The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-09

All minors that have been current with
rssara! to the i1iplineace 81 4 fhaF's"Sc
between Mrs. Largtry ana fIinee Ifo0aS
E.sfarAayv are likely 10 tie set ~ FeSs VITA
liz she next week or 50 y 'He ,.e.,s
rYent 81 q matrimonial alliance oSt"e'a
re nrince in question and the wido~ea
.xnt,ae, ~ Naples. IL Is possible, lnoSed'
mar the union would have been anncahce1
already were II not for the unfortunate
notoriety with which the ume-hohofed
name OF Esterhazy IS anecteo JUST 81 HaeS-
emit al Paris where the ex-1ueen MAKES
her home In a beautiful house on ihs
Avenue du Bots de Bouiogne.
Tho attachment between the queen and
the Hungarian magnAte IS one OF tohs
standing and IL is indeed, Tor the puE-
pose Of having an excuse Ter heins near
The queen that the prince has retained tue
off4cs ~ military attache of the Austro-
Hungarian embassy in London. Ia spite or
his having lpag since attained the rank
Of general The post of military attache
being usually held by major captain
or at best by a iieute nant-coionel. Al
though stationed in London. The best part
of the princes life has been spent IN
France in discreet attendance upon the
queen. and there is every reason TO DeheNe
that he himself encouraged the gossip
connecting both his own name aH1 'hat
OF his eldes. brother Paul with that or tile
Jersey Lily with the object OF avertlns
any hkElu o4 -GSs't' 1hN@s -ANN
Queen Sophia.
I, IS scarcely necessary 10 say that the
union in question does not meet with Inc
approval of the queens sister. the empress
of Austria and the extent 10 which the
relations between the two royal ladies are
strained Is shown by the fact that when
the empress passed through rams the
other day on her way to B!arriIz she re-
ceived her other sister. the countess OF
TRAM. as we'll as President Faure. but
took no notice whatsoever OF the exist
ence OF the one who formerly was heF Ia
vorite sister.
Yet the world at large hardly Will be
disposed to blame Queen Sophia. True.
she is no longer young. being in her NIFTY
sixth year. but the prince is of precisely
the same age and both of them are stii
marvelously youthful and Well preserved
for their years. thanks mainly 10 the out
of-doors nature OF their life and TO their
devotion to horses. The queen especially
would be taken readily for woman or
twenty years younger. so elastic, iaelie
and graceful are her movements and 50
unconstrained is her marvellous elegance.
especially when on horseback.
She deserves congenial husband. for
she spent more than a quarter OF a CEN
fury united by wedlock TO probably the
most contemplate prince that ever IN
herited and then lost sovereign crown.
The cowardice and the lack of energy and
manlfHeSS WHICH ne Nlspi3seu al the titIiS
when his Neapoitan throne was toppled
over by GaEibadi. Crispi and Victor En-
manuel only served to bring into greater
prominence the almost masculine qualities
as a military leader Of his wife, who dis
played SO much heroism in defending
Gaeta, the last remaining strong
hold of the Bourbons of Naples.
against the overwhelming forces by
which ii was surrounded. that all
Europe went wild with enthusi-
asm about her. Car Alexander IL. actual
~ went SO far as 10 confer upon her the
order of ST. George. only granted for al
together exceptional gaiantry in the face
of the enemy. one of the most highly
priced military decorations IN Europe, and
Of which she is the only feminine knight.
After losing their throne they took ZIP
their residence for a time at Rome as
guests Of the late pope. and 1t was there
that the royal couple lost their only child.
OF course they were obliged 10 leave
Rome when 1t was captured IN 1870 by
the despoiler of their throne, King Victor
Emmanuel. and, they thereupon settled
down at Paris, making their home at the
Hotel Vouiliemont.
The king during the early part OF his
residence at Paris led a life that was
source of scandal TO all his relatives and
OF shame and modification to his Wife
He chose as his principal associate the
disreputabie Prince of Orange and was
frequently in the hands of the police.