Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-13

Bernadotte, whose father was the peasant
mayor of a 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.
In addition to being short-Sighted. Gus
tavus suffers from that curious physical
defect known as barred teeth, which sub
ject him at time to perfect martErdom
and he is constantly in the hands of the
most eminent dentists in Europe Indeed,
of all the royal patients Of the late DR..
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 more enthusiastic ad-
mirer than the prince, who, in the behef
probably that imitation is the most sin
cere form of fattery, has adopted many
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, and
opportunity of some public meeting at
Stockholm openly to express his opinion
quarrel between Norway and Sweden was
by force, and added that he asked nothing
better than TO be intrusted with the com
mand of the Swedish army for the task
of reducing his fathers rebellious and dis
loyal subjects in Norway to entire submis-
sion. As soon as the tenor of this eX-
traOrdlnarY speech became KNOWN at Chris
tiania the Storthing or national legisa-
ture. which happened to be in session at
the time. Immediately passed by an almost
unanimous vote a measure suspending 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 Il prince who publicly eX-
pressed the wish to lead a Swedish army
of invasion into Norway.
Much pressure was brought upon the
pf,ySrra rAyin In f.nt 20
tract his remarks, or 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
Swedish aristocracy. The latter Is among
the proudest most influential and exclusive
III Europe, but made a point of holding
aloof from King Oscar and his three prede-
cesSors on account of the peasant blood in
their veins and of their plebeian origin.
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
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 Il talented
woman, being an admirable musician, an
artist and writer. 1t was early seen by
her parents that Victoria was to be q prin-
cess of high attainmcntS and her education
was planned with the view of developing
her talents to the full. The practical side
of a woman's education, however was not
overlooked. Following the example set by
King Edward and Queen Alexandra with
their daughters the Grand Duke and Ouch
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 house. She was also taught to cook.
and for cookery she displayed a natural
aptitude which made her past master at
the culinary art She has always retained
fOndness for cooking, and even yet eXer-
cises her skill in this direction. AS a girl
she used frequently to indulge her taste for
cooking and would often make dainty
dishes for Kaiser Wilhelm's breakfast, DIS
well as supplying the cakes for afternoon