The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-13
EUROPEAN BIGa LIFE.
Some Points bout Some Tall Princes
and FrinceSses.
From the Ne'o York Recorder.

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Some Points q bout Some Tall Princes
and Frincesses.
From the Nelc York Recorder.
The most remarkable feature of the as
semblage of royal and imperial personages
at Copenhagen just now is their enormous
stature. With the exception of the Prince
Of Wales, of his son George and of his som
in-law the Duke of Fife, who seem like
three pigmies among giants, all the men,
including the car, the King of Greece, the
King OF Denmark, the Crown Prince OF
Denmark, Prince George of Greece, and
Princes Waldemar and Christian Of Den-
mark are all over six feet high.
THE CROWN PRINCESS.
Towering over them all, however, is the
Grown Princess OF Denmark. Her stature
is absolutely gigantic, being over six feet
three, and her fortune may be said to be on
par with her size. She inherited Sl5 ,010.-
600 from her maternal grandfather, Prince
Frederick of the Netherlands, besides the
entire wealth of her father, the late King
Charles of Sweden. She is extremely fond
of Paris, fact which is attributable TO the
existence of Frence blood in her veins, her
fathers father having been the famous
French General Bernadotte, who was
adopted as heir co the Swedish throne by the
chidless King Charles XIII in 1902 Her
grandmother, who died in 1860 as Queen of
Sweden and Norway, was born Mile
Desree Clary, the daughter or Marseilles
stock broker, who Tilted Napoleon Bona
parte, afterwerd first emperor of the French,
in order to marry his comrade and class
mate, Bernadotte. Although devoted to the
land Of her birth, Queen Desiree never re-
visited 1t after the fall Of Napoleon in 1914,
and her life can scarcely be said TO have
been a happy one. Barnadotte was far
from being modal husband, and he sub
jected her to much neglect, and even down
right cruelty.
HE TAINTED HER.
Completely oblivious of his own humble
origin, the king. her husband, was ever
lastiDgly haunting her with her bourgeois
birth. A strange history might be written
of the mistortunes which have befallen all
the women who have been raised from the
ranks of the people to seats on the thrones of
Europe. Josephine de Beauharnais, her
daughter, Queen Hortense, Eugene de
Montijo, and Nathalie dc Ketchko have
each in turn contributed mournful chapters
to the history Of the heroines Of royal ro-
nance aud have paid dearly for their great
ness.
THE EYES OF THE PRINCESS.
The Crown Princess of Denmark ia said
to have inherited her magnificent eyes from
her grandmother, Queen Desiree, but GER
tainly not her hight, since Bernadotte's con-
sort was extremely petite and piquanb.
Bernadotte himself was, however, very tall.
1t appears, from what l hear from Paris,
that IL was only with very great difficulty
that Queen Natalie of Servia was prevented
| from coming there during the stay OF her
| son, young King Alexander, In the French
capital. Knowing that her presence would
| inevitably result in a public scandal, the
| Eranrh r1iniafor OT fOraiprn affairs nnfiGod
her sister, Princess Ghika, who has recently
been staying at the Hotel Mourioe, in the
Rue de Rivoli. that Queen Natalie. IL she
came to Paris. would be subjected to a
| strict surveillance by the authorities, and be
forced TO leave French territory If she made
the slightest attempt to create any scandal
in connection with her son.
EVEN MORE ECCENTRIC.
Princess Ghika, the beautiful sister Of
| Queen Natalie, is, If possible, still more &C.
| centric than her Servian ex-majesty. One
of her most remarkable oddities is that she
adores girls and absolutely hates boys-cer-
tainly a most unfortunate circumstance,
seeing that her only child is a son. When
| he was born she almost went insane with
disappointment at his rot belonging TO the
weaker sex, and she was only comforted by
| the thought that for several years at least,
| by little skillful management, she might
| DO dDlb 10 COuCedI LILO AdCb " dA oooAhk nun
as little girl. Although the young prince
| is now over ten years old, be still wears long
flowing curls, low.necked frocks aud wide
sashes, and is called by girls name. IL Is
| useless to add that the poor little fellow
feels deeply the indignity imposed upon
| him, and that he is anything but grateful
to his lovely mother for the effeminate
manner in " hich he is being brought up.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
The young Duke OF Newcastle is, accord
ing to my English letters. daily becoming
more effeminate and wrapped up in matters
| connected with the church. The interest
which he takes Ia the latter is untortu-
nately not of healthy kind, but is re-
strcted to the outward show, and what one
| might call the ecclesiastic millinery. NO
| one will be surprised to hear at an early
date Of his conversion TO the Church OF
Rome. "Lenie," as he is called, presents in
every way a striking contrast TO his un"
| happy father, who, until his spirit was
| finally broken by his financial and domestic
misfortunes, was n manly, handsome and
popular fellow The extent to which he
| became demoralizsd during the latter years
| Of his life was manifested by his liberation
of the presence Of Tom Hohler, the operate
tenor, as a permanent member OF his wites
| household.
Indeed, It was "Tommien who was treated,
the master of the establishments, while the
poor duke was relegated to very back
seat. The domestic arrangements OF the
duchess at the time constituted crying and
public scandal, which did not terminate
until few months after the death of the
duke, when she legitimized, after fashion,
her relations with Master Tom by marry.
ing him. At the present moment sue
divides her time equally between Paris and
| London, and entertains her friends, such as
they are, at very charming little musical
soirees, organized by Tom Hohler
ANOTHER ROYAL GUEST.
Ihear that Prince Henry Of Prussia has
been invited by Queen Victoria to become
her guest at Balmoral in order to enjoy
some deer stalking. This will scarcely be
regarded as very pleasing prospect by her
| maiestys gentlemen-in-atten and by
her gilIies. For Prince Henry is one of the
most unfortunate persons with whom to go
out shooting. A little over a year ago,
while on a shooting expedition az Corfu, be
stumbled and sustained a heavy fall, the
Internal injuries resulting therefrorn being
very serious. Nor was he the only person
hurt IN that occasiOn for in falling both