Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

think that they were dull days
Ferdinand was just throwing dust IN
their eyes. His affairs We're anything
but brilliant. Stambouloff. his great
minister could never succeed In getting
him formally recognized by the powers
though he braved Russia and the sultan
by coming money with Ferdinand PIC
ture / think you can take this as a
measure of Ferdinand's delicate situation.
that he was forced to dismiss Stambou-
loft in 1894. though bound TO him by a
thousand services; nor could ne say"
Stambouloff from impudent ASSASSINATION
in the main street Of Sofia a year later
Openly, in public view. he was seized and
held while they cut his throat from ear
to ear. hacking and mutilatng the body
Like other great men, Ferdinand was
forced to dissemble. \ glimpse or rs
patient tying of knots is seen a year
after Stambouloff's death-Turkey recoc-
nized him as royal highness We see
it now. 1t was Ferdinand's work-somc
said, enormously, his price. Others call
ed it derision. with the strong man ly-
ing with his throat cut. But the stron%
man was not dead. He was alive-anl
his name was Prince Ferdinand
Yet. Nine. Otero. you object. / repl.
ii threw dust in their eyes. maintained
his reputation as a Partisan trifier. So
did he succeed. and so precarious
seemed his throne that the widower had
difficulty in finding stepmother to his
children.
In vain did he whisper to the princesses
Garland more" The princesses would
not believe.
Or rather one believed.
Princess Eleonora had confidence I'm
the Widower.
And Ferdinand's old mother, venerable
Clementine. at ninety-she died just be
fore the wedding-rejoiced. saying: Nov
! can depart In peace. My son has
chosen with discerning eyes. The ReuSS
are faithful line, with powerft
friends and sage in COUNSEL
He married Eleonora of Reuss in Feb
ruary, 1905.
In October of the same year he pro-
claimed himself king (tsar) OF the Bul-
garians. Eleonora had chosen wisely.
was forty-eight years old. And he also
Did she help him-I mean. with her fam
lily pull? Look at the simple dates.
think yes. BY the spring of 19d9-sN
months after their marriage-the powers
had all recognized them tsar and tsar
ira,
A nice stepmother. Boris and Cyril con
fide in her. EudoXia and Nadeida adore
her. You can Judge it by this, the mix
up Of a Sunday morning. when they go
to church. Cyril and the girls are Catho
lies. Boris, the heir. was converted t.
Greek orthodoxy at the age of two years
The nice stepmother is Lutheran. And
they are all happy and prosperous,
looking confidently ahead to a golden fll
ture. when they shall sit in the seat of
Theodore at Byzantium.
ing and sovereign house of Reuss. not
mediatized, but the same kings. Her
brother is Henry XIV of Reuss. Their
fether was Henry ". Her nephew. who
relgns over one of their principalities, is
Henry xxx. The other. of the elder
branch, is Henry XVIII. There are also
living a Henry XVII and a Henry KIN
At the commencement of the nineteenth
century there was even a Henry LXEII'
If any one wants to become a mathe-
matical genealogist let him learn to UNI
ravel the enumeration of the Reuss
princes whose explanation is that every
son must be named simply Henry, with
only a number qualification. A learn
ed man has written a book about Il. All
this is in honor of Emperor Henry vi in
the twelfth century. who set the first
Reuss on the throne. A faithful race.
Partisan tsar.
Does 1t not make you smile? smile
with pleasure at the proof that q hard
ened boulevardier can. nevertheless. have
his wits about him. Some say that he is
assembling Napoleon.
He fooled them all, yet without duplic-
ity. He worked deep and they simply did
not see it. When did he do his work?
Nobody remembers seeing him do any
thing. Yet, now. suddenly, we perceive
that he has welded the Balkan states to-
gether!
STERLING HELLO.