Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-12-13

Bernadotte, whose father was the peasant
mayor of little French village In the
neighborhood 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.
tavus suffers from that curious physical
defect known as 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 ,i Lnost
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 al
mirer than the prince, who, in the belief
probably that imitation is the mo most ,,s SIN IN
of his German Cousins traits and charac-
teristics. He, too, believes, like the kai-
ser, that the mailed fist is preferable to
the velvet glove in solving difficulties ana
some years ago he availed himself of the
opportunity of some public meeting at
that the only way of putting an end to the
quarrel between Norway and Sweden was
by force, and added that he asked nothing
better than to be intrusted with the com
of reducing his fathers rebellious and dis
loyal subjects in Norway to entire submits
sion. AS soon as the tenor OF TINS eN-
traordinary speech became known at Chris
tiania the Storthing, or national legisla-
ture. which happened to be in session at
the time, Immediately passed by an almost
unanimous vote q measure SuSpend1ng until
further notice the payment of the Norwe-
gian money of the civil list of the crown
prince, the Norwegians taking the ground
that it was ridiculous to subscribe to the
maintenance of a prince who publicly eX-
pressed the wish tc, lead a Swedish army
of invasion into Norway.
hr0nUhf
crown prince, even by his father, to re-
tract his remarks, at 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
the proudest, most influential and exclusive
In Europe, but made a point of holding
aloof from King Oscar and his three prede-
veins Of of tb be
They cannot forget that Marshal Berna,
dotte the first King of the present line,
owed his rise in life to the revolution, that
he had taken part in the massacres Of the
French aristocracy and royal family, and
that at his death the words Death to the
tyrants and to the aristocrats" were found
tatooed 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 as the consort of Gustavus, Is
as well fitted as her husband to play the
part of a ruler. She had many advantages
of education, being the favorite grand
daughter of the Empress Augusta, wife of
Kaiser Wilhelm /. of Germany. The Grand
Duchess of Baden, Victoria'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 a talented
woman, being an admirable musician, an
artist and Il writer. 1t was early seen by
her parents that Victoria was to be prtn'
cess of high attachments and her education
was planned with the view Of developing
her talents to the full The practical side
of a womans education, however, was not
overlooked. Following the example set by
King Edward and Queen Alexandra With
ess of Baden saw to it that their daughter
received a thoroughly practical training,
She was taught how to sew and darn, how
to make butter and how to man
age Il house. She was also taught to cook,
and for cookery she displayed a natura.
! aptitude which made her a past master at
the culinary art. She has always retained
fondness for cooking, and even yet eXer.
cises her skill in this direction. AS Cir
she used frequently to indulge her taste FOL
cooking. and would often make dainty
dishes for Kaiser WilhelmS breakfast, as
well supplying the cakes for afternoon
coffee.
Pair Have Three Children, All Boys.
The marriage of Gustavus took place or
September 20, 1881. Three sons were borr
to Gustavus and Victoria. Prince Gustav
us Adolf, the present crown prince, was
born November IL, 1882, being given lne
title of the Duke of Scana. The other two
of the new King and Queen are Prince
Wilhelm, Duke of sodermanand; borI
June II, 1884, and Prince Erik, Duke OF
Vestmanland born April 90 1889.