Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-24
THE CROWN PRINCE.

The Crown Prince Georgia of Bergia
was eccentric.
One was likely to be imprisoned for
calling it by a harsher name, 50 one
| termed it eccentricity in public, and
shook ones head knowingly, i'll private.
Georgia, eldest son of Peter l., dit-
| fered from his father, the King. as rad
icaly as only two generations of seni-
| Papan royalty may.
King Peter was a slow-wtted, genial
man with religious if not moral scrupies
who took ever the line of the least re-
sistance which eXigency and near
| sighted comprehension disclosed to him.
| He offended many but made few bitter
enemies
Georgia was quick-tempered, head
strong and acute. Without the first two
attributes he might have been, also.
astute for his mind was subtle and ca
| pable of penetration. Lacking self-pos-
| session, however, George was demOniac
and recently sant-like by turns In the
former state optimists said: soon he
will be very good" and in the latter.
| pcSsimistS cried, forebodingly: Look
OUT He is preparing for some devil
| try" And both were usually right.
| Once Georgia struck n court servant
| yiciously. with the fiat of his sword and
might have killed him but for prompt in
reference. The servants fault lay in
not getting out Of his royal masters way
| with sufficient rapidity He was paid Il
months salary ana sent away Once
Georgio's younger brother, Alex, used
the formers American bicycle and was
| felled to the ground by il whip. He was
sent to Vienna, where commission was
secured for him. Once Georgia. coyet-
| ing horse syyvsked it and flung the own
or Il purse. When the latter demurred
Georgia ordered his servants to beat
him. Upon their refusal, he turned upon
the man himself. and, meeting defense
shot his opponent through the appraised
arm The man was Il foreigner, and IN
| ternational complications threatened I'M
| til the horse was restored with cash
| indemnity of sufficient magnitude. Sucl
acts represented the phase of Georgia 5
nature which correspondent to MT
| HYDE" That the DIR. Jekylf' element
was also present, other diametrlcallS
different acts bore testimony. There was
= day when, riding on the outskirts OF
his estate. he found dying peasant
woman CRYING for her son, Mt work in {
distant field. 1t was then that George
dismounted. cheered the woman as bes
he might, rode himself for the absen
one and sent the court physician, reluc
family. to the sufferers aid. Once, also
he had risked his life to save chil'
from drowning, and once again, released
n beggar, imprisoned for Il theft of foot
from the royal kitchen, and showerc'
him with doubloons
Thus the Crown Prince Georgia %
Bcrgia. when Anselma Darchouky. ;
Hungarian actress, came to the Berglal
capital and played with her companions
in histronic art at the Imperial theater
a t,iA
lean over the edge of his box. like on
enchanted while the actress trod th
boards, to toss a signct ring upon In
stage at the climax and to sing bac
listlessly, with the final curtain.
Crown Prince Georgia. for the frs
time in life, was IN love with Someon
, besides himself.
His attendance at the thcater bccam
a matter for national speculation iii
t gifts to the actress taxed even his lii
g cral allowance and the time he SpUu
e in her company was productive of opc
: scandal.
: In Rrrgia the moral code was a yer
G elastic one, even for common folk. Fo
T. ROYALTY il was limitlcSS Many prince
! of the kingdom. in the years agone, ha
: lamuSed themselves with actresses. an
y little had been said But Georgia WA
= not amusing himself. He found being j
p love very serious matter. and one tha
= presented to his intensely earnest natur
q hut one logical, or, rather illogical cul
= clusion--marriage
With the first whisper ot this con
:, templOtcd madneSS--for such uatura
II desire is always styled Ivy royalty'S ma
turet ycarS--king Peter sent a cour
i official To the theater and AnScma wa
/ persuaded t. depart at once. An inter
Il | view between father and son which fn
Il lowed proved one of the most violent Il
n the history of Il palace that had ucyt
e been n stranger to the words of auyr
passion. Georgia. confined to his glUn
V tiers uuder arrest. StormCd. futilply. fo
It several days and nights, and then SAN
- into coma, utterly exhausted hi
It strength and rage spent, Georgia began
/ To plot, when consciousness returned
70 One night peasant had walked unoh
l. triSively. past palace guards to the rai,
/, way station ana entered Seurml-claS
: compartment of the night express. Nr\
morning servants found ana tfligv ffua,
the Princes bed. an open window .iEif.
on the courtyard and rope mad. iron
dangling from the sill 4 uufrf huF fin
Le tile search was made by cUur, dpn..
10 tiyes In public it was given uut fhs
IS Prince Georgia had jourutyed to N;ruY.
l. for visit To his brother and would soon
re return. And no ouc, In the sa..ry-
$. guessed how near the Jruth this STAT.
~ mcnt was.
Is At Vienna the following morniu.. Zion
s. gio rehabilitated himself in the garh of
= better class citizen, exciting the S,l,pi..i.,
IS. of the clothier 10y display of coin draw