St. Tammany farmer., 1906-03-17

the worst fltrt Of I'LL the princesses. .
4 ~ that direction the conquest fof th
king was not brilliant success. May
be he met his match. At any rate
Helena wasted no time, but turned t,
the other and more exciting. If les
dangerous. flirtations, and the allianc
between Russia and Spain was droppe,
with mutual honors.
I The affair with i the Princess Ade
laide Of Parma threatened for tim,
to be serious. That Irritation tool
Europe by surprise and the king, wht
had been proclaimed laggard in love
i began to show evid ences of being q
neart-breaker. It seems that he was
attracted toward the pretty and sim.
possible princess Impossible from Z
political standpoint) on seeing her
and conducted his fiirtatfons for him.
self. but in a short time he dropped
that.
Then came the most amazing Of all
his firtations, one that was rather
forced upon him, but which he en-
gagged in with such good will that all
the court at Madrid was shocked. This
girl wasn't a princess, but Just plain
miss, and her name was Miss Anna
Campbell, her father being multi
millionaire OF Buenos Ayres. Miss
Campbell, whose mother was a Span
ish lady, was at San Sebastian, and
fell in love with the king, who seemed
to reciprocate her affections.
r. Perhaps loves young dream was
budding, and possibly the king would
have liked to slip away after supper,
meet his "best GIRL" and take walk
with her through some shady lovers
lane, but the queen mother simply
asked Mr.. Campbell to take his girl
away and the Irritation ended like .
flash.
Religion an Obstacle.
4 The affair Z. with the Archduchess
Elizabeth Of Austria was short. The
match was considered eminently de-
sirable from political and church
standpoints, and she was pretty, and
graceful. and witty. But no sooner
had people begun to talk than the
king apparently fell head over heels
in love with the Archduchess Gilmore
Marie, daughter of Archduke Charles,
who Is declared to be the most beauti-
ful young woman in all Austria. The
attraction appeared to be mutual and
there was q lot of gossip, but It ended
In nothing.
i The affair with Victoria Louise OF
Germany followed within a few weeks.
There was much secret rejoicing in
Spain over the possibility that the
king would get married and settle
down to a nice, steady life of ruling
with the favorite daughter of the
kaiser to help him handle the reins OF
government. The young people ap-
peared extremely fond Of each other.
but there was an obstacle. No one
who is not and will not become Ro-
man Catholic can hope ever to become |
q queen of Spain-and the princess is
q Lutheran.
So that Irritation ended in gossip |
and the king, possibly in pique, start
ed Irritation with the Archduchess
Gabrielle of Austria, who was much
favored by the kings mother. Gabri-
elle is beautiful and clever, and a
skilled rider, and she rode right over
The kings heart when they met, but
whether they had a lovers quarrel or
whether the king objected to having
lis mother pick a wife for him, or
whether something else happened, no
me knows except them. and that was
lropped.
/ People had begun talking about the
Ding by that time, and when he
eemed to fall head over heels in love
With the Duchess Marie Antoinette Of
-Schwerin it was whis-
,ered that he had met his fate at last
The duchess is perfect type of Ger
nan beauty and is the daughter of the
krchduke Frederick Paul and great
riend of Emperor William and all
lis children. Indeed, it is said that
sitel Fritz-brt maybe that is only
ossip. People will talk. l
Dropped Marie for Ena.
There were no objections to Marie
.ntoinette at all, for, unlike ner rela-
ives, she is a Roman Catholic and 4
he people OF both nations would have
'elcomed the alliance. But suddenly
lfonso dropped Marie, probably I
ever sent her letters back or asked {
er to return his, and fell head over 6
sells in love with Ena Her whole &
ame is Princess Victoria Eugenie e
ALA Ena OF Battenberg, and she is f
le daughter of Princess Beatrice, so | e
lat would make her German and q
nglish. Maybe Alfonso was trying to c
.ut out" Eitel Fritz, for the German Z
rince was reported in love with his n
lusin Ena. Ena Is the daughter Of i,
ing Edwards youngest sister and she G
just as English as she can be, al a