Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09

services are sought by men, women and
children from all over Bavaria.
The medical profession, however, does
not alone suffice to exhaust Prince
Louis Ferdinands restless energy and
he deVotes his spare time to music. lie
Is not only composer OF genuine tai
cnt. but he plays number of musical
instruments 10 perfection. Recently ne
became a member of the orchestra In
the Royal Opera House In Munich. In
this position he works and Is treated
Just like an ordinary fiddler, earning a
dollar an evening, Visitors to the Royal
Opera House in the Bavarian capital
can see his royal highness night by
night in the front row OF the orchestra,
playing his fiddle as though his daily
bread depended on his proficiency. Dur
ing the intervals he goes out with the
members Of the orchestra and drinks
q glass of beer In a common bar stu
ated in the cellars of the opera house.
where he rubs shoulders with the stage
workmen and other humble employees
OF the house.
Prince Louis takes a keen pleasure In
this occupation. and often boasts that
II he were not q royal parsonage he
could earn his living either as a medl-
cal man or as a professional vlolihlst
In an interview granted recently to
representative Of the Berlin Lokalan'
zeiger, Prince Louis said;
IL don't see why ! should not play
IN the orchestra II 1t gives me pleasure
! work hard as doctor during the day
time and consider that have right
TO spend my evenings according TO my
own tastes. Must be an idle, good
f0r-nothing because ! am of royal de-
scent? People may talk and call 1t &C.
centric, but mean TO go my own way,
and to enjoy life as my natural tastes
direct me-
Prince Louis, who is first cousin to
King Otto, Is married TO the Spanish
Princess Marie della Paz, and has three
children, two sons of ~ and II years
respectively, and one daughter of IL
years. one OF the sons win be medi-
cal man, and the other intends to be-
come painter, The daughter has mu-
steal tastes, and Prince Louis declares
that If she develops a good voice he
would have no objection to her bee0m-
Ing an operate singer.
BEAT MERRY PRINCE HAL" .
Prince Louis and Duke Theodore are
not the only royalties In Europe VINO
are able to earn their living II requlr-
ed to do So Prince Max, son of King
George of Saxony, renowned all his
worldly possessions when he became
priest seven years ago, and now lives
on the salary which he receives as pro-
fessor OF theology at the University OIL
Freiburg. In Switzerland, Prince Max
was q studious youth, and was gradual
ed as doctor Of laws at the University
OF Dresden at the earliest possible age
but then he entered the army and
came the widest Of all the Wild young
men, He was the hardest drinker' the
most nveterate gambler and Don
Juan without pity or conscience Ills
Vocabulary Of oaths would have shock
ed an habitue Of Billingsgate, and his
record OF sins was designated by So
cial Democratic writer as sufficient to
send a whole army to eternal punish
| ment
Seven years ago, in his twenty-sev-
enth year. a sudden and remarkaole
change came over the gay prince FOL
lowing on a night Of revelry, Prince
Max rode straight to "A monastery, dis
mounted. entered, threw OFF his uni
form, unbucked his sword, and as
sumod there and then the garb of II
| priest Of the Roman Catholic church.
| Subsequent TO this dramatic renunela-
ton. which surprised his own family as
much as Il did his boon companions IN
| countless reyels. Prince Max applied
himself TO the study of theology with
untiring Industry. His formal admls-
| sion TO the priesthood and his ordain-
| ment followed In due course, and most
of the members OF the Saxon royal fam
| Ilv. who are intensely dcvout Roman
Catholics were present at the latter
ceremony,
Prince Max worked as priest for
| some time at Nmpmburg In Bavaria,
and gained the love and confidence OF
his flock. He had given up all his for
tune to his brothers and sisters on en-
tering the priesthood and at Nurem-
berc had nothing 10 support MN cN-
cent his salary OF Sl,2j a day, He lived
| in lodgings consisting Of one bare room,
! with an uncovered floor. and contain
ing nothing hut camp bed, a plain
table. Two wooden chairs and a picture
of the Virgin Mary on the wall, A L OK
Ing glass was tabo0cd az a thing or
| vanity. and there were no other aru-
Giles cf luxury The contrast between
Prince Max'g comfortlcss lodging ana
the magnificent palace at Dresden IN
which he had been born and brought
IN was complete, and the difference
between the lawless life of his earlier
youth and his busy useful career as a
priest was equally vide
MAY BE POPE SOME DAY.
Ills royal highness divided his spare
time between writing trcatlses on the
ologlcal subjects and visiting the poor
IN his district. Ills theological writ
ings attracted widespread attention,
| and he soon came to be regarded as one