The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-14

life the brothers led. and when. at criti-
cal period of their youth. the breath of
actual practical existence was waited in
upon them. that which would have been
revivifying an an elixer Of energy TO
healthy minds was fatal to them. Lud-
wig sought the pure ideal. having no COM
pensatin balance within his own nature.
his very virtues led to his descent to the
plane of a mere voluptuary. from which
it was but a short step TO insanity. Hand
some and noble in gesture and mein in
youth, he became obese and repulsive in
later life. Love had laid its spell upon
him, and his ideal had been shattered
One strong passion alone solaced him I'M
til he died-his admiration for and appre-
citation of the music of Wagner.
Such was Ludwig; even more forbid
ding and dreadful IS the fate of the hap
less Otto. Confined in the Palace of
Fuerstenried, in the midst of the Ba-
varian forest, his life IS a burden to him
self and others. Guarded by soldiers. who
dread the duty assigned them. he drsgs
out the existence of one whose mind is
blank His statue, like that of his brother,
is gigantic. His beard grows unkempt.
and his eyes, in their black lustre and va
cant gaze. too gloomily betray his condi-
ton Of idiocy.
Unhappy pictures Of brothers Of ancient
and royal lineage; inscrutable as We'll as
baneful the conditions that permitted and
aided such ruin and despair.
THE COMING KING.
There is no heir in the direct line TO the
throne of Bavaria. Prince Luitpol1, the
regent Of the second kingdom of the Ger
T an olnI re, pine wo has won the af-
lection and esteem of his sovereign lord,
the Emperor, may survive his unfo-tu-
nate nephew and succeed to the crown, but
if he d De: not his eldest son, Prince Lud-
wig, will rule over Bavaria in time. The
regent, Prince Luitpold. was borne IN 1871.
He is notable and solderlike in appear
ance. His tastes are refined, ne under
stands art, and has a deep-rooted passion
for pictures.
Unfortunate as the Bavarians have been
for so many years in the chara'+er and
perhaps even exagerate the merits OF such
Of the blood royal as deserve their en-
cominums. Prince and Princess Ludwig
Of Bavaria, the son and the daughter-1n-
law Of the regent have won the affection
of the people, and are in point Of fact
among the most popular royalties in Eu-
rope. 1t is not too much to say that the
Bavarians adore this couple The Prince
is short, unlike his race. stout and quite
akin to the Bavarian peasant famer in his
bearing. His eyes are as blueas the gen.
tan and as kindly as those eyes usually
are. He is simple, and loves far more to
wear a scant jacket and Tyrolese hat than
his uniform as a Bavarian infantry COM
mander. The Prince is a speaker of some
note, and has often raised his voice in the
Reichsrath. especially when agrarian
questions are under discussion.
The life of the Princess is simplicity it.
self. She has reared large family, and
her domestic virtues are widely known
and appreciated in Europe. The Princess.
however, has other and more striking
claims to nobility, even to fame. To the
so-called "Legitimist League" of Eng
land she is known as the direct heir of
the Stuarts and OF Charles the First.
Before her marriage she was Princess
Marie Teresa Henrietta Dorothea, daugn-
ter and only child of Archduke Ferdinand
of Este and his wife, the Archduchess
Franziska Marie. She was borne in 1S49.
Her claim as heires of the Stuarts rests
upon her descentfrom Victor Amadeus IL,
Duke of Savoy and Kink of Sardinia.
Princess Henrietta Anna, daughter of
Charles l., married Phillip. Duke of Or
leans. brother of the Grande Monarque,
Louis XIV. Their daughter. Anna, mar
ried Victor Amadeus. Queen Victoria's
descent from the Stuarts came only
through the Princess Elizabeth. sister of
Charles 1. and wife of Frederick V, Elec-
tor Palatine and King of Bohemia