The herald., 1897-10-10

part Of Germany there would be fight.
Wilhelmina realizes all this, but she has
most emphatically stated that she will
not marry the young Prince Bernard OF
Saxe-Weimar He is a distressingly
plain youth. and the little Queen thinks
she can afford to wait until the right
prince comes along
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC.
One royal marriage which has JUST
taken place went to the satisfaction OIL
everybody concerned, except, possibly
the bridegroom. 1t was the marriage pe-
tween the Princess of Ingeborg of Den
mark and Prince Charles of Sweden.
Charles is good-looking, and the Prln-
cess Ingeborg Is, to say the least
plain, though robust enough. She Is
the daughter Of the Crown Prince OF
Denmark, and her husband is the third
son of the King of Norway and Swe-
den.
In case of the failure Of his eldest
brothers line, Prince Charles would
come to the throne, for King oscars
second son gave up all his rights OF sue
cession when he married MISS Eop"
Monk Therefore it was considered WISE
that Prince Charles should marry ne
was SO years old, and so far nau neg
lected to pick out princess OF ra'nei'
his family, with culpable carelesshess'
had not done so for him. But they SUI
denly awakened TO the fact that Charles
was getting old. and that human life is
",riphtv unsartin." even among royal
people.
Meantime. down in Denmark, the
Princess Ingeborg was getting more all
gular every day, and no royai piiiice
came a-looking for her hand. Ihey seht
her about so that she might Forage ior
herself and pick up royal husband, but
II was no use. AS soon as 1ngebors ap-
neared the marriageable princes sought
a new boarding place.
CHAMPION MATCHMAKER.
Finally the Dowager Empress of Rus-
sia, Ingeborg's aunt, who is now run
ming the Empress of India close race
as champion matchmaker of the world
thought of Prince Charles of Sweden
The Swedish royal family were de-
lighted Had not the very greatest of
monarchs and princes sought in mar
riage the hand of the Denmark girls?
Charles demurred, but that did not
count. To Copenhagen he went the 9TH
er day, and to Princess Ingeborg he was
married. His father led him to the al
tar, while the Princess of Wales and
the Dowager Empress of Russia
brought up the blushing Ingeborg. If
Charles had any idea of trying to es-
cape at the last moment. he gave it up.
The odds were against him.
FOUND A JEWEL.
One fine young lady who has recently
been selected to be the mother of kings
is the Princess Isabella of Orleans. AL
bert. who married her. is the heir to the
throne of the wicked old King Leopold.
If the house of Orleans never again
sees the throne of France, it will in the
person of the fair Isabella see the throne
of Belgium. Isabella is a decided blonde,
healthy and accomplished. In looking
over the list of the Catholic princesses
of marriageable age, young Albert's
family found none who pleased him
more than Isabella 1t is true her
family are not in the king business just
at present, but they had been, and Isa-
bella was a jewel, anyway
A REAL LOVE MATCH.
One royal match which has given
great satisfaction to Queen Victoria,
and which really seems to have been a
love match, was that celebrated recent
ly between the Duke of Schleswig- Hol-
stein and the Princess Dorothea of Sake
Coburg. The bride is the granddaugh-
ter of the King of the Belgians, and
both she and her husband are relatives
of Victoria.
Duke Ernest Gunther roamed about
the world until he arrived at the age of
thirty-three before he thought of matri-
mony. Then one day he stopped at the
castle of Ebenthal to pay his respects
to Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg. A
romping girl with short dresses and hair
down her back in long braid was
brought out and introduced to the row.
ing prince as the daughter he remem-
bered seeing when she was in her cradle
To the delight Of all the serene trans.
parencies and exalted discrepancies OF
Germany, Prince Ernest at once fell in