The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-03-24
PRINCE Who WEDDED
A BAKERS DAUGHTER
Latest Romance Of the Roy
al House Of Austria Sur
passes Other Affairs

long list of strange love affairs which
have famed up in the House of Haps-
burg, the most eccentric reigning fam
Ily in Europe.
The hero OF this latest love story is
the Archduke Eugene, the tallest and
haDdsomest of the male Hapsburgers,
who are all big and hae men Arch
duke Eugene is a brother of the queen
regent of Spain. and consequently
uncle to Alfonso XIII, while the aged
Emperor Of Austria is his cousin.
For many years Archduke Eugene
was the poorest member Of the family,
having had nothing beyond his sparse
pay as an officer, excert tho allowance
OF $4,000 per annum which every arch
duke receives from the family funds
from the moment of his birth Al
though al. ordinary citizen might man
age with economy to worry along on
that income 1t makes poor showing
beside the million dollars n year re-
ceived by Archduke Franz Ferdinan,
wno is theoretically next in line to
the throne, or the huge income of
Archduke Otto. younger brother Of
Franz Ferdinand and father Of the IT.
tie Karl who is thought by many to
be ,he only one Of the line Of heirs to
the throae sufficiently popular to sue
ceed Emperor Francis Joseph.
But in 1896. when Archdulle Eugene
had attained his thirty-second birth
day, the sudden death of his uncle,
Archduke Wilhelm, who was killed
by a fall from his horse, made him
the possessor Of eight immense
estates in different parts of Austria
and Hungary, of a magnificent palace
on the Rinsuasse in Vienna, of six
other castlesand palatial residences in
various parts of the country. and of
a fortune estimated at $4,000 600.
This windfall made him a most import
ant member of the imperial family and
one Of the leaders in chief of high So
ciety in Austria, so that thenceforth
he was harassed and pursued by all
the mothers who had daughters elig.
ible for matrimony with = royal per.
sonage.
Archduke Eugene, however, remain
ed proof against the charms of all the
archduchesses and princesses from
whom he could have selected a wife,
and it now appears that romantic
attachment for girl Of humble birth
has kept him single all these years.
Unlike most of the Austrian arch
dukes, Eugene is extremely popular
among all classes Of society In Vienna
he is particularly well known to the
population, for when in the city he
appears every day on the fashionable
promenade on the kingstrasse, and
may often be seen strolling about the
streets. looking in the shop windows
and watching the crowd with keen
human interest On such occasions
His Imperial Highness is always fol
lowed by throng OF curious spectat-
ors, for he stands feet 4 inches in
his stockings and invariably is accom-
panied by a diminutive aid de camp
who sets off his gigantic heig,d to
picturesque advantage
1t was eight years ago that Arch.
duke Eugene first met the girl whom
he now desires to make his recognized
wife. II was on a Sunday afternoon
and the Archduke was walking alone
in a remote part OF the Wiener Wald
the immense forest stretching away
to the west of Vienna. when suddenly
he came upon a little family party
consisting of husband, wife and one
plump daughter of considerable beau
ty picnicking on a patch of grass
among the trees The archduke was
IN plain tourist costume and as he
was not known to The little group Of
persons by sight, they had no idea that
he was anything more than an ordin
airy Sunday excursionist In his free
and easy, courteous fashion he stopped
and asked them the way to Baden-bei
Vein and, having received the inform
alton he wanted, he fingered 10 chai
with them, for he had at once been
attracted by the personal magnetism
Of the Young girl.
Herr Mayer.
On such occasions little fOrmallty Is
observed by the Austrians and soor
the picniclers invited the archduke tC
sit down on the grass and join them in
their lunch. He accepted the invitation
and introduced himself as Herr Mayer
civil engineer employed on the stat,
railways. while his hosts introduced
a O. a..