The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
Princess Clcmentine of Belgium Has
Prospects for Happier Married
Life Than Was the Part of
Either Of Her Sisters
Copyright 1904. by W. r. Hcars,)

misfortune. the duchess consistently
avoiding the risks attendant on riding
to hounds. While she delights in see
ing the young husband whom she loves
| in riding costume, she herself never
hunts. but prefers driving her pair of
pretty black ponies. 1t Is possible the
secret of her charm to EngliShnlen lies
| In her complete contrast to the typical,
breezy, masteriul American girl Her
black hair. her SOFT. dark eyes, her
sweet voice proclaim her the Scuti-
mentalist.
Painting of the Duchess.
In the state rooms of Blenhem may
be seen painting of the duchess by
Carolus Duran. showing her as she
stands, dressed in white with Il pink
sash at the top OF Il flight of marble
steps. This picture seems to breathe
the childlike freshness in which lies her
peculiar charm. A taste for natural his
tory has chung to her from childhood,
and the yards ut Blenheim contain all
kinds of odd creatures-8aZelles. peli-
cans. snakes, squirrels. tortoiseS. Per-
sian cats and kang;.roos, while in the
kennels are to be found leo spaniels,
descendants Of the King Charles Span
iels which went to Blenhcim with the
great Duke of Marlborough. In the
summer she is mostly TO be found in
her tent on the lawn, the tent being
beautifully fitted in the name" of a
boudoir. Her American bower. urched
with trellis work and running down to
the river, recalls the days of the bower
at Idle Hours. when she was Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Paeet's Position.
| Mrs Arthu" Paget's name has been
| nous for more than Il generation on
| both sides OF the Atlantic. From the
! day OF her marriage to General Arthur
| Paget. more than twenty seven years
ago. until the present day she has, by
right of her fine executive ability and
her strong, rcsOlute. forccfu character
made herself Il vcritable power i'll So
ciety. Given the charity bazaar enter
tainmcnt or garden party. and Mrs.
| Paget has even been the first woman
to whom a distracted hostess turned
for help and guidance. The number OF
enterprises which she has Steered to
a successful result cannot be counted.
Above all, she has enjoyed the warm.
answering friendship OF the king and
| queen, and among the best messages
OF sympathy and sorrow to reach her
when the news of her lamcntnble fall
down an elevator shaft became public
were two signed respectively Edward
and Alexandra"
Another Royal Betrothel.
The engagement Of the mature Prn-
cess Clementine of Belgium with Prince
Victor Napoleon would now seem to be
an accomplished fact. On the whole
her marriage promises a far create"
measure of happiness than that which
attended the marriage of her two sis
tiers. who each in turn have played Il
turn have PLAYED a leading part IN
stories that blacken the pages of mod
ern history. One of these sisters was
Stephanie, who became the child bride
of the crown prince Rudolph of Austria
| WIN ,lp l,.>,
wretched marriage with Philip OF Sake
Coburg. Clementine now in her thirty
second year, has been able to watch
the outcome of those two marriages
and altogether is not without eXper-
fence. Prince Victor is forty-twc and
1T is only necessary to say Of him that
he knows more of the night side of
life In Paris than any other man in
Europe. AS the present head of the
house of Bonapart:, he is. through his
mother, the Princess Clothlde of Savoy,
daughter Of Victor Emmanuel, con-
nected with two royal houses. The
heart of the italian beats a little
faster as he reads the story of Victor
Emmanuel. King of Sardinia and Sa-
voy, Offering his province. the cradle
OF his dynasty, as Il sacrifice to the
cause of Italian unity. The Emperor
Napoleon demanding this as the price
of his support of Italy against Austria,
u
ilde for his brother. Napoleon jerome,
the selfish ViVeur, who was double her
age. 1t has been left to tint historian
to tell how father and daughter ming
led their tears ere the girl sacrificed
herself for the future of her native
land. Though Prince Victor inherits
much OF the cynicsE of his father, he
also possesses the tender heart of his
mother, and on the whole is likely to
make tolerably good husband.
The selfish woman of fashion might
well find an example in Queen Alex
andra. Surrendered from the hour of
her marriage by the comforts as we'll
as the splendors of court life. she has
ever kept in touch With the hearts OF
London's poor. The moneyed dame,
turning from sick and poverty stricken
people, and living in the little world
OF the rich, contrasts but i'll with the
/ gentle Alexandra, ever responsive to
the sorrows of her poorer sisters and
going among them in her quiet helpful
way. The suggestion for the erection
OF a statue of the queen has met with
enthusiastic approval. The East End
OF London, so much the better and
happier for her work. would seem to
be the most suitable place for the cree
4 ton of such q statue. Even as Il pub
\ TIC adornment. a statue of the most
beautiful of all royal women would
possess value.
N'Sudt " ASO1nduSnS.
Around the slender, boyish figure of
i Prince Arthur of Connaught centers a
growing and significant interest. The
persistent decline in health of his
] cousin, the young Duke of Sake Co
burg-Gotha. son Of the Duchess Of Al
bany, increases with each hour; the
4 prospect that he will at some time be
forced to take up the vacant place the
death of the Duke of Edinburgh Ia d
i placed the throne of Saxe-Coburg at
4 the disposal of his younger brother. the
Duke of Connaught. But the duke an
English soldier with English tastes. de-
1 ciined the succession, both for himself
and his son, and the title passed to the
line OF. Albany. But If the son of the
Duchess of Albany dies without issue
i Prince Arthur may be compelled In the
interests of his royal house, to accent
the succession. He has the example of
j King Edward VII before him. and
4 SAKE Coburg-Goth will be provided
A with an admirable ruler.
once more has famous English an
4 cestral seat been saved by the money
brought to TN impoverished family by
an American heiress. To the use Of The
fortune brought into the Seymour fam
tly by Miss Alice Thaw, of Pi.taburg. Is
due the happy circumstance that the
Marquis and Marchioness Of HEREFORD
i wili receive the guests at the wedding
OF their daughter in their old home,