The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-05

moment, however, Nicholas with thas
contrariness that distinguishes young peo-
pie whom their parents wish to marry
off, absolutely declined to wed the bril
selected for him, and Princess Helene
WIS accordingly, compelled to return,
deeply mortified, to her fathers tawdry
and one-horse court at Cettinje, where
financial difficulties and alternate extrav.
aEances and excessive economy are the
order of the day. Her fiance subsequently
led to the altar Princess Alix of Hesse.
About year ago Princess Helene re-
ceived an offer of marriage from King
Alexander of Servia. But she declined
1t in consequence of his particularly OBJ
jectionable manners and habits that Of
Tended the sense of delicacy and refine
ment which had been instHled into her at
st. Petersburg She has now accepted the
crown prince of Italy as a husband, and
having been disappointed in her antici
pations of sharing the throne of the
Emperor of all the Russias, will be con-
soled by the prospect of becoming on the
death of King Humbert Queen of Italy.
Curiously enough, the crown prince pre-
sents even a greater contrast In point of
stature and physique to the bride-elect
than did Nicholas of Russia For, where
as Helene is, in the words of the poet, "di-
vinely tall" Prince Victor Emanuel en-
Joys 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 dsap-
pointed in the expectations of one crown
or coronet, has been consoled with an
other. Thus, before being led to the al
tar by the Emperor of the French, Eu-
genie of MontiJo was Tilted in turn by
the Spanish Duke of Sesto and also by
p NIL
The latter was officially affianced to her,
but broke off the engagement 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 a letter since published, and
which is on record, pointed out to his
son that Mile de Montijo was neither as
regards birth nor yet antecedents the
sort of person whom the son of a king
could we'd. Plonplon yielded to his par
ents' arguments, and to this, above ev-
erything else, must be attributed the In
tense luminosity which the empress mani
tested to him throughout her husbands
reign, and even after She became a widow
her hostility to the man who Tilted her
being so great that she furnished his son
Victor with the financial means which he
needed to start on his own account as
rival pretender TO his father
Nor must / omit the case of Desiree
Clary who after being Tilted by the First
Napoleon married his comrade and class
mate Bernadotte. who subsequently be-
came King of Sweden and of Norway.
Queen Desiree, who was the daughter of
a Marseilles stockbroker, was famed for
her piquante and petite beauty. as well as
for her wit and cleverness. Her married
life after her husband assembled his north
ern throne was far from happy. For, com
1INI oF oxxyt htfr origin
the new-fiedged king was everlastingly
taunting her with her bourgeois birth.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria owes her
position on the dual throne of Austro-
Hungary to the fact that Francis Joseph
Tilted her elder sister Helene,
for her sake, Princess He
her childhood to the present Emperor of
Austria, and was most carefully trained
and educated with a view to fitting her
for the proper discharge of her eventual
duties as empress. When, however the
time for the marriage drew near Francis
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 IS years old, whom he literally
adored. Proud, ambitious and deeply in
love with her faithless flance, 1t was a
terrible blow to Helene to see the Cinder-
ella of the family carry offer 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
Not only during the marriage festivities,
but also during her subsequent life, she
acted to perfection the part of a devoted
and sympathetic sister, and appeared, to
society and to the public at any rate, to
rejoice AZ Elizabeth's good fortune.
he 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 "Citron."
The official engagement had been an
nounced, all the arrangements made for
the wedding. and the prince had left The
Hague for London, where he was to re-
main until after the marriage had taken
place. Unfortunately, he Travelled via
Paris. and as Napoleon ILL., for political
reasons, was averse to the match, be-
lieYing that an alliance OF this kind
would be detrimental to the interests of
France. he caused the up to that time
perfectly well behaved prince to be en-
vironed by such network OF tempta-
lions that he literally could not tear
himself away from the brilliant capital OF
France. Meanwhile his handsome Eng
fish bride, the British court and the Brit
ish people were waiting for him with an
tion which increased with every
days delay in his arrival and when at
length news reached London Of scandal
OF a singularly unsavory character, IN
which he had become Involved on the
the nature Of which was pur-
posely intensified by the French authori-
ties and press Queen Victoria insisted |
on Immediate explanation. TO this the |
prince replied that he no ionger cared 20 /
we'd Princess Mary And at Paris he re-
NAMED until the end OF his days, his
death being hastened by dissipation.
Equally displcasing was the lifting Of
Marguerite Of Chartres by the
Duke Of Orleans. Tended with the most
owing and devoted solicitude by his fair
iancee during his Incarceration at Clair