The sun., 1890-09-14
n,penrns or LoUzs Rzn1rPn
-. we,her OF ths Prince sr BuIrarta.-
The Real Raier OF che nalHaa RFfn-
.,,.ttty-vielssituses 81 Mer I.ife.

-o,,sn in Europe, at once ambitious and far
...lng capable OF eonoeiving plana. indo-
s.Irah,e in maturing them. untiFine IN thsif
.,.,u,ion as active In her advanced years as
- svsr was in her youth. Princess who van
,,h.d into obscurty after q brief period Of
hrJl;opt life. who, whom apparently forgotten,
enlarged again on the political horizon Of
Tntops, Is Clementlno, Princess Of eaxe- Co.
h,rc.Gotha the devoted aud fond mother Of
prinoe Ferdpand Of Bulgaria. for whose for
tnrss she has passlonately sxsrted herself.
-hose advancement she hns prepared By all
Cha mems In her power.
A celebrated English statesman once pro-
,ossd the health Of Louis Philippe in those
.ords. :" drink 10 the privileged Prenchman
,soss daughters are all vlrtuous whose sons
ara all brave" Indeed tho Dukes OF Eemours,
Inmalc. and Montpensior. with the Prince de
Jolnville. have proved their vHlor on many
h,ttIsaelds in Europe and Algeria, while Prin.
"a I,oulss as Queen Of the Belglans after her
r,riage with King Leopold l.. aud Princess
Marie. for 50 short time tho wife Of Prince
Iisxandor OF wurtemberR showed that they
hsdinherited the simple honesty aud domestic
rrnc.s OF their mother. Their sister, Prindeas
oIemsntino Mile. do BeRuiolsis, remained q
Nttls lohger than they did to be the charm and
armament Of the Tuileries-
oueen Marie AmGlie herself superintendod
the education OF the three Princosses; they
Ssd thor desks and books Ia her room; they
tOrked painted. sculptrlred under her eyes.
snd we're not dismissed till noon every day,
while their brothers were at the Lyoees with
the army or at the siege OF Antwerp. Very
oitou the King would look In upon the little
scbool," as he called II playfully. glance at the
cory books, or interrupt the classes to make
the pupils read aloud to him out Of the news
papers or pamphlets, referring TO the most In
t,restinR subjects Of the hour.
In 1s4s Princess Clementine was the only
unwedded daughters: she. was then 20. fair,
slim. tall. and very clever; after tho catas-
trophe OF Neuilly, that robbed her parents OF
m idoned eldest son. she showed almost
heroic courage in comforting and supporting
thom In their stniction. The old Bishop Of
Orleans who had prepared her for her first
communion. used to say that she had manly
reetitude OF mind and rare Armness Of char
scter united to much womanly gentlenesS.
un tho zUsh Of April Of that same year she
married Prince AuRuste OF SAKE CoburRs
GothA to whom she had been some time en4
gagged, whose sister had two years before mar
ried her own brother. the Duke do Nemours.
he was nearly twelremonth younger than
she was but this slight disparity was barely
poroeptible. The family into which Princess
Clemsntine entered was remarkable for the
Spendor OF the alliances II contracted. The
now son.in-law of Louis Philippe was brother
to the King OF Portugal. nephew OF the King Of
the BegiaDS, Of the Duchess OF Kent and Of
the widow OF the Grand Duke Constantine,
elder brother of the Gar Nicholas. The we'd
ding was celebrated almost privately at the
Tuieriss on account OF the recent bereavement
Of the Court. although with beflttinG pomp,
and the Parisians took this opportunity for
casting of the gloom that hung over the city
and indulging In f6tos and amusementa II
was then that NJ. Odillon Barrot took Disraeli
to dark box AZ tho opera, TO show him one Of
the famous baIs niGsGues now so deReneratod
from their former brilliancy. and that the
author Of "ConinRsby" openly expressed his
wonder and admiration at the scene. Queen
Victoria was expected at Trepont. and Lord
Namssbury pompouslv wrote In his diary
that since Henry VIII NO English sovereign
had visited a King Of France on the Continent.
= Fifty years ago the distance between Vienna
and Paris was enormous. and infinitely moro so
morally thnn materially, although tho actual
Journey between the two capitals took eight
days. Princess Clementine soon found out
how complete was the separation from home,
impenetrable barrier between her and France
and scattered all her family affections abroad
In Austria. Germany, Belgium. and Great
Britain. After che became a widow in 1881
hsr public career seemed forever ended, but
heunexpected complications Of 1887 brought
her personality onoe more to tho front and
coupled her name with international Ques-
tons- Bulgaria, in her sore distress. craving
ior ruler. appealed to the youngest con OF
Princess Observation-Disclosures elected him
toretRn over the Baikansand all the provinces,
on his acceptance Of the title, were jubilant at
the thought of being governed By o son Of
Louis Philippe. He had four brothers and
sisters all OF whom had enRrossed much of
heir mothers time. whom she had brought ub
and educated: but now she became chiefly
preoccupied with her son Ferdinand. He was
handsome. Intelligent man. worthy OF his
good fortune. CAPABLE and earnest. but essen
TALLY modern Prince. elegant and mu-
hihent; he Dlsases the Bulgarians. humors
saeT, 20 1 and tacitly battles the eonspiracies set
SneeElully made great sacrifices to insure his
position pos and success. has esDoused bis inter
tgre; she has done for tho little court OF soda
Mnst her more careless or indifferent son
tsSnIs nGS1ld have @ tmprHdently neglectod She 90:
snaqette. founded on the traditions OF the best
LoyM oeremQnial; she paid the Prince, and
compelled others to pay him, the homage due
M rank she adorned and furnished the
pelace as behttsd It's occupant, ORGANIZED re-
SSSpu9ns, eenSertS bAllh and bRnquets SO that
snoItiy alter Ferdinand's accession o stranger
you'd believe that Soma had 80 lately oscapod
HyTm the dominion OF the Turk.
duties have Sssn T SStI 3nd Al social
sources Of the city exhausted. the Prince steps
o hto me Orient ExpreeS- on Its way through
% ne SIN takes his meals on board. and alights
~ Fhiippopolis 20 visit his Roumelian sub-
iseis: no great effort perhaps for man OF 90
uus one which has won for him ever Increasing
popularity and the adherence Of p1rtisans
llere can be little doubt but that Prince
keruinand stands in need OF all the popularity
Se can obtain TO make his position secure or
Even tenable. and that he must depend on this
Hoama ~ more than on his right. His presence at
~ Spla as DulGarian ruler L. In fact. violation
X. tns treaty OF Berlin: IL 10 not suficient that
q ne ss nntIoy sIsy elected Ry the representatives
tSo Elpsa.6ey ey the Sultan With the sanction Of
" " remain faithful to the spirit of Inc treaty
bpavulo continue under the influence Of ID.
tnslSfsourg: ~ The answers OF Princess Uensn-
ttuiss son docs not fulfil those conditions: he
\. primarily tayorite OF the Austrian Court,
s snu TWAS tho Battsnbergs, whose STAR by {he |
AZ Xxx X, Is somewhat waning In the good graces |
!" queen Victoria.
HIS mother Attentiysiy follows the march OF |
a. ~ aha attempts TO unravel the tangled |
eS tha Win ~a some OF the ceyoFnsss and much |
Nsao sao eager curiosity OF Catherine do Medioi.
in Guest Of suitable bride Tor the PrihoS' she
~ supposed To PAaiha A. VIAcas -. ELSS.Lny /