The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-05
a ROMANCE Of ROYALTY.
An Emperor Who Preferred the Madcap
Sister to His Stately iiancc.

Caroline, the eldest and perhaps the most
beautiful OF tie daughters Of tue Duke Maxi.
milan in Bavaria was, while stii. child Sc
lccted MS a fitting bride Tor the lieir 30 The
Austrian crown. and although there was no
formal bo.rothal her father was Informed
that she must be educated in such a way a.
would fit her fer her faure grandeur. This
was more easily said than done, for money
was scarce IN the Gucal palace; but the
whole family, from the duke himself 70 bis
Youngest child. seem % have thrown them.
selves con amore into the work and TO have
cheerfuily economical for the sake of the for
tunate Caroline She had professors and
teachers Of the best, and She well repaid all
the care that was layished upon her, for at
10, clever, accomplished and rrgaliy beau.
tiful, she was the very idtSl OF what q queen
should be.
When the time for the marriage drew near
the young Emperor Joseph canrs on visit TO
the duke in Bavaria the family title Is sin, v
not ''of'1, that he might make the acquaint-
nnce of his future wife He gazed at thu
stately young creature who had been 80 care
fully trained for him with respectful admira-
madcap younger sister, Elizabeth, who, re-
garded in the family as mere child, and
one, too, for whom no high destiny was in
store. had been allowed 20 pass her days on
horseback securing the country side. M
listers and courtiers stood aghast. but argu-
ment and persuasion were alike wasted on
the emperor, who lSfused to see that a lack
of accomplishmentsNwas blcmish in the one
whom he loved, and few months later
Elizabeth, thorough child as she was, know
ing no more Of the etiquette Of courts than
the veriest little CANINE, 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 70 submit
with patience to the restraints that hedge in
the lives Of sovereigns and the Viennese, in
spite of their love for their beautiful EN-
press, openly mourn that the emperor should
have chosen one who regards a court ball as
a penance and s0te ceremony as thing
scarcely TO be lived through. From the day
Of her marriage it seems 10 have been her
constant endeavor TO shake off the letters OF
her station, and perhaps the happieSt hours
OF her life are those in which, while following
the hounds in England or hunting the cha
mois in her native land, she is able to forget
that she is empressqueen. 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 complexion that dushes and pales
with every passing emotion, it seems absurd
that she should be the grandmother Of biz
boys and girls
Caroline, the forsaken one, seems to have
met her fate with true royal equanimity.
Perhaps she thought that as her sister gained
what she lost, it did not really matter. II
one may judge 10y her face, her life has not
been happy one. When she was about "a
she was married 10 the Prince Of Thurm and
Texis, who died some nine years later.-Coru-
bill Magazine.