The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-30
PRINCESS, THonNY PATH.
snubbed by Queen Victoria ana
welded N IicantiDus Man.

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SpcctaI Cablegram to Globe-Democrat,
J<oi,don. October Unknown In her
Younger days as Pretty Polly CAM
bridge and during the last two decades
as Fat Mary" the Duchess of Teck was
by far and away the best known and most
popular of the loyal princesses of the
reigr,ng house otGreat Britain, and her
sudder death today. following serious
operation, can not fail to create WIDE
spread regret among the people aud to
leave an irreparable void IN society ror
some reason she was the only member of
the royal family whose English was en-
tlrely free from any trace Of foreign ac-
cert or dlom. and less affected than any
of her relatives by the German influences
which throughout the present reign have
played so important role at the English
court. She was always regarded by the
ailStocracy and people as the most thor
oughly and entirely English msmoer 81
the reigm.ng house Indeed. the renlark-
able popularity which she enjoyed was
Often q source of jealousy and annoyance
to Queen Victoria, who likewise resented
the conspicuous beauty of Princess Polly
as compared with her own holneliness
ana the consequence was that from tao
time the princess was presented at court
as H-year-old girl until Il few years
ago she was constantly subjected TO
meDt by her cousin, the queen. Before
she had been out for a year Princess Mary
was warned by her majesty that, as
princess of the blood, she was making
herself too cheap in society, and that her
col,duct betrayed an undignlfed desire to
hsh for popularity.
Several su.tors from abroad as well az
some great English ncbles who offered
their hand and their fortunes to the prin-
cess ana were accepted by her, were sub
seqWntly rejected by the queen In her
capacity as chief of the family, among the
number being Napoleon H., his cousin.
Prince Napoleon, several German princes,
and last. but by no means least. the
Prince of ORANGE eldest son and heir OF
the late king of Holland. who was 50 Sc
rious-y in love with her at that time that
when Queen Victoria broke off the match.
after the official announcement of the en-
gasement he to k to dissipation and driak
and died from the effects thereof at
Pans. 70 all ntents and purposes an out.
cast. and an object Of pity and contempt.
In 1866. Princes Mary, having mean
while reached her thirty-tifth year, fell in
love with a handsome Austrian officer.
who bore at the time the name of Count
Francis Hohensteln, who was the issue of
a morganatic union between a royal
prince of the house of Wurtemberg and a
Hungarian countess. and who had greatly
distinguished himself by his bravery in
the wars of 1889 and 1866. The princess in
dlgnant at the way in which she, had
been treated by the queen, boldly declared
that she would submit to no further inter
ference on the part of the latter, and that
she would marry the count, who was
several years her Junior, with or without
her majcsty's consent The prince con-
sort, who had been particularly hostile 10
Princess Mary i'm consequence of her anti
German sympathies, being dead, the
queen showed herself more yielding than
heretofore, and not only gave her con-
sent to tae marriage. but likewise induced
the king CT Wurtemberg to confer the
title of Prince Of Teck upon the count
/ hn ma -asaN ypC 30 tod nc Ia
private affair, took place, not in any of
the royal chape.s, but at the parish
Church of Kew and was made the object
of no pomp or ceremony.
Devoted to her handsome husband,
Princess Mary was much tormented by
Jealousy for which the prince gave his
| stately but somewhat stout wife ample
cause. on two separate occasions he
| clipped with the governess OF his daugh-
| ter and his wife's brother. the Cd Duke
of Cambridge, was want to declare that
as generalssimo he experienced infinitely
less trouble in keeping the British army
in order chan Brother-ln-law Frank Teck.