Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-28
Her Majesty of Austria.


 fully qualified to receive the decoEation of the Legion of Honor.
 Her Majesty of Austria.
 Failure to Call on President Grevy-CAIIs
 He Has Made on Her-DIsIike of POlit ics
 and Of the Air nd Light at Courts-Her
 Father and the Dogs He Gave His
 DauGhters.
 Paris Letter to the Pail Mall GazettsI
 On entering office the President Of the re- public resolved never to let anger dominate him in the exercise of his public functions. The force of this elf-imposed law was tested during the recent sojourn at the Hotel Bris- tol of the Empress of Austria There are cogent reasons why France should keep on good terms with Austria NJ Grevy was ad- vised last week by NJ de Freycinet, and prompted by his own feeling and reason. to call on the Empress Elizabeth. He had twice previously gone to see her when she was halt ing in Paris. The line he took was not to pay visit de p1tiSsaHoe q puissaH1e, but to give mark of courteous difference 10 the imperial lady. She WIS to some extent in co0nita- her travelling title being Countess von Hohenembs. M Grevy did not attempt to force her out of this intrenchment. His attitude was one of manly kindness to wo- man illustrious by her birth and charming by her beauty, to which the President is by no means insensible. His calls on her were short Their implied object was to ascertain in what way he could oblige the exalted yisi- tor As the Empress was a mere bird of passage and hurried as well as incognita, no exchange of civilities was thought of On the occasion of her last halt in the Place Vendome her Imperial Majesty practically threw aside the fictitious title which she was in the habit of adopting when abroad. and paid as well as received visits-but not to the President of the republic. She did, how ever, so honor the German Ambassadress- The Princess Hohenlohe, whom she went to see. is one of her few high-born friends and stands in the relation to her of upper ser want, she being connected with the Empress household NJ. Grevy felt nettled but he reasoned away his annoyance and after the reception of telegram of thanks from the Emperor. who hoped at some future time to give them verbal repetition, made another call.
 The imperial huntress Is hardly to be blamed for such actions. She has renouneed the throne for the side saddle, and emAnci- pated herself from all the irksone duties of her station. With the most transparent frankness she asks what more, ID heavens name. can be demanded of her For wo- man of her limited power of reflection her self knowledge is surprising. She IS aware of her incapacity to deal with any State affair and of her crass ignorance of politics. Pic
 
 things which interest polite society are to her matters of perfect indifference. She is at taehed to her father and mother, sisters, grandchildren, dogs, horses and some sport ing and circus cronies, whose advice she asks when she has thorough bred colts to train for the hunting-fieId. Her capacity to hate is very limited She ignores most persons and things that she finds excite her antipa- thy or anger Still, she has few pet aver sions. Bismarck is one of them She took e1l qriDpe the Petites Dalles in Normandy because she was told some secret serylcs agents of his went down after her. It Is true that peasants also menaced her with stones and sticks because she galloped over their potato-felds Pomp and ceremony she ab- hors When she was quite new to regal life she took childish sort of pleasure in mag nificent dress She now hates French modes and millinery, and thinks simple raiment tLe most becoming of any. The habits she wore jn the Bois were of the coarsest woolen tweed and her hat WAS featherless Tom and Jerry.
 NJ. Grevy found the Empress very pleas ant. She has taken a liking to him, although in general way she hated the republic that be represents Her sisters take care to keep her in this state of mind One of them is ] the ex-Queen of Naples, ''the heroine of Gaeta, the other the Comtesse de Trani and the third the beauteous Duchesse d'Alen- con, who is as fond Of hounds and horses as the Empress and as indifferent to fashion. | Nothing, believe, was further from the l thoughts of the Empress of Austria than to deliberately snub N. Grevy. She is a woman of few ideas, one of which Is that Presidents | of republics neither can nor should regard ! themselves as the equals of anoint sover- | eigns. The Empress. through her mother, Is | Q near relation of the King of Bavaria, and | she has his manner of taking her hear" al. n,,1ra azE TAr., ,a | odd. Not being rich enough when his five ! daughters were growing girls to hire ladies | to attend them, he simply confded them to ! the charge of dogs With canine guardians they ! were free to roam wherever fancy led them ! The eldest. Helen, was to have been, as old i Duke Max put it. the Queen Bee of Austria, and was educated for the function She re- | ceived special care in which she was unfortu- nate. Archduchess Sophy was delighted 1 with the results of her training, and thought | her a paragon of courtly dignity and grace. ] But when Francis Joseph went to propose | for her be was chilled by her imperial man ners, which he thought imperious, and pro- posed for Elizabeth, whom he had first seen i rowing in a forest attended by mastiH- She ! was lovely wild being. At first she was 1 dazzled by the imperial crown, very much ID 1 love with the Emperor and very sorry for Helen, who fell back on the Prince of Turn | und Taxis. But the wildness and willfulness ! got eventually the upper hand Vienna and | its ceremonious etiquette became intolersbie. ! For some years the Empress attempted to i please the stiff and stately folk. But she was always making blunders and getting herself l csnsured The family circle. the nobility, and the bourgeoisie misunderstood her, which, as she was very proud, she silently resented. . An Irish lady, who can say what she likes to her, once complimented her on the beauty of her eyes. The Empress said ''Ihe poor eyes It is a wonder that any lustre is left in them. If you only knew what Hoods of scalding tears have poured from them - The apparent break down of her constitution restored her to liberty. Health returned with freedom.
 But Vienna still appears jail to the En- press. She is always glad to leave 1t. Her absence extends over three-foUrths of the year. She has no party, and probably never will have one. Although she devoutly at tended low mass at the Church of the Madeleine, her Catholicism is more thing oi habit than conviction. Going to mass or Sunday is ''propriety'' which does not gal her. The Jesuits are not fond of her, and have never taken her part Prince Ludwig of Deux- Fonts, who accompanied Empress Elizabeth in her Nild gallops in the Bois. t nearly her age, and was her playfellow II youth. He Is eccentric too, but true hearted l and genuine. Natural history has no more
 enthusiastic student, unless, perhaps, 1t
 Prince Rudolph Prince Ludwig holdi
 worldly grandeur in contempt, and has gonl
 in for love in a cottage. He is disciple o Bernardin de St. Pierre, has married for
 owe, and settled his inheritance upon his |, brother Theodore, who is practicing oculist albeit a son in law of the King of Saxony
 Prince Ludwig does not repent of his choice
 but he is very anxious to secure the favor O , the Empress of Austria for his family.