The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-02
sAVOlV[AIY! COLUMN

Ages When Royal Folk Nafry. 8
Tint much yexesI QUESTION aa "a &
s@hsshef early marriages are ndyiAn
NY of inads isahls evidently ,roubles
royal personases bnt very little, ioti
while statistics go 70 pfoye that tlss 4
average young man and woman whit
until they have 1T ;ieast reached iilsit
EItwenty;fft year before deciding %
marriage M royal natc h-makera seeni
Ito5 be or the opinion that with regard /
St \ . the young sclons ot royal houses
such 3s,l waiting IS totally unnecessary.
and consequently there are bu, very
few the age ot 20 Or n who haze
not { a cred n men's realm
by marrying the Duchess Cecilia, 4
$sofS9 atecll snbnrg 8 isssrin on May q.
says the London Tatler thc erswa
Prince sot GermanS SaIl be following
out the old IIohenzollern tradition
that The swisest marry yopng Il
that date HIS Imperial faighness ssilt
btef he! but 22 years of age and his bride
four Years younger. al
HIS fathes the present. Emperos,
was! 20 when his eldest child. The
Crown ;r9' Prince. born His grand.
father Unset Fritz; VAS onls 81.
year der n hen ne led Me pFincess
Royal Nict'o ,l ID altar The Old
Emp erpr,s liam b: ana all his pred.
|ecessorss on the throne ot Prussia Tor
two centuries back took helpma,eiI
unto itherasel yes At an earl nge;; even
1.-THE monarch. philosopher, Ffederich
the Great was no exception In ills
respseset. thouglt he married his PIN
g cess q Brunswick With d wry face.
obeylpg the stern command 81 Ills I'm.
perious father the grim soldier.
King v Frederick liam i Bstwscll
the present Grown Prince and h!a
father there lis onls this dttference-
the Emperor William II. married i
lady who IS SIX months Ills senIor.
while the son; So four years and four
months older Than HIS betrothed
There is ID striking similarity with
regard to dates and ages between the
marriage four years ago OF Hollands
youthful sovereign 10 Duke Henry Of
Mecklenburg; schwerln, uncle 10 the
Duchess Cecilia. and those Of prin-
cess lice Of Albany who was mar:
fried Sat Windsor last year, md tho
| late Queen Victoria, Isl i singular
fact that both Queens and The Prin-
cess should have been within few
months Sof their twsnty. first birthdaya
on the occasio ns on their inarriaEea,
while remarkably enough Queen WI
helmlna's wedd ding occurred within
three days / 81 the sixty:hrst annlyer-
sary Of orr own dead Ssoyereign's mar
riage IT'D Prince oonsort which took
tplaee$ on February 10 1870. Willis
ourS late Queen chose q husband three
months younger than herself, how
ever, WilhelmIna married one VINO
|Wass her senior by oyer four years.
Probably the youngest ages at
which q royal couple have entefed
1.-The bonds Of natf ilnouy are ss..; I'd,
i 1g77tSwhich were the respective asea 81
thes King 81 Belgium and Ills hFlds
when they stood before the altar ii /,
1883. The King two daughtere fol.
| lowed their royal parents example
with regard ITO earl marriages, both
being welded before they had reacls
| ed their eighteenth year he III.
Efated Empress Of Austria was only
ljustSover "; years Of age when she
became the wife of ths Emperor jos
sephF III 4 s54 her husband being * (
while one Of his daughters had mot
reached her sci enteentIl year
three months sen she married.
sIt as athersa peculiar coineidence
that when the late King Humheft o.
Italy married Queen siarauerita ID
1853 their ICES corr sponded almost
Exactly with those of the Emperor
Iof Austria and his Bird sat Tie TIME
Iof their marriage. There was Just
1.-TWO months difference Between he
ages q the present D6wager QnesA
ofSItaly and tile late Empress Of Aus
4tSs u - AZ ~. III, ~ n