Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-14
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TAs Princes. Thyra and Hsr Duke.

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IsaR Princess Thyra at the ball
Hllcn last May by Lord Lyons.
- Came incognitO to Paris to
|1n9oo the opening of the ExAibi-
~. She IL smaller than the
{ <Ioooos Of Wales, and has more
: oxnotor. Some would call her
z&<fy, bat few could pronounce
r&st Of the face Is almost classically
REGULAR, but the chin protrudes
Ike Fattile. was struck with the
oooonce Of bloom In the complex
lol1B The anxious, worn expression
q the eyes, and the hardness OF the
lines about the mouth. The Prin-
eoos holds herself bolt upright.
ho aims at. being, i should
~, msjestic, aud succeeds
~ being stuck-up. The recol-
<1ootIon that she is sister to
( tbe future Queen of England and
Xupress Of Russia is, If am not
nIDtaken, ever present to her mind.
Her neck IL very long and very
slender, and requires the broad
band or velvet which the Princess
! Il Wales has made fashionable.
AZ Lord Lyons ball she wore
bluo silk dress, with canary colored
oeotfs, and . equare-cut corsage.
The porure of jewelry was In pearls
and turquoises, and OF remarkable
beauty. In q sealskin hat and jack
et with . high fur collar, the Prin-
cess Thyra appears to the most ad-
s vantage, particularly after . rapid
walk on . cold day. Itwillbe very
hard for her to keep up anything
spprosching to royal state in Eng.
Isnd, from lack Of money. The
Danish parliament is not disposed
g grant her the dowry which the
King, her father asks for her,
and the fortune Of the late
King Of Hanover, which was so
s Important when he went into ex-
~ was nearly all dissipated at the
tlne Of his death. George ". was
eonerous ~ he was obstinate.
H Whoever suffered for his sake and
z gtood In need of money was given
what he wanted. The Journals
which the prescribed monarch
1 started and subsidized to support
3 his claims wero ruinously expen.
sive. He lived like private gen.
tlemAn in many respects, In Paris;
but he was to the last q King
In the matter of q court because
The members of his household
followed him into exile. The
Queen Of Hanover and his children
ehrunk from explaining to him
how the part of his fortune invest.
I'd In England was melted away
Hike snow In the presence of the
Spring sun. Unless the Duke o.
Cumberland wa yes his pretentions
to the crown of Hanover and OBJ.
tains the sequestrated Guelph fund
and the Duchy of Brunswick, be
Will net have oven the $14, 900 q
year, the available residue of the
patsrnal estate, the two Princesses,
bis sisters, being ear,, entitled to q
fourth Of It. King Christian, Of
Denmark, before he came to the
throne, was worth $40, 400 q year,
~, 900 Of which was q pension from
the Gear, of whom he was O polit-
idAl 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
K smiled on the family since her
marriage, which helped to secure a
brilliant settlement to the Princess
Dagmar. The Princess Thyra,
who has been since her childh ood
In the enjoyment of aff1uence based
on . civil list. is the least fortunate
member ef the family. Perhaps
she will not be the least happy.
Every one who knows the Duke
Of Cumberland esteems and re.
spects him. He is very
fine man, and he would be
handsome If his nose had not
been broken and unskillfully
set. As to the Princesses, his sis
ters, they are young women Of al
most angelic virtues, artists to
( their fingers ends, and remarkable
for their beauty. They are now in
& the first bloom of youth. The Prn-
Gees Frederika, handsome blonde,
with q Saxe-Altenberg profile, re-
nounced marriage during her faith
er's lifetime. He, being blind, de-
pended on his daughters for COM
paDionship, and they devoted
themselves to him.-Puris Letter to
Ncso York Tribune.