The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-16
Her VOICE IS G()NE
Absence of Victoria'S Restraint
in Europe Is Felt.
ROYAL DOMESTIC SNARLS
Some of the Notable Cases
Among the AristOCracy.

The royal ladies' Of today ara notIing
Il not u7todate. Unlike the Bourbon.
Who learned nothing and forgot nothing,
they APPEAR 10 have learned grea- deal
quite enough 20 make their grandnoth-
srs turn in their graves Divorce is
Spreading Ike an epidemic through the
Continental courts. now that the restrain
ing influence OF the direct diplomacy aud
The splendid example Of Queen Victoria
has been removed by death No more
patient resignation. no more digniied
seif-restraint; the twentieth century Erin
Cess Won't even De bored.
Eec IL is not 50 very long since the
Duchess d'Alencon. wishing 10 avail her
self OF the Naquet law. then recently
introduced. was promptly injured in
prison. from which she was liberated
only e meet a mere ghastly fate IN the
flames If a charity Bazaar IN Paris. And
when her sister. Elizabeth OF Austria.
wearied and disguised with the continued
falthlessness OF her husband. took 10 the
saddle and endless 5ourneyings. the popu-
Jar sympathy was al on the side OF the
gallant Emperor.
u IS true that al Europe admired the
sanity CEaIina Marie. who, ignoring The
presence Of the naughty beauty, installed
beside her in me Winter Palace, gave
memorable example Of Queenly dignity
and fcr5earance; but no one ever Ireau-
e Of q divorce.
Al the court Of Berlin, though things
hadn't gone quite as far as the case Of
austria, the Old Emperor William never
forgot thatFenus was the soldiers god
dess, ard every one understood why the
Empress Augusta spent her days IL re-
fremont to Coblentz
At the TUilerIes even the brilliant and
beautiful Eugene didn't have It All her
own way. She did not like e. bur she
thought 1t wiser n put Up with it. " lille
the heoric endurance OF her cousin. the
Princes Ci0tIde under the brutal III
t7ea tment OF the Infamous .-PI0n-Pion."
vas accepted - q matter Of course
The naughty seclusion so long main
tsined has been the only protest v,sntur-
ca by Queen Henrietta against the scarce
u disguised faithfuIaess Of Leopold Of
Belgium And what more signal exam
lie could Be found OF Iong-suffertn- na-
thence than is afforded by the case Of
Queen Alexandria. who. since that day.
nearly thirty years ago when her august
consott made ais debut in the iivcrce
court as correspondent in the famous
9I5rdaunC case. through good and evil
feTort through scandals innumerable has
with answering fidelity and LOYALTY ful
1Liied the duties Of her high position.
But We have changed all that Last
year Il was the Princess Christians
oaughter. Princess Louise Of AuhaIt. who
rebellad- Cultivated. sensitive. rsaned.
u her dnger-tips. she could no longer
endure the uncouthness of Prince Aribert
and her incognito trip to america. was
Tie prelude to the divorce which shocked
Ensiand ana did more than anything
else 70 areak Queen victorias heart.
Now we are awaiting the Official dis /
s7lHtiou Of the marriage Of the young
Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse. /
another English Princess. daughter of the +
late Duke of Coburs. no incomDatsti- +
blhty Of temper Ia this case. In Ger
many they caH a spade spade. and re-
lease is sought on the ground Of .iasup-
cradle aversion" apparently on the Grand /
Duchess side
u was violent love match and they
we're married when she was little more
than a child They die not take long
70 fnd out that they were ulsuiteG 10 (
each other. over and over again mas the F.
Duchess retired to her nlothers home in /
peCulent discomfort with her husband ana +
her surroundings.
1heabsurd. elaborate etiquette Of her (
petty Darustadt Court maddened her.
II was irksoue u be constantly tried .
r. the standard OF her pious mother-in- +
Raw. the devoted Princess Alice IN her
5oEineeriag way the Grand Duchess re-
semheis more her aunt. tho Emrress
Frederick who IVES the best hated wo-
mzn III Germany Caring for nothing
but sport. finished horse woman her
fzlltless' figure more than once attracted
The atniring slances Of rhe young Grand
Duke 81 the Potslarr reviews when she
gallope1 past az the head cf her Hussar
regiment
She often rode down three horses in
cay, and it was no unusual thing for
the sleepy old CONAN town OF Darn
staat TO ce wal5ened bv her Grand Ducal
ti1hress. in q spieud5ly appointed Grar.
The people there disap7rovsi-it was
al too English. Her fndife1 euce to their
opinion was only equalled by The uadis-
gltsed contempt she manifested Tor her
husband.
-he poor Grand Duke Ernest didn't even
IN To keep up with her. Simple amioble
anl commonplace. his tastes. If he has
any lean u artistic side No mean nu-
sclen. he delights il dancing while his
8 use II humor. about equal 70 that CT an
o-l mary school bov's. goes 10 farther
th-a switching eff the IiSlts during
ltrical performance AZ the Pala-e. or
plagirr N "Corsequ erces' 20 while sway
tlr tine Ills liea OF vCraalh7o6 IS
II le god cid Teutonic h4usfrau pattern,
as ezenrl6ed oy Jhe sister. Czaritza
A[tr uarv falirE-out and Hrzkirss-
UP tie promise or IN heir 20 the duchy
last scar us hailed en- al sides IS tho
beelnaire ~ better times. BIZ. u1fort--
nsra-g the la1g-icoked-for son was born
dead II vas THE last straw. The D-ch-
ess had had enough Of domesticity- She
pacE-i her trunks Tor Eooi and lett
far -he sunny south. Meanwhile the
Glanl Duka. nothing dauuted. has de-
c-6ea wheH tae necessary foTmalties
sre thr1ueh m Jrv his luck II the r-atri-
r-rial lo--ery aeoi6~
IS uver rains. bu- L oou-s IT ap-
pl.rs there IS 1corher c1use celeb-e shea6
II che C7r-rg flr-iiy. This time X is the
divorce promised Of tle Duchess
II eldest sister Princess Mare of
.r1n P-nca Ferdinand. .he
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