Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-08
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= paragraph has been going the rourds q
the effect thai Alfonso, should not object 10
raging the debts owet by his gar an diSs6-
patel mamma, escsuse II she Isi not b-es
so unprinciple'i he might have been the -
OF her poor fsshle husband, inssssa OF =
what he II. This assumption shows a farr,e
o ignofance OF 90 temporaneoas history
quite wonderful In journalist. though nat
ural enough I'm one else. The truth j.. that.
~ Isabella hal guRiei her conduct by the
str5c, hue thst most iaficS follow. Alfoass
and hiS brother snd sisters would have be~0
deprived altogether Of she quest ionable hleSs-
Ing of mundane eNiStence
Most people have heard OF the sspantss
Mariisges, great Socio-political Intrigue
snd scandal OF the reign OF Louis Phillipe
int crafty old rat schenel 20 th.ow the
,ir,,,,s,, , sue Ion into his own smily
,nToush tne i'uc DE- hontpeni Ter. his fifth 500
lie wodld have married the Duo - . ueen Is
aoeila herself. then marriagcabIe. but this
ErS,ic,, a t,e 80 staring an attemPt % mako
rPIich th.uence predominate In spanish
mates. Neither the nel ghhoring ,,anarrs
ies nor The Spanish people would have hnrpe
~ moment What was tue next thing q
be done The infamous plot ,l,vissf -
tured, and carried out Wa a. follows Tns
Duo de Montpcnsier was married TO the
younger sister of the Queen. and the Ouee.
herself mated with her cousin, Frauca, "a a.
Slsis Marie Ferdinand. Duo Be Caiiy - ~
potent imbecile l.cIn whom no heirs wcse 10
lie expected. The remarks 81 tho Once,
mother (ChTStinsl ON the subject OF thia
marriage were very pointed. though scarcely
9uotahle. suffice a u say thal she com
aS OF such "A character - to provoka a toubf
- 20 his ma uhoOt. while her laurhter shs
S SllSW 20 Se al y VERY dtGescrt constitution.
Nevertheless, the double marriages were f.,r-
formed and carried out as far a. tho eharch
tnd the law could 60. Thus The Children ~
urS l'u nc &c Monipcnsl'r, the grantchildrea
81 Oils PHILIPPE. the cousins OF our friend.
The Iomtc dc Paris and the Buc a. Chartrss
siid Inc lephewS or niecUs Of Our friend die
IN Ii'sSe aS J"!aNllle were finally 10 come 10
An very fine, Mc>Sicurs Conspirators. A
| beautiful rlan-nothing could De more aStuis
IL not admirable, more notable n not noble
more Bourbon AZ noe heneEceat NOR, Or
leans IL not honest. There was one litfI. d.
I'm the structure, one weak link ga the chain.
~ was this. A party having a contingent in
t"rH>t m the bargain was not consulted IL
only this little defect had been r.neIiet tha
whole magnificent schcJne wouli have pros
leTcd, triuNphed, succeeded. passed into ths
uIwrittcn history and out 81 thc memory al
European kiUg-craft
The non-conSultrug party in interest -as
the young, buNOm, lovely bride. Isabella
queen Of spain. Almost a. SObn a. the nl.s
was conSummated nv the double MARRIAGE
anu ne subsequent developments, The young
Sonora tas ScnoritaN discovered n aud de-
Stroy"i ~. She few the track, kicked o.er
ttn traces. jumped the game. saw then, ali
ana went one better Her method WAS sir.
PIE, direct, and effective, and knorkaI fhs
pot higher than kite We can faucv ths
CONSERVATION n Paris. the Chuckling al
Lisbon, London, Berlin, Vienna 81 Peters
hurS, when the firSt interesting family news
| for Madrid found its way through tGe slow
ana tortuOuS channels by which intalltgtuc.
Travelled IN 1871. True, the Young lady ratbeT
oVerdid her part an the machine ana .bir,~
business, hut This extra zeal Is o. DC attribn-
ted To the enthusiasm Of youth. or som, Ola
! 'i cause unknown 80 any one bat herself Al
| any rate, Don Alfonso tut HI, hrpfbprs ,na
| sisters arrived in due am orderly succaSSipn
! anu, a. might hc Npectei, they are ola au.l-
| liy' I'm mind ana body, quite exceptional la
! the Spanish ROYAL linc-OF any other roval
| line. The marriage took place in Is4g m
| was some time between $40 and ESQ thai a
| spanish nooieman named SerranO was
| known as ~ great favOrita NJ court. II wa .
! l-5o mat child was born A. the palace, a %.
! who dlet Son after birth. In 1851 q daughtar
Wa born, who II still living. In 1852 another
! daughter was born, who died in 1854. In ISss
the queen suffered "A miscarriage, ana in fSsS
another, and finally. on EoVem Der Is 1871
was born Francisco Alfonso, the present
! hing OF SnalE. Fifteen years or 80 having
elapsed after Alfon>O's birth. Isabella l. driy-
eH from her much-abusei and very uncDrs-
1 Portable throne, and Spain becomes MONT
nally at leaSt,a Republic. During the troubles
OF blc turbulent epoch. some good aud true
! men came 10 the surface from time 20 time,
Tor instance, Prim and CASTELAR,. Bat Prin
was a>>'t>Sinatct, and CASTELAR, deIDS and
aIfsr many NiciSSitudcs one Sierra no become
| Prime Minister Of the Republic From that
| Time ipTMari events ShaDr themselves stead
| lily anu COn>i Ftpuuy toward the restoration
| OF the monarchy, AID they finally culmins-
| Alfonso.
one needs only 10 know the Facts the case
| 10 put this and that together" and see a.
| evident series OF events i'm the place OF The
| ooGrtier SerTanO i'm $50. the Iapuhlicas
| Minister SerranO ip 1870. and the rc,t bratioa
or The monarchy in la. The fathe.ly inter
eel or the old q .and"e in the young P,iuca ia
| beautiful and Instructive example of dis
! Interested loyalty, peihap-. But an Marie
| to-day, "A different construction Is PLACED on
/ the whole matter, and even yi,ofv' in Spafo
/ KNOWS That the Prime Minister prime iact
| has been the advancement of his own son
|