The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

| Copyright 1918. by A. D. Jacobson.)
| Royalty shall mate only with royal
ty. This is an unwritten law of ma
| lions. But love laughs at laws as well
as at locksmiths. and royal rank counts
for nothing when the heart speaks.
The consequences at times, however,
are tragic in the extreme. poignant
grief ending a hopeless passion. One
| is reminded of this fact by the as
founding revelations made by Countess
Marie Larisch in her "reminiscences
concerning the Inflated Crown Prince
Rudolph, only son Of Emperor Franz
Josef of Austria, and Baroness Vet
sera, which / have recently detailed
in these letters.
The revelations made by Countess
Larisch calls attention to the fact that
the history of the house of the proud.
ancient Hapsburgs contains more
stories of mesafifa noes than any other
royal house. Some have been attended
by happy results, while others have
had mysterious and tragic conclusions.
In 1889 the Archduke Johann. nephew
OF Emperor Joseph, married a dancer,
Milly Stubel at the registry office at
Islington LondonD. He renowned his
| rank, took the name of John Ortiz, and
was last heard of on board the Mar
gherita, ship that disappeared be-
| trace OF him has ever been found, and
the fate of the archduke remains a
mystery.
The tragic end Of Prince Rudolph
recalls how King Alexander of Servia
lost his throne and life through his
infa tuation for Nine. DraRa Maschin,
formerly a lady-in- aiting to the
Kings mother. and whom he married.
The climax was reached when the re-
port got abroad that King Alexander
intended to propose Queen Draga's
brother as heir-apparent and so strong
was the feeling against the proceed
ing, which was in defiance of all royal
law and precedent. that army officers
broke into the royal palace and as
sassinated the couple.
There also was a tragic sequel to the
attempt about fifty years ago. of the
Grand Duchess Olga. the beautiful and
favorite daughter of Gar Nicholas I. to
elope with a handsome young lieutenant
of the Guards. At the last moment the
latter's heart failed him. Dreading the
Emperor's anger. he made a clean breast
of the whole affair to his majesty, with
the result that the impulsive young
princess was married post-haste to the
disreputable Prince Charles of Wurtem-
berg and lived an unhappy married life.
while the faithless lover was rewarded
by such rapid promotion that he was a
field marshal before he reached his If
tieth birthday.
Not long ago London workhouse
sheltered an old woman, who for years
had been the morganatic wife of Charles
XIV of Sweden, to whom she was mar
ried when she was seventeen. 1t was
not until some years after her marriage
hat he vpb N har htIs ba nd
was, an6 then was told that he was COM
PEELED for political reasons to break of
the attachment. The broken-hearted
woman, wishing to sever all connection
with the past. went to London. where.
after some time. she married an English
man. She intrusted all her money, in
GLIDING a large sum which the King had
left her at his death. to this second hus-
hand. who ran off with it and left her
to face poverty. After struggling vainly
to maintain herself. she was glad to find
shelter in the workhouse.
Morganatic brides often meet with
misery. The Baroness Vaughan. the
morganatic wife of the King of the Bel
gums was fortunate enough to be able
to secure estates and fortune sufficient
to keep her in luxury for the rest of her
life. Quite different. however. was the
lot of the morganatic wife Of King Leo
pold's father. the first King OF the Bel
gums. who. after his first wife. the
daughter of King George " OF England.
had died. consoled himself by marrying
morganaticaIly a celebrated actress, with
whom he lived a very happy life. When
he accepted the throne of Belgium. how
ever he divorced her. and she spent the
rest of her days in obscurity.
II has been often said that there are
two kinds of husbands difficult to live
with-the genius. and the fool. And the
chances OF happiness are greater with