The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-19

the awful disease that runs in the Guelph
blood. One arm hangs shrivelled and hetp-
less by his side, his ear has recently de-
veloped alarming symptoms and his bodily
AILMENTS react upon his mind, producing
an unreasonable irritability which may,
eventually, if his life be spared break out
into the fury of actual madness
King Humbert, of Italy, suffers from
chronic gastritis. which has involved the
loss Of all his teeth. His diet is limited to
vegetables, antepastos and fruits. Inc
only meal that thoroughly agrees with him
consists OF bread, potatoes and oranges:
His beverage is little Bordeaux mixed
with plenty of water.
COFFEE AND CIGARS ARE STRICTLY FOR
Ridden,
prohibition which cuts him of from what
used to be his favorite Injuries. Indeed,
1t was 10 his unstinted passion for cigars,
chiefly of the green variety, that ms COM
plant is chiefly due. A similar over-lnoul-
gence is responsible for the spoiled stom-
ach of Francis Joseph, of Austria
Queen Margherita has vainly attempted
to follow her royal spouse in his vegetarian
habits. She is growing fat and fiaoby, but
all her attempts at banting have been given
up in despair, for though she is distressed
over her increasing obesity, she cannot re-
strain her fondness for the fried dishes, In
in which the Italian cooks excel.
Neither of the child sovereigns OF Europe
has any assurance Of long or happy life
Little Wilhelmina is destressingly nervous
and excitable. The physicians fear the
effect of any emotional strain on her mind.
As TO Alphonso, he is cursed with the in
heritance OF a shattered constitution from
his father, and has developed a tendency to
epilepsy. King Leopold, of Belgium, Is
lame. His nephew and heir apparent.
Prince Baudouin, of Flanders, Is
AFFECTED WITH DEAFNESS.
"Kingly," .'Queenly,'' "Every inch a
King" these too are current phrases In
the popular mouth. They are muttered IN
praise of the bodily characteristics, the
personal appearance of the party under
discussion. Are the kings as handsome
then as they are happy. Just about A
beauty show made up from the members oil
royal families would have meagre charms
for the royal worshipper of beauty. En-
peror Wilhelm might indeed be considered
handsome, were it not for his deformlty,
and lis presence would be dignitied but for
the omnipresence of a devourins conceit.
His consort has pleasant face but is
quite homely. The Empress of Austria
and the eX-Empress Eugene were once
beautiful women, but, at best, their beauty
was merely physical. Both are lament
ably dull, even silly, and their faces lack
and ever did lack the higher charm OF iu-
telligence. Peans of praise have been
sung in praise of the beauty of the Prin-
cess of Wales, Mr.. and Mrs. jenkins have
contorted themselves into spasms OF adj :
ration over her. Yet though an amiable
and estimable lady
SHE NEVER WAS GREAT BEAUTY,
and is now a positively homely woman.
She is thin, almost to scrawniness; her
throat is scared by a scrofulous mark, i'll
concealed by the heavy necklace that con-
stantly encircles it: she wears wig TO
cover her badness, rouges her cheeks and
''makes up" her eyes and eyebrows. She
limps IN her walk and is almost stone deaf.
Her royal mother-in-law is the typical
British matron of advanced years, fat,
commonplace and dowdy, with general
expression of snug self-complacency.
The Prince Of Wales dresses well, but
not all the arts of the tailor can save him
from realizing the famous description OF
the Pail Mall Gazette: "a pudgy, red faced
little man" His daughters have indiffer-
emit teeth, bad compilations and worse flg-
ures, and their faces are lighted up with no
ray of cleverness. Princess May, of Teck,
the Queens niece, who is the
acknowledged beauty of the royal
circle, and whose charms are SAID
to have enamored the affections
of the heir-presumptive to the throne, has
only fairly good eyes and passable figure.
Her upper lip protrudes unpleasantly and
her nose is disproportionately large. King
Rumbert, despite soldierly bearing, is
one Of the homeliest of men. His Queen
has fine dark eyes; there her attractions
cease. King Leopold Of Belgium, in his
! ill-titting clothes, his pantaloons baggirg
at the knees, might be taken for prosper
GUS mechanic. The Car looks like a
/ butcher on parade. Wilhelmina and Al
phonso are very plain children.
THE BEST LOOKING sovKREIGNs
are Don Luis of Portugal and the Queen OF
Roumania. Both might be called hand