The National tribune., 1910-07-28


discovered. Both men seemed to be in
love with their wives and happy in their
society. Mrs. Crippen had been on the
stage, a concert hall singer, and was a
woman of unusual beauty and of VI
tality and amiability which made her
many friends. Her husband, small,
quiet, insignificant man, a graduate in
medicine and said to have been very
good doctor, had made considerable
money in more or less questionable
ways, seemingly only to care for 1t TO
deck out his handsome wife in fine
clothes and rich jewels. Since the muir
der of Mrs. Crippen it has been said
that he was not as quiet as he appeared
to be, but had decided taste for snowy
vests and for handsome women which
had made him conspicuous in many a
European city. He disappeared from
London about the time the remains of
his wife's body were found in the cellar
of their house. and with him an attrac-
tive young woman whom he had en-
ployed as stenographer. He has not
been found vet, and never may be. AS
for Charlton, he will probably soon be
released from his confinement, since he
cannot be tried for his crime in this
country, and he will not be sent to Italy
for that purpose. He will most likely
be clapped into an insane asylum when
he comes out of prison-his wife's
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but the chances are that he cannot be
kept there very long, as no one believes
for a moment that he is insane.
No monarch of Europe has better
wife-and as one looks over the ground
it is quite remarkable to see how many
of them have exceptionally good ones
than King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. She
is his second wife, as old as himself
that is, over 50-and far from good
looking, but is a woman of unusual
common sense combined with excellent
judgment, and one who never makes a
thoughtless, unintelligent remark. AS
Eleanor of Reuss this lady was greatly
admired and respected. After the years
of her young ladyhood had passed she
began to give herself up to serious work
which took the form of teaching and
hospital nursing. At the time of the
RusSian-Japan war she went to the
front, and by her executive ability and
skill as a nurse, together with her ten
der sympathy, cheerfulnesS and that
good common sense Of which we have
spoken, was most successful in her no.
BILE enterprise. A few years ago Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria, a widower with four
young children on his hands TO look
after, had sense enough to realize that
Eleanor of Reuss had just those quali-
ties which make for happiness in the
home, and that he would be lucky, in
deed, if he could induce her to- share
his royal state He went swooinS, and
Eleanor of Reuss said Yes" to his pro-
posai, and they We're married. She has
proved herself not only wise and af-
fectionate mother to his children, but
most devoted wife. Ferdinand is quite
deaf, indeed, almost as much so as was
his mother, who could scarcely hear
anything, and when the royal couple
are away from home the wife never
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ment. He seems to be able to under
stand her when he cannot anyone else,
largely by the movement of her lips,
and recently, when they were in Paris
together visiting the French President,
it was noticed how Ferdinand depended
upon his wife to put him on to the
situation, so to speak. This she did in
such quiet way that it was scarcely
observable, and by her tactfulness saved
her royal spouse the least embarrass-
inent. good wife is Gods best gift to
man, and Ferdinand of Bulgaria can
thank Heaven for an ideal consort.
Everybody is perfectly well ac-
quainted with the fact that the eldest
daughter of the late King Edward,
known as Princess Royal of Great Brit
ain, is so painfully shy as to be play
fully dubbed by the English people Her
Shyness." From a child this Princess
in public, and as she grew older and
into young ladyhood, her gracious
mother used every artifice to interest
her in those functions which are usually
the delight of girls heart. Just how
she came to marry the Duke of Fife
cannot be stated at this minute, but the
Marquise de Fontenoy tells US that the
Duke made the stipulation at the time
that as his wife the Princess should be
allowed to lead the life of mere noble
woman, and not that of a member of
the royal family. Consequently, she is
the only royal Princess that ever lived,
probably, who has been permitted to
live the life she wished, to have no la
dies and gentlemen In waiting, to be
able to go about unattended, for
stroll in Hyde Park, for instance, OF
run down town Just to pick up a few
things" whose London residence has
no relocated sentinel pacing back and
forth before it, and who has escaped, in
short, all the tfresome business insep-
arabic from royalty. The Princess
Royal, or Duchess of Fife, lives the
greater part of her time on a modest
street in Brighton, and her life with the
Duke has been a very happy one since
he hates all pomp and ceremony as
heartily as she does