The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-10
REBUKED BY
THEIR QUEEN
Two Spanish Officers Aspired
to the Regents Hand.
Both Benished Eysm Court-Repnta-
tions OF Other Royal Women
Assaulted ny Runor

THAT the days when IL Was possible, 10y
means OF eoou looks, to win the favor
of the Queen, ana rise 10 the ioftieS'
omi,es anu digniiies OF the realn' are
past in SPAN. mas just heeu brought
hone 10 the officers or the Madrid gar
rison Two of their npHiher, both re-
tnarkally handsome, titled and firmly
oonci,.ced That they were absolutely ir-
rcsi>iilc. determined TO achieve the con
queS, Of hcr nia Jesi :. the Queen Regent.
Their rivalry lea 10 behavior that APP
pesrcd saprenleIy ridiculous 20 the I'M
tisted. For dtiHe At SEEMED AZ If Queen
Christina remained stone blind u the
Eianouver> which We're apparent 10 an
| at court ana tse task oi he iarrack-
| Rooms. But suddenly one OF THEM iouho'
| himself Transferred 10 a res flieh' s'a-
toned al Csdik. Waite the otiief was sent
/ lag auu baggage ieto the Reserves,
The lesson has Htaugnt the Young hi
,laIsos a nIuch-necdea lesson of the re-
! spsct due 40 a Modest woman. Yet there
are excuses for them in the history of
Spain of The last hundred years. Serano,
who was Repeatedly prime minister, and
even dictator OF Spain o'nonnell, the
father of the Duke OF Tctuan: NavareZ,
and. III fact, an the most conspicuous per
sonages in Spain. Enul Queen Christina
heaatuc relss-ni.ina be saiG 10 have owed
their position e. the favor of d Queen or
Spain. 81
Indeed. old Queen Chris, ina, mother of
Isabella, took a common soldier from the
ranks of TIE W lace guards, made him
general ana Duka-uf Rianzeres and then
married tl8sI. 'aso4isss of his daughters was
tie nsOt her OF tina; Prince Gel DraGo who
came to the Underestimate as tie sutton
for the hand of Miss Anna Gould "A nj con
soled himself FOR his failure ny selling. for
ug puCe some of his era ndmot hers
ieTvelry to Mir. George Gould.
And Queea Isabella : deposition in 1865
was chiefly brought about by her attempt
TO intTJSt the portfolio uf minister of
marine To the most ignohe OF all her
iavo,itee. namely, Marfori, whom she
had converted from a scuilery lad into a
marquis and a general. hat who died in
exile IA tie Philippine Islands, whittier
ne had been depoitea by order of the late
King Alpnonso as soon as ever the latter
became king. in 1876.
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slandered IN this respect. and there are
people who do not hesitate g. declare that
Count "Rudi'' KheYenhuelleT. tie Aus
Jrian envoy at Belgrade would never have
sacrificed hIs Position a nd his future TO stop
at heT request the advance OF the victorious
Bulgarian army upon the >ervian capital
by means OF an Unauthorized threat Of
hostiiiies on the part Of Austria unless ne
had been her lover. IftEere had been any
thing OF the kind. however, one can lie
certain that King Milan wouid have taken
advantage or it in order TO secure his
divorce from her on ether grounds than
mere iRcpm Patihility OF temper.
Neither OF the two Czarinas Of Russia,
nor Yet tie Queens Of Itaiy. Sweden or I
Denmark, have ever had their names 4
touched even by calumny in connection 4
witt alleged favorites. But the Liowager .
Queen Of Portugal svho is a sister of .
King Humbert: the late Queen OF wur-
tenIberG. the late Queen OF Holland /
the Queen OF Roumania. 50 well known 1
10y her pen name OF Carmen SYLVIA
and even old Empress Augusta OF Ger
many as well her daughter in-law,
the now widowed Empress Frederick.
have all through iniiscrete fayuritisIn eN-
posed themselves t. Islander.
Indeed there IL a Young German noble
man in New York. who has not hesitated
in tine oglrS- OF In a uthDrizeti neyvsIIa per in
terview TO declare in print that the rea son
FOR hls being here. ofhiseXilefrOm Germany,
and % the loss OF his commission in the
Germany army. IL due solely to the ieal-
,usy OF Emperor William, which had been
aroused ny the good will which the Ia tiers
conS5rt, the most blamelesS of
women. had manifested toward the young
Baron.
Nor is il necessary in this connection to
make more than a pa sSing reference to the
cGrrilOus stories that were in circulation
throughout the civilized world at one mo
uent in connection with Queen Victoria S
lndssuised preferences for her whisky
'odden Highland servant, John Brown.
II is perfectly true that Queen Mar
,uerite has a favoTite. But the favor
to is not man. but a young girl, who
goes hy the name Of '.Signorina Mimi
nd who is the daughter of the well
,nown MarquiSe Villa Marina. Ever
ince Queen Marguerite's maria ee she
is been her insepa rable companion and 4
rincipsl lady-in- waiting. Mimi. now
gyenty-two-year-3l girl. is tie god-child
[ the QBeen. and spends ev cry day sew
raj hours With her ana jesty, reading TO
er and chatting to her. Indeed. it is a
latter OF common report that Mimi rules,
OF only the King and the Queen, but like !
Use the eniire palace at the QuiTinal and