The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-23
SAD SCIoNS OF ROYALTY.
UNHAPPY LIVES OF TWO KINGS
AND TWO QUEENS or sERVIA.

Alexander. Recent Union 60 WO-
man Unworthy OF a Crown-Ex-
kIaE M.Ian's Public Quarrel With
Queen NatRIie-Eccentric Freaks
Of the neiEning Monarch of That
Unhappy Land.
From the Washington Post.
one spring night eleven years ago a
stout gentleman with red face. nutcrack-
er features. and prominent eye came tum-
bling into Vienna out OF the mysterious
east.
His great-uncie began life by herdlng
swine then founding a dynasty lie him
self had just renOunced throne.
For the rest. he owed a Buda- Pesth no
sier q forms. with trihe to his tailor.
on reaching the hotel ne popped into bed.
like a phlosophic monarch He slept as
he had never done in scrvia. where. under
the style OF Milan ~. he had been pat
tern to his people.
over In Belgrade his son Alexander. aged
j. reEncd in ms stead.
Queen Natalie. his devoraed wife pre-
ferred any other part OF Europe. She was
the daughter % a Russian coiOnol named
hFEMNWs "a tNfNt AAtAA0MtfA ~ AAFH1AA aRth
Il had dowry OF seven millions" she
exclaimed. sadly. 10 her lady in waiting.
while the two were ono day smoking Gig
arettes: "aud my mother came OF royal
blood. / should have married better"
Her husband concurred. He spoke OF her
"a hts worst enemy.
Their quarros eliminated lu n fracas Al
the cathedral on Easter Sunday. The serv-
See had Just ended and the court was M
frrse krf Ia aH Afafsr4Hfua =
the national custom the king kissed each
man upon hts lips. and the queen each
woman. A woman presented herself whom
Natalie chose not 90 notice The woman
stood there expectant. stopping the pro
cession. waiting 90 DO kissed. The queen,
with face averted. stared coldly at tho
high altar She was paier than usual
that was all.
Refused n Kiss.
The significance OF tho episode penetrat-
ed from cnd 20 end OF the cathedral
Milan turned.
lie had COM straight from dinner 20 at
tend The service. and showed temper.
Kiss Nine 49," he whispered huskily,
ciutchluE ~ his wtfe's arm.
kiss madam" he repeated. this time
IN tones which couid be heard throughout
the building. Natalie still refusing the
king then and there proceeded 90 personal
strange her II r. certain that some of
the courtiers ana foreign ministers found
81 necessary 90 interpose. They hurried
the poor queen away.
She went abroad taking tho crown prince
with her July. lsss. found them az Wies-
baden.
The woods behind the Platte. the kur-
seal gardens. whore one ~ The most superb
o. string orchestrns walls out Wagner
twice a DAY. constitute an environment
heitting afflicted royalty. But the rain
fen that summer as 81 has never fallen any
summer since. Natalie's villa. at the edge
of tho town. was desolafion. on the most
desoiaie day Of ali and that most desolste
hour when luncheon IS just ended. the son
stood AT the dning-room window thirst
ing after a break in the clouds The bell
81 the front door rang II proved the
knell OF q mothers happiness
Il proved likewise an emlssary from king
Milan, who found that he could exist no
longer without his child The events which
shereupon ensued IN the spualid tragedy
81 thes1 anointed soveTelgns scandalized
Europe
Those who participated make a pictures