The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-11-30
4 nolANCR Of RoYALrY.


An &mDor0f WAo PeoSof8e0 thN Na0cap
Slstsr d HE stasssy Fisncse.
Caroline. the eldest and perhaps the
most beautiful Of the daughters Of the
Duke Naximilian in Bavaria, was. while
still . child, selected as . fitting bride for
the heir to the Austrian rown. aud,
although there was no formal bettothal.
her father was informed that she must Ike
educated In such . way as would tit he,
Tor future grandeur. This WAS more
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 cars that was layished upon
her, for at 10. clever, accomplished and
regally beautiful, she was the very ideal Of
what a queen should be. But.
The best laid schemes o. mice an man
Gang oft a-gles
When the time for the marriage drew near
the young Emperor Joseph came on a visit
to the duke in Bavaria the family title is
Tin" not of that he might make the
acquaintance Of his future wife. He
gaEed ut the stately young creature who
had been so 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
high destiny was in store, had been al
lowed to pass herdays on horseback scotr-
ing the country side. Ministers aud cour-
tiers stood aghast, but argument aud per-
suasion were alike wasted on the emperor,
who refused to see that Q lack uf accom-
plishments wss q blemish In the one whom
he loved, and a few months later, though
child as she vas, 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 yet learned Il
submit with patience to the restraints that
hedge in the lives of sovereigns; and the
viennese, in spite of their love for theil
beautiful empress, openly mourn that tht
CARDS Q court ball az q penance and a state
ceremony as o thing scarcely to he lived
through. From the day Of her marriage
it seems to have been her constant en-,
deavor to shake OF the letters of her sta,
ton, aud perhaps the happiest hours o
her life are those in which, while follow
ing the hounds in England or hunting til,
chamois in her native land, she is allie I,
forget that she is empress-queen.
For her age the Empress Elizabeth il
the youngest looking woman in Europe
When one sees her slight, graceful form
eyes brilliant with life and vigor, and com
plexion that fiushes aud pales with ever,
passing emotion, it seems absurd that sh'
should be the grandmother Of big boy
and girls.
Caroline, the forsaken one. seems Z,
have met her fate with true royal equanim
ity. Perhaps she thought that as her sis
ter gained what she lost it did not reall,
matter. If one may judge by her face he
life has not been a happy one. When sh
was about n she wal marriedto the Prime,
Of Thurm aud Taxis, who died some min
wears later.