Arizona republican., 1902-03-23
FILLED WITH GRIEF
Unhappy Life of Archduchess Maria
 Josepha of Austria.

Josepha, the first lady Of Austria, though not yet 35 years old. wears a ful face. She presides at tn, srl9ldid court ceremonials with a winning grace that has endeared her to all Austrians. but her smile is full of pa thetic and appealing melancholy.
 Mother of the future emperor, the consort of Prince Otto is yet one of the unhappiest princesses in Europe. The influence of the emperor himself is all that has kept her from leaving her husband. and it is well known that she is sacrifice to the welfare of the state. At least three times she has been hardly dissuaded from suing for divorce because of her husbands ill- treatment of her.
 It is she who opens all the court balls which so astonish visitors, not only by their magnifcence, but the early hours prescribed. At 7:30 the guests begin to arrive, though the ball room is not thrown open till S:30. The arrival of the lord chamberlain at 9 o'clock is the signal that the imperial party approaches. A wave of his staff of office clears the pathway In the middle of. the room, and, preceded by the master of ceremonies, the emperor, conducting the archduchess, appears.
 While she holds court among the 1 ladies the ruler mingles with his guests. If young girls are to be pre- sented, the archduchess Otto receives them in an adjoining audience room. With the first waltz, under the direc- tion of Jahann Strauss of the third generation, a young archduchess, with member of the nobility previously chosen. leads off the dancing. The magnificent apartment, all white and gold, presents a scene never to be for gotten, when it's multitude of electric lights blaze upon the dazzling uni forms of Hungarian and Polish digni- taries. the gaudy costumes of the diplo- matic corps, and the superbly arrayed Austrian women, who delight in q splcndor of jewelry that heightens the effect of their u1-ptuous toilets,
 But through all this gorgeous display the archduchess moves with far away dignity that is in the picture, but not of the festivity she dominates. The wife of the wild nephew of Francis Joseph. it is asserted that she has twice been struck by her royal spouse when he was in his cups and that once at least. the emperor with his own hands, in the presence of all the com- manding officers of the garrison of Pressburg, repaid Otto blow TOT bow. At one time the maudlin archduke attempted to penetrate to his wife's apartments with a handful of drunken companions, while she lay i'll, but an officer with drawn sword held them back. His eScapades have long been the scandal of Vienna.
 Since his brother, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, renounced all rights to the throne for his issue, Otto's son, Karl, now 15 years old, has stepped into the line of succession. The renunciation was the sequel to the morganatic mar riage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir presumptive, to the Countess l Chotek, formerly a lady in waiting to an Austrian grand duchess. the cousin or the emperor. When Ferdinand's in- ! fatuation became evident she was bun- l dled off to her Bohemian home, where | he followed her. To become the hus- 1 band of the woman he loved, who be- cause of her inferior station could
 neither stand by his side at court nor bear his children to wear the crown, | he gave up all pretentions for his pos l lerltE III 1aNOf or ms DrOIEer son.
 Maria Josepha is the sacrifice. She
 bears the burden, and for the sake of
 the state maintains her wifehood. The | assassina ton of Empress Eliza beth
 made her the first lady in Austria s
 proud court. for Crown Prince Ru- dolphs tragic death at Meyerling for
 the sake of the lovely Maria Vetsera
 who died with him. had left the sue
 cession to his cousins, and the mor-
 ganatic wife of the elder cousin. Fran cis Ferdinand, had no standing al court.
 The emperor recently went to Buda- Pesth on purpose to hold a court bal
 and open for the first time some of the magnificent rooms in the new palace
 on the hills of Buda-which the Hun garians did not let him build with his own money, but which was built and decorated and furnished at the expense of the Hungarian nation. The court
 ball proved a splendid affair, with the gentlemen who were not officers all ir the fine old Hungarian dress-satin brocade, velvet, and TUT.
 Many noblemen of old lineage would have liked to wear the beautifully mel lowed costumes worn by their ancest- ors in the days of Hungary's glory, but time had used them hard. Now French silk UeayerS CODY these materials, giV-