The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-19
PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROYALTY.

: Most Frequent buyers.
, Those horsey young women who I'M
$ equestrian pictures of tho empress :
austria must find it difficult to recon
Gle the dashing horsewomau of tn,
photographs with the grandmother q
| the suicide Crown Prince Rudolph,s III
Tie daughter. The fact is that the EN-
press, now 81 and probably forever dis.
soied from horseback riding, has moi
nad picture taken for the public since
1901 One OF her earliest and least
known photographs shows her a vonno
wife in riding habit, but as only her
mead and bust are visible and she does
not wear riding hat the presence of
ner favorite at tire would hard ly be sus-
pected. Her latest photograph. now
quite quarter of century old renre-
sents her in court robes and crown as
queen of Hungary
After the photographs of British row.
aitles those of German and Austrian
sell best, the Russian next, and perhans
the Italian next, though there is a
steady demand for royal babies of all
nations, including espe :ially the littlc
queen Wilhelmina of Holland in froc,xe
and the tiny king of Spain in vel
vet garments that upon other than
royal legs would be called knickerboclx.
ers- The rage for collecting royal pho
1ographs which grows here and is found
not among persons of foreign birth but
among native Americans, takes MANY
odd turns. Some collectors buv onlv
of royal babies, and Of
course acquire a large stock of Oneen
Victoria's Astounding progeny. The last |
addition to this gallery is the Fife babv
with iather and mother looking down
upon the mite Of royalty, Those who
40 not care for babies buy royal beau
lies The princess of Wales. who no
onger pretends to the charms of youth.
Toes not show the empress of Austria's
to be photographed with
Increasing years. and she reappears year
tier Year in the very gowns the orders
OF which famous tailor of this town
oyaiiy preserves in a sacred album
'elgning sovereigns are the special oh.
sc's OF Other collectors, while still
tners gather in anything, from the
'ftiest autocrat to the humblest and {
'oss hopeless of pretenders. OF the {
ltter the bourbons and Bonapartes are :
'e most popular. One very mild pre- :
'nder, Mr. Iturbide, of Mexico who re-. \
Uses 70 stir about his title, has the
'od taste to keep out of the picture | 4
loPs. There Is some demand for his | h
autographs. but dealers in such things r
y mat they have tried in vain to OBJ l,
In 1t here and in Mexico a
No royal beauty has had a create, d
lie for the past two years than the :.
lroness Vesara, the victim of the Fl
istrian crown prince. Her picture in al
II dozen poses has sold enormously ia
the United States and over most IF bs
civilized world, but il cannot bc "
ught in the Austrian empire. por- tb
ut sellers complain that the German. w
me among resident foreigners can be &C
pended on as purchasers of roval te
'tographs- The Italians purchase in
OF the Italian royal family, though
y and people of all nationalities Inv W.
'tographs of smiling Pope Leo and tn
late Pope Plus. The French care DIR,
le for pictures of their pretenders wi
scarcely more for those of their An
sidents. The small German roval- ola
are purchased chiefly by their tho
ner subjects resident here, save TIL
N some Teutonic princekin weds a SIN
ash or imperial German princess. for
n the collectors and public begin ave
axe an interest in Pumpernickel. ant
spublican rulers excite small inter. str,
and since Dom Pedro fed from gat
I'll no ruler on this side of the At ere.
&c mas been a good sale with the wit
.ograph dealers. Even the brouzed gar
Ter lace of the picturesque Diaz, OF =
leo. is in small demand. and Il il strc
where there is some excitement AZ was
OF the CHILEAN trouble that the scor
oents below the isthmus are OBJ air
OF lnterest.-N. Y. Sun. mid