St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-11-19

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROYALTY.
Many Are Sold -Amsrlea, womsa this
Meet freQusss buyers.
Those hOrsey young women who buy
equestrian pictures Of the empress OF
Austria must find IL difficult to recon.
cile the dashing horsewomau OF the
photographs with the grandmother OF
the suicide Crown Prince Rudoiph's lit.
tie daughter. The fact is that the em.
press, now 81 and probably forever dis
abled from horseback riding, has not
had . picture taken for the public since
1861. One of her earliest and least
known photographs shows her a young
wife in riding habit, but ss only her
head and bust arc visible and she does
not wear y riding hat the presence Ol
her favorite at tire would hardly be sus-
pected. Her latest photograph. now
quite . quarter of a century old. repre-
sents her in court robes and crown -
queen of Hungary.
After the photographs of British roy.
alties those of German aud Austrian
sell best the Russiaa next. and perhaps
the Italian next, though there is a
steady demand for royal babies Of all
nations. including cspe tally the little
Queen Wilhelmina 1T Holland in froclxz
aud the tiny king Of Spain in vel
vet garments that upon other than
royal legs would be called knickerbock.
ers. The rage for collecting royal pho
tographs which grows here and is found
not among persons Of foreign birth but
among native Americans. takes many
odd turns Some collectors buy only
photographs of royal babies, aad OF
course acquire . large stock Of Queen
Victoria's sbounding progeny. The last
addition to this gallery is the Fife baby,
with father and mother looking down
upon the mite of royalty, Those who
do not care for babies buy royal beau
ties The princess of Wales, who no
longer prctends to the charms of youth,
does not show the empress Of Austria's
unwillingness to b. photographed with
increasing years, and she reappcars year
after year in the very gowns the orders
for which famous tailor Of this town
loyalty preserves in a sacred album.
Reigning soverciyns are the special OBJ
others gather in anything, from the
loftiest autocrat to the humblcst and
most hopeless OF pretend.rA OF the
latter the Bourbons and Bonapartes arc
the most popular. One very mild pre-
tender. Mr.. Iturb;de. of Mexico, who re-
fuses to stir about his title, has the
good taste to keep out of the picture
shops. There is some demand for his
photographs, but dealers in such things
say that they have tried in vain TO oh
tain it here and in Mexico
No royal beauty has had a greater
sale for the past two years than the
Baroness Vesara. the victim of the
Austrian crown prince. Her picture in
half dozen poses has sold enormously
in the United States and over most of
the civilized world, but it cannot be
bonght in the Austrian empire. Por-
trait sellers complain that the Germans
alone among resident foreigners can be
depended on as purchasers of royal
photographs The Italians purchase
few Of the Italian royal family, though,
they AMI people of all nationalitics buy
photographs Of smiling Pope Leo and
the lat. Pope Plus. The French care
little for pictures Of their prctenders
and scarcely more for those of their
presidents. The small German royal
ties arc purchased chiefly by their
former subjects resident here, save
when some Teutonic princckin wctis a
British or imperial German princess.
when the collectors and public begin
to take an interest in Pumpcrnickcl.
Republican rulers excite small inter
est, and since Dom Pedro fed from
Brazil NO ruler on this side of the At
lantic has been a good sale with the
photograph dealers. Even the bronzed
soldier face Of the picturesque D;az, oi
Mexico, is in small demand. and it is
only where there is some excitement as
that of the Chilian trouble that the
presidents below the isthmus are oh
iccts of intercst.-N. Y. San.
The l.saguor Of Station.