Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-02
ROYAL FAMIIYS ROMANCE.
GROWN PRINCE FERDiNAND'S
LOvELESS MARRIAGE.
How He Has Fallen Desperately in Love
With His Handsome Wife,
who Does Not Retnrn
His Passion.

Tie or Edlnhurg.
The elements in this romance are
thrilling and delcctable. A prince has
fallen in love with his own wife, after
years of estrangement. plot to up
Set throne, in which the queen poet
ess. Carmen Sylvia, was an unwilling
agent, has been frustrated.
The Crown Prince Ferdinand OF
houmanfa Is the man who has had the
curious experience of falling in love
with his own wife When they mar
ried In 1898 she was in love with him
and he did not care for her After a
Few years she grew tired OF loving in
vain and began TO amuse herself. She
startled The courts or Europe by her
indiscretions. She paid visits incognito
TO Vienna and played various pranks
there. She was a leader in the gave
ties OF Monte Carlo and the Rivera
Al Bucharest the capital OF Roumania.
she showed so much kindness TO
handsome young American named
Sumner Horton that her husband had
him sent out of the country.
Then this husband astonished every
body by falling desperately in love
with his own wife, whom he had 80
long neglected. He is now madly de
voted to her.
And she spurns him.
This strange affair il agitating all
the courts and high social circles OF
Europe
Queen Victoria is n model OF queens
and mothers Her antipathy to d-
vorce is SO great that she will not
speak to 4 person who has been con-
taminated by it.
Neither romance nor scandal is or
dinarily concerned with the women of
portion Of the splintered bone il was
her family, Nevertheless, the daugh.
ters Of her second son, the duke Of Ed
inburg, are startling exceptions to this
rule.
This prince who is now the reigning
duke of SaNc-Coburg GOtha, marrie', a
sister Of the late ear Of Russia She
never received the honors which she
considered her due in England. When
her husband fell heir to his uncle's
duchy Of SaXe-Coburg. Gotha, she in
sisted that she should take II in order
that she might be n reigning soyer-
eign. and technically the superior OF
the idolized princess of Wales whom
she disliked. The duke would have pre-
ferred TO remain an Englishman and
relinquish the German duchy TO his
son, but he was overruIed.
The duchess has several pretty
daughters. The eldest was Princess
Marie, with whom this history Is
chiefly concerned. She married in 1893,
when less than Is, the Crown Prince
Ferdinand Of Roumania, the nephew
OF King Charles OF Roumania, whose
wife is the poetess, Carmen Sylvia.
Prince Frrdlnand's engagement to
the Princess Marie ended the Nacnrcs-
co Intrigue that nearly cost his uncle
his throne. The prince accepted a wife
as politicnl necessity, but he was still
In love with Helene Yacarcsco. The
beauty Of the Princess Marie did not
touch him.
Helene NaCaresco, Ruumaniau lady
OF ancient Roman descent and very
solid charms, was maid Of honor TO
Queen Elizabeth. better known az
Carmen Sylvia. The queen adored her
and encouraged her husbands young
nephew and heir in his attentions to
the maid Of honor She announced
publicly that the marriage would take
place, and through her secretary in
union Of youth love and beauty.
The promised marriage raised a
storm in Roumania and Carmen Sylvia
was compelled to leave the country
King Charles needed all his wits and
energy to save his kingdom from
being summarily turned into a repub
lie. He made II clear that there would
be no marriage between Prince Ferdi-
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same time he looked for suitable
partner for the prince, and fonnd he
Princess Marie Of SAKE Coburg Gotha.
The prince did not love his wife and
did not conceal the fact He continued
his devotions to Mile Vacaresco. and
when she was removed he found con
ISOLATION elsewhere.
The princess grieved at first and
then thought II would be better to for
get her love ana be Indifferent
soon she realized that her husband
was little more than well-htting uni
form and an empty head. To distract
her thoughts more completely from
him she had two children, Prince Carol
born in 1893, and Princess Elizabeth.
born IN 1894. 10 look after
The children did not occupy the prln
cess exclusively She plunged into dis
sipation When the social resources OF
Roumania palled on her she would pay
visits to the not distant city Of Wien
IA. called the harem Of Europe.
She also passed much time In the RI
veria. At Nee, Cannes and Monte
Carlo she was a center OF attraction
A princess ~ such beauty and such
lineage who deigned to enter into the
amusements Of the gay and reckless
throng At Monte Carlo soon gained pop
ularity and notoriety as well
All the time she was growing more
charming 20 the eye. She Is only %
today, and tho full flower Of her beauty
Ia only beginning 10 bloom.
Suddenly the heart and mind Of the
not oyerindulRent Prince Ferdinand
underwent a change He fell In love
with his own wife Her absorption in
worldly gsyeties and her evident indlf-
ference helped to make this change in
him. Her beauty did the res.
But the princess love IL dead. and
she Is said 70 be utterly Indifferent 10
her husbands passion.
While this romance las teen enacted
in Roumania the affairs OF the grand
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