The suburban citizen., 1902-07-19
ROYAL sALLooNlsTs.
PersonaRes That Are Taking to Aerial
Sport

Personages That Are Taking to Aerial
Sport
Some day" says Santos-D mont,
1--WE shall see moharchs and princes Of
the blood having not only their ordIk-
airy balloons but aerial state coaches" i"
Already princes are turning to tho
sport One, the Archduke Leopold Sal
vator of Austria Hungary, recently
made a remarkable journey across the
Alps in his balloon, the Meteor. Not
content with making trips on his own
account in one or another of the three
large balloons which he had made, ne
has commenced taking his wife and
children with him.
There are many members Of the 9TH
er reigning houses who have made
aerial trips, notably the King Of Italys
two cousins, the Count of Turin and
the Duke of Abruzzi The Duke of
Abruzzi, in particular, made a num-
Der Of ballconing trips before starting
on his Arctic expedition, with the OBJ
ject of ascertaining to what extent he
could utilize this mode of conveyance
in the polar regions. Apparently, he
was not satisfied with the practical re-
suits of his experients, as he did not
take a balloon with him in the Polar
Star. The widowed Duchess of Aosta
and the young Duchess Of Genoa, while
these trials were in progress at Turin.
took advantage Of the opportunity to
make several ascents, but were ulti-
mately forbidden to do so again by
the late King Humbert, who was
alarmed for their safety and insisted
in spite of all that ives urged to the
contrary, that they were lisking their
lives.
The Emperor of Germany and his
eldest sister, Princess Charlotte of
-Heiningon, have both been up in
a balloon. 1t was, however, a captive
one, and their AGENT took place at Paris
during the International Exposition Of
1875, when, it may be remembered, the
most gigantic balloon ever produced
used to ascend daily from the Place des
Tuileries to height so great as to
almost disappear from sight, then to
be drawn back to earth by means Of
couple of powerful stationary steam
engines. The present kaiser was at
the time in Paris incognito, intrusted
TO the care not of the German embassy
but to Lord Lyons, the English ambas-
sador, as a grandson of Queen Victoria,
and the party who made the ascent
in the balloon on that occasion was
restricted to Prince William, rs the
kaiser was then called to his sister,
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Melningen;
the latter's husband, Prince Bernhard;
Count Seckendorff, grand master of the
household Of Empress Frederick, and
two or three others.
King Edward, Queen Alexandra, the
late Duke of Albany, the Duke of
Brunswick and of Cumberland, who at
that time bore the title of Crown
Prince Jerome Napoleon, all made one
or more assents in this balloon, as
did also old Queen Isabella Of Spain,
the Crown Prince end Grown Princess
Of Denmark, the King and Queen of
Greece, and of course, King Leopold of
Belgium. Prince Frederick Leopold of
Prussia mas been up several times in
the military balloon on the Tempelhof
manceuvre grounds, near Berlin. But
when the kaiser himself wished to ac-
company his brouher-in-law, his minis
terial and military advisers urged him
to abstain from putting his project in
to execution on the ground that he
had no right to risk a
life of such vital Importance
to the empire. The emperor only
yielded to their arguments when they
were reinforced by the empress, for he
shares the conviction of Archduke Leo
pold Salvador of Austria that there is
no more danger in ballooning than in
driving at the breakneck speed Which
he invariably affects.-Chicago Tri-
bune.