The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

torians pass over would nav. vl,..
Shakespeare material Tor tragedy hn,
there would not have been mu,h =,
Francis Joseph himself In the u,u, -
For Mr.. Gribble the story really r.
gins with the curse pronounced seai,,.
the Emperor. after the savage war u,,,
Hungary with which his LONG rel,n IN
ened. by the Countess karulyi.
May heaven and hell blast hi. b,o,,,.
May his family be extermlratrd Ma, :.
| be smittsn In the persons Of thu-, n. I,,,..
May his life be wrecked. sGd M. AZ.
children be brought 10 rulni
The lady was unsparing In her ln,o.
cation of disas .ers. but her people b,a
not been spared In respect of the In.
sort of sufferings, and her impious pr,,e,
was for revenge In kind. \ nen,.
rable curse. the author calls IL. rul or.
travagantly: and he sums with Il ,bi,s-
what his book recounts at length. .ths
fulfilment of II. drawing the pur.st-nsr.
out slowly. relcntlessly, unccasinpl,9
or verify the annals OF the AusI,.,
Habsburgs have been sufficiently fila
with tragedies TO convince tbn.a w,.
are even moderately superstition. off,.
efficacy Of earnest curses Eu; .bs,,
Is a little immaterill moons. -frr.v y,
at least extravaganza IN tho oypeoa.
ture OF means. in piling Ossa "a cur..
upon Pelion of hereditv.
The Emperor's marriage, which anAss
dramatically enough with tho fs-t,s,.
nation of the, Empress In 1887 had =,
royal beginning al.
mother, the Archduchcss SOPHIA had .
all nicely planned. and the obis,. n he,
choice was Princess Helen ~ 10. W.
te,sbachs. Both branche. Of the lions.
of Bavaria had faint similar io That o.
the House of Habsburg: 'Bu' o., Ar,t
duchess Sophia did not think of tb,i
| The eugenists had MOI yel spoH,G and
she might not have listened 10 ttfr
they had. Insanity n hos, DAYS va.
regarded as the accidental m..tYr..ir.. a.
the individual. 'Tendtrl.es 10 .r-I5ity
did not count, and any ioVa. U.--soyp.
| not mad enough to be locked I'D va.
thought sane enough to Ne narr o. .r.-
Helen had a cinderella sister EI4ai,.s
and her the indocle Emperor .su,y.aa
The best laid plans Of match maker.
gang aft agley.
Countess Marie Larisch herself
born gribbler, Is the nalnstay OF hi,
account Of the INA rried life" If fn. m
perial pair. The Countess cary ctn.
vinced the Empress Of her "urgsua
tact" won her complete confi.rc- ana
was very useful to her IN certain del.
cate matters. She combined N, .ngs..
ing arts Of tittle-taitle and dust ,,rgV
ing in her book My Past" Tor
model OF dainty circumlovutlon con.
slider ~ Ftrt,s
ence with the Empress. Mare 1ad Re.
ceived proposal Of marriage FROM
Count Nicholas EsterhaZy:
Elizabeth was all IN white her ha.- ~.
wrapped about her Ike heavy rnrt. ana
her eyes shone Xix. a panther. ud. s.ta.s.
so strange that was quite tflgAten.' a.
waited trembling. for her TO speak
Are you awake, Marie7"
Yes. Aunt Cissi"
We'll sit up and listen 70 ~hs, I ss,.
10 say"
1 sat up ob.diently. and she eoutuaa
in cold. decisive toneo;
at is my duty TO tell you tina, Count
Esterhezy has lslson With marie,
woman, who loves him After h.A-.nt n,
vii! you accept his proposal"
Frau Katti CKatrina) schratt. sct-.s
at the Burg Theater. friend OF TIE I'm.
peror in his declining years, Vas BY
the story Of the Countess Larsc6 Sc
lected by the Empress in 1885 to con.
sole the Imperial grass wdov,-" Il
Eli.abeth's absence on one ~ her ~
quent journeys. Now Francis lraep.
Is no gribbers delight rs :ha 4l,ir
sees and says, his part IN the sa.-c IA.
tory OF the imperial marr.ars vguc
not make a very startling ta'e even .
one could know II all Frau s.A-a"
became "a national institution bio. p.
fore that happy consummaH.u Zen,
was an incident tina, makes an anu.
ing yarn. whether or not ths g-- =
truth be in the narration Que f -
Emperor's evening visits "a GIL. .4.
domicile having been prolo0r.l .~.. re
small hours. he desired IN L-- apa.
without disturbing he hou,H1 na
dnesse Is not Hahsnurc. rr# I.r .'
perial toe was stubUcd upon -Yf .Vs
waroly obtrudlrg piece ~ rrf.--
The clatter aWalens the cook. 81 .. ---
courageous than Is won. 80 ... -
advances, niehtClad eud candle .r Ian.
to the rout Of the lma..ref h.-c..-
Francis Joseph fores1al,ed .i, ......
able scream: silly woman ur..
see am the emperor. INrF-.l ..
the etiquette Of such reut-r.r.s Up
loyal 10 the last bread. the r7n-.-. r.
Potsandpansdom drops ou her sr..- 70
fore her gracious soVers IN and ~
ore roturdO the national anthem 90.
erhalte Franz den KAISER
One OF the ArchGukes. h.s own s~-'
heart OF the commons being t-'. -r'o
of the head OF the house iTr'. nee
retorteu with n voc6uyc "i"r- rf''
that Is described as highly enet az
when the ArChduchcss-s NhIr 20 lrl 90
sela, shocked a. the diversions - zen
septuaSenarian sire, suvC"eoet 1.''
ing Frau katti from tsohl. sorA -r.S
less wag inserted IN the agony -'.4nf
of a newspaper OF the cap.ts .I" 20
thetic, lese ajestlc appeal .u e''v'a"
types; "katti, come bn,A e. '.u.
rowing Franz And Mr ar .'s c0a.
cludes the story with the rru-, an "a
It has been an affair not , 'f'.'o I'
gallnntries" or passionate rr'UaH,s
but commonplace, domestic l'-r' ono
Joan idyl.
Mr., Grihble eypiorcs and ~ a'is ~
career of Macmillan end ;r' .n.t.N
latter years of his Censor, Share
lotte. tho tragedy OF Meyer.tL ~
Prince Rudolph and Nofs '"''
John OTh' end Herr " ur ~ s".
a score more ~ Habsburr rth.r .4 80