The evening times., 1898-05-25
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.

The German empress. who throughout
\ the winter was in a poor way. has i'm
proved In health so much by her stay In
Hamburg that the physicians few days
ago gave her permission again to ride on
horseback. almost the first time in a year.
f! equestrian. exercise this permission
means much to her. and II may now be-
come possible for her to accompany her
| husband. after all, on his trip next Fall
to the Holy Land, thing which she has
set her mind on, as she Is very pious,
and for many years has longed. despite
the superstitions that surround the Jeru-
salem-journey, to see with her own eyes
the scenes where the Saviour dwelt as a
man. In anticipation Of being accompa-
MED by the empress. William has had the
splendid imperial yacht. the Hohenzollern.
refitted for a long trip in southern waters
and special accommodations for the needs
of lady are being put in. The trip itself
is now shaped In advance in all its details
by the imperial court marshafs Office.
and the chances are that it will be ex-
tended to Egypt as well. A brief stay in
Constantinople as the guests Of the sui
tan will be made on the return voyage.
There is a singular fatality about the
Hapsburg dynasty in regard to its matri-
monial and other love ventures. Since
the present Austrian emperor, Francis
Joseph, ascended the throne fifty years
ago there has been hardly single happy
union among the many branches of the
Hapsburg house. Though not all of them
have become public property enough do
mestic tragedies have passed into COM
mon knowledge to show the truth of the
foregoing remark. That the union Of
Francis Joseph and Elizabeth. his wife.
despite the marvellous beauty and amia-
BILE temper of the latter. by birth a Ba-
varian princess. has not been a happy
one, the whole world knows. How much
fault there has been on either side Is
mooted question. and 1t may be that the
numerous love affairs Of the emperor In
his younger days were not SO much the
cause as many say and that the grain OF
insanity lingering in the blood OF the em-
press had more to do with 1t. The noto-
riousiy unhappy married life that Crown
Prince Rudolph led with Stephanie,
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a matter of history,sas is his tragic death.
But there are other less-known TRACE
dies in this house. Such one is, for in
stance, the life Of Archduke Leopold of
Austria, who is on his deathbed. an old,
broken-down and lonesome man. famil-
iarly known in Austrian court circles as
the Hermit of Hoerstein." He was the
eldest son of Archduke Rainer. cousin of
the emperor, and when a young man he
seemed to promise much. being hand
some, tall strong and extremely well-in-
formed and full of ambition. In the army
he was the idol Of the younger, officers
But his evil star would have 1t that he
fall In love in 1851 (two years before the
death Of his father with a young and
rarely charming actress, Amalie Woln
by name, who was Prussian subject and
a Protestant, hence not to be dreamed Of
in those days of violent hatred Of Prussia
at the Austrian court, for q wife. The
young lady. however, was az virtuous as
she was beautiful. and the young arch
duke, headstrong and obdurate, serious
ly thought of marrying her. The union
was. at o family council, declared impcs-
sible and the young lady herself was
made to leave Vienna She soon after
died OF q broken heart. Archduke Leo
poid remained wifeless and faithful to her
memory, and on the death OF his father
retired to the solitary castle Of Hoern-
steln, up In the mountains, Whenes 10
has hardly eyr stirred al theso Log