The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

deaf ear to the remonstraness Of he
Ing ana exnis ot,i.SsrS. on their demand:
ne. return 70 his military duties. IN IN
a taiSs ne Ignored them altogot hor. Nor
E Emo ne take son much more notice of tho
speetfuiy. tHat he S,dsa az not quite re-
military iito: that in spite of the a eisve eor
n re,, 2. which WI he had displayed at tho
We're slto aeatdbsmy, tho arts Of war
an nd Inet he preferred the free. easy
s ana untrammeled life OF an artist ar
assneIn;; mingling among friends and
"enoeiaees OF congenlal tastes.
Inc Emperor took no notice OF his
vIyhr'ehieation until the other day.
list aen as ne eP plseed him on the retired
pay. and e Risbou Of Dragoons' Without
further advancement, thus virtually
ending his military career. His yoIinr,
has o atta, Arehduke Peter Ferdinand,
and Archdukc Joseph Ferdinand that
OF acknowledgement.
There Is no truth. however, in the
surned 'n nat az ArG no Henry has been
OFFICER who did not happen to ba a
prince OF tho blood would have Ieen
l ar sabaS as dsssrter II guilty CT sim
to wear his uniform as a captain NJ
Dragons. and all his honora and pre-.
fho os hnes us Use prince Of the blood. 1t
GUS to sacrifice these. in order to con.
tract an alliance with some young girl
Oh tbe- bourgeois u rank at Munich. But
iinquish the. free and easy life OF
e 1asiheior r; ,tm in the most artistic
htoot from court ever since he quilted
ms regiment at Ems, and has never
s sihee crossed tho threshold. either OF
occasion OF his visits to Vienna. no
stun remains on the most affectionate
a and S sTee Yn,nr terms with his mother
who indeed have been spending ,hS
Christmas holidays with him az nm.
men nnSh' Visiting that city for the pur-
I nUu m,hiesner nc VIII eventually wed
RANK; or else sacrifice his own rank ss
q Prince OF the blood. in order TO wed
oourseoise on footing of perfect
present he retains HIS status os
prince Of the blood. With the predicata
OF imperial Hlghness and the titic OF
HIS eldest brother la that x-Arch.
duke Leopold whose name has com.
pietely disappeared from the ..1nu
n ns dc Gotha: and who is now known
his L setress. WIeiiihs. having divorced
Munich chambernaid He has for.
Ieitcd all his military honors and i'm
Been na prerIosa,ives' and has not even
citizenship having become by -1atIrnij'
cation Il Switzer.
me eldest sister of Archduke Henry
name name remains In the Almenecii do
Gotha. though with the added notice
mat she has been divorced from the
has been forbidden 10 use the iii. Of
.Echduches3 OF Austria or Crown.
princess OF Sasony. or TO bear the arms
TIME ~ inc reigning families OF Austria
o f..
ing divorce for her second husband.
,hc Italian pianist Tosclli. though al
t hq neb5,ean' and. In fact. By Catholics
70 DC regarded az the lawful wife OF
inc Nns OF SaSony. There are many
peoPie VINO are convinced that sooner
KING Frederick Augustus. who, in Ypite
OF all that has passed. has retained
tion PHI PHI no not unmixsd with nef
her recent autobiography she sneak
In the most apprcciativc manner Of his
Kindness. and has not one word OF
ing ing the origin OF all her troubles IN
Drcsden TO her fatherin-law. III. latc
hinG George. and. above all. TO tho
s era inaste. Of the Court, OF saNony.
Won Metzach Reichenbach In her nook
the ex crownprinccs5 relates many
mean and spiteful traits on the part
OF this typical specimen OF time
serving, Intriguing courtinr Pcrhnps
they have served 10 open the cycs ~
INC INC ring. who Is a particularly Kind
Metzsch. At any rate. the latter hns
Just been dismissed by tho King, nnd
DIS domination OF the court OF Dresden.
where so many American women have
been presented. when uuabl. TO seci,r.
that honor at Berlin or at the Court
OF 81. James is now thing OF tho
Still another OF the Tuscana Is Tho
missing Archduke John. who vanished
from sight Just about twenty years
ssi1.a never ever having been seen since he
on board the ship MargherIta, which
he owned. He was a most remarkable
man man. II Is well known that the lato
spite OF his youth. as one OF the most
accomplished atratcgists In Europe
;l astronomy. architecture, chemls
things TO which Archduisc John turned
mis- hand with remarkable success. AS
pnmphlcteer, no achieved celebrity
t or A Sstendei far Ssyond the frontiers
etudy seamanship he experienced no
difficulty in obtaining a masters cer-
tiheate in less than tenth OF the time
plomas of that kind.
His brother. Arehduke Louis SAL
T yah has spent his entire life In
researches. has published several re-
markabie works upon botany and nat
Gral history: works that have Won for
him considerable celebrity in the
scientific world, and membership OF the
Institute of France lie is never seen
at court. from which he holds COM
plctely aloof. The only member of the
imperial family who ever found favor
In his eyes was Empress Elizabeth. who
visited him on his large estate on the
Island of Majorca and which, like lie
magnificent imperial castle near Tr-
este. bears the name of Mramar. lie
divides his time between his life on
cruises about under the incognito ..
Count Ncindorf," and his place on the
Island Of Majorca whore no strangers
arc ever admitted. since he has Just
as great aversion for now face as
his cousin. the late King Louis of
Bavaria He goes about when on Tho
island dressed in Jeans, like pea SAINT
with straw sandals on his feet, and
wearing an old fiat cap with n long
uiznr. mi nnri.l1