The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-15
MISCELLANY.
THE EMPRESS OF:AUSTRLA.


is the youngest laughter of Duke Maxi
milan Joseph of Bavaria, and the sister
OF the ex-queen Sophia Of Naples.
Francis Joseph was to have been afianc-
ed TO the Princess Sophia, to make &C
quaintance with whom he went to make
a visit to his uncle's castle at Possenhoff-
en-, where his four young lady cousins
had been born and Brought up: The Prin-
cess Elizabeth, then in her sixteenth year
and remarkably beautiful, was not to have
been allowed to see the young emperor,
both because on account Of her youth
she was not supposed to be ''out''-and
also because being much handsomer than
her sisters, the willy duke desired to Sc
cure his imperial nephew for his elder
daughters before the former shall have
been allowed to catch sight of the young
est, as he felt very sure that the hand Of
such beauty as she promised to be would
be sought far and wide W hen it should be
young lady was told that she was to stay
with her governess, and not to presume
to show herselfin the drawing dur
ing the visit of the Austrian cousin. But
being lively, spirited, and brimful of GU
riosity to see the youthful emperor. who
had so suddenly succeeded to the troubled,
but brilliant crown of Austria, the Prin-
cess Elizabeth contrived to give her at
tendants the slip, and to hide herself in a
corridor, along which the imperial guest,
who had arrived an hour before, and was
dressing for dinner in the rooms set apart
for his reception, would have to pass in
going to the banqueting hall. As the
young sovereign passed along this corri-
dor the princess, who was watching for
him, sprang out of her hiding place, laugh
ing at the success Of her manmuvre, and
crying gaily, Cousin Franz! Cousin
Franz! 1 wanted to sec you; and they
wouldn't let me, and so hid myself here
to see you go BY" 1t appears that
cupid's bow, so innocently shot ffby the
merry girl, who had no thought beyond
the qualification Of her curiosity to see
the grand young cousin, whose quality as
an emperor had excited her Imagination,
went strait"2to the mark. The young
emperor fell over head and cars in love
with the young and beautiful vision that
had presented itself so unaffectedily be-
fore him. What passed between the two
young people has never TRANSFERRED but. a
few minutes later. the imperial guest enter
ed the drawing.roo,n with his Dung coasin
on his arm, and presented her to the
amazed circle of relatives and courtiers
who were Awaiting his appearance as ''the
empress Of Austria, my engaged wife. -
. The anger of tho elder sisters is said to be
quite lively, as was, perhaps, quite nat:
ural under the circumstances. The young
princess dined that day in the banquetinf
hall, seated beside ''Cousin Franz sc
suddenly metamorphoscd into her 'sim
perial sponse; and the duke, though
vexed for his disappointment Of his eldest
daughter, had at least the satisfaction oil
having this splendid match secured 70,
his youngest. The marriage took
place when the princess had reached the
mature age Of sixteen, and all her hus
bands subjects we're enchanted with he1
youthful beauty and'her remarkable
grace and kindness.
A Partisan correspondent gives some
additional gossip concerning the Empress
Elizabeth: We are not, after all, to bf
permitted to catch glimpse of the fail
Empress Of Austria, though she did: pas:
through Paris few days ago. About 6
thousand people went to the railway sta
ton to see her come in, but the lovely
Elizabeth at the last, moment quietly
changed her destination and came into
Paris by another route, thus disappoint
ing the eager crowd Of sight-seers. Sht
is we'll worth looking at, is this fairest O.
royal ladies, though she is thirty-eig CHI
years of age and possible grandmothe,
besides. | saw her at Vienna ten wears
ago; she then looked about twenty
slender as reed and graceful as deer
with the loveliest dark eyes in the worlc
and su h a proinsion of dark, silky hal,
that it fell, coil upon coil, from under he,
coquettish little hat, only retained by the
meshes of fine silk hair.net. Her STYLE
and elegance were indispensable, far ex
ceeding, to my mind, the more artificial
graces of the Empress Eugene. She
dresses very simple now, it IS said
usually black, grey, or lilac, never having
worn any gay colors since the death Of
her eldest daughter, several years ago
Her manners are marvelously sweet ant
winning, and she is as popular as she il
beautiful. Truth compels me to state
that it is currently reported that sh.
henpecks her imperial spouse unmerci
fully, and that he, like wise man, sub
mits to her dominion.
When she first arrived at the imperia
court she gave immense offense to he
naughty mother.in.law, the Archduches
Sophia, of evil memory, by insisting up
on going out walking (think of profanity
the sacred feet of the Empress Of Austri