The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-06 00:00:00

111 X ARCHDUCHESS ELIZABETH AND

QUEEN ISABELLA.
...Vetting from Paris on Sunday night, the Correspondent
"'tile Daily Telegraph says :
VhitecotnPanted by her mother, the Archduchess
;zabeth of Austria, the future Queen of Spain ar-
;IN here incognita at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.
,Aue augtust ladies were received at the station the
d'Orl6ana, by the Marquise de Molins, wife of
• a
Spanish Ambassador; by Count Kuefstein, the
Via,_torian Chargé d'Affaires, and the Countess Kuef-
rm ; end other persons of distinction. The Marquis
who was in another carriage, handed the
•mrchduchesses out of thfir own, and at the same
eafnnent the Countess Kuefstem presented them
Ith two superb bouquets of red and white roses.
the usual presentations had been made by the
ihfs'aajell Ambassador, the Princesses and a lady of
2°,nr drove to Meurica's Hotel, where apartments
t 7 peen retained for them. Queen Isabella, impatient
uee the affianced bride of her son, called on the
Aze
hduchesses at eight o'clock last evening, seem-
l.ed by the Mexcinis and Marquise D'Alta Villa,
at_ren as she entered the room the Archduchess
Christine advanced to meet her, and, falling on
NI• '
'Lees raised her hand to her lips. "On your knees
• 'ore Ine I" exclaimed the Queen, helping her to rise,
are You not the fiancée of my beloved son ?" She then
zrabraced her tenderly, and the Queen and the two
fpriniii ceases showed much emotion. In the conversation
ell ed dwhich most affectionate, the
ow ,an was
"'Lucile DI • Christine announced her intention
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a° • ev°tlng herself to her future husband, but of ab-
Etkla,„ ing entirely from politics. "I shall reign over
eaul with Alfonso," said she, "but I shall not govern.
• made this resolution when I saw him for the first
1;4 as my bethrothed, and I vow that I shall keep
J, Word. The Archduchess also begged Queen 15a-
i1744 to ge to La Granja for the wedding, and after
4411.0 besitation her Majesty consented to do so.
to ;;Ilag'it a charming girl," was the Queen's exclamation
4„:4ex' companion as she drove away, "how happy I
"4 that she is to be the wife of my son."

..lady Who lived for some time with the Archduchess
'P dins sends the following description of her to the Nem
reis Prase
be" The Archduchess Christina is not an imposing
~1412tY. She however, has that charm and graceful.
-*'4,B Which has won all hearts. The Archduchess has
Wall and slender figure and a loveable face, with
eYes, dimpled cheeks, and somewhat fair hair,
an attractive ensemble, small hands, almost
m la child's, and a silvery voice complete a graceful
t'.."-ure• The Archduchess has been educated under
e watchful care of her mother, to whom
!Lie deeply attached. She is as well acquainted
four foreign languages as with her own; i
e • e drew, and paints, mostly flowers, and s an
frcallent pianist. In Gsnunden, where the
aernily of
the Archduchess regularly passed the
etlelnier, the Archduchess occupied herself with wood
r"leg, under the tuition of a clever artist. Every
at she forwarded a number of warm garments, made
47, herself,to the poor children of Gmunden. The
,14. duchess is much attaehed to her former teachers
ernesses, and is full of kind attention and regard
for herattendants. Immediately on the arrival of a
aeffnaZ instructor on a visit the Archduchess will her-
fortt".4" footstools and cushions for her visitor's coin.
d ; and numerous are the occasions when the Arch-
•-ttelle" has be( n seen plodding her way down the steep
wooden 4-
lo 11.m138 in Gmunden to visit one of her. former
'aee. She yields without any contradiction to
ima- "Leh expressed by her teachers, best ever r difficult,
fret rejoices like a child when praised. She is perfectly
• in her politi • 1 views not in the least moved by
4-711influences'aand nev, er conceals her most decided
15athies. The young Archduchess was devotedly
ife..,„hed to her uncle, the Archduke Francis Charles
• 41nperor's father), and whenever he announced
A °otning from Ischl to Gmunden to dine with the
Zoliduchess and her mother the day was sure to be
eierPiteae a festival. The kind•hearted Archduke never
„`lecl any occasion of giving his dear Christa'
his—u.'re• When, two years ago (the last summer of
0011'9, the young Archduchess was hard at work
Istideictleg stamps for a poor young lady in Munich, who
Ic to Win a splendid Borsendorfer piano by collept-
R_ehttie.""uou of stamps, in return for which an English
ruao offered to give this piano, her uncle Francis
Ilaare les forwarded stamps to further his darling's wish.
sheeftog Archduchess, when seventeen years of age,
Er,ruzaanY tears when she waa informed that the
Laddror had selected her to be the Abbess of the
ceb:,..-_•1 Convent at Prague. It took a long time to
veence and persuade her that she had not to take the
go into the cloister, but that this was simply
of at all"' high honour and income, and that she vould
y ken:lent exchange it for the bridal veil."