New-York tribune., 1896-08-30
.uLTED PRINCESSES.
,oyA1 MATCHES THAT HAVE BEEN
ypoKEN OFF DY FAITHLESS LOVERS.

o-6ned TO maQenS Oh lpN uSSiSS' ~ 10 " SheHN
hicb princesses of the 'lood are frequently
,,,,scted the insult being the more painful to
noor in consequence of its slaring publicity. a
=, - ordinary rank or of obscure birth is
e.,s as rule. TO conceal the uncomplimentary
..,ovior of her faithess swain. which cannot
Wa considered rs otherwise than as reflection
-, the char acter of her charms and attrac-
,,ons and the knowledge of the jlting is CON
a.d TO her immediate relatives and friends
rd is soon forgotten. But royal ladies are so
oonspicuous by reason of their lofty station
,bs, when the princely knight breaks the troth
,ha, he has plighted and rides away the
uhoe world is at once Informed thereof IN a
ranrer that is intensely CALLING to the pride
ard deicacy Of the illustrious damsel
Attention to the jilting OF royal Princesses Is
..Ilod by the official betrothal the other day
~ Princess Helene OF Montenegro to the only
con and heir Of King Humbert Of Italy. Tall
stately and very dark her beauty being OF the
statuesQue type. she was educated from her
earliest childhood at the Court Of st. Peters
burg under the personal direction as we'll as
AZ the cost OF the widowed CZarina the
ayowed object of the latter being TO tit the
girl for the position OF Consort to the care
witch now the Emperor. AS soon as ever she
WAS old enough she was affianced to hlh' the
match being prompted DS thc dh-PO"0iiN4 "'
sla,jst party. which openly expressed its aver
siou 20 any German-born and Lutheran frln-
cess and its strong preference for an Empress
who would be a Slav 10y birth and reared IN
the Orthod * Greek faith. AT the last moment
however Nicholas with tn contrariness that
dis,inruishes young people whom their parents
wish 10 marry Off absolutely decliLed to wed
the bride selected for him, and Princess Helene
Was accordingly compelled TO return, deeply
mortified. to her fathers tawdry and one-horse
court at Cettinje, where financial dlhcuiues
and alternate extravaganza and excessive econ
onov are the order of the day Her hancc SUD-
seouently led to the altar Princess Alix OF
Hesse.
About a wear ago Princess Helene received an
offer of marriage from King Alexander OF Ser
via But she declined it in consequence OF ms
particularly Objectionable manners ana hapl's
that offended the sense of delicacy and refine
ment which had been nstiled into her at 81
Petersburg She has now accepted the crown
Prince of Italy as husband, and having been
disappointed in her anticipations OF sharing the
throne Of the Emperor Of all the Russas, will
he consoled by the prospect of becoming on the
death of King Humbert Queen of Italy. Curl
ouslv enough the Crown Prince presents
even a greater contrast in point of stature and
nhvsjoue TO the bride-elect than did Nicholas
~ Russia For whereas Helene Is. in the words
of the poet "dvinely tall" Prince Victor Eman-
uol enjoys the distinction of being quite the
shortest scion of royalty for his age in all
Europe his height being inferior even to that
Of the dwarf husband of Queen Isabella of
Spain.
Princess Helene is not the only damsel Of high
degree who. after being disappointed in the eX-
p4ctations Of one crown or coronet. has been
oonsoled with another. Thus. before being led
n the altar by the Emperor Of the French Eu-
genie of Montijo Tilted in turn by ;he Span
ish Duke Of Sesto and also by Prince Napoleon I
.urnamed "Plonplon." The latter was officially /
smanced TO her. but broke off the engagement /
al the last moment in Difference to the loud |
nrotests Of his reprobate father, old jerome. eX-
king Of Westphalia and ex-husband Of Miss /
Elizabeth Patterson. of Baltimore who. in let
Ter since published. and which is on record, |
pointed out to his son that Mile. de MontDo
was neither as regards birth nor yet antece- |
dents the sort Of person whom the son of a |
king could we'd Porplon yielded to his /
narents arguments and TO this. above every /
thing else, must be attributed the intense AMI /
ransitv which the Empress manifested TO nm /
throughout her husbands reign. and even after .
she became a widow her hostility to the man /
who Tilted her being great that she furnished |
his son Victor with the financial means which /
he needed 10 start on his own account as rival |
to his father.
Nor must l omit the case Of Desiree Clary, !
who after being Tilted by the First Napoleon,
married mis- comrade and classmate Bernadotte.
who subsequently became King of Sweden ana
of Norway. Queen Desir6e. who was the laugh
ter Of a Marselles stockbrOker. was famed
for her piouante and petite beauty, as we'll as
Her married life
after her husband asc ended his northern throne
Voc far from happy For completely obliv-
ious Of his own humble origin. the new-Aedged
KING was everlastingly tauntng her with her
bourgeois birth.
rrnnress Elizabeth OF Austria owes her position
m the dual throne Of Austro-Hungary to the fact
that Francis Joseph Tilted her elder sister Helene
FOR her sake Princess Helene Of Bavaria IKE
her nanesake at Cettinje. was betrothed almost
IN her childhood TO the present Emperor OF AUS
tfa and was most carefully trained ana educated
with view TO fitting her for the proper uischdrse
Of her eventual duties as Empress Nhen now
ever the time for the marriage drew near francis
1ossrh feu olently in love at first sight with her
Younger sister and, much to the dismay or all
concerned insisted on jilting Helene in order 10
marry the schoolgirl. scarce sixteen years oid'
whom he literally adored. Proud. AMBITIOUS ahG
deeply in love with her falthless Hdhce' II vas
terrible blow 10 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 10 herself. ana to
put the best face possible on the matter. Not
Only during The marriage festivities, but also dur
ing her subsequent life. she acted to perfection
the part Of a devoted and sympathetic sister. and
al peared society and to the public at any rate
to rejoice openly at Elizabeth's good fortune
The Duchess Of Teck mother Of the young
Duchess II York and sister Of old Duke George Of