Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

ooh, yes said Ann interested at last. And is he
real Prince?"
"Assuredly and Duke Count, and other things,
not to mention his claim to the Servian throne.
Ann lifted her club to drive, and Buckley, sticler
for form in all walks of life preserved the religious
silence of the initiate.
Il remember you told me something of the kind the
other day, she said as they walked on when asked
you if he a real Prince | wasn't thinking of his
titles, but of the man himself. ;"
Its not an easy task to be Prince nowadays. So
far as know, Rodosav measures up to his role. Has
somebody found fault with hm?"
Mr.. Page thought his manner rather" she hest
tated an Instant" well, rather too assured"
"Mr Page? You mean tEe-the inventor, the chap
whose aeroRlane wouldn't goe" Dino. oa.,. o.
Buckley assumed the smile of doctor of laws who
stoops to instruct kindergarten That young mans
ideas of royalty rudimentary as-as his flying
machine" he said. He should see more of the Old
World before presuming to criticize it. AS for
Rodosav's manner, the Almanach de Gotha might
modify his snap judgment if he would take glance
at it"
He mentioned the famous authority if it Holy
Writ. Ann turned her dancing eyes on the hills.
That's kind of royal directory isn't it,! she asked
with sugary innocence. II must have look at it my
self some day..
ALLOW me- Buckley tngged at his hip pocket
Always He produced the fat red covered little
volume with violent jerk. ITO man in my position
it is Indispensable
THE face of their disguised caddie said plainly that
this was not golf; but the absorbed Buckley left his
ball in the gnonous depths of bunker and futtered
the pages of his sacred volume till he put his finger
the paragraph that was to denolish Oliver Page
"'Pr. Alexandra Constantine tephen-Paul, ,"
he read, ne lie IA janvier, 1876 Prince de Rodosav
Nemanya, due de Kronsbourg, comte de Felshem,
grand dEspagne de iere casse, chambean autrchien,
chevalier de Tordre'-but mind the ORDERS he
and obvious relief "You won't be interested either
hear about his military rank He has estates in lower
Hungary house in Vienna villa the Adratc, and
kind of ancestral ruin in the Herzegovina. note
refers you to earlier edition for his geneaogy; but
can give you the gist of it from memory"
you told me he's related to half of Europe said
Ann.
Its true. Hapsburgs, Bourbons, Hohenzoerns,
Wittelsbachs Guefs, they're all cousins of
But all that is comparatively recent. It's the Serb in
him that interests He deScendS from the great
Stephen Nemanya, who showed himself the strong
of the Balkans about the time they building gothic
cathedras in this part of the world His dynasty lasted
something like three centuries altogether but by and by
the little Servian Empire went the way of all Empires
ticular branch of the family lived for period in the
Herzegovina; but when Ottoman rule became too oppres
sive they migrated to lower Hungary. But they
forgot their nationality, and abandoned their
claim to the Seran throne 1t has turned up at inter-
walls all down the line. They're of fighting stock. Aus
tra has used them repeatedly against the Turks In
fact, of them useful that they gave him the
highest reward they could think of and married him
an Archduchess That's where the Hapsburg- Bourbon
strain begins. He's extraordinary mixture, Rodo-
slav and back of all that We mentioned there is dash
of medieval Greek blood which links him to Heaven
knows what past in classical antiquity. There isn't
interesting family tree in Europe. always