Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-22

| princesses by her emarcipated ways
and feats OF muscle: the crown princess
OF Sweden and her mothor-ln-law nre
scarcely on speaking terms. ~ Bu-
| chareEt the same condition OF niIairs
! prevails, Carmen sylvia being on ,he
very worst terms with the crown prln-
cess.
Now there comes from Dresden the
| news of a quarrel between old queen
| Garcia of Saxony. humdruin, jam
making, housewifely sort OF dame. and
/ Princess Frederick Augustus, whose
husband Is the representative to the
crown. The cause OF the dispute Is a
( bicycle owned by tho princess. and the
| relations between the two royal lhdles
are 20 strained that the princess mas
declined TO put In an appearance at amy
| OF the state and court functions that
! have recently taken place
Princess Frederick Augustus 10
very hlgh-spiritcd girl, and by birth m
Austrian archduchess. who, In spite OF
her simplicity and charm OF manner as
well ps her entire freedom from all nf-
fectatlon, has been brought ur to re-
gard herself as UNNECESSARILY superior
10 any OF the saxon royal family, uh-
der tic circumstances she naturally re.
cents Interference IN her behavior all
tho more MS with her wilt. brilllhney
and ca,icaturing, she cannot hut una
minded and behind the times.
While Princess Frederick Augustus
belongs 10 that particular branch OF
the house OF IIapsburg which has pro-
ducod such briiiiantly errntir men "n
the Archdulye John, better known by
hls name OF John Orth, and the eN-
llorer and scientist, Louis salvador
queen Garcia, on the other hand, Is the
last surviving member Of the Swediah
uovereign house OF Nusa, and the only
daughter OF a prince who was as thlck-
headed as his father. King GustaNus
The latter. in consequence OF his de-
mcntin, was deprived OF his throne
about 1910 his cousin, who seized the
crown, selecting and adopting as ms
heir and successor the French peasant
born Field Marshal Bernodotte, the
grandfather of the present King oscar.
King Gustavus died In exile, and so,
too, did his only son, the lnte Prince
GuStaVus of Nasa, who spent the great
err portion of his life In Switzerland.
Though without a throne or fortune
he still retained an Immense pride, and
when the hand OF his daughter was
sought by Emperor Napoleon III, In
marriage he actually drove the EN-
perur's ENJOYS from his presence. de-
clnrtng that he regarded the very offer
az the dlrest of Insults. To the very
last he Persisted In regarding King
oscar as usurper. The court OF Dros-
den Is the only one In Europe where
the present ruler of Sweden Is not re-
gardcd as welcome.
Talking Of saxony. nothing is moro
amusing than the suprrstltlons peculiar
! to nimruds that are believed in by old
/ King Albert, Among other things he
I makes "A point of never saying good
morning" to any one on the days de-
| voted to shooting, at least not until
I the sport Is over. and II * somewhat
I trying to ones gravity to see him press
| the hand OF his crony, the emperor NJ
/ Austria, or any other Of the companions
! OF his shooting expeditions, In solemn
silence. convinced that II he should
utter one single word Of greeting the
mornings sport would be spoiled.
II Is fortunate that the venerable
! noblemnn who used to be known in the
| Fnubourg st. German at Paris by the
name of the Prince de La Tour d'Au-
| Ncrgnc and Due de BoulllOn leaves no
children. as serious doubts have all
along been entertained with regard to
his right TO either tho name of La
Tour d'Auyergnc or to the dukcdom OF
/ Bouillon Some OF the leading gcncnlo-
giSts do not hesitate to dcnounce his
| nrn'onsiona as ridlculnug and to nllcgc
that lie was merely the desccndent of IA
lawyer named LAtour who lived In
NuNervne, Instead OF being n member
OF that formerly sovereign house which
fusnished SO many llustriaus soldiers,
statesmen and prelates 10 Franco. in
Guiding the great Marshal Turanne nnd
that La Tour dAuvergnc who fgiirej
on the roster OF tho first Napoleon's
army as lie premier grcnadier de
Frpnce,"
Even at the very host. the old gentle.
man who has lust died was the issue
OF merely adopted son OF the inai
claimant 10 the rank OF Duo de nonil.
ION and Prince de La Tour a. Auvergue
ana had II not been FOR the wealth oi
MS wife II Is probable that his preten.
slons would never have been rerog.
hlzeu' Al the more as the title OF Duke
OF Bouillon, borne by the frat crusade,
King OF Jerusalem. In now recognisrd
by every court N Europe as belonging
10 the head OF the Austrian house OF
: Rohan,
/, The late prince. to give him the tn,
TO which he laid claim. occupied ,
i grand mansion In the Fnubourg 81
. German, where he went on the LIST %
December each year to give banquc
| TO all those French noblemcn who
like himself held the position OF cham
, berlain OF the cape and sword to tn
pope. There are about nifty of them 4,
invariably wear their ceremonial cos
tune. which was designed by Michno
|, Angelo and has never been change,
since.
II Is all black and composed OF
plated cloth tunlc reaching n littl
: above the knee and trimmed with
, velvet band which comes from m
= neck and goes all around on the fore
y arm three big puffs are divided by tn
. same velvet band, at the list being
= wide lace, The brooches are tied by
!, velvet garter ornamented with n re
u sette, In the center OF which glItters
!, huge aqun marina, and similar orna
u ments decorate the low-out shoes.
: Round the neck is a wide collaretta q
u bntiste; on the shoulders h thrown
: velvet cloak lined with SILK. and on IN
y cheat are displayed three rows OF rri
g chains hung ut equal distances WIT
: ten iockets in rcd and blue ename
9 while In the middle is large modal
z lion adorned with the pontlAclal arms
d The sword Ia incased In a shiny leathe
y scobhard with steel ends, the hilt bein
i OF steel and inlald ebony; while on IN
head the chamberlain wears a low vel
o vet topue with black ostrich fcathe
i fifteen inches long.
Q There are several people I'm thl
. country entitled to wear this costum,
q and among the best known OF thor
h was. perhaps. the late Mr. Eugen
r Kelly, the banker OF Wall street. Ne,
o fork.-Maruuise de Fontenoy in en-