The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-10-23

THE PERSONAL PECULIARlTlES OF
KING LOUIS OF BAVARIA.

The SIonarch's Rebuke to a Prima Donna
In Love With the Empress Eugene
seized with "A Suicidal 3Iania-Co1
plants of Creditors.
The first time I saw the sovereign of Ba-
varia was at Munich in 1882 He is a
blonde, tall and slender. about the only
personal defect noticeable being the size
of his ears, and this size Is stll further ex-
acgerated by the way ne wears his hair.
When a young man he was cruel, almost
savage; had he lived in another ago, and
had chance placed him on a throne, he
would have beeIBa second Nero. For the
first performance of Tristan and Yseult'
Wagner had by the advice of List, secured
the service of talented tenor named
SchDOrr and by reason Of a pTudery quite
common in Germany the passionate role
of Nseult was given to Nine Schnorr, so
that the hugging of the hero and heroine
might seem less shocking to the public.
Mime. SchnOrr was a very beautiful
woman, and she produced q deep impress
sion on the king.
TALE OF FAIR WOMEN.
It seems that ne also produced an anal
agOus effect upon the prima donna. who,
forgetting her husband, fell dead over
ears in love with his majesty The evening
of the first performance Louis invited
Nine. Schnorr to accompany him, in his
boat Elsa, on the lake, and of course the
lady accepted During the excursion. no
doubt under the influence Of the moon and
the poetry of the situation, Louis re
quested his companion to sing certain
passages of the opera, and she did 50 in
way that brought tears into the eyes other
listener. PerCeiving the emotion of the
king, the cantatrice lost her senses and
threw her arms around his neck where
upon he pitched her out of the boat and
rowed ashore. When he got back to the
palace he said to a servant: There Is
woman out yOnder in the lake. She may
Get drowned. Go and pull her out if You
think it worth while" As Nine. SchnOrr
knew how to swim, and the lake was
neither large nor deep, she managed to
get ashore alone.
When he came to Paris in 1861 to the eX-
position he fell in love with the empress
at first sight He remained here until the
exposition closed, spending most of his
time at the TuileriGs, wOrshiping the OBJ
ject of his idOlatry with all the more ardOr
because he knew his passion was hopeless
Even Napoleon smiled at the Innocent
comedy. When the time came for him TO
return to Bavaria the empress accOmpa-
MED him to the railroad station, where the
disconsOlate lover kissed her several times,
rushed off sobbing with emotion and not
looking once behind him. Many other
women have endeavored to capture his
affections, but none have ever succeeded.
For quite lone time he kept up a love
correspondence with the daughter of Count
Max, but when the day for his betrOthal
came the king failed TO put in appearance.
All these eccentricitie5 were not unbecOm-
ing as long as he was young, but now that
he is bordering on 40 years of age and be
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only ruinOus, but grotesque and ridic-
uIOus
8IANIAs OF \ MAD MONARCH.
Louis is not the only member of his fam
lily who has a screw loose somewhere in
his upper works One of his uncles has
mania for wearing archiepiscOpal robes,
while another Is never 50 happy as when
dressed in Hungarian costume, and, whip
in hand, he is driving a horse round and
round a circus ring. He has taught his
wife the exercises of the ring, and delights
in seeing her, in gauze skirts, standing on
the back of horse or jumping through
paper-cOvered hoops as the animal gallOps
round and round. Besides being musician,
sentimental and cruel, King Louis is also
a dreamer, There are days when he is
seized with the suicidal mania. Once at
one of those passion plays which are SC
popular in Bavaria the notion entered his
wanted to be really crucified, and to be
finished off with a real spear thrust, and
it was with no little difficulty that he was
induced to abandon the mad project. OF
late he believes himself TO be Louis XIV,
and has the plays of Corueille, Racine and
MOliere played before him If an actor is
missing he assumes the role himself. In
character the mad king IS a mixture of
contradictions and curious contrasts. He
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posed ultramOutane excuses. His one
great fault is that of having no idea of the
value of money 1t is this which is the
cause of all his troubles.
The king does not bother himself about
the matter and few if any of his creditors
complaints ever reach his ear. 1t has been
many years since any of his ministers
have set foot inside his private office. To
communicate with the rest OF the world
the king makes use of the services of his /
private secretary, who also is manager, or I
superintendent of the civil list Although
he is the only person admitted to the
sOvereign's presence, this secretary eXer-
cises no influence over the mind or viii of
the king. He is a sort of mOuthpieCo,
speaking trumpet or a telephone, but
nothing more.-J. II. Haynes Paris
Letter.
The " Christmas Gift " Gold Mine.
The christmas Gift mine in California
is one of the most singular instances on
record of man being struck with a for
tune when least expecting a windfau. A
Mr. Snow was ont on deer hunt with a
party from San Francisco. They were re !
turning home, when Snow was suddenly
missed by the others. Shows horse had
slipped off a bluff, and down went horse
rider, and rifle at an angle of IS degrees, .
rolling over and over in the snow, and
finally bringing up against a mass of stone