The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-12

the transaction on the part of the mother
of the arcEdulSe, Archduchess Josefa, led
to the idea being abandoned.
The alliances between the Austrians and
Bavarians have been successful on the
whole. The late Empress of Austria was
a Bavarian princess and was extremely
popular, especially in Hungary. in spite of
her advanced views. Her simple charac-
ter rather startled the Austrian courtiers,
who are accustomed to ladies who have
wills of their own. An amusing aneedote
is told of the dismay created at Schon-
brunn palace when, shortly after her
wedding. the late empress commenced
to assert her ideas. 1t has been the Gus
tom of ages to place brand new pair
of walking boots at the bedside of the
ieigning monarch and his consort every
morning. The boots, after being once
soiled, became the property of the domes-
tics. The late empress wore new boots,
which were somewhat small for her feet
several days in succession without making
any objection. always hoping that it was
the last time she would be expected to do
so. Realizing at last that this uncomfort-
able practice was to last throughout her
life she abruptly commanded yesterdays
boots to be brought back. with the curt
remark tat she did not intend to
stretch new boots for other people every
day." This assertion of personality was
taken very amiss in Vienna, where arch
duchesses are expected to follow tradi-
tons of the court to the minutest detail
The elder daughter of the present EN-
peror of Austria, Franz Josef, and of En-
press Elizabeth. Archduchess Gisela mar
ried Prince Leopold of Bavaria, thus con
tinuing the tradition of intermarriage in
the last generation.
Tho repetition of the experiment In this
generation, however, was complete fail
ure Archduchess Isabella Marie is a
woman of considerable force of character
She had known her cousin from boyhood
and 1t appears she did not care for the
husband her parents had selected This
became known by a singular circum-
stance. The afternoon before the eve of
the wedding a fire broke out in the palace
OF the Archduke Frederick in Vienna.
The cause of the fire was not revealed for
some time. An official inquiry elected
no satisfactory answer. The Dress
toilette in white duchesse satin, embroid-
toilette in white duchesse catin embroid-
cred in myrtle and orange blossoms, which
was to serve as the bridal robe, however.
were aware of what had occurred. The
princess. in an attempt to postpone the
marriage, had applied match to the
delicate tissue, and the work of many
weeks went up in flames, and the dress
makers were forced to pass the night in
making makeshift wedding gown of
sorts for the ceremony which took place
on the morrow.
The Archbishop of Vienna made GU
rious faux pas at the wedding. Whether
purposely. suspecting something OF the
state of affairs, or by accident he chose
the indissolubiity of the marriage tie as
the subject of his sermon.
The prince and the newly married prin-
cess elected TO spend theft honeymoon
near Munich and all seemed WELL The
Archduke Frederick and his wife were.
however, very startled few days after
the wedding to get telegram from their
daughter saying that she was returning
home with her maid The parents, who
were resting after the turmoil of the we'd
ding in Pressburg, received their child.
and hearing that the differences between
her and her husband were of serious
nature, which could not be easily over
come. took her to Karapanza, where she
spent the summer in perfect fairyland,
in forests the depths of which have never
been explored