Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-09
A VICTORIAN LOVE MATCH.
A Daughter of the Prince of Wales t. Wed
the Earl OF Fife.

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of interest on this island to-day is the
engagement of the eldest daughter of the
prince of Wales to the earl of Rife.
Words can scarcely be found sufficiently
to express loyalist admiration for the
precedent established by good Queen
| Victoria in allowing her royal grand
child to make a love match. The 10y
| alist newspapers represent that the SAL
| low and angular princess of twenty two
and the short and chubby Scot of forty
love each other with real Florentine four
teenth century frenzy, though it is not
popularity believed that their affection
was so strong that they would have
/ eloped if papa and grandmamma had re-
/ fused to allow them TO marry. An
| American who cares to form an unbiased
opinion of the matter may bear IL mind
that the loyalist would applaud with just
as much enthusiasm if the queen had
sent her granddaughter to a convent, or
| married her to the first native prince
| that Stanley may bring back from At
RIGA; also that there are twenty threS
grandsons and granddaughters CT Vief0<
riat yet to be properly married with
scarcely half a dozen eligible royaliats in
Europe.
The daughters of the prince of wales
are not beautiful women, but they nave
fairly pleasant faces. Victoria, the ffan-
Gee, has long and angular countenauoes
and when she is seen driving with her
mother in the park they can scarcely be
told apart. The three sisters dress alike,
and like their brothers and other near
relatives, are heavy and duh in public,
though they are said to be viyacious
enough when by themselves. The young
est Is the prettiest. She is plump and
has good figure, unlike her sisters.
The Radical element of English
society is not enthusiastic about
the royal engagement; not that it
cares much who espouses Princess
Louise, but that 1t is apprehensive con-
corning the dowry taxpayers win be
called upon to plank down with the young
woman. Indeed the prospective assault
on the treasury interests disquiets many
of the subjects of her gracious majesty
without regard to their politics, and as
radical newspapers are appealing to Mr..
Gladstone to remember his promise that
no more royal grants VIII be made with
ont rigid inquiry into the whole system,
it is possible that the earl Of Fife will be
compelled to struggle along with his
wife on his own private income, which
amounts to
SCARCELY MORE THAN FOUR HUNDREDS
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.
People are beginning to think OF he
amounts they have already paid t0gthe
royal family to enable them to form con-
genial matrimonial alliances and live
comfortably in idleness. The king of
the Belgians and the king of Hanover,
for instance, have received an average
of So, 900, ZOO apiece. The Cambridge
branch of the family have got away with
81, 500, 900 land Prince Albert managed to
spend alone almost 81 900 900. The
direct offspring of Victoria and Albert
have not been unduly econimical in
spending the peoples money, either.
The Empress Frederick has received
almost 81 500 900; that useful person,
the prince of Wales, has spent S12 ,250,
600; Princess Alice, $40, 900; the duke
of Edinburgh, 50 900 900; Princess
Christian, $3.50 900; Princess Louise,
$500 900; the duke of Connaught, ST.
675 900, and the duke OF Albany, $780,
600, SO that, excluding the queen her
self, the institution of royalty has cost
the taxpayers nearly twenty-five million
dollars in less than twenty years in hard
cash, irrespective of the cost of palaces
and other accessories.
III Iu6S0 the queen, De-
ing the richest woman in the United
Kingdom, having herself accumulated
$50 900, 900 besides her expenses from the
British people, the radicals consider that
she might dover her granddaughter her
self
Mr.. T. P. O'Connor goes so far as to
suggest that the rest of the family of the
prince of Wales be bestowed on Ameri-
cans. He thinks Albert Victor might do
worse than to marry the daughter of a
Chicago pork packer, and asks if some of
the Misses Vanderbilt will not step into
the breach to rescue q nation of tax
payers.
The announcement of the engagement
of the princess so soon after the marriage
of the duke of Portland to Miss Dallas
Yorke has given fashionable society
something else to talk about The earl
of Fife is very rich man He owns six
castles in different parts of Scotland and
has seat adjoining that of the prince of
Wales at Sandringham. His rent roll is
about $500 200 per year. He is q de-
cendant of that Macduff whom Shake
speare has made popular. He has q
SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
has done diplomatic service, and is a
partner in London banking firm. He
IdVoTS EHRllSu RUE III 1F0IHuO, talks We'll,
and is general favorite among his ae-
quaintances but the family of the earl of
Fife have been under cloud during
the present generation since his two Sis
tiers, Lady Adrian Hope and Viscountess
Dupplin, have both been divorced from
their husbands.
The house of Portland, on the con-
trary, was free from scandal, and the
fortune of the duke far superior to that
of the earl of Fife. Now gossips recall that
there has been a GOODNESS between the
prince of Wales and the duke Of Portland
for some time. The prince and princess
went to Paris just before the Portland
Yorke marriage and forgot all about a
wedding present. More significant still,
the queen omitted to send the usual
cashmere shawl to the bride, and this is
the Interpretation thereof.
The royal family had singled ont the
duke of Portland as a son-in- law for the
prince, and delicate but comprehensive
hints had been conveyed to him 10 that
effect. But Portland had in his mind IS
eye the pathetic spectacle the Marquis OF
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