The National tribune., 1908-05-07

Austria ever muses. on the tragic and
erratic occurrences which fill the an
mails of his family history he must have
a rather sorry time of it. OF the for
mer, the terrible death of his brother,
the uI Ifortunate Emperor MaXimilian,
of his wife, the Empress Elizabeth, and
his son, Rudolpfl. stand out with awful
prominence, and of the latter, nothing
San certainly excel in unusual scanda-
1ousness the performances of his two
cousins, the Archduke Leopold Saliva
tor, the former Crown Princess of Sax
ony, his sister, who, it will be remem-
bered, eloped with the tutor of her
children, NJ. GireIi, and since then has
been conspicuous in other scandals.
The career of the Arehduke Leopold
has certainly been most amazing. When
a young, dashing army officer of 2S he
fell madly in love with a pretty cashier
in restaurant at Bruen, where he was
stationed, who. having quite a sweet
voice, also appeared on the concert
stage. The Dukes infatuation soon be-
came the talk of the army, and his
cousin, the Emperor, ordered him TO
be transferred to another station. This
failed to have the desired result, and
the Duke was told that he must either
give his lady up, or leave the army.
He preferred the latter, and the pair
took p cottage in the suburbs of Vien-
ma itself to the great scandal of tile
court. Altho the Emperor tried in the
kindest manner possible to make the
Archduke see the matter in its proper
light he was entirely unable to break
up the HaisoE. and was finally COM
PEELED to deprive the latter of his rank
and title, to expel him from the Order
of the Golden Fleece, to strike his name
from the army list, and cut of his al
lowance of $4,000 a year. Then the
couple went to Switzerland. where the
Duke took the name of Leopold Wold-
fing, became citizen of the country,
and married his little cashier, whose
name was Wilhelmina Adamovics
They Joined the strange community
called "Adarnites," founded by Herr
Hoffman, at Ancona, Switzerland, who
believe in living in the natural state of
Adam and Eve. These two creatures,
accustomed to the gay, feverish, luxu-
fioGS life of the capital, wandered like
wild animals among the mountains,
wearing little but a shirt or sheep skin
thrown around the waist. eating only
fruit, nuts. and vegetables, and sleep
ing in a cave on a couch Of bears moss
dried in the sun. The Archduke did
the most meniai work He cultivated
a little garden. carrying the vegetables
which he raised to the village in a
donkey cart. bringing back his simple
supplies in the same way He dug
wild roots for the subsistence of the
lovely Wilhelmina and himself. She
also had her share in the daily tasks
and started out each day with fishing
rod, for fish was the only kind of flesh
A year or two of this life began to tell
on the young woman. She grew too
wild. and her mind became slightly un-
balanced. The Duke, as he looked at
the image of himself reflected in
mountain pool, was filed with disgust
The flesh pots of Egypt began calling
to him, and he made up his mind to
leave the colony and return to the
hauuts of civilization. But WiIhelmina
was unwilling to accompany him, fam
cyfng herself, half mad as she was, still
In love with the wild life, so he went
alone, and afterwards got a divorce
from her. This seemed to complete the
wreck OF her reason, she became a raw
ing maniac, and the once lovely girl is
now ending her life in a madhouse
Could any novel furnish a more strange
~ romantic plot than this story of the
Archduke Leopold of Austria?
The Swedes are said to be the health
sest people in the werld, and the reason
given for this is the Importance they
place upon physical development. Gym
nastic exercise is perfect religion with
them, and gymnasiums are as thick as
peas in a pod all over the country.
Everybody goes thru a certain amount
of gymnastic exercise every day, chill
dren, middle-aged people, old people,
even the criminals in the prisons are no.
deprived of this daily performance,
which is considered so necessary for
physical wellbeing. Besides the gym
nasiums. the children are provided with
free skating rinks and toboggan slides.
with anything and everything, in fact,
TO encourage them to keep out OF doors
and to exercise, not SO much to give the
children pleasure as to carry out the
Swedish Idea of promoting public
health. The Swedes as a Nation almost
never use drugs. What the gymnasium
fails to do for them when nerves, stom-
Ach or other organ gives out is supplied
by the massage and movement cure.
The medical men of other countries
have recognized the virtue and impor-
lance of these methods in treating GER
tain diseases, and have adopted the
Swedish movements and massage very
largely in their practice, yet not, OF
course, to the extent employed by the
pofession in Sweden, but in no other
country has the Government taken up
he question Of public health along sim
lar lines. Just as coon as the child Is
Did enough to be taught anything its
physical training begins with daily gym
sastic exercise, until II becomes Just
u natural to take this daily exercise as
% eat, and quite as necessary too, as
God This question of health is the
dominant one IN sweden, and When We
ook at the Swedes, at their clear, clean
skins, their fresh color, their freedom
rom surplus flesh, and realize that theii
mortality record is the lowest in the
world, we see hoy wise this policy is
and how greatly we as Nation eould
be improved physically IL the State tool
ap this matter of nublic health as i
has in Sweden.
The death Of a man 65 years of age
who had been III for some time with 9
weak heart, and who gave his seat or
crowded train to a 15-year-olds girl
emphasizes the shoughtlessness, to sa,
the least, Of any women in acceptini
the offered seat of an aged or ill-looliin,
man. In this case the poor man clunt
20 6 strap for nearly two miles, theI
fell to the floor. and died before h,
could be taken to hospital. IL Is tn,
obedience of natural instinct whicl
makes a man offer his seat TO any wo
man standing no matter how I'll he ma,
feel, or how unwise he may know 1t {,
be for him TO do so. The great ma
jority Of women, thoughtlessly or sci
fishiy, take any seat offered them, FIRE
quently without glaDcing at .he ma,
who has SO politely relinquisked his 70
their comfort, often without even thank
ing him for doing so. The not over
strong day laborer, whose first oppor
tgnity practically to sit down in long
hard day comes when he takes the ca
to return to his home at night, but VIII
has most unselfshly, prompted by tn
chivalric instinct within him, given III
his seat TO strong, bodily-rested, idl
woman for which he has not even re
ceived a thank you," is a real hero