The Washington herald., 1912-10-25

According to the Austrian law OF sue
cession. which does not recognize the
morganatio marriage Of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the
throne, to Countess Sophie Chotack. now
Duchess Of Hohenbers. a slip Of girl Of
twenty. Princess Zita de Parma must be-
come the next Empress OF the dual mon
archy Of the Hapsburg dynasty. The
naughty duchess. formerly q mere Bo-
hemian countess. consort Of the next SOW
ereien. has been set aside by edict of
the venerable Emperor Franz Josef him.
self. Yet. as have pointed out before,
the imperial will can have no validity in
Hungary Thus affirms the ultra feudal
Magyar party at Budapest
The pretty little Princess Zita de Parma
may reign In Vienna. but she will never
wear . crown in the Hungarian capital
The constitu itutional dilemma has made the
relations Of the two ladies most con-
cerned somewhat delicate. There Is no
blinking the fact that the Princess Ho-
henberg Is the consort of the next En-
peror-king Of Austria Hungary.
Princess Zita Is only the wife Of the
archduke who 10 to wear the twin crown
when Franz Ferdinand-not Franz Josef
has passed away. The death of the
8keu EsIHpeTOT HusN pIcSlDltotc, SohsS-
quentiy. q constitutional crisis. The
Duchess Hohenberg dreams of the
crown, and schemes for the crown for
her own eldest son. while the head Of the
dynasty insists that the succession must
pass to the son of the Princess Zita-
The wedding Of the Archduke Karl
Franz Josef and Princess Zita simply
embittered a controversy which time
seems TO render more acute. The cere-
mony was conducted by the Pope's own
major domo. That circumstance justified
the Emperor's inference that the Vatican
confirms the latest dynastic arrangement
OF the most faithfully Catholic royal
house in Europe. Princess Zita herself Is
fervently pious Gossip has IL that she
will receive the Golden Rose. gift re-
served BY the popes for ladies of marked
attachment to the faith.
She was born and reared in a most
Catholic atmosphere. at the palace of
Pianoro. which takes its name from the
plain of that name, overlooking the
Adriatic sea. The terraced grandeurs Of
the ducaI seat, the interminable length
of its befiowered walks and groves, at
test the princely ease of this dethroned
branch of the Bourbons. Thither. regu-
larly once a year. the Duchess of
Parma returns with her children for the
winter. The summers are spent at the
chateau Of Schwarzau. in Nfeder-Oes-
treich, in a pomp truly Bourbon.
This vast domain was acquired by the
wealthy Duke Robert de Bourbon after
the death OF his immensely rich uncle.
the Count Of Chambord. pretender to the
French throne. Pomp and Circumstance
have been thus the breath Of the Prin-
cess Zita's nostrils from the hour of her
irSh hat fo hoA los
his own throne of Parma never once
the traditional glories OF her
own rank.
Gone forever In the present practical
atmosphere 10 that golden age OF love
which saw great sovereigns wed shep- |
herdesses. Gone is the glory OF the
beggar-maid. whom King Kophetua
stepped down from throne and crown to |
espouse. Sweet princesses, none the less, |
marry still for love alone. An instance !
Ia Princess Zita de Bourbon CParma). |
She bestowed herself upon a future |
Of Austria a-Hungary-the |
Archduke Karl Franz |
Josef.
This youth reciprocated an attachment |
which had become the tenderest and |
truest idyll OF the Vienna court circle |
since the departure Of Marie Antoinette |
FOR Paris so long ago.
Princess Zita. in fact, reincarnates to
her kinsmen OF the Hapsburg dynasty /
he sweet. the irresistible. Inflated Marie
Antoinette. She IL. like her ancestress,
he cynosure of all eyes. A beauty like
hat Of the roses. sweetness comparable
,nly with that OF the helio.rope. grace
.ivaling the lIy-these are hers. Princess
zita must be described in terms Of the
daisy. owing to her simplicity
md modesty. and again in terms Of the /
H<IA AaI
% the day a splendor of physical mag
lificence. recalling the beauty Of her an