, 1873-04-06

Of the adventures OF two American ladies in
Denmark, one Of whom. Miss Ray, Of Boston,
WAS married some time since to tho Prince Of
Schlesweig- -Holstein~Noer and Vas therefore q
Princess aud member OF the royal family, OF
Denmark. Being Princess, and, better than
that, Yankee, she determined to have all the
rights appertaining to her position. The Prince
died shortly after marriage, and the wido" was
refused recognition by tho royal family as one
OF it's members. She was living in superb
style, in one Of the finest houses in
the city, with plenty Of money and
B-u, vely handsome and charming yonng
lady, who had also had An affair Of the heart,
having been engaged to be married to Count
Rantzow. She broke OF the engagement, how
ever, in a very abrupt manner, whereupon the
Count sued her for breach OF promise, which
suit is still pending. One wonld naturally sup
pose that q dashing young widow sorrowing for
Prince, and an equally dashjng young maiden
cordially detesting Count, living together, i'm
parting confdences, both free as air, having
plenty OF money and nothing to do but to spend
it, ought to be supremely happy. But such ia
the perversity Of the female. ae1, that
the Princess was not happy. There
is nothing to show that ehe.. ".
specially overcome by the death o. the
Prince, but the thorn in her side was that ska
couldn't run into the royal household and make
morning calls, and chat with the scions Of
royalty On the Copenhagen bonnets and latest
Court gossip. Being aplucky American woman, and
in her own estimation least as good any Dane,
she brought suit against the King Of Denmark,
in the nature Of mnndanastst to compel him to
admit her claims. Tho Supreme Court Of that
country, On the LIST Of March last, rendered q
decision against her, on the ground that, when
she married the Prince Of schleswig- -Holstein-
Noer, the marriage did not confer upon her
the rank Of Princess in the royal house. and
that, not being Princess Of the blood, she could
only obtain the rights and privileges Of the roy
al family by decree Of the King.
Having thus checked the widow, tho King
ordered police officer to call upon her and ex-
act written pledge from her that she would no
longer molest the royal family, and thst she
would cease calling herself 3 Danish Princess.
4 acano followed. Mrs. sch1eswig- -Ho1stein-
Noer-Ray, Of Copenhagen and Boston, flew INTO
Berserker rage. Her Yankee blood Was up,
likewise her Danish determination, and she in
formed the policeman, in choice but concise
Danish, that abe shouldn't do anything
OF the kind. She should continue 70 assert her
rights regardless OF consequences. The officer
informed her that the consequences would be
very unpleasant, "a his instructions were to re-
move her from Copenhagen and send her across
the Danish frontier il she didn't quit playing
Princess. This was only adding fuel to the
flame. She would like to eee the King OF Dem
mark or any OF his menials lay hands upon her,
tho widow Of the Kings cousin, aud, as II to In
vite an operation Of this sort, she solemnly
swore that she would never leave Copenhagen Of I
her own accord. Having thus thrown down
the gauntlet to the Court, she politely
bowed the officer out Of her apart
ments, and retired to confide her gricfs !
to her friend, the charming Miss B--w. The
King of Denmark, being practical sort OF man,
and witha1 Obstinate registered m oath that she
should go, and instructed tho police to carry
out hia instructions. After consulting with her
lawyer, the Princess decided that discretion was
tie better part Of 7a1or, aud quietly left Tor
Lisbeck, q German seaport on the Baltic.
There is an episode in the story which Ia even
more amusing than the rnge Of the Princess.
The charming Miss B-w was no child. Her !
friend the Princess having been snubbed !
by the Danes, she determined to get even |
with them, and at the same time to revenge the |
widow. The Danish Court, in which tho breach
ot-proHlise suit was pending, had ordered her |
not to leave Copenhagen while the suit vaa |
pending. She snapped her fingers in the face |
of the Danish Court, and when the widow left |
for Lisbeck, all forlorn, the charming Miss D-w
went with her, leaving the 1uckless Count Rant
zow to pay all the costs Of his suit, and nurse
his damaged feelings alone. The King rot
ahead Of the widow, and the widows friend got |
ahead of the Count and the Court.
There is double moral which adorns this ve-
4hG4oA9 kAAe411sa4 6A46 H4O hIe uOt content
to espouse Republican Smiths and Browns, but
have aspirations towards royalty, and are dazzled
with the sheen of princely tiaras and jewels,
eAould be careful how they. marry Danish
Princes, who are blase enough to bs counted as
poor risks By Life insurance agent. They
should select healthy specimens Of royalty only,
Is Boston widow, after the Princes death, is
only Boston widow, nothing more; can
not sport her title and faunt her robos
n tho facea u her transatlantic sisters
'annot take her sewing and run over
md spend the day with her royal cousins.
Daniah royalty don't strike in, and the game Of
Copenhagen is soon played out. There is also
lint to Danish Counts to beware how they go
lirting about With American bellies, as the latter
NOV thing or two. Count Rantzow, rejecting
lpon his adventures with the charming Miss
Nv, and rejecting upon the transformers Of
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