Evening journal., 1913-10-28
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS

Either Dom Manoel has been grossly I
misrepresentcd by the Germsn press or
he is no gentleman, though an ex-king. /
As is usual in similar cases concerning
royalty or the 'creme-de Ia creme OF
high life, reports may be, and no doubt
have been, greatly exaggerated, but that
there is, that there must be, serious and
all-sufficient cause for his bride, after
having been confined in a Munich hospi-
tai for two weeks, within . week or so
after her marriage 70 him, to have ar
rived at the conclusion not to go with
him TO live in his English home, prcpar-
ed for her reception at Richmond, but TO
return 10 the castle OF her father. Prince
Wilhelm Of Hohonzollern, at Sigmarin-
gen. in "schwabcnland,' is self-evident.
After giving out that the young
/ Queen. with, ut q crown had experienc
ed sharp attack OF influenza" the
! physicians at Munich have At last ad-
mittcd that the unfortunate young
bride was suffering from something
much worse and which was solely at
tributablc to her recent married state.
II is too bad that so carefully o nutured
and educated princely girl should have
become the victim Of such misfortune,
but this Is attribIbble TO the neglect
OF her father to get his court physician
10 have a little confidential talk with
the prospective bridegroom, something
like an anatomical analysis, as IL were;
a thing that nowadays not only is not
uncommon, but is actually required by
every parent, high or low station,
that has the welfare of a child truly at
heart Ev D governments have recently
lcgislatcd physical fitness as a sort OF
guarantee in eugcni1s. and the Kaiser
himself is ore OF its most ardent adyu-
Gates.
Dom Nianoel. were he an American
we arc glad he is not-would not have
been permitted TO do what he has done
under the shield and cover OF the royal
purple" OF course, the end is not yet.
] doubt very much whether The poor,
suffering wife ever viii consent to 90 10
him again after her sad experience,
though there is no telling what the TIN
sci Of majesty" may cause in any wo-
mans heart.
The romantic career of the new
Lord De Freyne and his wife. the for
mer barmaid. is still stirring London
high life, and there has been much
speculation as TO his marriage rela-
tiops. Lady De Freyne is the daugh-
ter of an innkeeper IN very humble
circumstances Al Rothes. an old.
quaint town on Speyside, in Scotland.
For eleven years the secret OF the
marriage has been known only 20 q
very few, but the woman's parents.
now that their son-in-law has inherit
ed an Irish peerage have openly sd
lmitted her identity.
She was a typical Scottish lass with
fair features and of handsome figure.
Her sole education was received at
the village school, and after leaving
the care of tho teacher she assisted
her mother in the business Of the ho-
ltcl. When Lady DE Freyne. was
eighteen years of age she left Rothes
for london After she had been in
London a few years she was joined by
her eldest sister, her other sister re-
manning with her mother. who died in
1899. and was buried i'm the church.
yard of Rothes. where her grave rs
marked by 2. cross erected by her
daughter in London
The future Lady De Freyne occu-
pied a position in one OF the leading
hotels She was musical. and she
may hayc also figured on the stage
At all events. while in London she met
the Hon Arthur Reginald French. the
thon Baron De Freyue's eldest son
The yonnE aristocTat became deeply
attached TO tho girl. and he proposed
TO her and was accepted, the wedding
taking place November -. 1902. by
special license in London registry
! cfice The bsrops son and his young
wife spent part Of their honeymoon in
the north Of Scotland. visiting Aber-
! deem, where they lived for a short
p period. Three years after the mar
riage, the husband disappeared
On the estate 1T Roscommon IL was
I rumoPed that he had gone TO America
: and letters received from him by an
! Aberdeen banker state that he was
serving as a private soldier in the
! United states army. He was sta
D toned in barracks at Fort Slocum
e Later Lord De Freyne once a lieuten-
snt in the Royal Fusiliers. was pro
e NOTED 10 the rank Of sergeant. but
= since then his career has been a mys-
q terry.
On Speyside tho discovery that the
p daughter of = humble native Of the 10.
J, cality Is now 2 peeress has caused
], widespread interest The inhabi-
b tants Of Rothes easily recall Miss
n Angus as q school girl, and state that
3 Al that time she was perhaps the
5 most beautiful girl on Speyside Her
Z home is still pointed out-a little
q thatched crofter's cottage. occupied
by her mother before the hotel was
: taken over.
l. Arthur Reginald French first met his