Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
HER PLAY SUCCESS
Danish W0man'S Drama Pro-
duced in Paris.
ENGAGED THIRTY YEARS
Couple Married After Long Be-
trothal-Grand Duchess Inherits
Great Wealth.
AGED THIRTY YEARS


PARIS. March 16.-Those watching the
intellectual development of women are
interested in Nine. Karen Bramson. a
Danish woman. who has had a play pro-
duced at the Theater Marigny. called
Pursuance de Roi," which, we are told
had great success at the Theater Royal
of Copenhagen last year. Nine. Bram-
son was elected q municipal councillor in
| her native city, but declined to accept the
position in her desire to devote herself
entirely to literature. Political comedies
and dramas have been her principal
| study, and in the work just represented
here she has attempted to prove that
kings nowadays are but f1gurehea6s. and
her hero, King John. dies, the victim of
intrigue OF the court, of parliament and
of demagogues.
Mime. Bramson is a very amiable, unas-
Stunning little woman, who does not in any
sense bear the aggressive stamp Of the
militant suffragette. She is q thinker and
has the gift of expressing her ideas
clearly and forcibly. Feminists are look
ing to Nine. Bramson to raise the stand
ard Of woman's achievements in the in
tellectua1 world.
Grand Duchess Will Be Rich.
The new Grand Duchess Marie of Lux
emburg will be very rich. for she sue
ceeds to nearly all the immense fortune
OF her father, the late grand duke, who
was very wealthy and spent large sums
on the duchy. He used to pay the diplo-
matte representatives, whom he MAIN
tanned at Berlin. Paris, Vienna, Brussels
and The Hague.
The ORR nd drchacc hos hoo. ,,o,,. 1900
fully brought up. She has learned
French. German. Belgian and Dutch She
was taught to ride from an early age, and
ing in the park which occupies the site
of Vauban's old fortress
The inhabitants of Luxembourg are not
called upon to contribute much toward
the support of their ruler. AS Duke of
Nassau, the father of the late grand duke
amaSsed an enormous fortune from the
profits Of the gaming tables Of Wiesbaden
When he succeeded to the grand duchy he
refused to accept civil list of more than
$4,000 a year, out Of which he main
tanned the most perfectly organized of the
smaller European courts. and this amount
has never been increased.
Had Long Engagement.
If, as some people maintain, the Pc
Rod of betrothal is the happiest known to
mortal men. Hermann Heesberg. a slip
per maker Of Elbing, and she who has
just become his wife are greatly to be
envied, for in their case the time of bliss
lasted more than thirty years. When he
was twenty EIGHT years of age a mar
riage between the pair was actually ar
ranged. but at the last moment an at
fluent aunt, on whose fortune they had
been counting, interDOSed with the threat
OF 0isinhefitance In case this particular
wedding was postponed till the obstacle
long before the aunt died, but when her
will was opened it was found that she
had bequeathed her POSSESSIONS to her
nephew only on condition that he did not
marry the girl Of his choice for at least
another thirty years
With combination of fidelity and pru-
dence which is deserving of wonder if
not of admiration. the couple calmly set
at last expired, and they have become
that the. marriage ceremony had to take
place in the house of the bridegroom. who
is now confined to his room by illness.
Grandmother at Forty-Five.
Writing to the Echo de Paris, a corre-
spondent declares that his wife, who is
twenty-one, has little daughter OF eight
cen months. The babys grandmother is
forty-five. and this lady's mother is sew