The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-05
A ROYAL ROMANCE
Happy Childhood and Mar
ried Life of the Ouch
ess of Edinburgh.
HER DAUGHTERS SOON TO WED.
characteristics OF Princesses Marie
and Victoris-Why Women
Earn Less Than Men.
HER DAUGHTERS SOON TO WEI

In the wonderful White Palace OF the
Cars, such a wedding pageant as was
never heard of out of fairyland TOOK
place, and the little Archduchess Marie.
sole daughter of the home and heart OF
The late Gar, the petted, humored. dar-
ling of the empire, became the Duchess
of Edinburgh. Back to England in a
royal progress the duke returned, with
his childish but very resolute little bride.
We remember her soon after at a flower
show-a small plump girl, with a great
deal Of intelligence and esprit in her
rather plain face, but in those days too
evident an aversion to her English sur
rouudipgs. She was keen, gtlick-witted,
sarcastic. Her life had been one long
Gay of devotion from all around her, OF
luxurious ease at viii, or studyf from love
Of learning, and the restrtints OF
the English court, or perhaps what
she considered its DUN sss, TreIted her
constantly, and she had not then lie trned
wOmanIy self-controL. She attempted to
regulate her household" according to her
own ideas, n was indignant on finding
that she could not follow every caprice. as
Mt home. Il was. in part. a repei1tion OF
he early days in the Crown Princess's
life at Reiliu. when she found that she
| must noe be too English" Bat II letter
nom her mother quoted the irate little
duchess. In this, her duties as a member
of the English royal family were both
| generously u judiclously pointed out,
and the young wife learned that a far
| greater degree of peace and comfort was
to be had in submission to the traditions
and routine of the English court.
THE MOTHER Low
The vexed question of precedence was
settlei presently when the little Princess
| Maria uyao hnr, Adotbarhnnd r., divine
gift with tae Duchess OF ~Edlnbur1h)
soitened all that had been Earring. No
nursery in England was ever sweeter,
prettiet, ever show ed Such mother love aa
that of the duchess. The babies were
near OF an age, healthy, merry little Gle &
tures, ready fer froIic. and 50 constantly
seen witn their mother that one found it
in those days hard. whetherin real life or
| photograph, to associate them. We re-
member well O certain concert at the
| Albert Hall, when the Duke of Edinburgh
| played first violin in the orchestra, aud
| in one of The royal boxes sat tbs still fair
and Very youthful-lookiDg duchess. with
her two little girls, Marie, AID Victoria,
| Every now and theu O tiny hand stole
Into the readily outstretched mothers,
aud q pair OF soft, questioning eyes woul0
be lifted to ths quickly Answering rAother
giauca. 1t was II sight to warm the heart
OF many u fashionable mother in the
audience, who perhaps scarcely knew at
the time where or how her "bairns" were
faring.
IMPORTANT MARRIAGES
These two royal girlt. Process Marie
aud her sister Victoria Melita, are just
now objects of keen interest not only TO
the social wOrlt, but to the political, since
TIE question OF their t~etrotnais-tne one
TO Prince Ferdinand of Roumania. the
other 10 the brother of the German Eni-
p-ess-involves what Macauluy would
te,m the "weifaie of nations" Alas for
the powers that be! We might say, when
royal alliances brought ABOUT only TO
cement political goodwill take PLACED
But, on the other hani, fortunate is it,
when there goes into the solemn compact
an element Of true personal feeling.
Those who. know the high-spirited
Princess Marie of Edinburgh are well
aware she would lend herself to no mere
bargain of state. An Incident of her
childhood, related to us by one of her
English attendants. proves his. On the
occasion of a fete and fancy bazaar cam
blned. where she and some CT her cousins
were ~saleswomen, a lady, not over wei,
dressed and timid in manner. approached
the boGtn at which Princess Marie was
| dispensing wares. The customer, igno-
rant Of the child's rank, was hesit ting
over the pr c., when some one whispered
to The little girl Let her know VINO you
are"
"A ANfStA " INV Z RAOANA 0p4tIIl1E vi
the head, was the answer, and the grand
daughter Of he W. empires stepped for
ward and very gently said, 'tYou can
HAYS 1t. II a lame. for half a crown"
s~Thapkgsyi.u and tue visitor, well
netsed departed, ali unconscious that
ste had been 50 delicateiy treated by
"royalty."
'9he sisters, now to be married, were
educated iu the closest companionship,
aud in spite Of their different tasses and
teuiperatnents. b We been the dearest of
comrades. .a.y
INCEs MARIE'g UNsELFIsHNEss,
Princess Victoria Is tue singer OF the
two, Princess Marie, though not w
years her senior. having inherited her
mothers spirit aud self-assertiveness, but
there is absolute sympathy between
them. They al e, or were as they grew
up, nearly of a siza aud height, aud on
one o-ccasion-that of a dance at Balmoral
Marie discovered her sister in tears.
she objec Ell to the bail dress seut
her; and be it known etiquette
demands thai Cd such occasions
a new toilette must be worn. With
effected an exchange, ana appeared that
evening ~unbecomlnely "gowhed," but
quite conlent, in so lar as her little
sister," radiant i'll the tulle aud frosted
silver. vas happy What will be the fate
OF these royal girls hlstoev must deer
| hiAA's " AD We Ad6 III
its ~vtxations, bur, iu Is said. The young
Prince is an ayleut lover, andthe County
is anxious for the alllapce. We wa,ch
the turning OF The pages iii The life roll OF
these foreign royalties, forgeifuI some
times that he events of their daily Dives
constitute the facts historians will in
future puiId on. We read of trousseat.s.
welding gifts, and so on The charm Is
potent. old as the days of Solomon, but
there are weiGhtier considerations. A
royal alliance may save war. and public
discussions Nuke Or msr the wel.-belng
Of a people.-Halper's Bazaar. %
WHY women's Wages are Less Than Men.
There is of course no other imam in the
United States who as collected and
handled with competency so large a mass
of statistics of wages us Colonel Carroll
d. Wright, United States COMMITS sioner
of Labor. Through all his Investigations
Colouel Wright has made an especial
study for himself of the bearings of the
facts that he has collected upon the COLI
dition and advancement Of women. He
has brought Together lbs conclusions Of
many years study and investigation III