Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-11-28
4 ROMANCE or ROYALTY.


Az EsnperOr WhO rres1rrea tAs Madcap
sister 10 Hss Sssssly f'iancss.
Caroline. the eldest and perhaps the
most beautiful Of the daughters Of the
Duke Maximilian in Bavaria, was, while
still child, selected as fitting bride for
the heir to the Austrian crown. and,
although there was no formal betrothal,
her father was informed that she must be
educated in such q way as would At her
for future grandeur. This was moro
easily said than done. for money was
scarce in the ducal palace; but the whole
family, from the duke himself to his
youngest child, seem to have thrown them
selves con amore into the work and to
have cheerfully economical for the sake Of
the fortunate Caroline. She had profess
sors and teachers Of the best, and she we'll
repaid all the care that was lavished npon
her, for at 49,, clever, accomplished aud
regally beautiful. she was the very ideal of
what queen should be. But.
The best laid sch mes o. mice an man
Gang oft a-giee
When the time for the marriage drew near
the young Emperor Joseph came on visit
TO the duke in Bavaria 1.-THE family title is
in, not off, that he might make the
acquaintance Of his future wife. He
gazsd at the stately young creature who
had been 50 carefully trained for him with
respectful admiration, but he fell violently
in love with her madcap younger sister,
Elizabeth, who, regarded in the family as
q mere child, and one, too, for whom no
high destiny was in store, had been al
lowed to pass her days on horseback scour-
ing the country side. Ministers and cour-
tiers. stood aghast, but argument and per-
snasion were alike wasted on the emperor,
who refused to see that q lack Of accom-
plishments was a blemish in the one whom
he loved, and a few months later, though
child as she was, knowing no more of the
etiquette OF courts than the veriest little
gamin, entered Vienna in state as empress
Of Austria and queen Of Hungary.
Although this happened more than
thirty years ago she has not vet learned TO
submit with patience to the restraints that
hedge in the lives of sovereigns; and the
Viennese, in spite of their love for their
beautiful empress, openly mourn that the
emperor should have chosen one who re-
CARDS court ball ~ penance and a state
ceremony as q thing scarcely to be lived
through. From the day of her marriage
ii seems to have been her constant en-
deavor to shake OF the letters Of her sta
ton, and perhaps the happiest hours Of
ner lie are those Ia WnlCn, Wnlle IOll0W-
ing the hounds in England or hunting the
chamois in her native land, she is able to
forget that she is empress queen.
For her age the Empress Elizabeth is
the youngest looking woman in Europe.
When one sees her slight, graceful form,
eyes brilliant with life and vigor, and COM
plexion that hushes and pales with every
passing emotion, it seems absurd that she
should be the grandmother of big boys
and girls.
Caroline, the forsaken one. seems to
have met her fate with true royal equanim-
ity. Perhaps she thought that as her sis
ter gained what she lost it did not really
matter. II one may judge by her face her
life has not been happy one. When she
was about "a she vas married to the Prince
of Thurm and Taxis, who died some nine
years later.