The morning call., 1890-12-29
ROYAL MARRIAGES.
Frederik, Crown Prince of Den.
mark, and His Children.
His Fruitless Appeal to France in the Hou,
Of His Greatest Need Princess Louise
Opposed to Ceremonials.


Spain and the eleven-ye ar-old Queen Of the
! Netherlands, have their "baby brows" al
| ready encircled with royal diadems, neces-
| sarily leaves in the shade the less poetical
and older heirs to European thrones. The
| Prince and Princess OF Wales are fast be-
coming middle aged couple; the Caro-
WITT and the Prince Of Naples are very
young men without histories; the Arch
| duke Rudolph left Austria without direct
| heir; the Comptesse d'Eu is in exile with
her father, tho Emperor Of Brazil; the sons
| of the Empe ror William II. have not AS yet
asserted them selves out of the nursery, and
the Duke OF Sparta, recently married, is
merely conventional. constitutional prince.
Not so the Crown Prince of Denmark. He
| is at the present time man of AZ, but looks
quite ten wears younger; tall, fair, ex-
tremely distinguished in appearance, he is gif-
| ted with tact and amiability that win popu-
larity. coupled with dignity that uncon-
sciously compels respect and repulses ia
! miliarity without ostentati0us self-aSsertion.
| He has past-he has known trouble,
anxiety and responsibility. At the age Of
| % he joined the army corps, which, under
the command of General Hegermann-Lin-
| denkrOne, h ad been sent to defend Jutland,
| and bad encountered the first brunt OF a
campaign which was almost highway
mans raid. Prussia's habitual good for
tuHC allUWcu tlldt power diOub 10 prOuL by
the Remembering OF puny neighbor, and
| to keep the spoils which Germany and Aus
| tria had helped her to conquer. After the
fatal issue of the war that had robbed Den
mark of its provinces, the Prince Royal,
| who for esaw that another attack threatened
his country, went to Paris In order to win
| the Emperor to his side. He was splendidly
| received. The Empress gave magnificent
entertainme nts in his honor; Napoleon III
commanded grand review of troops In the
10 Rom tnn,, hut hon, kxyn ,ka,
secret engagements, he did not commit him.
| self beyond these sterile manifestations of
| goodwill. The Prince, finding
THE COURT OF THE TUILERIEs
| Impracticable, turned to NJ. Theirs and Wis
| tied the aged statesman in his hotel where
| he was wont to render oracular decisions.
Theirs keenly took up his royal clients
cause, but being then nothing more than
| simple Deputy to the Corps Legislatif the
sole weapons he could wicld in his favor
were his Incompatible elouuence and his
marvellous faculty Of expounding clearly the
| most Intricate questions. On the following
| Sd Of May, 1866, he delivered a speech MS re-
| markable and patriotic as any he had ever
uttered, but in vain. Italy had absorbed
all the active sympathy Of France since The
should be free ITO the Adriatic." The
| Prince left Paris bitterly disappointed at
the failure OF his mission.
: Three years Liter he married at Stock
Holhf lile I!lnceSS Louise, only daughter OF
| Charles XIV, King Of Sweden; she was of
half French origin, being the grand
| daughter of Bernadotte and Desiree Clary.
In the annals of royal houses, so rich In ex-
traordinary incidents, the history Of this
Desiree Clary is not the least strange. Her
| father was silk merchant of Marseilles, in
which city she was born in 1871 She very
nearly married Joseph Bonaparte, did be-
| come the wife of Bernad0ue, and died, in
1860 Queen of Sweden and Norway.
Dri, i n,5cA f~ .l,,.4 Anll L
| husband, OF striking aud agreeable presence,
| and she represents" well, although she
| has not for ceremonial and etiquette the
same respect which her mUther-in-law i'm
| ported into the court of Denmark when she
| married. The Crown Princess keeps SO to
| speak, open house, entertaining not only
diplOmates and the afistocracy, but cele5ri-
| ties and artists Of her own and other couu-
| tries.
Near the port of Copenhagen is an &C ag-
onal square, in the middle Of which is
bronze statue of Frederick V. Four pal
| aces stand on this square. One Is the Kings
residence, another Is inhabited BY members
Of the royal house, the third is the foreign
Prince with his wife and children. 1t is
anonymously decorated and furnished, and
| contains some
VALUABLE ARTISTIC COLLECTIONS,
| For the Prince is not only an amateur. but
| connoisseur. The establishment Is con-
| Quoted on scale of great magniticence, be-
| fitting the beauty Of the palace Balls,
| dinners and receptions follow one another
| In prodigal succession, and are paid for not
| out of the Princes modest civil list, but out
of the large fortune Of his wife, acquired in
| 1881 from her uncle, Prince Frederick Of
| Holland, who bequeathed to her {. fortune
| which makes her far weather. than the
! King himself.
| In country where primary education has
| been made obligatory for children between
| the ages OF and Is; where people read
probably more than in any other land;
| where there are at least 200 different news
| papers FOR population of 2,000, 000 it is in
cumbent on the heir to the crown to possess
high standard Of intellectual culture if he
| wishes to maintain his prestige with his fu-
| ture subjects. The Prince of Denmark
! more than fulflls this condition. He Is
| scholar and erudite; he speaks number of
| foreign tongues correctly, as was evident
when he presided over the Danish section
| at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. He has
| natural oratorical gifts, and when he as
sumes the regency during any temporary
| absence OF the King his activity, competence
knowledge OF politics and public affairs
have been remarkable. and have proved him
eminenty fitted for the rank he occupies.
The ruler of Denmark has not an easy
| task. There Is scant harmony between the
| powers of the State. For the last TWO years
| the King serenely perseveres in promulgat-
| Ing budgets, which the national representa-
lives us pcIsistchtly refuse 10 vote, ana the
| opposition looks forward to the advent of
the Prince as means Of reconclling their
opposite views with eager hopes-hopes
which the Prince neither fiatters nor dis
courages.
This lack of unanimity on certain points
has In no way affected the popularity Of the
King; the people of Copenhagen worship
him as the best Of fathers and husbands,
the most amiable. kindest-hearted, pleasant
est and most good-natured of gentlemen.
In nv,A 1nl AL
streets; everywhere as he passes hats are
raised, and he is frequently cheered. His
son shares the fond esteem in which he is
hold.
The dynasty of Notwithstanding is
prolific. The heir to the throne has seven
children, four of whom are boys. The eldest,
Prince Christian, is 20; the second, Prince
Charles. has been spoken of as possible
future husband for the little Queen of the
Netherlands What the reigning house of
than made up to 1t by the splendid alliances
that have placed SO many Of its members on
foreign thrones.
KING CHRISTIAN
Had six children from his union with a
Princess OF HeSsc- Cassel the Prince Royal;
Alexandra, wife Of the Prince Of Wales and
future Queen of England; W illiam, elected
King of Greece under the name of George 1
Dagmar. Empress of Russia; Thyra, Ouch
ess of Cumberland, and Waldemar. who
married the charming daughter of the Due
de Charities. Only the xe-Cobourg- Gothas
could show a record SO brilliant. They
| reign in Belgium, Portugal and Bulgaria,
and son Of the Prince Consort will rule
| over Great Britain.
The court of Denmark offers sight proba-
| bly, unique in the world. when, during the
| summer months, 1t takes up Its residence at
Fredensborg, the castle built century and
| a half ago by Frederick Nv, ON the shores of
Lake Esron, in commemoration Of the
| peace between Denmark and Sweden. It rs
surrounded by an extensive park, combin-
| ing magnificent forest gades with more
cultivated and less rugged beauties, and
| the apartments can easily accommodate
| 400 people. Etiquette and ceremonial are
banished from this delightful sylvan pal
ace. There are no official receptions. no
state entertainments. The happy in
habitants lead the pleasant. everyday life Of