Arizona republican., 1900-09-04
SNAP SHOTS THAT
 PROVE OFFENSIVE

Roumanian diplomatic agents abroad are engagtd. by orders f the king. in buying up and destroying all copies of that large sized photograph in which the eccentric poor5 queen is shown seat ed on a platform al a piano. surround ed by most common looking crowd of men and women, prof ssi nal musi- cians. whose abandon of attitude and manifes. familiarity of manner indi- cate a glaring lack of respect toward the queen. This is not the first occa- sion on which Carmen Sylvia" has all lowed her passion for music and poetry 10 form acquaintances and t. environ herself with people whose association was destined to impair her prestige. both at home and abroad. Unfortu- nately the picture in question got into one of che German Illustrated papers. the services of the Berlin vernment have been invoked in order t. secure the destruction and confscation of he issue of the journal and of the picture itself wherever found.
 This phOtograph Of the queen of Rou- mania is only one of large number of photographs which have been "calI in" and forbidden by order of Jhe gov Gl AlllSl-t tlI lllt llStdECt or tlllS or lldL crowned head. Indeed, quite a large album could be formed of prohibited portraits. Among them would be the group picture of the Grand Duchess Helen Cf Russia and her C,d-tine fiance Prince Max of Baden, whom she tilted within three weeks of the datl appoint ed for their marriage. and who has since become the husband Of Princess Louise of Cumberland and of Bruns- wick. Both the grand Gucal house of Baden and the imperial family of Rus sia have devoted much money and trouble to the "calliHg in" of these pictures of the Grand Ouch ss Helen and the prince in l0ver-like attitude.
 Another picture which has been strictly forbidden by the Russian gov ernment, and the circI,ation f waich has been d source of intense annoyance to the czar, has been one which shows him standing beside Emperor William with the later's arm thrown affection ately around his shouI5.r. in the most fraternaI fashion.
 This picture fnrm-G part of a group porrr.t taken at Darrl.tadt just after tho r urn oH the czar and czlrinl from Par.s. VII T thr gr up lad b.en posed and jus, t-iO.e the picture Was snap pei off. the Kaiser placed his arm around Nicholas in such a friendly manner that the latter did not have the heart to shake himself free. In fact. he did not attach much importance to the matter at the time, md it Was not until he discovlrei the photographer had struck off thousands of pictures from the negative. in wnich the re- mainder Of the group diI not app,ar. and n @ y1-ar g',. that he realized the political signili- canca If the picture and the fntelpre:a- tion liable ;o be put upon it, coming So soon after the magnificent hospitality with which which he and the czarina had been entertained at Paris. The calling in of this picture was rendered the more awkward by ? ason of the ap- piled affront to the Kaiser which it in volved.
 Infinitely more objectionable was the photograph published in French, Eng fish and certain American papers and ! widely circulated and sold. pUrp9rting 10 show the Austrian tmperor with his l daughters and his grandchildren. seat l ed at luncheon, the head of the table ! being taken. not by the murdered em- 1 press, but by the popular Vienlse ac- ! tress, Katie Schradt. whose name has | been much associated with that of the | emperor. Of course. the picture had | been made up by the transposition of | heads. The head of the actress had | been placed by a skillfuI but dishonest | photographer upon the body of the ern- | press. and had been done so cIeverl,- as ! to leave no trace of the fraud thus par- petrated. Naturally, it gave much pa n i and annoyance to the emperor and 10 his daughters. all the more to thos, | who did not realize that the t.ansp,- l stiOn of heads had taken place. as tha picture implied an incredibly heartless l and shameless aflront to tn. memory l of the murdered Empress Elizabeth.
 Another picture of which it is exceed lngly difficult to procure a copy is the! portrait taken of the late King Louis