New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

secietsfies or his Embassy at Par, is :, IN.
~. @ succession TO the throne OF Holland ana
t.SSs or s. Oh Queen Whelnne Her most
cttls - emu ano cousin Princess Pauline only
% 'he hlng OF Wurttemberg had rnarries
Fr1nce Frederick OF Wied ana :, - ~ -,
sust Sueeh Nlihelmine was TO marry his :,
A'l' "hen suddenly she gave him the
~ ~ snouioeI' ana displayed a preference for
Duke Henry OF Mecklen burg -sehxxeri, -, =,
married. So angry was Princess p.,,,, oi. n sile
matter that she did not oven convr.+,,,.. =,
queen on her engagement. and their friendship has
only lately oeen restored. Prince William Is
very nice teilow' would have made much a better
husband than Duke Henry, and IT is c.rta,, 4h..
Queen Wilhelmne in wedding him would have hs
spared al that misery and unhappiness vbtcb
find such pathetic expression upon her prematura,
aged ana careworn face. Prince Williams mother
is Princess Marie of the Netherlands Ne.t in
line OF succession to Queen wIlhelnine who ra
mains childless, is the widowed Grandduke ~,
Saxe-Weimar. After him comes his aunt Princess
Marie OF Saxe-Weirnar. married to Prince Henry
OF Reuss, formerly German Ambassador at Vienna
and her three children Then comes her chIdIess
sister. Duchess John OF Mecklenburg- g-Schwerin
and then the Princess OF wied, and her two CONS
the younger OF whom is the Prince William, ,pst
appointed to Paris by the Kaiser Their fatber
the Prince of Wied. is brother OF the Queen of
Rumania.
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE" AT MONTE CARLO
Monacos prince. since his return from Germany
where he dined with the Kaiser at Kiel has at
tracted good deal OF attention by the number
OF the remarkable newspaper interviews which he
has been giving concerning tho alleged Intentions
and views OF the Emperor with regard to France
The prince has a mania for interfering in things
that do not concern him. and almost drove Presi-
dent Faure into at OF apoplexy by demonstrating
with him on the action of the French government
in the Dreyfus The prince is the most un-
fortunate Of husbands, since two wives in sue
cession have been compelled TO leave him. the first
one, Lady Mary Hamilton. being the wife OF
Count Tassilo Festetics. Of Hungary. while the
other, born at New-Orleans Miss Alice Heine
still retains her and title OF Princess OF
Monaco in spite OF the judicial character OF the
separation.
Somehow or other the predecessors OF this SOW
ereign gambling house keeper the throne OF
Monaco have nearly all been unfortunate in their
matrimonial relations, fact which the so~c called
Prince Rouge-et-noir must recall every time he
looks out OF the windows Of his palace at Monte
Carlo at the ancient tree known as 'the tree Of
knowledge" 1t received It's name during the reign
OF Prince Honorus of Monaco, who was married
20 Mile de Gramont the fairest beauty OF the court
Of Versailles, the days OF Louis XIV Of France.
The lady, rejoiced in the blondest OF hair and
the most flashing OF coal black eyes did not like
Monaco. her husband So she left him, and
returned TO the Court OF Versailles declining even
70 call herself Princess Of Monaco, but using Of
his minor titles, and styling herself Duchess OF
valentinois She greatly surrounded and coult-
eu. and every now and then stories would reach
Monaco OF her conquests. This exasperated her
husband. who, however. helpless 70 do anything
TO prevent her indiscretions, or keep her within
bounds
But he had his revenge in another way. When
his spies from Paris and from Versailles
brought reports OF aftaire de- on
the part OF the duchess. and a description OF her
favorite. full sized dummy, destined to por-
tray the latter, manufactured and hung by
the neck TO the branch OF big tree occupying the
centre OF the palace square. The prince then sum-
all his loyal subjects, and II their duty
10 pelt this dummy counterpart OF the successful
Of their monarch in the affections OF his wife
with mud and with offal In course Of time the
dummies the tree became numerous that spe-
csl gallows had to be erected around it. until tho
matter finally brought 10 the attention of Louis
XIV OF France by his pious but immoral Egerta
Nine de Maintenon whose religious preJudices II
offended Accordingly special mission was dis
patched from Versailles to Monte Carlo. which re-
suited in the disappearance Of the galows. and also
OF the dummies from the tree, which latter, how
ever, remains. and is known to this day as the
''tree Of knowledge"
MARQUIsE DE FONTENoY.