The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-20

turned out very happily indeed. and ne
and his wife and their two children
! make their home, ali togcthar VITA
| The Queen Mother Christina: uni rs
Madrid. at any rate, which is a very
hot-bcd of malignant gossip and
scandal, more so, indeed. than almost
| any other capital thar ] can think Of
! except bucharest. no breath or those
| tales Of wiic-bcatlnr has ever been
hc"rd OF. Indeed. there Is IA disposi-
ti6n 10 'ridiculc Den .Nfonso's brother
in-iaW, as altogether too domestic In
Madr!lene society.
Whether the Young Infant and tn.
King are quite as intimate with ono
another as formerly, II Is difficult to
say. Possibly the prince shnres the
political sympathcs OF his mother-in-
law. Queen Christina, rather than those
OF his brother-in- law. But to all ap.
pcarances their affection for one an
other and the cor,liality of their re-
latinns remain unchanged.
with regard 10 ;hr princes father
FRINGE Louis Ferdinand ne Is about
the very last person in Inc world whom
anybody would dream OF setting down
as schcniuG Machiavellic statesman
such as la portrayed III the story. 1t
is true that he. like his son, has n
Spanish wife, namely. the lnfanta paz
sister OF thc Infantn, ism!alic and OF
mother was tho Infanta Amelia OF
Spain. With all that he remains "a
thorough Bavarian, retaining all the
characteristics and appearance OF the
latter and has never for one moment
consented to consider the pressurt
brought 10 bear upon him 10 become
a Spaniard.
Far from intercs ting himself in poli
tics, hc devotes all mis- time and .li his
activities to obstetrical surgery and 10
music He belongs to all sorts of must
cal societies and symphonies at Munich,
and. as violonccllist of altogether r.-
pearcd upon the concert platforms OF
his native city. not as a soloist, but as
member Of tho orchestra. He may
often too. BE- found spending evenings
At meetings OF the various Licdcrtran2
societies. taking his place among the
members without the slightest degree
of fuss or feathers. and asking merely
TO be treated as an ordinary comradc
With regard TO his attninments as
surgeon. nc has won lust as much
Fame as Gynecologist as his cousin.
the late Duke Charles Theodore of
Bavaria. won for himself as an oculist
and If the duke restored the sight of
thousands by means OF cataract opera
tions--hc had over 1000 TO his credit
when he died, all OF them performed
gratis upon poor patiants-Princc Louis
Ferdinand can In the same way pride
himself on having brought many
thousand young Bavarlans into the
world, by his readiness to answer calls
as an accouchcur. by day and by night,
providing the summons were from the
poor and from those unable to pay.
The prince is the only prince of tho
blood to hold the rank OF surgeon
general. He figures as such. not in
the German army, but in that OF Spain.
Nor are his relations with the court
OF Berlin marked by as much cordiali-
" as those OF some other msmbers Of
his family. The rciGning house OF
Bavaria may be divided into two par
ties, one Of which is only moderately
we'll disposed towards the Prussian
Hohenzollcrns. while TIL. other moiety
does not make much pretense of sym
Ferdinand md his wife, the Infanta
Psz. belong to the second category. and