The San Francisco call., 1905-08-08

her only ornament, this necklace OF
pearls
The other jewels consist of set of
rubies, diadem, collar and brooch,
valued at $4,000 large brooch of
pearls and diamonds at $4,000. an
other, all of diamonds, forming a low
er's knot, at $4,000. bracelet of dia-
monds formed around one large black
and one white pearl valued at $4,000,
an emerald brooch at $4,000 and an
amethyst set, diadem, collar and
brooch. valued at $4,000
More interest, however, is centered in
her bridal veil, which is of great beauty
and worth at the lowest estimate $4,000.
1t is the finest work of the lace indus
try in Brussels and was wedding gift
to the Crown Princess from the ladies
in Brussels. The veil is as long as the
full court train of the bridal robe with
which it was worn and took fifty lace
workers six months to complete The
design was garlands of roses and lilies
of the valley, within which the arms of
Austria and Belgium were entwined
With the veil came also a rich lace
f1ounce for the robe, but this the Coun-
tess gave to her daughter, the Arch
duchess Elizabeth, when she was mar
ried to Prince Otto Windisch- Graetz
Countess Lonyay must have known
that there was scarcely any act of hers
which would turn public opinion so
much against her as this demonstrative
rupture with her past life, and that the
aged Emperor. who is exceedingly
sensitive on all points connected with
the memory of his unfortunate son,
would bitterly resent such course and
find it hard to forgive her. This action
of hers proves that she has given up
all hope of getting any more money
from him, and that she is at her wits
end to provide the funds for the keep
ing of her expensive husband, and also
to provide what she considers her own
necessities.
When she married Count Lonyay ii
was clearly understood that the EN-
peror would stop the big allowance
which she received as widowed Crown
Princess, and which amounted to nearly
one million crowns, this sum including
100000 crowns from her father The
Emperor promised to give her 100000
crowns every year, and she accepted,
thinking she could easily retrench, be-
ing very much enamoured and possibly
dreaming of love in a cottage. She
never once thought that as the widow
of the Crown Prince she lived entirely
at the Emperors expense, whether in
the imperial palace in Vienna or at
Budapest, or at Castle Laxenburg or
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wants, horses and carriages stood at her
disposition as she cared to appropriate
to her use. Her railway fares in the
country were paid by the Emperor and
a great many of the bills she ran up
she sent to the Emperor's comptroller
for payment.
OF course this made her allowance
much bigger than it really was Very
soon after her marriage she found she
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had furious Quarrels with her husband
before she understood that the sums
lost at the gambling table must be paid
and her usual way out of all difficulties
was to send her young daughter to the
Emperor to beg for money But three
years ago Princess Elizabeth married
Prince Windisch-Graetz.a a handsome
officer in the guards, with whom she
fell in love at a court ball and who did
not want to marry her, because he was
engaged to a Countess. Princess Eliza
beth's marriage is not very happy one
and the young wife often appeals to
the Emperor when her husband fails
to come up to her ideal Since she is a
wife herself she has lost all patience
with her mother, who she thinks mar
ried when she was too old, and she no
longer pleads with the Emperor in her
behalf
Countess Lonyay was very unwise a.
year ago when she suddenly took her
sisters part. and after that Princesss s
escape from the asylum at Dresden
telegraphed to her brother-in-law, ''She
is no more mad. than you are" ending
with why did you lie to me?" and
published the telegram in the Neue
Erie Presse before Prince Philip of CO.
burg received it. 1t was also char
acteristic of her to quarrel with her