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Albert of Belgium, the King Without a Country
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N entire royal family without
a borne, a King -without a -kingdom,
and be, Xing Albert
of Belgium, justly the most admired
and applauded of all living monarch!
' that la the most spectacular, and
oue cf the most pathetic, results of
the first three months of the European
war.
Like the humblest of bis subjects,
who tied from their homes at the
approach of the German army, King
.Albert was. driven forth and bis
country forcibly taken away from
iiim. Queen Elizabeth and ber three
young children were hunted from the
ro.val palace to Brussels, to another
P&iace in Antwerp, and then driven
to Beck safety for the children la a
foreign country England.
Queeu Elizabeth, no (more than
soldierly King Albert, was looking
for safety for herself. As soon as
ali hud pieced t". . children In sym
pathetic English keeping she hurried
buck to the little corner of Belgium
which the German had not yet con
quered, to cheer the King and the
remnant of bis army while they
iuM.lt their taut elaud upon their
native soil.
And all this hns happened to a
, King, a royal family and to an entire
ration through no fault of theirs.
The very nation that now occupies
Belgium is one of those which
promised to protect them against the
rulsfortuue that has overwhelmed
them.
While Kin;? Albert, without a
Icisfidani r ud 1J family tiomeleaa, re
main with the undaunted remnant
cf bla army at the battle front the
three Emperors and one President
v.hu mm! the war continue to live
lu luxury, surrounded with poinp,
ceremony and safety to their persons.
Although bis country Is held by
the enemy ond thousands of his peo
ple are starving refugees, Albert I
still a Klcgnd the head of a formal
government. AVbilt be is at the front
lighting with his Boldlers his min
isters nnil all the paraphernalia of
tho nominal Belgian Government are
established at Havre Belgium la the
tuest of Frau'e.
!t tii i.frrauD.v punihee King
Alivrt and the whole Belgian natlou
for having denied bim the . con
vu'.iure of turtiln,; their country into
a ji'rniHn ramp, France offers them
not only liniltleKM hospitality, but ac--'alms
Albert as the kingllent of
nnwlem tvmutuvhs. In Paris It Is re
ported that the heads of ancient
noble families, who have never be
come reconciled to the Idea of a
French Republic, would welcome King
Albert to a French throne built on
the pattern of that of the Bourbons.
It la natural that sympathy should
pour out most freely to homeless
Queen Elisabeth and ber children.
This royal family Is closer to the
people than any other. Both the King
and the Queen are more than royal
they are enthusiastic, and well
trained workers. Elisabeth is the
daughter of the late Duke Karl Tbeo
dor of Bavaria, who w,as a distin
guished oculist The Jfelglan Queen
herself studied medicine and holds
her degree of M. D. One of ber first
acts after her marriage to King Al
bert was to found In Brussels a dis
pensary for the treatment of poor
consumptives, to which she never
ceased to devote her personal serv
ices. he is a most accomplished
housewife as well as a celebrated
patron of art and letters. In reeog
nitlon of all these solid attainments
Ills Holiness the Pore conferred
upon ber the jealously restricted
Order of the Golden Rose.
As the Belgian Queen, while he
boom of German guns sounded In her
ears, was leaving the royal palace at
Brussels to accompany the King and
his Government to Antwerp, she was
photographed with ber three children.
All over Belgium other mothers aud
their children were figuring In a
similar scene. Undoubtedly In future
yea,ra that photograph wilt have
extraordinary Interest for the chll
dim of Albert and Elizabeth.
The eldest la Prince Leopold, Duke
of Brabant aged twelve. Ills
brother. Prince Charles, Count of
Flanders, Is ten years old. Their
sister, Princess Marie Jose, Is eight
All are sturdy, hnndsome children,
who already show the results of their
mother's training In the practical
things of life, as well as la literature
and music. The Crown Prince Is
sit Id to have real (musical talent,
playing violin duets with his mother
with excellent taste and execution.
' These are rather serious-minded
royal children, as Is. natural con
sidering the solid attainments of
their parenta. Since Albert came to
the throne the spirit of frivolity has
been absent from the Belgian court
Early In his ret. in the King set his
face against gambling, and wben the
Queen turned her influence against
the tiingo and other modern society
dances tie heartily supported her.
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Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, Who Stays with Her Husband
at the Battle Front
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The Royal Family Now Without a Home, Photographed in Front of the
Palace at Brussels. From Left to Right t Crown Prince Leopold,
Aged Twelve; Pruice Charles, Aged Ten; Queen Elizabeth,
and Princess Marie Jose, Aged Eight. The Children
Are Cared For in. England
King and Q'ueen whose hearts were
more set on peace and the peaceful,
prosperous development of their
country than King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium, who have suf
fered more by war thrust upon them
than any other royal couple In all
history. Almost from the moment
when he was sixteen years old. that
fate called bim to future kluwhlp,
Albert bgan preparing himself for
that responsibility In the most
thorough snd practical way;
In his early boyhood he had no
expectation of ever being called to
tbe throne. The heir apparent was
his father, King Leopold's brother,
and there was an belr presumptive,
bis elder brother, Prince Baldwin.
Albej-t'e brother died first, and la
1SU1 the death of his father, the
Count of Flanders, cleared but own
way to the throne,
v Up to that time Albert had re
ceived no training in klngcrsrc Now
he went to work with euercy to over
come that deficiency. He passed
through the Belgium military school,
entered the army and was rapidly
promoted. Ia the men n time he went
almost dally to tbe Foreign Ottice to'
learn diplomacy. It was character
istic of bim to combine this study
with hard reading and practical ex-
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The Belgian Queen and
Marie Joser When the Latter
Was a Baby
perience In sociology. Ko kind of
knowledge ' that bore upon the in
terest of his country and it j people
did he neglect.
By the time he reached bis ma
jority King Leopold's activities In the
Congo had produced results in the
way of atrocious treatment of the
natives that made a world scanda1.
Much to the King's displeasure be
made a visit to that country, Investi
gating the conditions thoroughly.
One of his first cares on succeeding
to the throne In 1009 was to institute
reforms there that' were so much
needed.
A year before his accession Princs
Albert came to this country, where
be was a most Indefatigable student
of our Industrial methods. He spent
some weeks in the steel mills of
Pennsylvania. He was unattended
save by a physician and a Belgian
army officer. His manners were as
democratic as possible; be mixed
with captains of industry and arti
sans with
equal ease.
:aklng valuable
lessons from
both. When
be went home
he carried with
him a more
accurate
knowledge of
our commer
cial, resources
than any but
native experts .
have.
A few years
before his se
cession to the
throne he
travelled ex
tensively 1 n
Europe. In
Bavaria he met
the daughter
of the scien
tifically fam
ous Duke The
odore. She
was not beau
tiful, but her
tastes were
thorough and
artnni 1 I V a
Princess his .own. It
wss a love
match. They
were mar
Tied shortly.
During the next few yesrs they
roamed all over Europe, and even In
the East, accompanied only by a maid
and a courier, always mixing with
the people and studying their needs.
When Albert came to the throne
THER
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iHEnn is a martial trend to the De
Muber full moon, which rules tbe
firct half of the month, with the
luminaries unfavorably related by aspect
to that phinet. This opposition is likewise
in affliction with the place of Uranus in
tbe Government horoscope. : t
This H cot a propitious figure, though
rot i'Lout some favorable features. '
Sarura opposes 'the midheavea, thus af
fectliig in eo.'ua dinagreeabla manner the
affu'rs of Btate, hoth national aud local.
M-.er the New Moon cn the 16ih, Death
- Lis way down the corridors of the
' ;'iol, bs indicated by link position of
J. ; urn.
t?l!c'i the I'.tii iilai Interests In
' ''.sy of lires aid acclJeists, and a
t . u uctlve cocCarratija Is j.ulte probable
What December Has in Store for s as Foretold by the St
appeared to. be no breakers
ahead. In bis, first speech from the
throne he said: ' ' x
"We must continue our unshakable
attachment to constitutional liberty
and the love of Independence, and
thus bold sacred our patrimony
while advancing toward the peaceful
conquests in the fields of labor and
science."
No one in tbe kingdom was more
faithful in setting that example than
were the new King and Queen. Th?y
had no fear that quarrels between
their powerful neighbors would dis
turb the peaceful progress of their
country, for Belgium was assured by
treaty with all of them of all the
advantages of neutrality.
That treaty was tbe now famous
"scrap of paper" which the German
Kaiser tore up when King Albert, in
sisting on respect for its provisions, .
refused permission to tbe German
armies to pass through bis domain
into Prance. Otherwise those armies
would first haye to demolish all the
strong fortresses on tbe French
frontier. This permission being re
fused, the Kaiser proceeded to smash
the strong fortresses of Belgium, and
the Belgians, In spite of signed
pledges of neutrality, became the Ct
victims of the war declared between
Germany ond France. How tbey
fought against those tremendous odds '
and are sttH fighting against all
hope has won for them the admira
tion of the civilised world. 1
King Albert himself is often in th
trenches with bis men. splashed wit!;
mud thrown up by German shells,
like them often lacking the ordinary
comforts of life. Only a few week(
ago. when his soldiers protested
against their monarch taking suet
risks, be said to them: , '
"My skin Is of no more value to tnj
country than is yours. My plsce il
on the firing line."
No one knows better than does
King Albert that if Germany wins in
this war Belgium as a nation will
ceano to exist. Along with part of
France it will become part of the
Germsn empire. But be also knows
that France and England and Russia,
too are making common cause with
him. nnd I hat Tithe allies win bis
Belgium wlil become a greater Bel
glum thin ever before. .
So Albert may not continue to be
A Klnt; without a country, nor. the
Belgian royal family a family with
out a noaie.
along our wharves. This arbiter likewise
bears unfavorably upon the scientific and
religious worlds. Deaths In financial cir
cles are aUo noted, including that of a
prominent woman of wealth.
School buildings, theatres an5 hotels are
Jeopardized, through fire or falllDg walls.
Danger attaches to females In the first
half of the month in the Eastern and
Middle States. t
There will be extreme cold at opening
of the month, more particularly about the
4th and 5th, attended by electrical storms
in southern sections, and devastating phe
nomena in the North and Fast. A .more
plt!arit atmosphere la promised for the
11th, unde a Hun Jupiter aspect. ' Tnls Is
followed by tuten&e cold, which will be
noted particularly near the 16th, and strll
ars
more so between tbe 20th and 26th, when
there will be billiards, under a Saturn
regime. The close or the month Is less
tempestuous. ,
Specific incidents may be expected on or
near tha following dates: - ,
December 1A marriage in legislative
circles is solemnised with great pomp.
December 8 A period for conflagrations,
and Ore-fghters much hampered through
accidents. One of these will be along the
water front; another on a coastwise ves
sel. A railroad casualty also probable
about this time.
December 11 The elevation of some one
to a csbluet position or the diplomatic ser
vice. Foreign relations much benefitted,
and no eause for apprehension in this re
spect during the month. Legislation af
fecting Wall Street probable.
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December 14 Some Important electrical
improvements announced; perhaps some
development in wireless telephony.
December 19 A theatre or hotel fire.
The criminal underworld will be unusually
active.
December 21 Unusually rigorous
weather, and many cases of suffering will
be reported. Tbe death of a statesman
threatened, as well as that of a prominent
actor.
December 25 Peculations la financial
institutions will come to light; also a so
table forgery case.
The mighty .Jove smiles benignly this
month upon those born in 1843, Spring of
1847. 8prlng or Summer of 1851; Winter or
Spring of 1S55. 1869, 18t3 and 1864; Win
ter or 1867 and 1870. FaU of 1874 and 18S0.
Winter of 1885. Fall of '18S8.' 187, 1839
and 1898; or in the second week of Feb
ruary. April. June. October or December
of any year. Favors will come to them
unsolicited, and any opportunity must not '
be neglected. Women bora in the second
week of February or June will receive of
fers of marriage.
Quite the opposite will befall those born
In the Fail o' '841. Winter of 1849, Fail of
1852. Sum &,,! of 1855, Spring of 185(1.
Spring of 1870; Summer of 1874, 1877 and
1885, or Winter of 1900; or if near the
:0th of March. June, September or De
cember of any year. A crystallised condi
tion surrounds the affairs of these natives.
Health and business must be safeguarded
and treachery and secret enmity avoided.
Very erratie Influences will prevail this
month if bora In the last ten days of Jan
uary or at tha close of April, July or Oc
tober. Business men will have unexpected
difficulties, and the fair sex will suffer
domestic, or affectional grievance Un
man ltd women will be unduly impulsive,
and may expect lovers' quarrels. All these,
natives must avoid changes or Journeys.
The first day of December IS a favorable
anniversary for actors, artists, musicians
or-o'ealers in ornaments or wearing ap
parel. The 11th and 19th are good for
bankers and business people generally; the '
11th to 14th show pleasant promises for
the coming year. If born on the 4th. 6th,
20th or 21st of December, expect bereave
ment, 111 health and business losses. Ac
cidents or feverish complaints are in store
tor those whose natal day comes between
the 23d and 26th. inclusive. The closing
days of the month are good and an favor-'
able' aanlvev,-
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