The chronicle=news., 1913-03-19
Blue BLOOD HAS
ITS PENALTIES


lily OF Russia has lately returned
thanks for the recovery Of the Care
witch from a serious Illness. There
terry about this illness. but The fact
has now been made public that the
boy IL "hOemophliic." or. in common
medical slang. II "bleeder.
50 was the iste Duke OF Albany. OF
whom Il was said that he had only
two skins instead OF three. That was
all nonsense. He and other hoeuio.
philes had or have just as many
skins AZ other people. The trouble Is
with the blood itself
II you or ! cut a finger the wound
bleeds for "a time. then u clot IL form
ed and tho flow stops Itself. In the
ease or the Young heir to the Russian
throne and others afflicted with this
curious complaint. the blood In OF a
different consistency. and has not
that quality of ciOttinE. COngcQucnt-
iy. even the smallest Gu, is danger
ous. for II may drain all the blood
out OF the body.
There Is one very strange poIut
about hiN nulady. II is handed down
In the female line. yet only occurs In
mcn. The second sob Of the King Of
Spain II said TO he affected by II.
and 40 are several other lesser roy
altics.
Diu. blood has its penalties. Every
one will remember tho casc OF tho
lat. Duke or Portland. who suffered
from strange skin disease OF very
rar. nature. and who for this reason
| lao. al ltpFA -
families inicrnarry so largely that
tain complaints.
Til. Gar hi.uscif. although his
general health !s good. used to suffer
from mild form Of epilepttc fits.
and there Is consumption In tho fam
ily. II WINS consumption that killed
tho Cars brother. who. during all
the latter years OF his life. lived In
the comparatively warm cli,nat. OF
the Caucasus.
The King Of Spain. who was u
most delicate baby. grew up strong
and athletic. owing 10 careful phys
icaI training. Hut he has u trouble
some niuiady OF the bronchial aud
nasal passages which forces him to
undergo slight operation about
onca a year.
Man! people, Imagine that the Kali
scr's withened left hand Is due to
some conscnitaf disease. but this IL
not the case. II was due TO au un-
fortunate accident nt hts birth. The
result Is that the arm Is some four
Inches shorter than the other. Ills
right hand. however. is prodiRlously
s,ronr.
The only trace OF trouble about
the Kaiser. dating from birth, Il a
,hIckcning OF the drum OF one or.
which gives him certain amount Of
| pain at times. There was great unx-
iciy some years ago when bis throat
went wrong, for II was remembered
that both his futher and mother died
OF that terrible discase. cancer. In
the ease OF Emperor Frederick the
disease attacked the throat.
There IL lunacy In more than one
royal family. In 1911 Bavaria c.le-
brated tho silver Jubilee Of her King
Otto I. Otto assembled the throne in
1856. and even then had been hope.
lessly insane for IL years. lie went
off his head mt tho age Of 20.
His brother. Ludwig. n. friend
and patron OF Wagner. was also mad.
and ended HIS own lIfo By drowning
himself In the lake front Of the pal.
ace. The disease from which Otto
suffers is technically known as par.
anosia."
Poor Carlotta. sister Of the late
King OF the Bclxians. and once F:m
press OF Mexico. is also h0pclessiy
insane. but In hcr casc the madness
was caused by the shock OF her hus-
bands death.
Several members OF the homse OF
Hapsburg. which rules Austria. are
subject to fits Of passion which are
rear akin to insanity. The unfortu-
nate Rudolf. who killed himself at
Meyerling, wss subject to fits Of this