Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-24
PHOTOGRAPHS OF RoYALrr,
Many Are Sold-Amer4can women the Los
Frequent Buyer.

Many Are Sold-Amer4can womsn the Mose
Frequent Buyers.
From the New York Sun.
Those horsey young women who buy equce-
TRAN pictures Of the Empress Of Austria must
find it difficult to reconcile the dashing horse
woman Of the photographs with the grand
mother of the suicide Crown Prince Rudolpns
little daughter. The fact is that the empress,
now fifty-four and probably forever disabled
from horseback riding, has not had picture
taken for the public since 1867. One Of her
earliest and leastknown photographs shows her
a Young wife in riding habit, but only her
head and bust are visible and she does not
wear a riding hat the presence Of her favorito
attire would hardly be suspected Her latest
photograph, now quite q quarter OF n century
old, represents her in court robes nd crown
as Queen of Hungary.
After the photographs Of British rovaltics
those Of German and Austrian sell best. tlAs
Russian next, and perhaps the Italian next,
though there is steady demand for ROYAL
babies of all nations, including especially the
little Queen Wilhelniins OF Holland IN frocks
and the tiny King of Spain in velvet garments
that upon other than royal legs would be called
knickerbockers. The rage for collecting roysi
photographs 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,
and OF course acquire a large stock Of Queen
victoria,s abounding progeny The last addi-
and mother looking down upon the mite d
ROYALTY. Those who do not care for babies
buy royal beauties. The Princess Of Wales, who
no longer pretends to the charms OF youth, does
not show the Empress OF Austria unvillingness
to be photographed with increasing Year,, and
she reappears year after year in the very gowns
the orders for which . famous tailor Of this
town Loyalty preserves in Q sacred album
Reiguing sovereigns are the special objects of
other collectors while still others gather In any
thing, from the Hottest autocrst 20 the humblese
and most hopeless Of pretenders- OF the ksssr
the Bourbons and Bonnpartes are the most pop
ulxr. One very mild pretender, Mr.. Iturtids
of Mexico, who refuses 70 stir about his titia,
has the good taste to keep out Of the picture
shops. There Is some demand for his photo
graphs, but dealers In such things say tAas 10y
have tried In vain 70 obtain tt here end n
Mexico.
No royal beauty has had . greater als Or Shs
victim Ct the Austrian crown prince. He
picture In half . dozen posss has sold 49,.
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the civilized world, but Il cannot - boughs -
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few Of the Italian royl nmily, hGoGA ~
and psopls q IN natisnaattlss buy pAoeo-
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