Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-25
Mtsl NlD GOlAL PURPLE
Abruzzi- ElkinS Affair Revives I'm
written Law.
PRINCESsES OFTEN BREAK RULE
Royalty's Marriage system Preseats
Many Anomslous Incideats-
Lord Brassey Finds Curt
eua Toy at Sea.
BY LADY MARY MANwARING.


The recent tempest in a teapot over the
love affairs Of the duke OF the Abruzzi and
Miss Katherine Elkins. brings into prOmi-
hence the unvritten law OF royalty that
princes OF the blood royal may not wed
outside the purple.
Princesses sometimes wed below them,
notably the cases OF the Princess Louise
who married the marquis OF Jorne. now
duke OF Argyll. and the princess royal who
IS dutchess of Fife.
This barrier between royalty and the
peerage did not exist in Tudor days Henry
VIII married Jane Seymour. Anne Boleyn
and Catharine Parr; Queen Elizabeth
nearly married the earl of Essex. the earl
OF Leicester. and several other mobiles. To
this day a peer is always described as
cousin" OF the sovereign. and few OF
them in the old days lack a strain Of
blood royal Who were the Medc but
bankers? Yet their daughter assembled the
throne of France. The royal caste as at
present maintained. is historically an i'm
portation from Germany.
some ABamoIIes.
The system teens with anomalies and
tragedy. Take Sweden. The king OF Sweden
is great grandson OF Marshal Bernadotte
soldier Of fortune under Napoleon He
is the last of Napolens kinglets TO retain
throne. Now, the eldest brother OF King
Gustav is Prince Oscar Bernadotte who
married court lady Ebba Munck of
I great piety and the highest character This
lady, with all her many benevolent works
Is not considered good enough to share
her husbands rank nor may their chill
dren succeed TO the throne
Here is another case: Until recently the
prince OF Montenegro had not assumed
even the comparatively modest title OF
royal highness." Years ago he married
daughter of one Of his senator's. a lady
obviously beyond the dimmest horizon OF
royal rank Yet the family has since con-
/ tracted brilliant alliances. one daughter
being the lovely Queen Elena Of Italy.
/ Still, IL is suggested that King Victor. who
thus welded the grand daughter OF a
MOntenesi1n senator will be embarrassed
4 IL his cousin. the duke Of the Abbruzzi.
should take a wife the far Weather and
equally born Miss EIkins
Some Modern Instances.
Princess Vera of Montenegro lie now 2
years Old and unmarried. 1t would be
reckoued quite suitable for her to be welded
! to a British prince. whose status she would
share as a matter of course. But the dauRh.
ter Of a British marquis-we forbid the
I bznns.
/ How many OF such cases there are Napo.
leon III married spanish countess whose
\ mother was an Untitled Scottish lady
\ beautiful, doubtless. but quite beyond the
i ring. Yet the Empress Eugene Is TODAY.
even In her retirement. accepted every.
where as royal Her name was bestowed
upon the queen Of Spain. ard her son. had
he lived would have always been tn,
prince imperial, and eligible for any bride
II Napoleon's countess was accepted. VII,
decline TO accept women of far more an,
cient British nobility
The problem il growing the MARI ar
ious because the children OF King GeorK,
include fewer than five princes II
habit and thought the royal house become,
more English and less German with ever,
generation. Are these five princes to b,
compelled, when the time comes to looI
abroad for wives whom they will hav,
scarcely seen. and who will come to thi
country as complete strangers?
1t is not improbable that IL will not b.
long before this absurd custom will joir
others which have gone to oblivion.
Toy FOund at Sea.
Lord Brassey, who is once more cruisin,
in his famous yacht. the Sunbeam, posses
ses at his house in Park Lane a curio il
the shape OF a childs toy schooner. which
he picked up while cruising on the sun
beam in the Southern Indian ocean, mile
and miles away from the beaten track o
passenger steamers. No other craft O
any kind was at the time in sight. and hoy
the toy ever reached those ATTITUDES il ,
mystery OF the ocean.
After his return home, Lord Brassey
who was sure the tiny ship has been mad
by some English Toy merchant took tn
trouble TO advertise in newspapers in var
iOus parts OF the world, hoping to dis
cover the owner. and so solve the mystery
but all in vain-sO far no clue as TO wher
it came has ever been obtained.
Wages for women Warksr..
The woman ehainmakers OF Cradle
Heath are locked out. and so of Their
have no employment, even at their pitibl
wages OF cents an hour They are wome
who by sixty hours a week OF the hardes
kind OF ply steal toll can never hops
make more than s. or s.
The question OF the trouble Is an intricat
one perhaps IL may best be summarize
J. as follows: The Board OF Trade thrs
months ago fixed minimum wage OF
0 cents an hour. The probationary period a
j lowed for objections has now expired. b.
> any employer VINO can show an agreemer
r in writing By his workers to continue 3
the old wage. ID not obliged to pay the off
eiaI minimum wage for another six month";
, The majority Of the employers profes
O. themselves ready to abide by the new RAJ
Il II the smaller employers viii do SO, but Ii
10 latter in most cases refuse. and have bee
n pressing the workers for signed aSre,
L, ments. 1t il because OF their refusal
. sign those agreements that the women al
: now idle
81 Chrtsttan Life An EaIIand.
N In all Engiand yOu will find nothing 10 bes
?, the sheer, sordid squsIor OF Cradley Head
In It's slums practically every house hs
n its chainshOp. with forge and below
:. wherein men, women and children "a
!. feveriShly forging chains. I went TO o.
: OF these. where a woman was turning roo
OF iron into Dlow chains A baby hung
4 an improvtsed cradle from the ceiling Ar
! two other children. sichiy and stunted .
d in a heap OF cinders on the floor II
\ ehainmaker, without stopping her work I,
y an instant, contrived to keep an eye on h
> children. ana to answer the questions
!. put to her. By working ten OF eleven hOu
s a day she could make about q q week. b.
e out Of that she had 10 pay 30 cents I,
fuel. or as she called IL. breeze" Tn.