New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-22
rI1I BE QUEEN EVE.
.,ch Premature in Changing
AZ r,me of King AIfOnsO's Bride.

J1ranGch Ffe"'"'
,-,e of King 4Ifonso's Bride.
..,-sinary is the care with which tne Al
90 cofha' is compiled and edited ana SO
pasn e its celebrity for accuracy tl9t me-,
siisspeae. guilty Of mistake in nomenclature
renders i 'se.- cha matter to pass by unnodced-
csrno' cay -e-haps the only, mistake IN the
re chie1 an .ta name Of King Edwards coTnel-
ssT issue aonnlariy known as Ena OF batfehoers,
81 neCe' -,roess. who is now generally regarueu
Tas i zI % become the consort or AIoiso Al.
IS desuH'1 -scA,yed at her baptism the names "a
e spah' -',oante Julia Eve, Empress Eugene
victoria 6 ue :, prince Louis of Battenberg be-
ard me z-,others There are so many VIC
ng her wv .ho reigning and prtncely houses OF
;saas ainoHs yas decided TO call the princess oy
Europe came Eugene, and TINS during %
hsr seq g abbreviated into Ena' WHO" en-
ehaahoO., = aver since, and which she uSeS 40
has le'.,rs This has evidently confuse
ssr sigha'1, .A,nnanach de Gotha,'' and IN the
ea'o' :, Iss they set her down as oee 1-htg Sc of
issue u T.ncess Eva, in lieu of k1la- ms ~ ~
gown - &c she has never avated hersetA
course -. name OF the mother Of n1aflhiiio,
usnl no" = oionA NJ any princess TO bear Eve
when sa n' de Gotha' is manIesuE q nc
h the .I-s and it serves to cali aIte"'io4 -
prnt Il" :, which the name OF I've mas -
tie ss- -s ny the regning and princelS 1si'i-''
the Old "ofiN ,o,g run it may prove that the
PossD'! - =, merely q trifle premature IN INC
"AHaiSS" sbonId the young princess peooIlo
pai'ef' 60 she rlay assume her fourth l1IlIo
queen " ~ official style. and become ~ueeH -
Of Eve =. &c not likely that the SpahlsIUs -
q SPAN % her other names OF NictoE4a' 80
axe ~. -ts while Ena is. after al. nu' so -
G. hl and could not very Wen Dc IseG
Fet nans, .-sos the spaniards, as peTuc '- -
r,of
fsto ,.., name as Eve as oelhs Ao'e
cD.zEs ANOTHER ROYAL SCION
1--we - ~ the royal house of Bavaria
AnoiheI - ,Iaced under restraint as Iasiito'
hSs Just - eiegf-ied. son OF the late DuAe
raHey =. bavaria and OF the latter WIG,
AsAill--- sister OF Prince Philip OF CobuIs' @-'0
VIC va ferdinand Of Bulgaria SlesIrlea
O che ducal or non-reigning pFAnc1i % 80
DIss s,-nasty Of wittelsbach, ana aoo"t NV
sh2e' - af,ar having been one Of the most CON
ysars aso. c. - tho court Of Munich, IN Bava-
fp'''-I ,., and On the German turf. was sudoehiS
T2h &c axtravaEant career by the old Prlhoe
hAD - insisted lpon the disposal OF ms IHI 20
.,1r- racing stable and upon MS De'aAi.'e
- abroad for the space Of year one o. mo
-. - his absence from Europe being 70 D-0slA
~. feminine entanglements. which had Oecoiiis
sr,seiingly troublesome i. .ba
-h.
Is, - Tapgn. China and 70 India where ne
t--,.+, ~ big game and on his way home PAID
-, "a Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir ap-
-.,t n the Austrian throne. at the latters couh-
- sal in Bohemia, IN order 10 compare spoIl-iis
s.ss with him the archduke having likewise Spent
considerable time shooting tigers IN 1noIa,
Tr4T. Saving with Archduke Francis Ferdinand
ss,gf-ied met his hosts unmarried half-slster'
,,ebdDcbess Maria Annunciata. fell in love with
- I'D their engagement was in due course an
ro,,oe5 They would have made e comely couple
fo- the princess has inherited much OF the brll4-
t.r,r az Eyeu as the good looks Of her mother the
v+1owed Archduchess Maria Therese, while Duke
s.gfred is probably the best looking prince OF ms
topse dashing cavalier and one Of the few scions
Of Old World royalty who have achleVeu olSl1ilo-
ion As steeplechase rider.
Two months later the engagement was broken on
tr the archduchess owing 70 her sudden discovery
@, the stormy anecedents OF her fance. which she
had ignored at the time when she promised TO be-
come his wife The breaking Of Of the engagement
was a matter which was arranged between the
Young people themselves, and that they had been
deeply in love with each other was shown by the
sppeal Immediately sfterward by the erchduchess
10 the Emperor for permission 10 enter holy orders
and 10 take the vows Of q Benedictine nun, while
the duke became prey TO nelancholia, which has
IN course Of time developed into insanity, rendering
his confinement now necessary.
CAUSE OF KING OTHO's INSANITY.
It may he remembered that the origin OF the in
Esnity Of the dukes cousin the crazy King Ohio Of
Bavaria was due 10 an unfortunate love affair.
which he took TOO deeply 70 heart and that the
FIST blow TO the reason Of the late King LoL was
given by the court intrigue which brought about
The breaking off of his engagement 10 his cousin,
Duchess Sophia OF Bavaria, on the very eve Of
lie date appointed for the wedding. King Louis,
rnr being placed under restraint a lunatic,
dd violent death in the waters OF Lake Starer-
httg in 1886, while his former fancee, after far
from happy marriage with the French Duke d'Alen-
90. persisted in the flames OF the Charity Bazaar
Immigration at Paris some years ago.
Emperor Francis Joseph declined 70 allow his
ntce TO become a nun, pointing out TO her that she
should be content with her Office Of abbess of the
Order Of Noble Ladies OF the Hradshin at Prague
which IS sort OF ecclesiastical dignity invari-
ably held by princess Of the imperial house. The
ady ahbess Of this particular order is the only
woman TO whom is accorded the right Of fulfilling
certain episcopal motions II being the preroga-
I'VE OF her Office 10 crown the Queen OF Bohemia
Ehsn the Cardinal Archbishop Of Prague crowns
he King. Among the insignia Of her rank are an
slscopal mitre and an episcopal crozier, and she
Ssafs an episcopal ring o. Office which the ladies
u ne order are required 20 kiss But there are
~ pledges Of perpetual Celbacy taken IN con-
aeetion with the order. It's members are at liberty
F" wed az any time they wish. this, Of course,
sl-!lhg their leaving the order, which was organ
80 lor The purpose OF providing suitably for the
--'s OF tbs nobility who had become impoveT-
N4ea through no fault of their own, all that is
''.1Ieo Of them being the observance of certain
--lsE' NE wearing Of e particular costume and the
F'AlAanee or certain daily religious duties and
4OnieS Each OF the members of the order
van he honorary title OF "canoness." and the
<-7sa mother Of Spain held the Office Of ebbess
--A AeF marriage 70 King Alfonso drawing a
'-lsad as such Of 10000 a year
,- a-' tae present Lady Abbess. Archduchess Maria
-1lE4stap takes her religious duties in connec-