The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-19
Duchess OF Hohenbcrg Enjoys
for First Time New Precedence
Accorded to Her.
nY IA MAKOIISE DE EuNTENOY.

| by LA MARQCISE DE FUSTENOY.
A 4 the recent court ball given by
| ~ Emperor Francis Joseph at his
suburban Palace or Schoen-
| brunn. at Vienna. the Duchess OF liO-
henbcrg, morganatic wife or the heir
| apparent. Tor the first time took her
| place in the ranks OF the roigning fam
| lily. according To the rev precedence
| accorded 10 her last fall That IL TO
| say. she walked In the imperial pro-
ceasion Immediately after the married
| archduchesses. including Archdnchess
| Maria Annunciata. who, although a
| spinstcr. ranks rs married woman,
| by reason OF her Office az abpess Of
the Convent OF the Noble Ladies of
| iiradschin. N Prague, but before all
the younger unmarried archuuchesscs
and princesscs.
Thus, she had the "pae" OF The three
daur hters Of ArChduke Leopold Saliva
tor, OF Princess Olga of Great Britain
| md Brunswick. daughter of the Duke
of Cumberland. and of the two daush-
ters OF Archduchess Frederick. 10
| whose household She formerly belonged
as Indy In waiting. in special attend
anre on the children.
When she first married. the Duchess
| OF Hohcnberg was obliged to mako
way for all women. married and un-
| married, who belonged to the media
! TIED houses OF the arIstocracy, that
U
sovereign rights prior TO the over
throw Of the Holy Roman Empire by
Napoleon, at the beginning of the last
century. Then she was allowed pre-
teucnce over them, and accorded Il
place In the wake of tho young nm
married archduchesses. Now they are
obliged to make way for her, and at
the present rate of progress there Is
no doubt that when ArChduke Francis
Ferdinand succeeds TO the throne. he
VIII still further advance his wife. to
Il place on the table Of precedence su-
perior to that of all the archduchesscs
no matter whether married or un.
married.
Another feature of the bni, was the
appearance for the first time OF young
Htchduchess Lita, the wife or the see
ond heir TO the throne. Ia her cnuaciiN
ns nrst lady OF the land. In winch She
mas 3upplanted her aunt, the Arch.
duchess Maria Annunciata. referred 20
ABOVE az an abbess. 1t was to Arch
duchess %ita, daughter OF tho. last gov
ereiIn Duke of Parma. and n Princess
or bourboun. that all the presentntiur..
OF the wives OF the newly accredited
am ohssadors were made. and who also
icCelVed the RESERVATIONS OF all the
oebutantes. From now on, at any rate.
until me death OF the Emperor Arch-
"uthess Hita viii rdko the place OF IN.
murdered Empress. as the ranking
!ady o! the dual empire
II the ball was given at the suburban
faiace of Schoenhrunn. instead OF as
usual at The iofburs, in Vienna. /,
vas because the Emperor resides al,
ScHocnbrunn, ana IL was desirat tn
spare him The eXcrtion Of the long
ufiVe 10 the city after the sun had
gone down. II was In derercnce. too.
20 ms practice OF retiring to rest be
.ofc ociock-hc always rises brfor.
=" "ciock-that tho bali began a, r
CLOCK IN the evening. ana ended short
~ ailei o'clock. By The entire Pal
ace OF Schoenbrunn was plunged in
darkness and In slunber.
Inc old monarch Is now In his
eiHhty-ioufth year. and although he
sun appears wonderfully vigorous.
mentally as well AZ physically. for nj,
aEe' yet everything possible Is done by
ms family. and by his cntouraee. 10
preserve him from all unncccssar,
cold. Is
Faris has always been the fovorite
anoue OF Les Rois EN- exile" Ckings in
eNHcj. which the great French novel
'S', Airhonse Daudet. took az the title
ana as the theme OF one OF his most
popuiar romances The large colony OF
royal and Imperial personages on the
oanks OF the Seine, have Just received
d ne" acquisition. in the person of
frlhce ELIAS OF Bourbon, n second son