The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-29

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Is naole 20 become greatly aeitatsd and
violent. At other times she is RE v;o.,,,, =,
a settled sadness or melancholy. sneakino
only "hen speech is vnavoidabje. and them
Ia a low whisper, and never smiling. IN
splee OF long years OF suffering all traces OF
personal loYeliness have not disappeared
mere are still many 10 London who can
recall tne hrSt appeara ce there of CarIotta
Arcnducaess Of Austria and Etupress al
mexico, during the season Of 1856 At that
Ilme she vas really the idol OF aristocratIc
EUROPE, by reason Of her beauty and her
gentle nature.
TWO AAIABLE WIDOWs
Two very amiablo royal widows, neither
OF whom Possesses the slightest pretan-
SOUS S4s TO notoriety, are Quesn Emma of
~ Iolland and Queen Olga OF Nuremberg.
ne latter ts the relict Of King Karl L.
wn4se rule was scandalized by the singular
rise Of two Americans. Richard NJ. Jack
son and Charles B. Woodcook. TO Dhenome-
nht influence "A condition Of
things which SO displeassd the
steady going Wurtembergers that
they put very sudden stop to it. In 1885
the cabinet went on a strike, and the king
mad to agree to dismiss the foreigners Kari
dlat get over 1t. He was very fond OF che
two strangers and he died shortly after the
trouble about their dismissal. He was a
weak headed sort Of man, unified to rule
and an easy prey to designing politicians Or
sharpers Queen Emma Of Holland has also
had a somewhat checkered matrimonial
experience. Her late spouse, William III.
led her a terrible life What with
his innumerable intrigues and his rapid
succession of female favorites, he is said
TO have been responsible for many heart
breaks and to have abused his royal power
and privileges frightfully. Queen Emma
was younger princess Of Waldeck Pyr-
mone william had proposed 10 her sister
aud had been refused, when Emma said In
his hearing that she would never refuse to
become queen.n The old fellow William
was then 90 took her at her word. She is
quite homely, with rather pleasant features
and simple, quiet dignity that contrasted
oddly enough with Williams pompous
ways. She was much better wife than
he deserved. and now with the old Don
Juan underground Queen Emma is living
quietly at the Hague as regent, till her
daughter, little Queen Wilhelmina, 10 Of
age to rule the Hollanders.
g. OTHER RELICS OF ROYALTY,
The widowhood of ex-Empress Frederick
OF Germany Is passed In semi-retirement
and in the performance of acts Of charity
She IS one or the few royal ladies Of Europe
who may said to take more than a pass
ing interest In scientific things, and though
by no means a Questioning, she devotes
time to literary studies. Since
Frederiok's death she has welded but little
influence in public affairs, although she
possesses marked ability in that direction.
The placid life of Victorias widowed
daughter and her beautiful domestic rela-
lions contrast strangely with the stormy
household deities that have ruled the fort
1nes Of those two royal daughters of mis-
fortune, Natalie and Elizabeth. Neither is
a widow, yet both are husbandless. CROWN
less, exiled and almost friendless. Empress
elizabeth, the 'tdear Leiseln Of Franz Joeef's
wooing days, when as young and romantic
kaiser he roemed his kingdom In search OF
A mate, is an exile in Corfu. The emperor's
nfdelities had already driven her almost
insane, and the suicide Of Prince Rudolph
With Baroness Vetsers completed the
wreck OF her mind. She mopes about in
Ter retreat, carrying in her arms doll to
which she talks endearingly, calling 10 by
2udolph's name. Her life seems destined
o close in hopeless lunaoy like that Of the
Empress Carlot5a.
Europe has laughed not little over the
ollies and absurdities of that opera bouffe
,air of royalties, Natalie and Milan, and
here are some who have declared that in
pite other unhappy experiences, both with
Ter uulovable husband and with the wors
hipers she has always kept dangling on
Ter train, she is still the most fascinating
md irresistible woman Of her age in Europe.
This royal grass widow" whose domestic
quabbles with a craven and faithless
pouse are continually coming to the sur
ace, is O true. Russian in temperament,
morals and verve. Although somewhat
Itout,. she still possesses a regal beauty. A
'air, broad forehead, over which 10 a
,rown Of hair Of jetty blackness; eyes that
'ipple and sparkle and voice and smile
that are irresistible-these, added TO many
other graces OF person and to a love Of
pleasure and intrigue which everywhere
ought opportunity for indulgence, are still
OF the woman whose loves
md quarrels have brought sorrow TO Servia.
Milan, it is true, had even more wretched
morals. His Partisan education brought
aim into contact with low boulevard life.
Natalie Keohko's stronger nature and
higher ambitions soon asserted themselves.
In the war with Bulgaria, which Natalie
Milan proved an arrart coward,
while the queen won praise and blessings
IN every side for her kindness to the
wounded on the field.
Milan, after securing his divorce, started
20 go to the dogs with run. He is now q
lrunkard and broken down gambler in
Paris, having lost throne. queen and coun-
,ry. Natalie, who did not hesitate to buy
political or other support at the price Of her
equation, now finds that all her. witchsries
all. Even the families who were so adula-
jory in her salons in Ssrvia, no longer give
/ thought to the exiled queen. Estranged
md divorced from husband, torn from her
ION, the boy King Alexander, and forsaken
by the people who once worshiped her,
Natalie finds melancholy pleasure In oc-
,asionally returning from her exile in
southern France to revisit old scenes in
Servia, where she may revive the memories
II dead passions and satisfy a mothers love
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