Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-13

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trieucn.
London. Jan. i2,-lt has been said
that no royal family OF Europe is free
from the faint of insanity This has
boon attributed to two causes to the
want OF control. and consequent men
tai degeneration. that follows from the
possession OF unlimited wealth and
power; and to system of frequent inter
marriage between members Of related
families. No sadder instance OF the
result Of this latter condition is there
than the life story Of Princess Wal
demar OF Denmark. who, rumor says
again, is to be divorced from her hus-
band, the sailor son OF King Christian,
Marie Amelin Francoise Helene dor
leans is the daughter OF first cousins,
the Due de Chartrcs, the son Of the late
Due dorleans. and a daughter OF his
sailor brother. the Prince de Joinville.
The Princess Waldcmar's sister, Prln-
cess Marguerite d'Orleuns,is almost as
eccentric, and one OF her brothers died
an id!ot-three victims OF a violation of
q law OF science. At the time OF hcr
wedding to prin1e Waldemar. Marie
d'Orleans showed none OF the cccen-
tricities that have by this time devel'
oped into undoubted insanity, she was
n bright, rosy-chceked French girl OF
20. with pcnchant for doing rather
rspue things but perfectly Sane when
she was married on October q, 1889
at Paris. Her health then would seem
To lend some probability to her hus
bands story that the morphlue hablt
has brought her to her present condi-
ton. but medical men Of authority
have declared her condition 10 be due
to the close relationship OF her parents,
From the moment OF her arrival In
Denmark sho has been the talk OF the
court circles there; first FOR her livcli-
ness and brightness. then her eecen-
tricitlcs In her fcreont passion Tor
sailors life. aud for the flrcmen of
Copenhagen. and aftcrwhrd Tor the
part she played IN the diplomatic IN
trigucs of Eu 1pe. 1t can be said OF
few women OF royalty that they have
caused the downfall Of Bismarck,
the dismissal Of Comtc dAunny. and
a war scare In Europe. The babe dcs-
tined TO accomplish these things was
born at Ham, IN England, on January
IS. 1865 She was brought up, ms were
ali the Due dc Chnrtres's children. by
the excellent and completely deaf Join
vile The London Truth, in speaking
of their early education. once said, In
Labhy's peculiar journaleac: In the
summer he and they lived at q
country house In the forest
of Chnntllly, and IN winter in q superb
mansion in the Rue Fraicnls Premier
He was the drawing master of the
Princess Marie. who uses her pencil
clevcrly, and is on a level as water
colorlst with hor grandfather and
mother. She is a nrst-ratc ,equestri-
enne. but--thcrc is always n drawback
to cycrything-has the kind OF phys
ique 10 which In former days the touch
OF a king or queen regnani was sun
posed to give health. one sees this iu
the lll-deflned thick nosullH. Tho
face. without being pretty or dlstingu".
is rather pleasing, and II has country
freshness. Her Cldc2t brother vcge-
tatcd. to tho age Of 10. IN Il state re-
seinbling that OF unchrisieucd babes W.
limbo. idealoss, aud without pleasure
or pain. He then died DR. Guncnu de
MISSY thought him q victim Of his
parents Grat-cousinship."
Although her marriage 10 Prince
Wnldcmar was arranged before she
had met him the young couple were
said 10 have fallen in love on sight
At any rate. they were IN the properly
sentimental state by the time the we'd
ding came of, Their formal hetrothnl
took place on September 4, 1850. nt the
Danish Castle OF FredensborR. amid
great eclat. the affair being attended
by all the leading members OF the Or
leuns family. the king and queen OF
Denmark. the czar and czarlna OF Rus
STA, the prince and princess OF Wales
and daughters, the king and queen of
Greece the duchess of Cumberland, the
czarowitch and the grand dukes, and
n long list OF princes and princesscs
and lesser sprlgs OF royalty As the
prince is n Lutheran and the princess a
Catholic a papai dispcnsauon for the
marriage was necessary and this was
obtained NJ Rome for H'e trlfling con-
eideration Of S1s7, although one OF the
veracious London society journals an
nouncpd that the vatican authorities
demanded and received the sum OF
$4,000. Tho dlspensaion was based
on the condition that the daughters
who might be born OF the marriage
should be brought up In the Catholic
faith. while tho sons might be trained
as Protestants
The wedding, which took place IN
the next MONTH was the occasion OF
much pomp. The civil ceremony took
place on Oct. 81. at the Marie Of the
Eighth ACCOMPLISHMENT OF Paris. the
magistrate who OBLIGATED calling down
upon himself the wrath OF the republic
cen newspapers because he caused his
office TO be gayly decorated with flow
ers and delivered a congratulatory adj
dress to the bride, TO whom he babe
farewell and wished all manner of hap
piness In the name OF France. The
religious ceremony took place at the
now abandoned Chateau d'Icu, the resi-
dcnce OF the late Comte de Paris. IL
was celebrated IN the private chapel OF
tn chateau. In the presence OF the
queen of Denmark. the crown prince
and princess of Denmark, the prince
and princess Of Wales and their three
daughters, Prince De Jolnvllle. the Due
d'Aumale, the late Due DecaZes, the
Due and Duchesse de Chnrtn.s and
Count Won Moltke-Hatzfeld. the Danish
minister. Previous to his marriage
Prince Waldemar had been enjoying IN
allowance OF $500 year. This was
doubled by his royal father. while the
bride brought him a dot" In the shape
OF nm annual allowance Of $4,000. She
is. however, the heiress to an immense
fortune on her paternal side. as well
as 10 that OF her grand-aunt. the Prin-
cess de Jonyllle, and her income will
ultimately be quite $500 a year. The
married couple after their return TO
Copenhagen, occupied the Yellow Pal
ace, the former residence OF Christian
IX before his advent TO the throne,
and since 1865 occupied by the brothers
of the king.
Had any one ventured 10 predict.
when the princess arrived in copenha-
gen, that some day she would be one
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