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was carried on Friday, January %, % the
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WAS carried on Friday, January %, 70 the
Capuchin Church. The funeral procession was
a large one, comprising almost the entire imperiaI
Family, the Diplomatic Corps, the Ministers, the
Members of the Chambers OF Deputies, the omces
garrsoned in Vienna. and depu'ation Oh inags-
trates The hearsc was draped WIN purple vel
vet and drawn by six mik-whitc horses richly
caparisoned with plumes. IL was surrounded
bv mounted guards with drawn SWORDS. Az the
nortals of The church the coffin was lifted down
by twelve court lackeys in gorgeous hveries, ana
was received by the clergy at whose heaa was the
Prince Cardinal Archbishop Grusha' VINO
oiTicatcd. When the ceremony was over count
Kalman IIunyady, Grand Master OF the Emperors
Household, handed the key of the comm 10 tie
Father SUPERIOR Of the Capuchin Monastery.
Then the distinguished company left the DRILL
iantly lighted buildings for the Imperial Palac.
The loss of Duchess Ludovca in Bavaria,
Empress Elsaberl's mUhers is uhlvefsaiiy
mourned. for she was one Of the most sympathetic
prncesses in Europe. Remarkably well preserved
for her eightyfour years she was the sister OF the
Emperor OF Austria's mother. Archduchess SOPHIA,
and her talents were celebrated She Prayed the
piano, the harmonium and the either wonderfully,
spoke Greek and Latin with amazing huency, ana
was unusually clever by nature well as by cul-
and scholarship, she spent many hours daily In
study, and the surprising manner in which hef
beauty even at her time Of life, was preserved,
may be accounted for by her invariable habit OF
riding and driving in all kinds Of weather, ana
by the cold baths in which she INDUCED up to the
time when she was taken sick. She was renowned
as one of the most enlightened and clever women
of her day. The Emperor Of Austria, who Is no
mean Judge of character, had the highest opinion
of his mother -in-law's acumen and used constantly
to consult her about affairs Of importance. IL
was she who the first to point out to him the
folly Of attempting to conceal the fact that the
Crown Prince Rudolph had committed suicide.
Her husband, who died a couple of years ago,
shortly after the Iteration of his golden wedding
was somewhat eccentric. IL he who used To
insist his dogs being treated as if they were
children He had dinner served to them on plates,
they sitting at the table on chairs with dinner
napkins around their nccSs and drinking out of
glasses In her youth the Duchess was RENOWNED
for her Ioveness, and one of the most interesting
pictures at the Vicnnese Palace Of Luxembourg
represents her in the prime Of her charms, sur.
rounded by her five beautiful daughters. The
Duchess so proud of them in those days that
when she used to walk out with all five she eX-
claimed VOLTA mon attelage de poste." look
at my team = At the age Of ei2hty-three she
still an active woman in full possession of her
mental faculties, though somewhat frail in body.
American tourists the StarenDerg Lake in the
Bavarian Tyrol will remember the brief stoppage
of the steamer at the Possenhofen Pier and the
gray haired old lady who was generally standing
on the slope of the chateau-grounds, acknowledging
with stately courtesy the respectful salute of tAe
captain and the passengers.