New-York tribune., 1885-01-25
THE COURT OF FRANZ JOSEF.
INSPECTED AND DIssECTED BY MADAME
ADAM.


pathy for Hungary where the gifted ed'ress i,'e'
with trumphal reception and series OF ske'ono'
of the leading personages OF the Imperial ian'iy'
the bousehold and tho tribe of foreign princes
l. e. n0n- Austrian Princes. who are adii'te" " 'n
intimate circle of the Emperor and Empress
'rhsre is not any wish to seattle shown Ill the por
traits o;ven in Madame Adams Revew. or 10 distorI
the truth Here and there one falls upon so'c'i,"s
funny which perhaps takes from the dignity Va MS
Apostolical Majesty, his spouse ana us NUMEROUS
Kindred But in the main the sketches nave ho'
only pleasant air of truth but OF good-haturc
However the limner does not keep III mihu tiie say
ing that it is not always well to be sincere anu
gives impressions just as they occur Inc AUSTRIAN
Court of the times wants the element OF granucu'
II has outlived all that gave it vitality ana the
elow of energy anl is now in state OF seniie mac
tivity Francis Joseph in all but military anairs
and his private amusements IN the country is dom
mated by a burcaucracy of which he is the busiest
most tagged and useless member. lie could be
replaced by a mechanical contrvancc ana sun
public business would run on without any hitch III
the same groove. Bong conscientious ana Wishing
TO think he does not pocket an immense salary Tor
nothing, his hand is busy when he is at Vienna
signing official documents from III the morning
until 1.-THE hour at which he. takes hurried
luncheon. The pen is again at work after this meal
to glve audiences. At 4 he dimes. 1t often happens
that his dinner is served on his desk. Although the
culinary establishment of the palace costs mint OF
money the Kaiser has occasion sometimes TO com
nl.n that his food is only fit for dogs audthat
he has not the public restaurant TO fali back upon
as it would never do for him to rub shoulders Win
ordinary folks at public eating house. western
mind fails TO understand why there Is Court at all
since the Emperor is isolated from 1t. He is only
linked with it by its military members occupying
grand functions in the household.
The chief of these is the Grand Chamberlain
Prince Hohenlohe, brother of the Ambas-
sador to the French Republic, of the Pres-
dent of the Upper Chamber in Prussia, and to
the Cardinal of whom Liszt is the frequent guest
at the Villa dEste at Rome. The iiohenlohes are
Bavarians, and, Comic Benst said they must.
since they are not men of talent, nor fine looking.
nor seductive have genius for getting on.
cousin of theirs Is mother of the Princess William of
Prussia who ranks next to the German Crown
Princess at Berlin. The Chamberlain of his Apos
tolic Majesty is the most l-favored by nature of
the four brothers. and sundisguisedy cold blo0dcd,
calculating and ali for himself and the world well
lost He has been the personal friend OF the |
Emperor since he was quite young, and through the |
AIchduchess Sophie mother of Franz Joseph and |
a Bavarian Princess, enabled to become his |
aide-de-camp, and indeed so far such bactracan
in human shape could. his chuln.
The author of the sketches for which Madame
Adams Rerie,c has been forbidden in Austria speaks
Of the Emperor as the most CONSCIENTIOUS of
bureaucrats at Vienna and the most intrepid of
chamois- -stalkers when in the Salzberg Highlands
No moro than Qucen Victoria does the Empress
discharge any of the social stately functions of
the regal condition. Former Expresses used to
adorn the chapters of the Knights of st. Stephen
and of the Golden Fleece, take part in Fete Dieu
professions and other religious ceremonies. wearing
their most dazzling jewels aud grandest robes
They used also to show themselves at the theatre in
their finest belongings, and at civic balls attended
by lords and ladies spenddy apparelled. In short |
they were the leading figures in pageants and funcy
tions which served gratis spsctaclcs TO the com
mon people But the Emperor then real master |
in his States and his authority venerated
The Empress Elizabeth will not lend herself to
vain and dreary shows and absents herself from
the capital when they are about to take place. The
Emperor. however. sacrifices himself. but is not |
sufficiently the dplomatst to conceal that ho is |
bored and absent-mlndei. The Bourbons of the |
ancient line understood better king craft and at |
Court function lost opportunity to say and do |
gracious things, however out of sorts they might |
feel.
The Empress has the finest stud in the world and |
not only breaks her own horses, but colts and iles
intended for her friends the circus. .rders-for this
strange sovereign only deigns to be intimate |
terms with men and women attached to hippo |
dromes and for their horsey tastes and
talents. She signs for the good old times and |
usages which Scott liked to revive in his novels
Her sittng-rOom is a kennel-but clean one-and |
she is hardly ever out of her riding g-habit except
when she is in bed.
There are so many Archdukes and Arcbduchesses
that nobody who has not been familiar from youth
with their names and faces can get them into his
head. They are all descended from Maria Theresa |
who was contemporary of Franklin and Washing |
ton and discontentel with her daughter Marie |
Antoinetts for encouraging tho movement at her |
Court in favor Of American independence. As her |
son. the Emperor Joseph said her trade was to |
reign and not to help rebels to upset anointed |
kings. She wise in her generation. American
independence led to the French Revolution the
direct and indirect action of which has brought up
Prussia and Italy, abased Austria and reduced the
Kaiser to his present bureaucratic level. The I'm
perial family associate with the princes of non
Austrian birth settled at Vienna. All those illus
trious porsonages enjoy tho bestpaying grades in |
the army. Their pay and their civil list salaries
paid in gold by tue treasury. Every else is paid
in deprecated paper money. Here and there there
is in the Imperial and prncey clan morganatic
wife. When she is not wonderfully handsome and
accomplished hsr existence is ignored. The
Countess Hanau. morganatic spouse Of the late
Eector of Nassau. was in the latter case The two
daughters of Prince Alexander of Wurtemburg and
sisters of the Duke of Teck find it more pleasant
to reside in single bcsse lness in q little mountain
farm that they manage than to be snubbed by th cir
fathers friends at Vienna. They were very beaut,.
ful but are now soured and eccentric old maids
The Hanoverian Royal family is hardly ever at
Vienna. Its abiding place is on tho shore of the
ivl lota of G,pu Tta