The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
HOW HISTORY
 REPEATS ITSELF
ExE1rPLIFIHD IN THE PRfNczss
 LOUISE SCANDAL.
Nearly Three Centuries Since Prin- cess Royal of saxcny Flung . Grown 0vsr the WindmiIls to
 Elops with Dancing Master.

Paris Special Cable.
 | Blood will tell after all and 1t tells in I the grand duca1 house of Tuscany, for ] the princess royal of Saxony Is not the l first woman Of that ancient family who l has flung g crown over the windmills, |" IS the French would say.
 Two hundred and ninety-six years ago | Cosimo III of Medici, heir presumptive | to the grand duchy of Tuscany. married Louise Iouise, please mark weiD. daugh- | ter of Gaston. duke of Orelans. 1 We are told by the chroniclers of that | time that this princess was endowed with rare beauty and extraordinary vivaclty. | and that she vas by nature and educa- | tion opposed to El efavity and decorum. Neither her husband nor her father-in- law, the reigning duke of Tuscany, could control of even Influence her, and vari- ous attempts were made by confning her | to induce her to respect the exalted posi- | ton which she held.
 | Alter several reconciliations with her | husband 1t was one day discovered that | Frenchman. dancing master at the
 court. QIow history does repeats itself, | to be sureD ss 2. Two German groorns who were in her secret helped her to elope. She took refuge in France near an old | admirer Cor lover) who formerly had | sought her In marriage, Prince Charles | of Lorraine.
 Here 1t should be mentioned that the heroine of the Geneva romance had for | merly ardently desired to marry Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. who had asked
 her in marriage. but who had been re- in order to compel his daughter to marry the future prince royal of Saxony. The resemblance between the two ad- ventures Is very striking and interest ing.
 The heroine of the romance of the year HOT, like the heroine of the year 1908, renounced all the privileges of the blood
 royal and was formally separated from her husband.
 She took up her residence in the con-
 vent of Montmartre, near Paris, and
 there. to the public scandal. led a giddy and fast life. until the abbess. in des- pair declared that she could tolerate
 more readily the presence of the devil In person than that of such e rebellious and turbulent hussey."
 Tired of her life. and hoping that Cosi-
 mo would soon die, the princess tried to get back to Tuscany. and asked the Pope
 to negotiate to that effect, but all was vain. ara The grand duke of Tuscany was, as ob- durate- as is today old King George of Saxony.
 She died in 1721. History does not
 tell us what became of the gallant danc- ing master.
 Anomaly in Saxony.
 Saxony presents this strange anomaly. that its population is composed mostly
 of Protestants. whereas the dynasty that rules over them is Roman Catholic and
 1t is quite possible that the escapade or
 the Princess Royal of Saxony may shake
 the throne to Its very foundation.
 All over the country there are signs of
 dissatisfaction and even indignation evinced.
 Of course the religious question Is at
 the bottom of It all. both in the case of the Princess Royal and of her brother. the grand duke. Leopold Ferdinand. The crown princess was not allowed to marry the prince of Bulgaria. because the constitution of his country stipulates that the heir to the throne must be born of parents belonging to the Greek church.
 Qn the other hand, her brother. the Grand Duke Leopold Ferdinand had to give up the 34ica of marrying the princess he loved. Dona Elvira. daughter Of Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne.
 It was the then Queen Regent of Spain who prevented the marriage, fearing lest it might tighten too closely the bonds be- tween the court of Austria and the pre- tender to the Spanish throne.
 No wonder that many of those princes and archdukeu and grand dukes some times feel ready to renounce all the priv ileges and prcrogatives of royal blood In order to enjoy the privilege of marrying women whom they love. -
 No wonder also that princesses royal md archduchesses feel inclined to do the, same and will listen to the advances of lieutenants and even dancing masters.
 Europeanizing of Morocco.
 The unsettled state of Morocco is due not a little to the Sultan's introduction of European inventions and manners.
 Telegraph. phonographs and automo- piles have done it: but remarkable req son for the Sultans attempt to educate his country is given by people who are fin the know"
 They affirm that this is nothing less than the attempt of Abdul-el-Aziz to one day lead the Moors to the re-conQuest of Spnin.
 It is said that the defeat of Spain by the TIni,nd States revived the hopes, which the Moors have always cherished of their return to Granada, and hence the sultans Europeaniz!ng efforts to fit them for the task.
 It is a fact that the great Moorish fam flies still treasures the title deeds of the lands and houses in Spain from which