Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07

have conspired to make him the most un-
happy and most unlucky monarch of all
Christendom. In the first place his throne
was trembling with bitter revolution when
he mounted it. and no sooner had he
donned his iron crown than he had TO
replace 1t with the helmet OF the soldier
and wade in the gore &C one battlefield
after another. His defeat by the Prus-
slams at Sadowa was blow from which
he never recovered. but the blacklist
griefs which have descended upon him
have been a long succession OF domestic
tragedies.
An unhappy marriage YVES bis first
great trouble. Early in his twentes 1t
had been arranged for him to marry the
eldest daughter Of Duke Macmillan OF
Bavaria, but upon visiting her he fell
her little sister Elizabeth. whom he saw
playing in the park. Breaking OF the en-
gagement with her sister, he married the
little princess, who was received In
ing the remember of her life caused
her TO dislike to- A::strlans He- hus-
bands family, Of the house OF Haps-
burg, which prides itself on having
the bluest OF royal blood 1icE1nS in the
world, snuboed her because her father
was a mere duke and poor one at
that So the empress became exclusive
and to fight down her unhapp!neSS she
took to violent outdoor sports and to-
bacco Even when she was in middle age
thirty to forty Turkish cigarettes during
the day, to which she added strong
cigar, which, with her Turkish cofee,
was brought to her on gold sa!ver
many ways, and some regarded her as
close to the borderland of insanity.
Following a mysterious quarrel Eliza
beth left Franz Joseph five years after
their marriage ard fl d to Corfu, whence,
on hearing that her husband was in pur-
suit. she sped on her yacht to the Island
of Mino-ca. Hither he hurried also, but
arrived only in time to learn that she
had put off, a few hours before, for Ma
deira. The young emperor on failing
again to locate her gave up the pursuit
and they were eStranged for eight years.
after which the court persuaded her to
return and take part in the joint corona
ton which was to make the imperial
couple King and Queen of Hungary and
at the same time announce their recon-
citation to the world. Following this re-
union the empress remained undeX the
emperor's roof, although they were no
longer lovers.
Then a great tragedy cast its pail over
the imperial family before it had been
reunited a fortnight. This was the execu-
ton of Francis Josephs brother, the
plain of Queretaro, where his two en-
erals were also riddled to death with bui-
lets. And at about the same time word
had come that Maximilians consort, the
Empress Carlotta, whne at the Vatican,
begging Plus TX to aid her husband. had
fallen suddenly insane in the presence of
that Pope
The mad empress is still confined in the
Chateau of Bouchout, near Brussels, and
she is still ignorant of the fate of her
beloved Macmillan. Her SEVENTEEN birth
day occurred early this summer-on the
9TH of June. Two years ago Prince Au-
gustine de Iturbide, adopted son of Maxi
milan and Carlotta and one time heir to
their throne, became a Franciscan friar
1t was while he was bowed down by
all of these woes and while he was still
unable to revive the empress love that
chance threw in Francis Josephs path
person destined to influence his life FOR
more than a generation. Twice week,
as was the custom of the emperors before
him, Francis Joseph has always thrown
open the palace gates to any one who
wished to complain TO him Of the way
things were going on IN the empire. Dur
ing one of these audiences 1t came the
turn Of a remarkably pretty girl to ad-
dress the emperor, but she renamed oe-