The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
LOVE LAUGHS Al
 FAMILY TREES

Vienna. April Especial )-Again
 Cupid has broken through the wall
 around the exclusive court circles of
 Austria Hungary, this time when a young prince will be allowed to marry
 the daughter of a Hungarian manu- | facturer, the beautiful young woman | of his native country whom he has
 wooed so consistently. The romance has
 set all Vienna to talking and it is said | that in the "select" circles of Budapest
 Prince Egon Max von Thurn and Taxis | is the sole topic of conversation. He
 comes of an ancient family and is q
 godson of the Emperor. It therefore fol- | lows that all the aristocratic damsels
 had marked him down as their lawful prey. However, he upset all calcula-
 tions-including his own family's-by
 falling in love with the beautiful | daughter of a Hungarian manufacturer,
 and for more than a year struggle | has been going on between the young 1 man and his relatives.
 | The family of Thurn and Taxis be- | longs to the mediatsed princely houses and are, therefore not allowed to form
 mesalliances the consent of the head of the family being necessary before | a marriage can be contracted. Unfortu- | nately papa was rather helpless in the | matter, because he had already done
 what his son desired to doAmarried the woman of his choice. So when he | protested the young prince cited that
 he had a precedent for his course.
 But all the relatives in the world
 cannot stop Cupid when he gets fair start and so it comes about that the
 prince 1t Is to have the girl of his choice
 and Is to be forgiven.
 The bride-to-be has a dowry of S1,-
 042,000 and will also inherit the great
 wealth of her father, whose only child
 she is. Perhaps that accounts for the
 sudden forgiveness or at least was
 an argument in It's favor.
 l A marriage romance Is recalled by the
 arrival in Vienna of the Marquis
 Johan won Pallavincini, Austro- Hun l garian ambassador at Constantinople, | to take the place temporarily of Count Aehrenthal the foreign minister The
 Marchioness Pallavicini is an English
 woman, her maiden name being Geor- 1 gina Reade Grove. She was born at l Congleton, and was married to the mar
 quis in 1879 in Paris, where she had
 been acting as companion to a daugh- | ter of the Count de Lesseps.
 One day two ladies were driving
 In the Bois de Boulogne when their | horses took fright and ran away. The
 marquis and a friend. who were on | horseback, rode to tn cir assistance and brought the carriage to standstill. The acquaintance thus begun led to
 marriage. The marchioness, who, not
 being of noble birth, has never yet
 been received at the Viennese court, where the most rigid etiquette rules, is | reported to have now been informed | %lnt atat I. 1- her reception at court on the footing | of an Austrian noblewoman. The Mar | quis Pallavincini has three sons.
 The visit of King Ferdinand of Bull f garia to Vienna and his cordial inter view with Emperor Francis Joseph, 1t
 is thought has served to beat the strained relations between Austria
 Hungary and Bulgaria. The estrange-
 ment between Vienna and Sofia that | followed the proclamation of Bulgarian | independence Is now regarded, in its l personal aspects at least, as @ thing of the past. Diplomats are seeking to
 arrest any outbreaks of hostilities with other countries during the remainder of the reign of the aged monarch and are more than pleased at the friendly spirit of the interview between the two rulers.
 Pipe-smokcrs will regret to learn that meerschaums will soon be be- yond the means of the average per son. Austria, which still supplies the
 bulk of meerschaum, is now facing growing scarcity of the mineral from
 which they are made The finest quail | ity meerschaum pipe is now made in France. France is exporting greater quantities of both meerschaum and briar pipes than that country formerly tl4 eli o,lrn