The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
FARMLAND OF TODAY.
DOMESTIC Servants Who Have Be
Come Princesses.

IN Iairy stories all princesSes are born
| Processes, but in real life it is far other
wise In fact, there are living al the pres
cnt moment some scores OF serene high
/ nesses.' and even one rtwo royal high
resses, who came into this world lust
Eiain misses, or '-mademoiselIes. or
/ 'iraculeins." as the case might be.
| Florence. Maharanee. OF Patiala. for in
stance. She is reignins princess now
she went out from an English middle
/ Class village home not so very many years
! ago as a nursery governess. and capti-
waited the swarthy ruler of 6.c00 square
miles OF the richest territory on earth
with no ether weapons than those inner
cnt in any pure and pretty specimen OF
Anglo-SaXon womanhood
Then. again. there is Her ROYAL High
ness the Shereefa of Wazan in Morocco.
an almost precisely similar case. Nor
was the grand shereefs little English
Vile at all stuck up'' on being elevated
at single bound from the position of
an ordinary paid dependent in his house
hold to that of princess and eonsort. for
almost her first act was to make a pres
ent OF their freedom to the fifty personal
slaves given her by her husband on her
wedding day.
Afterward. too. she used her influence
to practically abolish slavery throughout
Wazan (tne shereef liberated by roval
edict his 2.o09 household slaves within a
few months OF his marriage. and has
since introduced many reforms OF a like
nature.
Princess Henry of Pless was prior to
her marriage. just plain Miss CORVALLIS
West. She is rea lreigning princess
ard her husbands castle of Furstensteip
is one OF the grandest in Germany Never
th-less. curioUsly enough. it is a home
which. say those who have visited both
cannot compare in magnihcence with that
ruled over by her other married sister.
who. as Duches Of Westminster. does the
honors Of Eaton Hall.
1t is many years now since the marriage
of pretty little Miss Banda Muller OF
Alexandria with the -iakaraj ah Dhuleep
Singh created sensation throughout
two continents. The bride yces witching
but poor. and TO remedy the latter de-
feet the bridegroom is said to have given
her on her wedding day e5a.d1o in hard
cash. together with jewels of like value.
The present Prince Victor Dhuleep
Singh is. of course. the offspring Of this
union. and he in his turn has welded a
European in preference to an Asiatic wife.
lis choice falling on Lady Anre Conven-
try. who is therefore the maharancs.
Her serene highLess the Princess OF
Basetchitkoff began life as a serving maid
a. salary Of about 60 a year. migrated
to the stage and rose 70 be prima bal
iorins OF the Eden Theater Paris. where
her graceful dancing first captivated her
IN sba.d some six or seven years ago.
The wedding which followed was the tax
81 the French capital for even longer
than the proverbisl nine days. among
the 2,0lo presents s.se received being ne
fewer than 10 silver drinking cups. ar
fashioned Ike dancing slippers or differ
eut sizes
Nor is this by any means q solitary
Instance OF living serene highneSs~
vho ii one time trcgi the theater boards
FrinCess Ludwig Of Bavaria. wife Of the
late Empress of Austria's eldest brother.
vas "a Miss A-to1ia Ssrth. Munich
bSilst girl while the Princess George OF
SAKE eiuingsn was. "a The time OF her
I'.arriage. Nile. Helena Franz. prirnz
donna AZ the Royal Court Theat4r. Dres-
Den.
Many 81 these unions % tl5e great o-es
o. the earth with the daughters % tn
people have. oon1rary 70 what might have
been expected. turned out unusually hap