The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-30
Princess Thyra and her Duke.

[ saw Princess T"yra at the ball CIV
en- last May by Lord Lyons. She came
incog,ito to Paris to witness the open
ING OF the Exhibition. She is smaller
than the Princess of Wales, and has
mere character Some would call her
pretty, hut few could pronounce her
graceful and gracious. the upper part
of the face is almost classically regular,
but the chin protrudes like pattile. !
was struck bv the absence OF bloom III
the complexioil, the anxious, worn cX-
preston Of the eyes. and the hardness O:
the lines about the month. The Piin-
cess holds herself bolt upright She
aims at being, 7 should say. majestic,
and succeeds in being stuck up. The
recollection that she is sister to the
future Queen Of England and Empress
of Russia is, if am not mistaken, ever
present te her mind. Her neck is long
and slender, and requires the broad band
of velve. which the Princess of Wales
has mad< fashionable. At Lord Lyons
ball she wore a blue silk Dress with ca
nary celered scarfs, and asquarecut cor
sage The parure of jewelry was in
pearls ac,d torquises. and of remarkable
beauty. In seaskin hat and jacket
aGld high fur collar. the Princess Thy
ri appears IL most advantage, rarticu-
larv after Il rapid walk on II cold day.
1t will he 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 dowrt which the King,
her fath-r. asks for her, and the fortune
Of the late kiug of Hanover, which was
so imrortan, when he first went into cX-
lie, was nearly al dissi patcd at his death
George V. was generous rs he was oh
stinate. Whoever suffered for his sake
and was in need Of money was given
what he wanted. The journals which
the ploscribed monarch started and sub
sidized TO support his claims were ruin
ously expensive. He lived like Il private
gentleman in many respects in Paris
but he was to the last u X ing in the mat
ter ci a court, because the members ct
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 melted away like snow in the pres
cnce OF the Spring sun. Unless the
Duke Of Cumberland valves his pref en-
\ tions ,o the Crown OF Hanover and Oh
eins the scqu-s,rated Guelph fund and
Nc Duchv Of Brunswick, he will not
have even the $ 1000 ycar--thc avail
able residue of the paternal estate, the
two Processes. his sisters, being ear!,
entitled to fourth of it. King Chris
tian ot Denmark, before he came to the
throne, was worth $40, 40Oa year, -, 900
OF which was pension from the Gar,
of whom he was political agent before
and. indeed, after the crown OF Den
mark was settled on him by the treaty
OF London. The Princess of Wales was
brought up to make her own bonncts
and clear-starch her collars Fortune
has smiled on the family since her mar
ruage, which helped Ia secure IA brilliant
settlement to the Princess Dagmar. The
Princess Thyra, who has been since her
childhood in the enjoyment Of affiuenee
based Oh civil list is the least fortunate
member of the family Perhaps she will
not be the least happy. Every one who
knows the Duke Of Cumberland esteems
and respects him. He lis very fine
man, and he would be handsome if his
nose had ROT been broken and unskill-
fully set. As to the Processes, his sis
ters, they are young women OF almost
angelic virtues, artists to their fingers
ends, and remarkable for their beauty
They are Cow in the first bloom OF
youth. The Princess Frederick, hand
some blonde, with t. Saxe-Altenberg pro
NJ, renowned marriage during her faith
er's lifetime. lie being blind depended
on his daughters for colnpanionship, and
they devoted themselves to him. Paris
Letter to New York Tribune.