The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-29
THE DUKE or CUMBERLAND.
A Royal Couple That VIII Not Have Much
To Live On.
New York Tribune.l


l saw Princess Thyra at the ball given last
May by Lord Lyons. She came incognito to
Paris to witness the opening OF the exhibi-
ton. She is smaller than the Princess OF
Wales, and has more character. Some would
call her pretty, but few could pronounce her
face is almost classically regular, but the chin
protrudes like PATHS. / was struck with the
absence Of bloom In the complexion, the anx-
ious worn expression OF the eyes, and the
hardness OF the lines about the mouth. The
princess holds herself bolt upright. She aims
at being, should say, majestic, and sue
ceeds In being stuck-up. The recollection
that she is sister to the future Queen OF Eng
land and Empress OF Russia is, II l am not
mistaken, ever present to her mind. Her
neck is very long and very. slender. and
requires the broad band of velvet
which the Princess OF Wales has made
fashionable. At Lord Lyons ball
pdrawe OF jewelry was in pearls and tur-
quoises, and OF remarkable beauty. In q
seal-skin hat and jacket and high fur col
lar the Princess Thyra appears to most adj
cold day. 1t will be very hard for her to keep
up anything approaching to royal state In
England from lack Of money. The Danish
Parliament is not disposed to grant her the
dover which the King, her father, asks for
her, and the fortune Of the late King Of Ham
over, which was 50 important when he went
into exile, was nearly all dissipated at the
time Of his death. George Y was generous
as he was obstinate Whoever suffered for
his sake and stood In need OF money was
the prescribed monarch started and SUBJ
sidized to support his claims were ruinously
expensive. He lived like a private gentleman
in many respects, in Paris; but he was to the
the members OF his household followed him
INTO exile. The Queen OF Hanover and his
children shrunk from explaining to him
how the part OF his fortune invested
In England was melting away like snow
In the presence OF spring sun. Unless the
to the crown OF Hanover and obtains the Sc
Questrated Guelph fund and the Duchy Of
Brunswick, he will not have even the $14 600
year-the available residue OF the paternal
each entitled to fourth OF it. King Christian,
Of Denmark, before he came to the throne,
was worth $40, 400 year, 81, 600 OF which were
a pension from the Gar, OF whom he was a
political agent before, and, indeed, after the
crown Of Denmark was settled on him by the
treaty OF London. The Princess OF Wales
was brought up to make her own bonnets and
clear starch her collars. Fortune has smiled
on the family since her marriage, which help
ed to secure brilliant settlement to the
has been since her childhood In the enjoyment
OF an affuence based on civil list. Is the
least fortunate member OF the family. Per-
haps she will not be the least happy. Every
one who knows the Duke OF Cumberland es-
teens and likes him. He Is q very fine man,
and he would be handsome II his nose had not
been broken and unskillfully SET As to the
Princesses, his sisters, they are young
women OF almost angelic virtues, artists to
their fingers ends, and remarkable for their
beauty. They are not In the first bloom OF
youth The Princess Frederika, handsome
blonde, with SAKE Altenburg profile, re-
nounced marriage during her fathers life
time. He being blind depended on his daugh-
ters for companionship, and they devoted
themselves to him.