Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12

land and was passionately fond of mount aineerinp
form of sport in which she was an adept. In one
of her excursions her life was saved by the most
wonderful presence of mind muscular strength, and
pluck of her Alpine guide The Princess naturally
was filled with sentiments of gratitude toward her
savior and as he happened to be an extremely
handsome man, possessed of sufficient education
qualify him for commission in the militia of his
canton, she determined to prove her gratitude by
marrying him.
OF course, there a tremendous outcry on the
part of her royal and imperial relativesfor she is
connected by ties of blood with two-thrds of the
reigning houses of Europe,-and all sorts of stories
We're circulated to the origin of the The
Prince of Schwarzburg eventually gave his consent
to the marriage of the Princess on the understand
ing that she should live abroad with her husband,
and thereupon conferred upon the latter, by way
of wedding present, the title of Baron. The union
th nd DO lar as re 5nn bes ye OF
pretty place in the Canton of Bern where the Baron
died about ten years later.
From that time to this, his widow has
left the estate. She lives there the year round,
greatly beloved by her neghbors account of her
beundless charity, her gentle, unaffected manner,
and her gracious consideration for the feelings of
others. Her relatives, however, visit her every
year. In fact, there few royal imperial per-
sonages who visit Bern without driving out to pay
their respects the doyenne of the sovereign houses
of Europe and the heroine of the thrilling Alpine
romance of more than fifty years ago.
A Druggist and Princess
GEORGE JAMETEL is the good looking son of a
~ Fontainebleau druggist who acquired fortune
by means of the invention of patent medicine. Pos
sessed of an abundance of money, and imbued with
social aspirations of mean order, young Jametel,
who at time frequent visitor to the
United States, and is well known in New York and
Washington, managed to secure presentation to the
Infanta Eulalie and became one of her most de-
voted admirers. Through her he made the ac-
quaintance at fashionable French seaside resort,
of Princess Marie of Mecklenburg Strelitz who was
spending the summer there under the care of a
duenna, her identity and royal rank being concealed
from the general public by ncognito name
George Jametel and the Princess were thrown
great deal together. the friendship of the two
being fostered by Eulalie, who saw therein the
best way of curing the Princesss heartache.
The affair ripened into mutual infatuation, and
finally the druggist son, encouraged by the
Infanta proposed for the hand of the Princess. At
first there was the most bitter opposition on the
part of the girls relatives the dea owing to the
disparity of rank for the Princess greatgreat-
granddaughter of King George Ill., occupies place,
though remote, in the line of succession to the
throne of Great Britain. Her sister is the Crown
Princess of Montenegro and she is nearly related to
the House of Hohenzollern.
But ultimately the obstacles to the union
overcome for there was little prospect at the time
of any royal marriage for the girl, and it consd
cred preferable on the whole that she should
tract what would be after all love match. Ult-
rnately the wedding took place at Kew, near Lon
don, in the presence of Queen Alexandra the Prince