The sun., 1893-08-14

Princess Caroline was certainly remark
able woman. In rank she was the first lady in
the world. being the daughter OF eleven kings:
that Is to say. eleven of her ancestors. includ-
ing her father. Frederick VI. were kings. fol-
lowing one upon the other in direct success
sion. father ard son. Now any one who might
have the desire and the opportunity may easily
ASCERTAIN for himself that this Is something
q, solutely unique in royal genealoey. 1t is
indeed probable that never before has any
thing similar occurred in history: and this
being so. and Caroline. the daughter OF eleven
kings. having died without issue. it is not
likely ever to occur again. II thus fhe old
Prn ncess was something Of genealogical
freak. in physical endowmcnts she WAS hardly
less abnormal In her tender youth her features
may have been OF no more than average ugi-
ness. but early in lfe-and twice. ut that-she
had the misfortune OF having her face burned.
tho result being that. with her eyes without
lashes. her rrotrudinG front teeth. and enor-
nous chin. she resemblcd the ogre Of the fairy
tale more than any other human being ever did.
And yet. would It be believed that this woman,
whose voice was honrse bark. and who
affected n vocabulary rs plain and as forcible
as that Of q sailor-that she vas suro to win the
almost fauatcal adherence OF all and every
body that came into close contact with herp
So 1t WAS that not only was the plain talk OF the
old lady refreshing to ordinary court life. but
even n slight acquaintance would often reveal
to the observer her bright intellect. broad wit
and generous heart. And perhaps the strang-
est Of all. 1t was conceded on all sides that for
true royal dignity. for impressiyencss OF bear
inc and majesty Of look. no ono could surpass
Princess Caroline.
"pretty:" said Il lady who nursed her during
her last iness-"dd you say tine Princess was
never considered pretty That may te-with
h H.. 4.
ting un in her bed with white nightcap on.
you would admit she was simply beautiful"
However that may be. thero is no doubt that
her mind WAS both bright and beautiful
Therefore. to somebody 1t occurred to COM
pare Princess Marie TO old Princess Caroline.
or course. the comparison was in some re-
spects rather farfotched Princess Marie.
though not pretty, had never been disfgured. =
and although 1t soon got abroad that she cared
precious little for etiquette. and occasionally
would speak her mind pretty freely. no one
could ever quote coarse word from her lips
Tho truth OF the comparison lay simply in it's
AccsGtuating tha impression which prevailed
with lew knowing persons. that tho new ac-
cesson to the Danish court was. at all events
Of an unusual character, and might turn out
TO be something unusually bright. !ovable. and
:. ADont the first action OF the Princess ON pub
lie record vas her es' apnlr with Prince Karl.
when. shortly after her marriage. her husband
had gone on cruise with the man Of war OF
which he ~ the taItHin. Prince Karl is. the |
the Danish Crown l'rnce. and thus Princess |
Marie Is his aunt; sut they are both Of tho
ferred to-and as Prince Kari is % an oiiicer % in in
the navy he and Princess Mario from the first
IN rsay sS seSS two
easily agreed to slin away from the castle one |
600 ssool faii afternoon. and they roamed through
u said they stayed out for more than five |