New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18

HIS COIJRTSHIP AND MARRIAGE ~
PRINCESS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
WITH HIS FATHER-HOME
LIFE-vACATIONs IN
DENMARK.

| WITH HIS FATHER-f1CNnD
LIFE-vACATIoNs IN
DENMARK.
| Paris November 2.
! The first tut ming of opinion in favor or the
| Gar Alexander III came when the ioreisi
! nubc learned to know something or the qua''-
| tics of his domestic life. 1t was felt that '"'
! simple and intensely loving husband ana la'hei'
whose only pleasure was in the seclusioh OF HIS
| ,uv whom children loved and welcomed
spontaneously to take part in their play cou'u
not no the sombre and besotted Mujik that a
| hostile press has made him. feopie 10 io'is''
remembered the pathetic idyl of his marriage
a. us,aI unfounded gossip had tried to make
| II forgotten
Tho heir Of all the Russias has always been
. desirable match for any European princess.
| Alexander H. an elegant youth given to meiah-
| cboIv was sent travelling through the many
| Courts of Germany to choose bride for hl"-
Golf This was the IDEA OF the Car Nicholas'
| his father who stood secretly in awe OF What
he called his sons Spleen. The young man
wandered fancy free. IN spite OF the e"sioe
| maidens Of high degree that were thrown at
| his head until he came to the httie court Vi
| Uesse- Darmstadt. There the serious sweet
| faced Princess Mary took his eye ana all MS
| melancholy disappeared. They were married.
| and she gave him an heir in young Nichoas'
named from his grandfather who was sun
| reIgnine and two years later, In 1S45. another
| Alexander with the years other children CAME
| but these two eldest boys grew up together
| Nicholas tho heir was delicate like his mother
when he was scarcely more than chiiu d
tendency to spinal disease declared ITSELF anu
| this by purcst accident was aggravated py al
! accidental blow given by Alexander IN one u
their boysh sports From the start Alexander
| had outrrovn his brother and his silent nature
| nou hccarnc utterly devoted 10 the welfare OF
ono no had so innocently injured. The TWO
! brothers. as different in character as In inquire
voro ,nseparable and seemed 10 have found
| some new bond Of union. They grew up 10
manhood and the time came for the Czarcw'tch
| Nicholas who was In fair health. TO marry
He was duly anianccd TO the Princess Dasmar'
| daughter OF the King Of Denmark ana younger
sister ~ Alexandra the new Princess OF wales.
II was love match once again; and. when the
| health Of Nicholas declined, he was unwilling 10
io.n his invalid mother in the SUMMER climate
~ Nice for fear OF losing the presence OF his
bctrothed.
At last the doctors gave peremptory orders
and the two brothers hurredly reJoined their
mother II was too late. The Car was sum
| uo,eI with the Princess Dagmar 10 the
dcathbcd Of the young Nicholas During tho
last days the bc,rothcd and the brother shared
together the watches by his side. Shortly De
fore the end in the presence Of the imperial
family. the dying Czarewitch reached out 10
take his brothers hand in his own and spoke
clearly.
"Acxandcr leave you the succession TO the
throne Of Russia Eut / should wish to give
IA
TO bear your burden.
And h. p,accl the hand II Dagmar in that Of
his brother.
"rt ,s my last wish before dying that You
should belong to each other; and do you. my
,.tro,hcd stlll be- the Empress OF Russia.
Tho princess. after the death OF Nicholas
| returned n the King her father. II was the
spr,ng ~ the year 1865: and in September tho
| rcw czarewitch so different from the old
gigantic I'm stature. silent. timid and almost
| uncouih in his contc npt " courty forms
I appeared In Frcdcnshorg. AZ the cast" OF 'he
Danish king He already on faminar
terms with the household. Two years before
he had accompanied thlthcr his elegant brother
the dead Nicholas. according To their tashon
~ going always and everywhere. the TWO To-
! rcth.r II was the time when the latter came
| courting the royal princess whom In death ne
had conndcd to the one destined to take his place
| as heir Of 4 mighty Empire
| Alexander came To- learn his fate King
| rtts,,ar bc knew was favorable to the pro-
| iect Of marriage which substituted bridegroom
.,,bout changing in the lcas, the political cir
cumstanccs that made II cxpedient. In the
bomeIv bourgeois way which was always dear
| to the simple heart of Alexander. he drove one
a,v a light carriage made for two alone with
| nar ia L. romantic
| ~ Llsinorc There he reminded her of his
| brothers wish and his own hopes
81 have not forgotten she answered. wait
only till my mourning is over
The Czarcwitch respected her grief whch WAS
akin IN his own. Years aftcrward In one OF
those fits of emotion that overmasiered MIN In
the first days Of his difficult reign. he was heard
,o cxclaIm 1T is hard that ~ all the millions on
Russians only can he Emperor II was IN
the affection Of his bride. whom H. had received
with the hclrship to the Imperial crown tha' ne
found finally an alienation to his burden
q, I,rc % Of the following year the solemn
.o,n,,h,, took Mace The Princess Dagmar was
M, vet nineteen years Of age. At her baptism
T., hor husbands faith she took the Russian
ro,ro of Marie Feodorovna. But In the privacy
-, bor home she was still Dagmar to her de-
yo,od Alexander Each year he strove to time
tho only vacation he allowed himself from the
affairs Of state with the month OF september
sacred To his love for his wife. This ne passed
with the royal family of Denmark on the l'th
| q, tho rnonth-anniversary Of the day when he
received the Princess Dagmar's final promise
no would drive again with her and their children
TO the little wood of Esinore
The royal family soon learned the secret OF
this annual pilgrimage. King and Queen ana
Crown Prince Princess Of Wales and King OF
Greece. Duchess OF Cumberland and Prince wal
demar-fat Their and mother brothers and sisters
of Alexander's brde-a adopted the custom or
the September rendezvous In "A little Inn by the