The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-19

not be considered as otherwise than as q
reflection upon the character of her charms
and attractions, and the knowledge of the
lifting is confined TO her immediate rela-
tives and friends and is soon forgotten.
But royal ladies' are so conspicuous by rea-
son of their lofty station that when the
princcly knight breaks the troth that he
has plighted and "rides away" the whole
world is at once informed thereof in "a
manner that is intensely CALLING 70 the
pride and delicacy of the illustrious dam
sci.
Attention to the jilting of royal prin-
cesscs is called by the official betrothal the
other day of Princess Helene of Montcne-
gro TO the only son and heir of King Hum
bert of Italy. Tall, stately and very dark
her beauty being Of the statuesque type,
she was educated from her earliest child
hood at the court of St. Petersburg under
the personal direction rs well as ut the cost
of the now widowed c2arina, the avOwcd
object of the latter being TO fit the girl for
the position of consort TO the czurowitz,
now the emperor. AS soon as ever she was
old enough she was afIianced to him
Al the last moment however. Nicholas,
with that contrariness that distinguishes
young people whom their parents wish TO
marry off, absolutely declined to wed the
bride selected for him, and Princess Helene
was accordingly compelled TO return, deep
ly mortified, to her fathers tawdry and
one horse court at Cettinje. Her hance
subsequently led to the altar Princess AliX
of Hesse.
Princess Helene has now accepted the
crown prince of Italy as a husband, and
having been disappointed in her anticipa-
tons of sharing the throne of the emperor
Of all the Russias, will be consoled by the
prospect Of becoming on the death Of King
Humbert queen of Italy.
Princess Helene is not the only damsel
of high degree who, after being disappOint-
cd in the expectations of one crown or cOro-
net, has been consoled with another Thus,
before being led TO the altar by the emper
or of the French, Eugene of Montiio was
Tilted in turn by the Spanish Duke of Sesto
and also by Prince Napoleon, surnamcd
"Plonplon. The latter was officially af-
famed to her, but broke off the engage
ment at the last moment in Difference to
the loud protests of his reprobate father,
old jerome, ex-king Of Westphalia and ex-
husband of Miss Elizabeth Patterson of
Baltimore, who, in letter since published,
and which is on record, pointed out TO his
son that Mile. de Montijo was neither Us
regards birth nor antecedents the sort
Of person whom the son of u king could
wed. Plonplon yielded to his parents ar
guments, and TO this, above everything
else, must be attributed the intense ami
mostly which the empress manifested to
him throughout her husbands reign, and
even afer she became widow her hostility
TO the man who Tilted her was so great
that she furnished his son Victor with the
financial means which he needed to start
on his own account as q rival pretender TO
his father.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria owes her
position on the dual throne of Austria
Hungary to the fact that Francis Joseph
Tilted her eldest sister, Helene, for her
sake. Princess Helene of Bavaria, like
her namesake at Cettinje, was betrothed
almost in her childhood to the present EN-
peror of Austria and was most carefully
trained and educated with view to fitting
her for the proper discharge of her even
tual duties as empress. When, however,
the time for the marriage drew near, Fran
els Joseph fell violently in love at first
sight with her younger sister, and, much
TO the dismay of all concerned insisted on
jilting Helene in order to marry the school
girl, scarce 16 years old, whom he literally
adored. Proud, ambitious and deeply in
love with her faithless flance, it was ter
rible blow to Helene to see the Cinderella
of the family carry off the man she loved
and the crown which she would have been
so delighted to wear. However, her good
sense induced her to keep her troubles and
sorrow to herself and to put the best face
possible on the matter.
The Duchess of Teck, mother of the
young Duchess of York and sister of old
Duke George of Cambridge, was Tilted in
the most shameful manner by the late
Prince Of Orange, who used to be known
in Paris by the nickname of "Citorn.
The official engagement had been an
nounced, all the arrangements made for
the wedding. and the prince had left The