The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09
The Engagement Of Prince Ester.
bay to Ki1g BonbA's Widow

sometimes arrested and On o.hA,
rescued either from thugs :, .o,ccasssns
the gutter. whe-e thesa .a-n e ton
se2onS OF European ROYALTY rs.. sasssv
seek Fenose when in their n,,os suht u
any che VINO wishes - learn vsssea
O. NE vas .ett by the ex-kiax ~ Aihs
curing the .lFSt ten years OF ma s.sIp -es
al Paris need only read tbs rsn IS;o1fs
novel OF AIphonse paudet. e,,,,,.s a asa
Kings ia Exile" book In wh,es :, 10
Of Naples is portrayed under ~. .sne's
parent pseudonym of the king a. -
ria" VI lug.
The death Of the prince of o,..-
seemed 20 nave sort Of soheriur srss.
upon tue eN-hihg' Who thereupon ah.s
doEod All his Dose ways and dawes va
self 20 piety and 10 the church. HI. 1t nus
time was devoted 10 church-goinr 49,.
made a point az attending mass s.~.ss
times a day. lie died couple or y..s'
age, and II may be remembered ths, -.
Iuneral IN Austria became thu scrrs ~
very oisEraceful scandal, owing 20 tia ~
tempt Of his half-br0sher, prinee Pc,
Of Bourbon. to force himself unor 80
crowd of royal rnourner.. the r,..ss
eventually being elected by the na.s~.
first. from the house where the cavrs.
lay; secondly, from the church where -.
IubeTat WIS 70 t6he pace aud nnslhx
from the tomb Itself whence he was ras
Quoted by gendarmes across the aus,rsss
frontier. / may add that he retals,,s -
challenging several of the royal perxsr.
ages who had objected 10 his presence !,
the funeral. but they declined TO ac,rs,
his challenge on the ground tina: nav
were not called upon 10 accord the saus
faction due 10 gentlemen TO an indiysdss,
who had forfeited every claim To b r.
garded asa man of honor.
Queen Sophia. after endeavorine IN ~.
cry way 10 infuse some spark OF mana
ness into her craven-hearted husband and
Disguised quite as much by his extrs,s.
CANT bigotry by his previously aisrrp-
utabie behavior. devoted herself entirsly
to horses aud boating. Autumn wia,rr
and spring have been given up entirely 10
horse flesh in and around Paris. whls
during the hot summer months she maas
her home at Baulosne. where in TAR
weather and in foul she spent her DAYS
sailing small open boat on Tire eheppy
waters of the channel toward Dover. AT
Paris her Coiors are registered on the turf
under the name OF Count isola. and her
stable has won a number of races thaaSa
none OF the big events OF the year TIA
ilg-luek OF her house following her eyea
to the racetTack. She likewise has been
in the habit OF now and again hiring either
the old hippodrome or else the cirque In
the Champs Elysees for private practice
I'm the art Of bareback riding and jug.
Cling on horse back. arts In which she il
even a greater adept than was formerly
her sister. the empress OF Austria.
But in spite Of this diversity Of charae-
ter with her late husband. who abcmla-
ated horses and never rode. she manasea
to keep her name untainted by even the
slightest breath of scandal. and II IL On
this account more especially that her nn-
merous admirers and friends viii visa
her happiness in her second marriage win
a husband who is in every sense Of the
word a congenial spirit. man chivalrcus
honorable 10 the very finger tips, manly
in the extreme and who bears probably
the grandest name In all Hungary. his
family tracing Its descent to the biblical
Queen Esther-Philadelphi Press.