The times., 1899-02-26
Royalties Able to Earn Their
Own Living.
Titled Women Of Brains and Indom-
liable Pluck.
The European Courts Include Lec~
turers. Physicians MiIIiners,
Gardeners, md Actresses.

to men. The woman who can" exists to-
day in almost every walk Of life. and in
Europe even among. the crowned heads
and ladies of the most noble birth.
The Queen of Roumania is probably the
only one among royalties who is licensed
as public lecturer. For several years her
majesty has given private talks on sub
jects of interest to young women. private
ly in her palace, to the daughters of the
Roumanian aristocracy.
These lectures have, however. recently
become so popular and attractive and the
requests to attend them SO many and so
persistent that the Queen now lectures in
the public high school for girls, and has
obtained the necessary official professional
diploma. which is signed by the King and
by the minister of public instruction.
But Queen Elizabeth is as deft with her
fingers as she is clever with her brain.
At doll show recently held in Berlin. un-
der the direction of the hereditary princess
of the wied, to dispense Christmas chari-
ty to the poor, the leading feature of which
was collection of dolls exhibited by the
Queen of Roumania,' every article of dress
and decoration of which was made by her
self. \ gem OF the royal handiwork was
7 a charming reproduction in miniature OK
the carriage used at the Roumanian coro-
nation, drawn by eight tiny horses, whose
1 silver harness is marvel OF Workman
ship. The group is valued at 10000 francs,
! and is to be sent to the Paris exhibition in
| 1900.
Queen Amalie of Portugal is another OF
I the clever and good women who are on
| the throne. II is well known how, TO be
/ able to personally attend TO and treat the
King, who suffered very poor heath on
account of his great obesity. she entered
! the university and studied medicine. But
she was no fancy student; she took her
studies seriously. attended the lectures
faithfully, passed her examinations sue
cessfully, took her degree, and is today
the only royal NJ. d. in the world, and il is
! said that she visits the poorer sections OF
Lisbon and practices her profession in
cognita," being only known as the good
lady DOCTOR
But Queen Amalie has one other great
accomplishment which might, and per-
haps does. save her a great dSa. OF
money. She is an expert at the millinery
! trade and in the royal residence there IS
an apartment in the seclusion of the
. QuttH QudIttESs Edtos uOhh u.
and toqu.srare being fashioned and mod
eled after Der own exclusive designs.
In this connection there is a pretty aud
| absolutely true story. Once, when driy-
I ing, her majesty large crowd sur
| rounding some one who had fallen do vn.
| The footman was sent to ascertain what
was the cause OF the accident and, re-
! turning reported that ii was a young girl
who had tainted from weakness The
| Queen left her carriage and herself assist
ed her into the privacy of a nearby shop,
and then personally attended to her pro-
! fessionally. The queen then had inquiries
made about the girl; she was a miliiner
/ who, having failed to get work, had un-
| dertaken to work herself for the support
A.! of an Invalid mother, but with such poor
success that she was nearly starved. The
Queen is her patroness and she is at
the head of one of Lisbon's leading bonnet
shops.
The ex-Empress Friedrichs of Germany
is an excellent musician, and talented
above most women in sculpture and paint
ing. The Empress is, however, able to
| earn more than a few thalers annually
from her knowledge and training in both
floral and kitchen gardening. She is es-
4 pecially fond Of raising choice roses for
I decorative purposes, and owns large nur-
sery garden at Friederichshof. in the lodge
\ OF which are many diplomas of merit and
quite a few prizes won at the different
flower shows. Quite little commotion and
I considerable amusement was caused during
/ last summer when it became known that
the fruit supplied for the banquet break
fast given to the Emperor by one of the
swell regiments of the guards had been
purchased from Empress Friederichs' head
gardener. and probably from the Empress
herself.
Grand Duchess Serge, OF Russia. who
was Princess Elizabeth OF Hesse, and who
| is the elder sister of the CZarina, is a su-
perbly beautiful woman, with deIicately
cut features a graceful carriage and a
/ commanding presence. She possesses
many accomplishments. which is fortunate
! for her domestic life has been a partieu-
larly unhappy one. but her greatest gift
is that of being born mimic and actress.
and those qualified to Judge, who have seen
her as an amateur. declare that in any
I rank of life she would have won fame and
a fortune on the stage
! AS the wife OF Grand Duke Sergius Al
( exandrovitch. uncle of the Gar and the
| governor general of Moscow her salon is
I one of the most brilliant in Europe. and
I private theatricals. often for Charitable
/ purposes. are leading feature of the sea
! sons pleasures. Foreign actors, singers
and artists of both sexes are welcome
guests of the grand duchess, and a great
scandal grew out of the fact few winters
ago.
duchess was particularly intimate. who
was playing a repertoire at the Moscow
Theatre, suddenly taken i'll after
reaching her dressing room, and only few
minutes before the beginning of the per-
! formance. 1t was absolutely impossible
for the actress to appear. and the manage
ment was in despair. At that moment the
Grand Duchess Serge arrived. and was told
of her friends Illness. and that there
could be no performance that evening
| fastening to the stage, she visited her
friend, and then, after brief consultation
announced her readiness TO take the lead
ing part if a different play were substitute
ed, and upon the management's pledge that
her presence and identity should be kept a
secret. The leading actor was Il particu-
larly handsome man, and the audience
was soon enthusiastic over the unusually
| fervent love making of the hero and hero
inc on the stage.
Some police military officials how
ever, recognized in the ardent actress the
wife OF their governor general. and hasten
ed to inform him OF the fact In a few
minutes he was in his box, and in a few
seconds more on the stage. where, seeing
him suddenly appear, the grand duchess
tainted the curtain was rung down. and
his royal highness. never a very mild man
nered man, read the riot act in unmeasured
terms. and in the palace of the governor
general that night there was an unrehears-
ed domestic drama. the echoes OF which
reached ST. Petersburg direct and which is
said to have been the direct cause OF the
recent recall to the Russian capital.
Il Another royal amateur actress is the