The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-15
4 ROYAL SCANDAL


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queen Visioria 10 Sii1od 81 -FlIrtatlons
ofths Crown Prlneo1s N noumahia.
There is a new scandal in connection
with the 80 unenyiably notorious house
OF coburg. This time IL Is the crown
princess OF Roumania, eldest daughter
Of the relgning duke Of cObufg. and
granddaughter OF Queen Victoria, who
Is the subject OF unsavory gossip. Far
and away the prettiest and most DASH
ing Of all the numerous descendants Of
me ultra-respectable British sovereign,
she has Of late developed a mania for
iIIrtation-to caii 1t by its mildest name
which Is neither IN keeping with hef
dignity as O royal princess, nor with
ber status as o wife and a mother Of
Young children. For the first time
since her marriage she has quilted her
husband, and has been staying at va
rlous German watering places, where
her eccentricities and especially her
readiness TO embark upon an exceed
Iugly rapid filtration with every good
looking man she encountered, have
aroused no end Of talk at the various
European courts and serve to still fur
Their embitter the quarrel which has
bsuband. In fact ono would be almost
tempted to believe that she is resolved
10 give her husband some reab cause
fCr jealousy, since IT was his remnn-
siranccs as to her conduct that led her
10 quit Roumania quite az suddenly
ard as sensatlonaAy as when her sister,
me grand auchesse Of Hesse, boited q
year ago from Darmstadt, after Vio-
lent quarrel with the grand duke.
King Charles sides with his nephew
in these matrimonial difficulties. while
queen Elizabeth, better known as
"Carman Sylvia" who has never liked
the crown princess, is Of course delight
ed with the opportunity Of pointing out
TO the crown prince how very much
happier he would have been had he
married her maid Of honor, Helene Va
Carescu, whom he was competed by the
king TO jH under the pain Of forfeiting
his rights Of succession to the throne.
Then, too. there has been most sem
satioHaI and serio-coHlic quarrel be-
tween the crown princess OF Roumanla
and her sister, the grand duchess OF
HeSse, which IL causing a ripple OF
laughter from one end OF Europe TO the
other. The grand duchess OF Hesse has
been staying at SchwGlbach for the sake
OF the famous mud baths Of the place.
On one occasion her sister, the crown
princess OF Roumania, accompanied
her, sat in the room with her while she
was in the bath, and then. as the grand
duchess emerged therefrom covered
from her neck TO her feet with a thick
coating OF mud, took a snapshot OF her
with a kodak, which she Invariably
carries about with her She seems to
have done this without the knowledge
OF the grand duchess, and the first thing
that the latter knew about II was wheE
she was presented with a picture, rep
resentlng her as a species OF sombre, or
rather plebnld Vepus, emerging not
from the blue sea, but from the repul-
sive Schwalbach mud.
There is nothing absolutely improper
about the portrait, since the mud may
be said TO have formed a species Of
close fitting garment, still at the same
time, 1t is not very pleasant thing for
an attractive woman such as the grand
duchess may claim TO be-, to be thus
portrayed. To make matters worse,
the crown princess was so inordinately
amused with the success OF the picture,
that before her sister knew anything
about It, she struck on a number Of
proofs and distributed them broadcast
among the numerous relatives and
friends OF the grand duchess 1t is
scarcely necessary TO add that they are
no longer on speaking terms, the grand
duchess being the last person in the
word to understand or appreciate the
Joke. In fact the origin Of ell her trou-
bles with her husband has been due to
the laUter's persistence in making her
the invariable- butt Of those practical
jokes to which she is addicted. Many
OF these jokes have been In the nature
OF coarse horse play, to which any high
spirited woman possessed OF any sense
OF dignity would object, and sympathy
has been universally on the side OF the
grand duchess in her matrimonial dlt-
fereuces with her husband.