The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-29
RUNS 10 FIRES
PRINCESS MARIE OF DENMARK
 RIDES TO PLACE OF DANGER.
When Alarm is Sounded-Scandal- izes Husband and Court by Her
 Strange Fad-Photo-
 graphed in Uniform.

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 Chicago Chronicle.
 The fire iaddies of Chicago will have a jolly time next January, when the nre laddie princess, wife of Prince Wade, st States. " other royal folks calling here profess perfunctory liking for our mil itary, bur sailor boys or police depart- badmira those representing the power. af Etho State and upholding law and order. But Princess Marie looks upon her ia vorttes from totally different stand Not expecting to ever mount throne, she doesn't care rap for horse, foot and artillery; takes no Interest in parades honor on account of their utter useless ness unless the troops be ofhcered by some bright young fellows who may be relied ] upon to conduct her to h ire eoi, by y, sets hose carts and engines in motion. For Princess Marie is nothing if not a born fire fighter; good-sized blaze fers to Sarah Bernhardt. Duse and Co., | duelin combined; clanking of bells, clat- ter of horses hoofs and roar of rushing | Wagner's magic baton ever called forth from high-priced throats and hosts of well-assorted instruments. In short, the rst and and tsrd | II | as the sprightliest of the boys. No won- der she decided to accompany her hus- | band on his forthcoming visit to Ameri- ca. the country which mas the reputation of possessing the finest fire departments. men. horses and machinery in all the wide world.
 ish cruiser Valkyrien. flagship of Com nodore Prince Waldermar's squadron i, the government of King Christian desir- ' ing to repay last years visit of the Uni [ Gfnf fRa fS,fVa CtRt tya khz most conspicuous manner possible. The Valkyrien will call at New York first and then proceed. to Philadelphia, Bos- while their royal highnesses travel from m New York to the cities named by rail to save precious time that may be devoted r,eaS5s sSst;sSsnf .Se Rstusnips sna from NsM visit the great Western cities. several days sojourn being arranged for in Minneapolis, Cincinnati. St. Louis. De- ly Chicago. for the Princess has been Informed that the metropolis on Lake Michigan can give points to other fire departments.
 Is Member of Old Family. The fire Iaddie Princess is a daushte, l of one of the oldest ard proudest roya houses of Europe, numbering among its ancestors most famous saint, Louis K. King of France. Her father is the Duo de Chartreg, grandson of the ill-fated Louis Philippe. The survivors of oul l Civil War will remember Chartres as $ conspicuous aid to Mcclellan during the campaign of 1862. Soldiers she couldn't have-her mother-in-Iaw. Queen Louise now deceased, and her sisters-:n-law | were already honorable Colonels of al | available regiments-and being a bad sailor she could get no comfort out oi volume dealing with the progress of fire l lighters in America fell into Princess Marie's hands.,the great apparatus for drilled horses, the dare devils of iaddies | engaged her attention. She studied the subject, travelled incog to Berlin, Paris and London to view those portions oi 1 American fire fighting machinery adopted | by the European cities and returned an l enthusiast on the subject, .s And ever since she has borne the nick name of fire laddie princess among her and aunts, while as a matter of fac. snc | richly deserved the title for her devotion | to the interests ot firemen and to the cause of fire fighting in her adopted coun- | try.
 That Copenhagen, which can scarcely | be called first rate city in other res poets. has today the best equipped fire l department of any city outside of the United States and London IS eniirely cue | to Princess Maries initiative. King Christian has forbidden her to attend fire. men drills;in-ordinary. but cart prevent her from being the leading lgu?e at all parades and similar occasions when the boys chow of.
 Goes to All Fires.
 | Whenever a fire breaks out in e pen | hagen or neighborhood, day or night, the Princess. provided she is n the c'ty CT | on her nearby estate, Is on hand en- corraging the men and suggesting feats | of skill and daring ot the officers. At any rate, the Kings daughter -in-iaw is | on deck whenever the long ladders ft How the engine and hose. When Ire tre Is h l the country she comes on hor sch | *; in | the city she uses a public cOnvCA ance If mounted she keeps her seat as lGn,S as the fire lasts, overseeing eve-y detail from her elevated position and carrying order, | from one end of the line to the other | Such messenger service she likes i'm mense, as it enhances the illusion tna she IS lending helping hand n the wori
 When the work is well on the wa, | Princess Marie turns her attention tt the men with words of encouragement 1 will have a cigar with me-" or We wil dine together when we are through ar,
 heard all over the field of battle. Thi
 means that her Royal Highness will sen,
 2 box of perfectos to the station -ho us
 in the evening or dinner at a near b] restaurant for the boys before goinI
 home. After. the bOys-the hcrses Nor,
 than once the Princess was seen to rid
 up to grocery store and buy a feV pounds of lump sugar for her four -footet friends, but more often she ends on | of the Spects tors for the commodity
 Princes Marie is a fine-loOklng girl | even though her face be more piquan
 than regular of outline She is slight Q
 figure. but strong and the word failure i
 not in her vocabulary.
 Has Quarrel With Husband. 1 Nowadays when her Royal Highness i
 missed from her apartments no one i particularly alarmed, and the househol
 officers do their utmost to keep the fac from Prince Waldemar and the Kine
 but in former years her departure iron | conventionalities more than once scandal
 tent as to bring up the question of di
 vorce Thus it happened one night sev
 eral years ago that when attending
 reception in the Army and Navy Gu
 fire broke out in the neighborhood an
 Princess Marie asked young officer t