Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-22

the music alone but by his attitude
, discouraged England and other powers
: from intervening in behalf of the lit
, tie kingdom. Then, too, both he and
! his wife had during the lifetime of his
. predecessor, Frederick VII, been sub
: jected to no end of affronts and humil-
, iations by the French modiste and
"ex-premiere demoselle" of the great
, Partisan house of Charpentier, who
. having induced that monarch to di-
, vorce his consort. Caroline of Neck.
lenburg-StrelitZ, subsequently became
his morganatic wife under the name
of Countess Banner. Christian was
embittered by this, would not even
return the visit paid to him by the
president of the French republic in
Copenhagen, and caused his youngest
daughter, Thyra, now duchess of
Brunswick and of Cumberland to de-
cline an offer of marriage made to her
in 1873 by Napoleon Ills only son, the
Inflated prince imperial of France.
Frederick Partial to the French.
Frederick VIII. has no such preju.
dices with regard to France, although
1t was he who, as his fathers ennis
sary in 1864, received at Paris the re-
fusal of Napoleon Ill to intervene in
behalf of Denmark, the celebrated
countess de Castiglionne being known
to have influenced the emperor in
adopting this course, this going far
toward confirming the story to the
effect that besides being an agent OF
the Italian government in France, she
likewise did effective work, if not for
Ia Roi de Prusse," at any rate, for
Bismarck. While this may have ang-
cred Frederick toward Napoleon, il
certainly never affected his friendship
for France. He and his wife were. if
my memory serves me right, the first
foreign royal couple to visit the presi.
dent of the French republic in state,
at the Elysee, and as | have stated
above since the overthrow of the EN-.
pire he has been frequent visitor TO
Paris.
lie has been invariably accompanied
on these occasions by his consort,
quite the tallest queen in Christendom,
being a good head taller than her hus-
band, who is himsen a stalwart six
footer. This domesticity OF Frederick
has always appealed in a pleasing
fashion to the French people. who are
disposed to resent as lack of respect
to the nation the practice of so many
foreign. princes to select Paris as the
scene of their escapadesand indiscre-
lions, of which they would be afraid to
render themselves guilty at home. lest
they should shock the sense of pro-
priety of their fellow-citizens.
Not Gloomy Prince of Denmark
Yet Frederick is {. man who is fond
of pleasure, but in the honest sense of
the word. Genial, laughter loving,
with a strong sense of humor, he has
nothing of the gloomy and somber
been wont since the days of Snakes.
temperament which the world has
peare to ascribe to the prince of Den
mark" He keenly enjoys the Partisan
theaters, especially the small ones,
where the sonorous and somewhat
masculine laugh of his consort often
betrayed her presence with him in one
of the dark baignorie boxes, and indi-
Gates that she. too, like her husband,
is quick to see the amusing side OF life.
During their stay on the banks of
the Seine, they mingled freely ir
French society. and usually made
point of dining with the late Baron
Alphonse Rothschild. whenever they
came to Paris. Many of their visits
| Af n al.
new queen of Denmark had. at the
time of her marriage, one of the larg-
est fortunes in Europe. and by careful
administration and clever manage
ment her husband has succeeded In
more than doubling it since then. II
Is fortune that comes to Queer
Louise through her mother, who. mar.
ried to Charles XIV. of Sweden. was n
sister of the late king of the Neither.
lands, In financial circles in Paris
ffederick is spoken of with respect as
one or the ablest business men of the
oay' cleverer even than King Leopold.
since ne has never INDUCED in any OF
the hazardous and not always success
tui speculations of the Belgian mon,
! arch
No Guessing at His Foreign Policy
While IN matters of domestic policy
Frederick, who is now 6S years of age,
| may be relied upon to show himself
more pliable than his father, more pro-
gressive in his methods of government,
and more conscious of his constitutions
al obligations than the late king. 1t is
= difficult to speak with any certainty
concerning his foreign policy. He is
the brother of the queen Of England,
! of the king of Greece, and of the wild
! owed czarina, father of the king OF
, Norway. the'uncle of the car, of the
sovereign grandduchess of Mecklen-
burg Schwerin. and of the ruler of
, Crete, and with all OF them he is on
. terms of warm affection, While the
emperor of Austria ne has always been
particular favorite. and makes a
point OF visiting Vienna two or three
times annually, while he has within
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