Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
| THE FLIGHT OF
A ROYAL BRIDE.
Why Heir to Holland Throne Had
To Recapture Wife in
Switzerland.
SHE WANTED new FURNITURE.
Young Grand Duchess of Saye-Weimar
Left Husband After Three Months
OF Married Life.

Copyright 1903. by Curtis Brown)
Berlin, Nov. 5.--There has been serI-
Gus trouble In the domestic affairs of
one of the minor German courts, about
which there have been many sensation
al rumors in circulation The central
fact OF the stories spread abroad-that
the young Grand Duchess of Sake
Weimer left her husband after three
months Of married life and ran away to
swit2erland-ha been officially admit
ted and II Is only In regard to the caus-
es Of this0ight that the various reports
are widely different. one version is that
she had violent dispute with her hus-
band and ran away TO play him out,
while another account printed in Ger
man newspapers stated that a clique of
old female courters We're responsible
for the scandal, | have made careful
inquiries into the truth of all the re-
ports in circulation and am enabled to
give an authentic account of what
proves to have been an extraordinary
affair.
Graid Duke William Ernest Of Sake
Welmar is n. years old and rules over
one of the petty German states, his
grand duchy being l,4OO square miles In
area-only shade larger than the
state of Rhode Island-anG containing
400. 600 inhabitants He is one Of the
richest men In the world, and as he Is
the next heir to the throne OF Holland
In the event of Queen Wilhelminas
marriage remaining cnildless, he was
eaten for any unmarried princess In
Europe, for really eligible husbands are
scarce in these circles.
Many matchmakers were at work on
his behalf and many alliances were
proposed to him, but he rejected them
all, for he was genuinely In love with
Princess Caroline Of Reuss ana was de-
termined to marry her and none other.
Princess Caroline is an 'uncommonly
brilliant and talented woman, but she
was considered an undesirable wife for
William Ernest because the Reuss fam
lily has been tainted with insanity for
many generations and Princess Caro-
lines eldest brother is a madman UNI
der control.
The German emperor, who was inter-
ested I'm the welfare of one Of the fed
eral states In his empire. talked plainly
to William Ernest about the dangers or
hereditary insanity, and King Edward
of England. who was interested in the
succession to the throne Of Holland, did
his utmost 10 dissuade his distant kins-
man from this matrimonial project
deputation Of statesmen and influential
politicians iOurneyed secretly from Hol-
land to Weimar, the grand dukes capt
tai, to petition him, IN view of the prob
ability Of his succession 20 the Dutch
crown not 10 present the country with a
dynasty tainted with the curse Of in
sanity
William Ernest, however being In
love, remained deaf to all warnings,
reproaches ana eptreaties, and the pair
were married at }uckeburg the resi-
dence Of the brides uncle, the Prince
of Schaumberg- Lippe, on April 30 last.
| The kaiser and Queen Wilhelmina Of
! Holland We're present and after the
ceremony the young grand ducal couple
spent their honeymoon IN Austria.
THEY OVERRULED THE BRIDE,
Early in June Grand Duke william
| Ernest and his young wife, just 10
| years old, returned 10 their miniature
|
! entry into their capital. Weimar, and
took w their residence at the historic
| palncc there
| Now, the Weimar palace Is an old
! fashioned edince, furnished i'm the style
! OF the early eighteenth century and
| possessing many old-time discomforts,
, Grand Duchess Caroline Is a modern
young woman OF energy, having a
strong will Of her own, and she deter
mined to introduce alterations which
would render her new home more hab-
| table, She gave orders for the furni-
ture OF her own set Of apartments TO
be cleared out and to be replaced by
up-to-date tables and chairs, giving a
light and airy appearance to the rooms.
Herein, however, she WIS opposed by
three or four elderly arstocratic ladies
attached to the court in various ca
pacties, who were convinced that the
young grand ducal wife was urgently
I'm need of their protection and superior
wisdom. They pointed out to her that
II would be a sacriege to remove fur
nture which had stood in It's place for
two centuries. and declined to carry
out her orders TIL the grand dukes as
sent had been given An appeal was
made to the grand duke, and he shared
| the view Of the elderly female courters
that It would be unsuitable to remove
historic articles OF furniture to make
room for twentieth century fabrcations.
The grand duchess strongly resented
her husbands detection In the little
contest with the old women Of the
court, and this trining incident was the
beginning OF series of dlsagreements
In regard 10 insignificant domestic mat
tiers. The imporious Caroline was un-
conventional IN many ways, and con-
stantly came into collision with the eld-
erly arlstocratlc ladies' who had worsted
her In the first encounter On one oc-
sion she desired to add modern French
novels TO the palace library. which had
hitherto consisted solely OF classic
works, and the famel courters rails
ed objections again. Again an appeal
was made to the grand duke, and
this time, too, without actually siding
against his wife. he gave her clear
~ to understand that he regarded
her conduct inadvisable and that OF the
elderly female courtiers unimpeachablc.
COULDN'T EVEN ORDER DINNER,
The next time Grand Duchess Caro-