The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-12

Bernadotte, whose father was the peasant
mayor OF little French village in the
ncighborhood OF Pau, the cottage where the
founder of the present reigning dynasty OF
Sweden was born being still shown to tour
lists In the south of France.
In addition to being short sighted, Gus
tayus suffers from that curious physical
defect known rs barred teeth, which sub
ject him at time TO perfect martyrdom,
and he Is constantly in the hands of the
most eminent dentists In Europe, Indeed,
of all the royal patients of the late Or.
Thomas Evans, the Crown Prince of SWe-
den was the one who stood In the most
frequent and constant need of his services.
Great Admirer of Kaiser.
Gustavus is on terms of the most init
mate friendship with Emperor William.
The latter has no more enthusiastic adj
probably that imitation is the most stu
cerc form of tattery, has adopted many
of his German cousins traits ana chara =
tcristics lie, too, believes, like the hal-
ser that the mailed fist Is preferable to
the velvet glove in solving difficulties, and
some years ago he availed himself of the
Stockholm openly to express his opinion
that the only way Of putting an end to the
quarrel between Norway ana sweden was
ly force. and added that he asked nothing
better than to be intrustcd with the com
mand of the Swedish army for the task
of reducing his fathers rehellious and dis
loyal subjects in Norway to entire submits
sion. AS soon as the tenor of this eX-
traordinary speech became known at Chris
tlania the StOrthing, or national legisla-
turc, which happened to be In session at
the time. Immediately passed by an almost
unanimous vote measure suspendlhg uhul
further notice the payment of the Norwc-
gian money of the civil list of the crown
prince the NOrwcEians taking the ground
that II was ridiculous to subscribe to the
maintenance of Il prince who publicly eX-
pressed the wish to lead Swedish army
Of invasion into Norway.
Much pressure was brought upon inc
crown prince, even by his father, to re-
tract his remarks, or Mt any rate In some
way TO smooth them over.
Has Support of His People.
Gustavus is the first OF his line to enjoy
the support and the consideration of the
Swedish ariStocracy. The latter Is among
the proudeSt, most influential and exclusive
In Europe but made point OF holding
aloOf from King Oscar and his three pTcde-
cesSors on account OF the peasant blood in
their veins aud of their Pebeian origin
They cannot forget that Marshal Berna-
dOttc, the first King OF the present line,
owed his rise In life to the revolution, that
he had taken part In the masSacIeS OF the
French aristocracy and royal family. and
tyrants and to the aristoCrats' were found
tatoocd on his arm for which reason he
had always refused to allow his physicians
to bleed him
Gustavus Is regarded as having to a
great extent eliminated the peasant strain
Of blood from his veins. and can rely upon
the support Of the entire Swedish people
New Queen of Sweden.
Victoria az the consort of Gustavus, is
as well fitted as her husband TO play the
part of II ruler. She had many advantages
Of education, being the fuyorite grand
daughter of the Empress Augusta, wife of
Kaiser Wilhelm !. of Germany. The Grand
Duchess of Baden. NictOria's mother, was
the daughter of Augusta Victoria Is thus
the cousin of the present ruler of Ger
many.
The new Queen of Sweden Is talented
woman. being an admirable musician, an
artist and writer. 1t was early seen by
her parclis that Victoria was to be prin-
cess of nigh attachments and her education
was planned with the view of developing
Of woman's education. however, was not
overlooked Following the example set by
King Edward ana queen Alexandra with
their daughters the Grand Duke and Ouch
u-s Of Baden saw to II that their daughter
received Il thoroughly practical training.
she was taught how to sew and darn. how
To- make butter and how to man
age a house She was also taught to cook,
aud for cookery she displayed natural
aptitude which made her past master at
the culinary art She has always retained
fondu"ss for cooking, and even yet eNer,
cisps her skill I'm this direction As II girl
She used frequently to indulge her taste for
cooking. and would often make dainty
dishes for Kaiser Wihelm's breakfast, as
well as supplying the cakes for afternoon
coffee.
Pair Have Three Children, All Boys.