The Washington herald., 1910-06-05
WHEN KINGS LOSE THRONES
What Former Rulers Do After Their Subjects Drive Them
From Power.

mained ever since, that is TO say. for
near forty years.
For near a quarter OF a century she
devoted herself largely TO racing. main
tanning a stable, her coiors being regis
tered on the turf under the name OF
Count Isola." Her summers were part
~ spent at Boulogne, in yachting on a
small boat, which she sailed herself.
handling it with the most wonderful
skill and daring, even in the most squally
OF weather.
But since the murder OF her favorite
sister. the Empress of Austria, the death
OF another sister. the Duchess d'Alencon.
who perished in the flames Of the Char
ity Bazaar fire at Paris. and the suicide
Of her two brothers-in-law, Prince Louis
of Bourbon, Count TRAM, and Prince
Gaetan OF Bourbon. Count Girgenti,
which, along with other tragedies. have
served TO break her once indomitable
spirit. and to sadden her life, she has
completely retired from the turf, and
now devotes herself to the maintenance
OF shop in Paris, for the sale of arti-
cles of Neapolitan production and manu-
faeture. the gross profits OF the sale OF
which are all employed in the relief OF
the families of the faithful adheTents Of
her husband. the late King Francis. She
has built stately mansion for herself
at NeuilIy, one Of the most charming OF
Partisan suburbs. known as the Palace
of Naples, she has gathered there around
her all her favorlte belongings. and It Is
the bourne Of pilgrimage on the part Of
every royal parsonage visiting the French
capital, as well as the headquarters Of
many a charitable undertaking.
Poor Empress Charlotte OF Mexico
spends her entire day at the piano, which
has been a source of unending solace TO
her poor troubled mind. since the death
of her husband, Emperor Macmillan, on
the Plain of QueretarO. in 1857, depriving
her of the full enjoyment Of her reason,
and also of her liberty. forty-three years
having now been spent in captivity. most
of the time behind the walls OF the
chateau and large park Of Boucheut near
Brussels.
Louis 7. after his abdicatiOn or the
throne of Bavaria. consequent on the
scandal caused by his infatuation for the
adventures Lola Montez (who died in
America), spent the last twenty years OF
his life at Rome, in the cultivation OF
art in its various branches, surrounded
/ by a court composed OF artists, archas-
ologists, and literary lights, at his beau
! tiful rose-enbowered palace, now known
/ as the Villa Malta, owned and occupied
/ by Prince and Princess BuelOW. OF
Queen Isabella's existence In Paris dur
/ ing the th!rty-six years that interYened
| between her abdication and her death,
| the less said the better.
It was a long record OF moral eccen-
| tricities. and OF financial extravagances,
so great as 10 necessitate the frequent
dispatch of the old masters that adorned
| the walls Of her mansion, the Palais de
/ CASTLE, at the Mont de piete. or pawn
broker, her shortcomings, however, being
/ IN a measure atOned by her bOundless
| generosity. Alexander ruler Of Lippe.
after being deprived OF the reins OF gov
| ernment divided his time between in
| termnable chess tournaments and driv-
ing while the Roman Emperor Diocle-
tlan, as We are informed by the historian
Gibbon, retired. after his purely volun-
tary abdicati0n, TO Salona. IN Daimatia,
! where he devoted the remainder of his
life to agriculture. Indeed, when en-
treated to resume the scepter. he declin-
ed, on the ground that he had found the
pursuit of power, and the burden Of Sow
ereignty, infinitely less enjoyable than
the planting with his own hands Of his
wonderful cabbages-whence probably
the phrase, "Cabbages and kings IN
"Alice's Adventures IN Wonderland"
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