n,,w :. was at one time near to
marrying the Grand Inike Tr. -1. i :. k of M, , hlinburg S-hw ci In.
5rVili-ii1 Kol-.rti?iu
before thl time, but restlveness Is shown in Spain at the mere
suggestion of any closer alliance with the house of Hapsburg.
to which the Trincesg Ludwtg belongs. Other Instances In
which the hands of the daughters of this family have even
been considered have been rare on account of the taint of in
sanity which has been In the blood for three centuries, and
Which has tu rn cultivated by repeated Intermarriage
Willrude Most Beautiful Princess.
The strain, however, which provokes Insanity lavishes
beauty and brilliancy upon those whom the curse misses, and
the next to the youngest In the family is considered th. most
beautiful princess in all Kurope. This Is Wiltrude, who is
now 21, and who, besides having absolutely perfect features
and wonderful dark ees. is gifted musically and Is a linguist,
a writer In a small way, and an athlete, skilled In riding,
fencing, and shooting, besides having other aecnmpli.-hmi nts
In spite of all this, there are no wooers, and Wiltrude promises
to be left stverely alone by royal matchmakers in the same
way that two of her older sisters have been
The l'rli.ctss Adelgonde is Id. and for the last four or five
years has been In dellca'e health, while II ildegarde. who is
three. years older than M trie, is not a beauty, but Is called the
"sunshine of the klngless court" nn account of her good
spirits and happy ways, which, by the way. are not a family
trait, melancholy being more In evidence Princess 11,1m
trude, who is only 111, looks like her sister Wiltrude, and prom
ises to be almost as beautiful.
Clementine in Wild Love Affair.
Clementine, the third daughter of King Leopold, Is one of
the older princesses, wajiose love affairs have kept everybody
around the throne of I'-cUlum in hot water Always docile in
other things, and the only one who could pi along with the
reprobate king. Clementine astonished lain by making up
her mind that she was going to hue Victor Napoleon The
Cud that the claimant of the t-'rench throne was already
lous for the match on account of the great fortune to which
Clementine will be the principal heir, but Leopold, who could
not afford to offend France, stopp. d the w hole thing and gave
his (laughter a separate palace, income, and retinue of her
own to buy her submission and breaking off the match.
The career of Princess Clementine has not been free from
tragedy, as she was once betrothed to the prince of Flanders,
heir presumptive to the li. lglan throne, who met a mysterious
death a few days before the engagement was to have been
announced. Just now the mother of the king of Saxony has
visited llelgium for the purpose of makinrr a match between
Clementine and her son. who is the latter cousin. It is the
king wh-j divorced his wife I - cause of her escapade with M.
C.Iron.
Louise heroine of Paris.
Among the remaining Catholic prim esses the one who Is
the most inn-resting, on account of her association with the
king of Spain. Is Louise Francois, daught. r of the late comte
de Paris and sister to Qu- en Amelia of Portugal. She is. three
years older than the king. I ut is known as a merry and good
nat tired princess, although a willful one when sin- chooses.
She is brave, and once saved the life of her brother, the duke
of Orleans, during a boar hunt. The boar attacked the duke
and wounded his horse, and the princess killed the boar by a
well directed shot The little act caught the enthusiasm of
the French i-eople, and Louise Is popular In Paris. The idea
of a French princess has bu n popular in Spain also, and she
was consl.brid seriously as a match for the boy king until
the idea of pi rhaps selecting a prim ess from Protestant coun
tries began to take form.
nfanfa Loves Her Midshipman.
The Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain also has a mind of
hi r own. and has contributid her share to the family dissen
sions. With the consent of her mother, she corresponded a
little while ago with Fringe Jenaro It.iurbon, a midshipman in
the Spanish navy, who Is the brother of the prince of Asturi.i.
hi r sister's husband When the iin-i n-motl.er went to Austria
recently Kniperor Franz Josef p. rsuaded her that the inf int.l
must look for a husband -limns the Austrian fciand dukes.
liei
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t7l70C-,? shr'i
Accordingly, upon her return to Spain, the regent trhd to
break the old engagement. The Infanta, however, lov-.1 he r
midshipman, and resisted her moth, r with a temper and de
termination that surprised everybody King Alfonso also
biu ked her up. and violent sceti. s occurred ill the pal ice. The
n Is doing In r utmost to furttu r h r ow n alms Mm pre-
0
Vnne&v.
i
v.nt.d Prince Jenaro from i
aboard the Nautilus on a r
Hons have lien, to say the
Infanta and her mother
The announci mi nt has just be
of the Ar huuohcss M ngu. lit-- M
ami-ng the list of her many nam- s
cousin. Prince limi m
King Leopold, and If the
one mne of the ties In which
'ompauyiug bis bi
nt trip, since whi,
ast of It. strained
ither
h time i .1 i .
between the
f ltavati... ill,'
encagem- ut
i n made of the engagement
nie. who also has Albertim
She is to marry her second
is the third son of
through it will m ik.
both sides are expos-d to
hereditary Insanity. The a rchduehess. who Is the daughter
the duke of Tuscany, 's a In autlful girl of and Is Infatuated
with hi r cousin and he with her, but between them they stand
in line for the Insanity of both the houses -if U.ivarl.i and the
Tuscany branch of the house- of II ap-buig.
.-
Patricia Scorns Spain's King.
idea that the Piimess Paul la would be a sun n.ie
or the king of Spain got abroad when th. .Ink- ..M '-m-
ami his daughters made a M.-ii t . Sp tin i
mty of the Priii. a .-s Pain. iii. who i- only
if the Spa ni-h populai e, a rid r, lunik.- a I
I qu.-. ii w lu ll r- ached th-
The match was proposed by li.-r grandmother. Queen Louise,
who was anxious to see la r favorite grand-l.nighti r happily
married, but after In r -b ath It was brok- n off. There are
other prim ss-s who are pretty but w ho ar,- matrimonially
r, -tiii-leil on account ..f belonging to small pi inclpalltles.
whi.-h d - s not make th rn populir with th, prim-, s of the
gleat
Pi ill.
are b
p'.w el s am
SS Sophie i
.th pretty
TI
.- prim
lib swig
it. h. -.
e ot II. r
ess -
I li.ht.
.11-- of
of Pr i
I still
if ( l..
girls,
oil. .1 .1
leb.H S thetu f lo'll
n bur g ami 1 'rim-e
and the Prim e-s
d lughler of t he
ordinary mat rltiiony,
sib rmlne of Iteusse
II, rtiiliii- is only pi.
late grand duke of
The
match f
naught
'I he bi a
Ilea Its I
lllt.-n.l. ,
earrian- w.n- of fi,,i,-.n oc. urn rn
wlun Alphoiis.i' msii, ,1 Cn.laml r. -tim
tly --Id in h-r 1- Inn ior towaids
Included in a party witti whi. h he vi
HS of '!...
e As a
.lill Pa
him. :.!.!
.it. d the .
ot h
I'l. i
.mil Ii.
- in ti
r- salt
I li.
- 1 1
als
Fr
Catholl
an per-
in. In l.-tigs to a family that makes good
h.r slst- t- being the wife -if the kaiser ami
nee Fr. deri-'k Leopold -if Prussia. Prilie.-ss
r. has 1., , ii -if a sua i.us turn of mind and has
.eieiv S' .- is mi authoress, and the kaiser is
i- vements in this line, (iossip has
with that of the divorced King
,y. hut as Saxotiv Is a hopi-h ssl
princess Is of th. strictest Luther
iv to come about.
f t i-
w i s . i , -
w In n
She
ii r i
iiira. how
, li-tle for -oeiety SI '
ciallv proud of li r a. h
as-oi in t- ,1 her na m
1. ri. k Aim-list of Sa..i
iri r . h v a ml t h
hi. It Is not I k.
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Beatrice Europe's Foremost Flirt.
Till Pi III. . -s H. a t I - -. d night er of the la te duke of I'd i 11
gh. I, is had more f il l..eis than have fallen to the share
nnv other Pi at . .-t ant prim ess. Ai on-- time the (Iraml
t,
mi nts were mad
to start gossip afiesh.
The truth is the Prin i
for two years been ib ply
the army who is also a r.a.il
turned tins affe,-tion with th--that
a mat-h was out of the -
t Inr well awa ft"in him s-,
in
' P,l t se . ' as
love v illi a
aid lb- camp,
gnate.-t ar-1.
pn-stion. N"
she is
-a t .In
The .
r, but
V the c
all-.l. I.
- i pi nn
,-l.,n, t
lioth I 11.
ipt.ii , h
! al . Ml- In
-. t t . I
.I.t.
el Of liils-i I
sh-- Wis r.
Who. Ilk- h
w i - .-. i i .hi sly Infa ! u a r e,l w ith her. and
.--it.. engaged to Prime Arthur of
.-is- If. is a grandchild of ejueeii Vic-
lei: e Infant :l
Jiltr.vtheruT
become I IILMg. ,
to the f i. t ll.al
hinted to him
.wn r ink.
I' Patricia do-
to a girl witli a large dowry iii,4 l.iMly
the duke ami dachess of Connaught -ti ngU
that he would better seek a bri-l.- of l,i.-
MI.IITV th.
nng Spar.i.-h king -h- will n-
IH
and
T -
ml-
-I 1
light l.
e. r th
is not
a n w . m
.nn.
I - I.
- -hi
t w
a 1 1 -.1 a
pi in- - '
-hove n a
iv a uni-.n
, has ...
M .. Ii .- I.
I es the III
' i - f ll,-n in love w ith the charms of
mass is young Waldorf Asb.r. who
s does If hi can get there. The
iv signs of returning his attach-
bet Willi the IVII Would he lmpOH-
itlwly nfusid to fall In love with
-,d de. lares that she will have nil
. n she o , s
t