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

not only the uniform, but also the he'll
met OF the Gre brigade. OF this plcture
copy has heen presented to each en-
CINE house In Copenhagen, where It Is
now to be seen In prominent place on
the wall, like that OF some patron saint.
1t Is not necessary TO add that the fire.
men have returned the compliment and
presented the princess ~yith their pic
ture.
Once popular with the Gre depart
ment. Princess Waldcmar was ready
for another battle When her husband
was going abroad. she. as usual ac-
companicd him to the place where he
was to embark. The seaport. situated
at n considerable distance from Copen-
hagen, is reached by rail, and the prin-
cess had made II a condition that she
should be permitted to make part Of the
trip on INC locomotive. There she
stood. chatting with the engineer, COW
cred with coal dust and choked with
smoke. but smiling, charming fasclnat-
ing as ever
All these eccentrclties were severely
frowned upon by the royal family. but
the fact that the princess mixed herself
up In politics was the thing to which
they mainly objected Several years
ago, while In lrredensborg with the late
czAr-of whom she was great favorite
she placed number OF letters ana
which tended TO show that Prince Bis
marek was carrying on negotiations
with the anti-Russian party In Bulga-
ria. and was Intriguing against Alex
andcr III. This was after her husband
had been forced TO rctract his accent
ancc OF the throne Of that Balkan prin-
clpallty. This caused a great sensation
al the time. as II Involved d number Of
high-atandlng politicians, who had used
the princess as a tool. II set all Europc
by the ears, ana almost brought about
a war between Germany and Russia.
the conflict being ayerted only by Prince
Bismarck $ being able 10 submit In per-
son to Alexander proofs OF the fraudu-
lent and forged character OF the lCe~
tiers shown to his Muscovite majesty by
Princess Waldemnr.
Although her connection with the ar
fair rs not 20 well assured, NJ Flourens
did not scruple to allude to her ns the
conscious artince of Prince BlsmarolNs
downfall. The party which sprouted up
round Prince Henri de Chartres, in
opposition TO the Duo d'oricans, re-
garded her as Its Bona Den, the favor
In which she once stood with the late
Car being based both on family rela-
tons and the pleasure In which he took
IN her unconventional conversation and
high spirits The crown OF Norway
had been danglcd before her eyes by
French diplomats, French men-of-war
were at her beck and call, French Jour
nalsls making tours In Northern
Europe sought Interviews with her as
the shortest way for getting Mt the late
Car who, to believe them, would have
given her DC Giers' head on charger
had he opposed the Franco Russian
alliance, OF which she was the main
stay. Her unofficial inirigucs in favor
OF the Franco Russian alliance, and tile
resulting dismissal of the Comte
d'Aunny In disgrace as the French en-
Voy TO Copenhagen, agitated all Europe
again over year ago. She had tried
to take advantage of the trust which
the Gear had In her. and attempted TO
learn from him his political intentions
toward France and to give her informa-
ton 10 D'Aunay.
About this time stories OF differences
with her husband began to get about
While Prince Waldemar Is no saint
and has by no means been altogether
true to mo Princess. yet sympathies
both at home ana abroad are altogether
with him: why, Il Is dimcult 10 say
Princess Waldemar has never been able
TO get along With her mother-in-law, as
WAS natural TO expect for two greater
eNtromllles In character would be dim
cult to imagine She used to take
positive delight in sighting, ridiculing,
and even publicly insulting old queen
easy-going ft.her-in-law, the King as
well as with the Grown Prince and
Grown Princess, and conducted herself
IN such a way as to become the talk OF
the Danish capital, n great place for
scandal, ana where people are by no
means inclined to regard her freaks as
OF an Innocent character
Her confinement in an asylum became
necersary In the belief Of tho royal
fnmlly. She was placed some time ago
under the care of physician famous
FOR his treatment OF nervous diseases.
but she disobey his orders entirely,
and ran on to her relatives in France.
whore she has been ever since. She did
not even return to Copenhagen for tho
silver wedding festivities OF hor brother
in-law, the Crown Prince OF Denmark.
and she alone OF all his relatives sent
no present or even Il message OF con-
graduation Indeed, the breach between
herself and the royal family OF Dem
mark seems final and irreparable, even
her children, three sons, who bear the
Danish national names OF Aage, Axel,
and Erik. falling to keep her ia Copen-
hagen Whether an actual divorce
VIII take place is doubtful. The Prin-
cess Is fervcnt Catholic, while Prince
Waldemnr Is o Protestant, and Catho-
lies. as Is well-known, do not recognize
divorce as being permitted by the canon
laws of their church. On the other
hand, Prince Waldemar will certainly
wish TO marry again. The end OF tho
sad story Is not yet.