The Washington herald., 1912-02-12
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

spain, the lnfante Don Jaime OF the
Asturias. early last month was operated
upon for the cure of that nose and throat
affection which is hereditary in his fam
lily. Experts contend that the effect of
this surgical effort will be the elimina-
ton from his face of the physiosnomical
characteristics known as the ''Hapsburg
jaw"
This abnormity was caused by too far
protruding mandibles, ana was hereditary,
especially In the royal houses OF Austria
and OF the Medicis, where II can be
traced for centuries.
The operation on the young prince was
decided upon to combat the theory ad-
vanced by British scientists that the
type OF face occurring in the Hapsburg
family was OF necessity sign OF degen-
erscy Ohe reigning house Of Spain is a
branch of the Austrian Hapsburgs since
the days OF Charles the Fifth. on whose
domains the sun never set and his son
Philppl. As a matter Of fact. the Aus
trian Hapsburgs are now almost free
from this prominent nose and jaw, but
the ArchducheSs Maria Christina, mother
of the present King OF Spain. had II. SO
has her son, and II has made its appear
ance in his chlldrep. Now, King Alfonso
is thoroughly modern rand progressive.
and believes in tine efficacy Of science as
applied to disease by the latest discov-
cries in the medical world There was no
reason why his children should be suf-
fering from and dishgured by prognath-
ism. IL means could be taken to rectify
such condition
So the "Hapsburg Jaw" is doomed to
disappear. not only from that illustrious
family, but from many a humber one
I n . -
pertrophied adenoid tissues iss pre-
veutive Of facial abnOrmality, IL per-
formed In early life.
The King and Queen OF Spain have
been married five years, and a child has
been born to them each year since their
marriage. It was a second Infanta
which arrived Christmas week. There
ere now two sons and two daughters
The fourth child. which was born while
King Alfonso was in England attending
| the funeral of King Edward, did not
| survive.
The fact that Queen VictoBia of Spain
attended a banquet at the Escurial only
/ n few hours before the last princess was
born recalls to mind the physical likeness
of this young queen to her grand
mother, after whom she had been named.
At the time Of the birth Of the princess
royal-later the German Empress Fred
| erick-the Ducliesse de Dino. wife of the
French Ambassador to the court OF 81.
James, wrote to an intimate friend al
J Paris: Queen Victoria has the easiest
Of confnements. Most probable she VIII
have seventeen children. like her grand
mother" CMeaning Queen Charlotte,
wife Of Mad George HID
For the first time in many years the
Kaiser has been the guest Of his brother
in-Iaw, the Duke Ernst Guenther. Of
4 schleswtg- Holstein- neutrality-suspicious.
burg. at the iatters estate Of Primkenau,
near sprottan, in the Prussian province
Of sllesia, where he remained several
days. The duke, who is q brother Of the
German Empress, Is a great-grandsou OF
/ the Duchess Of Kent through her first
marriage with the Prince Of Leinlngen.
He IL married to Princess Dorothea of
axe-coburg-Goth granddaughter Of the
late King Of the Beigians, but they have
no children. and aged Prince Christian OF
Schleswig- Holstein. who has married into
the English royal family and resides in
| Kenslngton palace. is next heir TO the
titles and estate Of his nephew
1 This dukedom has been endowed since
/ the sixties with a large perpetual PEN
sion. which Is paid by the Prussian gov
ernment after the ruling house had been
deprived OF its heritage in the war OF
1854 which the combined armies Of Aus
\ tria and Prussia waged against Den
mark. which kingdom in lSlS had an
nexed the independent and most nothern
/ German dukedom OF Schleswig- Holsteir
and Lauenburg. incorporating the terri
tories In 1883 into its crown. 1t was IN
1s4s that the populaee sought the aid OF
their German empire. and the Emperol
1 fthe ruler OF AUSTRIA ordered an armed
force 70 be sent TO the territories under
command OF the aged Prussian Gen
wrangel But though there was good