The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-08-04
DON CARLOS.

Since his marriage to the Princess
Bertha de Rohan. II rather pretty and
stylish young woman. descended from
the ancient sovereigns of Brittany, he
has apparently led most exemplary
domestic life. lie is often seen bath
ing on the Ledo. and going up and
down the canal In penny boat in
most democratic manner. In their
gondola he and the duchess seem al
most loverlike, both sittlng under the
shade of the duchess parasol.
Notwithstanding this apparent dem
ocratic simplicity, they exact from
their friends and acquaintance court
ly homage when they receive" The
duchess royal hand Is extended to be
kissed, and her manner could not be
more ceremonious IL she were reigning
Queen of Spain. Perhaps she is prac-
ticing that she may be able to receive
In good form when she does come to
the throne-if she ever does.
1t Is said that the duchess is Jealous
of her position and will have no one
forget 1t. Some OF the Venetians
whose pleasure 1t is to call upon her
object to being reminded of their re-
missness when, for some reason, they
havetnot gone as often as her court
etiquette demands. When Sir Henry
Laird settled in Venice he and Lady
Laird left cards for Don Carlos and
the duchess at Loredan Palace. What
was their surprise to have their cards
rnt n6 TO rr,tt
the effect that people calling upon
royalty wrote their names in the visit
ors' book, and did not leave cards as
they would when calling upon ordi-
nary people.
Don Jaime of Bourbon, the only son
and heir of Don Carlos was educated
at the Vienna Military Academy and
is at present serving as a captain in
the Russian army, practicing against
the day of revolution In Spain, per-
haps. He has an independent and
adventurous spirit like his father, and
is quite as gallant.
When Don Jaime heard Of his sis
ter's elopement with Count Folchi, a
penniless artist, a cripple, and a mar
ried man, he obtained leave of alb
sence from his regiment and went to
the Spanish frontier, hoping to catch
the couple on their way to France.
and to kill the count; but he missed
them and they still live to repent their
hasty action. Don Carlos was natur-
ally very much cut up over this es-
capade of Donna Elvira's. He ad-
dressed n communication to his fol-
lowers announcing that his daughter
was dead" to him and asking them
to pray for "her miserable soul" He
would have nothing to do with her,
Notwithstanding Donna Elvira wrote
to him from Barcelona imploring his
pardon and making excuses for her
conduct by saying that. since his Sec
ond marriage, she had found life mis-
cradle with her stepmother, the duch-
ess. Neither this letter nor the fact
that the wife Of Count Fillippo Folchi
had obtained a divorce, so that the
count was now free to marry his
daughter, had any effect upon Don
Carlos; he had buried his daughter
and would not have her resurrected.
Don Carlos Is immensely wealthy,
and with increasing fortune he has
grown avaricious. 1t is said that his
household expenses are conducted on
an economic scale that would do credit
to a miser.
With all his faults, he is as good
man, and in many respects better
one. than the majority of royal per-
sonages. He is a brave and courage
GUS soldier, daring to rashness. He is
fine horseman. and can, when he
pleases, effectively assume that air of
divinity which is supposed to be about
q king. Washington Star.
4. The Elder Matron-"You shouldn't
mind the baby crying a little. 1t