Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-19
Influence of Royal Marriages.

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Influence Of Royal Marriages.
Enough royal marriages no longer have
the Importance attached to them in mediae
val days. 1t is certain that they are still
channels of influence which counts fo, :.
good deal IN human affairs, notwithstand-
ing constitutions and cabinets. The he
trothal of the her-apparent of one of the
great thrones of Europe is therefore a
matter of no little moment The engage
ment OF the German crown prince to the
Duchess Cecllfe of Mecklenburg-Sch
is. according to court IDEAS a very suitable
arrangement We need not suppose there
Is too much romance about 1t, as not so
very long ago the young prince was so
fascinated by the charms of an American
actress that gossip declared he was ready
10 sacri1ce his prospect of crown to make
her his wife.
The prince. it is whispered. has given his
autocratic and impetuous sire some trouble
being cast in different mold from him
self. but II less fmperious, he Is credited
with being more attractive. 1t will be re-
membered that he got into trouble by giving
the encouragement of his presence to the
Play which gave such deadly offense at
nj litary headquarters. and it was even
SAID that he was put under arrest for some
Gays. The prince has several times been a
guest In this country. and was invested
with the Order of the Garter in the year
of the kings accession
He Will marry a wealthy bride Duchess
Cecllie is the sister of that grand duke who
so recently married Princess Alexandra
daughter of the Duke of Cumberland, and
niece of Queen Alexandra An interesting
point in connection with the engagement is
that 1t promises to help In the approche-
ment between the HohenZollerns and the
Guelphs. The present Duke of Cumber-
land is by hereditary right king of Han
over. and it is a standing quarrel between
him and the German emperor that he re-
fuses to acknowledge allegiance to Berlin.
The duke has never accepted the allow
ance which he was entitled to from the Ger
man empire. and the emperor, on his part,
has shown little inclination for reconciIia-
ton. But the review which the kaiser held
last week In honor of the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Sch and his bride was
regarded as a mark of Cancellation, and
now today's news leads in the same direc-
ton.
The physical effort of getting out of the
maze at Hampton Court is small compared
with the mental effort to trace the genealo-
gies and relationships of some of the pet
ty German ruling families The Duchess
Cecilie will by her marriage become a
grand niece of King Edward. Already she
is related by marriage to Queen Alexan-
ORA. her only sister. Alexandrine, having
married the eldest son of the Crown Prince
of Denmark A further connection between
the Duchess Cecflie and the reigning house
of England comes through that of Rus
STA, one of her aunts having married the
Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of the car.
One of her uncles is the husband of the
Queen Of the Netherlands. The title of
Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg Schwerin,
now held by the brother of the Prussian
crown princes bride-eiect dates only from
1915. but the genealogical tables in connec-
ton with 1t comprise twenty-five genera
tons. In fact, the grand dueal house of
Mecklenburg, of which Mecklenburg-
Schwerin is the senior branch, claims to
be the Oldest sovereign house in western
Europe. At any rate. it is the only reign
ing family in western Europe of Slavonie
origin
Originally there was no Mecklenburg-
Schwerin and .Mecklenburg- Strelitz, but
only Mecklenburg, where times cobwebs
seemed to hang longer than anywhere
the civilization Of the twelfth still pre-
vailed The reigning house of Mecklen-
burg Strelitz was founded in 1701 by the
youngest son of Duke Adolf Friedrich of
Mecklenburg. There being no law of rri-
mogeniture at the time division of the
country could not be prevented. Mecklen-
burg thus. like Brentford has two kings,
but 1t still has only one parliament
but the ruling house of Strelitz is the
weather. Both kings took the title of
grand duke In 1875 and with both the
British royal house is related. The aunt
of the Princess of Wales married Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Stre
Thousands in Hop Fields.
Over 10000 people have left London during
Kent The hopper has a bad NAME and
the police reports show that he has In the
past deserved It, but any one who might
go to London bridge station at midnight
prepared for wild scenes and personal dan
ger would come home disappointed. Noise,
vocal and instrumental. there is In plenty,
and there Is often a fight settled quickly
outside the station. Loud-tongue combats
among the women and interminable SQUAD
bles at the ticket gates are depressing
pects but ON the whole the behavior Of
the pickers is not worse than one can see
at the breakup of a fair in country town.
Cases of theft are plentiful; usually the
thieves are the enthusiastic friends who
are giving the pickers an uproarious
send-off
THE hopper's friend is the perambulator.
or baby wagon. and no family seems to be
without one. although. on the other hand,
the perambulater, is not always accompa-
MED by a family. 1t is the baggage train.
in which everything is stowed-clothine.
household utensils, furniture, even the cat
everything but babies. The small babies
are usually carried by the babies who are
a little older. You may often see a little
procession of father, mother and eight
or nine children, with a perambufator in
the rear, fighting their way through ex-
postulating ticket collectors.
An attempt Is made to charge half fare
to every picker between three and twelve
years of age, but in practice one child
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