Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-16
THREE ROYAL MAIDENS.
Princesses of the Blood Who Never
Have Married.

| Have Married.
Princess Clementine Of Belgium who
| is now at the Moncerliere palace, near
Turin, preparing for her marriage with
| Prince Louis Bonaparte, has waited
| long for this day. Just what reasons
her father the late King Leopold of
Belgium, may have had for refusing
his consent to a marriage that was in
every way appropriate and even desir-
| able were never known to the world.
| There was so little reasonableness in
| his obstinacy that many take refuge
| in the explanation so frequently heard
| in his lifetime that he enjoyed too
much his freedom in Paris, which was
the result of his good understanding
with the republican authorities, to
jeopardize that by any union with the
Bonapartes.
Such egregious selfshness seems
scarcely possible, but there never ap-
peared any other plausible ground for
the old mans conduct in the matter.
II he were awaiting from the Princess
Clementine the same sort of conduct
shown him by his other daughters he
was mistaken. She remained faithful
to her lover but obedient to her father.
She made none of the scandals con-
nected with her other sisters and
awaited her fathers death to carry in
to effect the wishes so long delayed.
The wedding Is set for some time In
September.
Princess Victoria, sister of the pres
ent king Of England, is another royal
princess who has never married and
who has known for years the romance
of spinsterhood. Prince Napoleon, son
of the emperor Of France and the un-
fortunate Empress Eugene, liver in
his youth near the Princess. Tho"
fell in love. Both mothers were in
favor Of the match and even Queen
Victoria's sympathy was won for the
scheme.
But there were reasons Of state why
the marriage should not take place.
The Prince Napoleon was a refugee
from France. He was, like his pa
rents, in banishment. In spite Of the
strong support Of his suit 1t was de-
cided that the marriage could not take
place. Germany could not be made
distrustful of England's loyalty by such
union. In the disappointment Of the
refusal Prince Napoleon demanded that
he be allowed to go at once into the
world. He went to South Africa and
fell before the assegais of the Zulus.
The Princess Victoria put on mourn
ing just as If she were a widow and
spent much Of her time with the EN-
press Eugene. Then after while she
came to be friendly with Rosebery,
who attracted her intellect rather than
her heart. It appeared after a time
that this match might be suitable and
the princess was not averse to 1t. Her
father, then prince Of Wales, favored
the union and Queen Victoria was not
averse to it; but here the present
Queen Mother interviewed. She refused
to allow such mesalliance with
commoner. Her will prevailed and a
second time the Princess Victoria saw
her marriage set aside for reasons OF
state and spinsterhood open before her
as her inevitable fate.
The romance Of the third unmarried
princess has all the color Of the Bal
kan region from which she springs.
This Is the Princess Xenia Of Montene-
gro, the sister of the present queen OF
Italy. Her romance is mixed up with
the gypsies, the fortune tellers of the
Old World land in which she dwells.
Once a blind prophet seized her hand,
went into an esctasy and foretold her
fate.
THAT Is the hand Of a princess" he
Is said to have told the young woman
who had given him no hint of her iden-
tity. Listen we'll to me, for although
I am blind can see a crown in the air.
A man brings it to you and I can see
that he is laying it at your feet; but do
not touch it. can see blood there on
II. Do not touch it. Wait. / see
second crown. 1t Is glorious and bril-
liant, it CLEANS as none other in the
world. That is coming to you too.
Wait for it. 1t is pure. 1t is radiant
The first suitor for the hand Of the
Princess Xenia was Alexander of Ser
via. The people Of the country were
opposed to him, so was the Prince
Nicholas, and above all the Princess
Xenia would have none Of him. So he
went back to Servia, married Draga
and met his fate. That seemed the tul-
fillment of the first part Of the blind
prophets warning. So Princess Xenia
Is awaiting the king with the shining
crown-New York Sun.