Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-11
MARRYING FOB POSITION.
The sorrows of an American Prhn
cess-Ups and Downs Of Two Van
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| The sorrows of an American Prhn-
cess-Ups and Downs Of Two Van.
kee Girls.
Recent Copenhagen papers contain the
details Of the adventures OF two American
ladies' IN Denmark, one of whom, Miss Ray,
| of Boston, was married some time since to
the Prince of Schlsswig Holstein- Noer,
and was therefore Princess and menu
Der of the royal family of Denmark. Being
a Princess, and, better than that, a ankee,
she determined to have all the rights
appertaining to her position. The
Prince died shortly after marriage, and
the widow was refused recognition by the
royal family as one of its members. She
was living in superb style in one OF the finest
houses in the city, with plenty of money
and servants, and had for 2 companion
Miss By, very handsome and charming
| young lady, who had also had an affair OF
the heart, having been engaged to be mar
| ried to a Count Rantzow. she broke OIL
the engagement, however, in very abrupt
manner, whereupon the Count sued her for
breach of promise, which suit is still pend
ing. One would naturally suppose that a
dashing young widow sorroWihg for . prince,
and an equally dashing young maiden cor
daily detesting count, living together, i'm
parting confidence, both free as air, having
plenty of money and nothing to do but to
spend 1t, ought to be supremely happy.
But such is the perversity of the
female sex that the princess was not
happy. There is nothing to show
that she was specially overcome by the
death of the Prince, but the thorn In her
side was that she couldn't run into the royal
household and make morning calls, and
chat with the scions of royalty on the Cop
enhagen bonnets and latest court gossip.
Being plucky American woman, and in
her estimation at least as good as any Dane,
she brought suit against the King of Dem
mark, in the nature of maddamus to
compel him to admit her claims. The Su-
preme Court of that country, on the LIST
of March last, rendered 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 a Princess in the royal house, and that,
not being a Princess of the blood, she could
only obtain the rights and privileges of the
royal family by decree of tho King.
Having thus checked the widow, the
King ordered police officer TO call upon
her and exact written pledge from her
that she would DO longer modest the royal
family, and that she would cease calling
herself Danish Princess. A scene fol-
lowed. Mrs. Scheswig- Holstein-N oer-Ray,
of Copenhagen and Boston, few into a
Berserker rage. Her Yankee blood was
up, likewise her Danish determination, and
she informed the policeman, in choice but
concise Danish, that she shouldn't do any
thing of the kind. She should continue to
assert her rights regardless Of consequences.
The officer informed her that the conse-
quences would be very unpleasant, as his
instructions were to remove her from Co
penhagen and send her across the
Danish frontier If she didn't quit playing |
Princess. This was only adding fuel to |
the flame. She would like to see the King |
of Denmark or any of bis menials lay |
hands uron her, the widow of the Kings |
cousin, and as if to invite an operation of |
this sort, she solemnly swore that she |
would never leave Copenhagen of her own |
accorl. Having thus thrown down the |
gauntlet to the court, she politely bowed |
the officer out of her apartments, and re- |
tired to confde her griefs 20 her friends, the
charming Miss B-w. The King of Den |
mark, being a practical sort of man, and |
withal obstinate, registered an oath that /
she should go, and instructed the police to |
carry out his instructions. After consult I
ing with her lawyer, the Princess decided
that discretion was the better part Of valor, /
and quietly left for Lisbeck, German sea-
port on the Baltic.
There is an episode in the story which is
even more amusing than the rage of the /
Princess. The charming Miss B-w was |
no child. Her friend the Princess having |
been snubbed by the Danes, she determin- |
ed to get even with them, aud at the same
time to revenge the widow. The Danish
Court, in which the breach Of promise suit
was pending, had ordered her not to leave
while the suit was pending.
She snapped her fingers in the face of the
Danish Court, and when the widow left for
Lisbeck, all forlorn, the charming Miss
B-w went with her, leaving the luckless
Count Rantzow to pay all the costs of his
suit, and nurse his damaged feelings alone.
The King got ahead of the widow, and the
widows friend got ahead of the Count and
The court.
There is double moral which adorns
his veracious tale. American girls who
are not content to espouse Republican
Smiths and Browns, but have aspirations
,oWards royalty, and are Gazzled with the
sheen of princely tiaras and Jewels, should
be careful how they marry Danish Princes,
who are bLase enough to be counted as poor
risks by life insurance agent. They
should select healthy specimens of royalty
only, as Boston widow, after the Princes
lesth,is only Boston widow, nothing more;
cannot sport her title and faunt her robes in
he faces of her transatlantic sisters; cannot
AXE her sewing and run over and spend
he day with her royal cousins. Danish
loyalty don't strike in, and the game of
is soon played out. There is
also hint to Danish Counts to beware
now they go flirting about with American
bellies, as the latter know a thing or two.
Count Rantzow, rehscting upon his adven-
lures with the charming Miss B-w, from
Americs, is an instance in point. What
Miss Ray knows about royalty is fairly
matched by what Count Rainbow knows
about Republicanism.