Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-24
me EVENING CAPITAL ANNAPOLIs MD, FEBRUARY 19I4
EVENT ~ ais SURELY MARKS
THE cATE on ROYALTIES.
Madeap Daughter Of Old King lie rol4
Of Belgium Left Little for Her
Empty Wsrdrobes
An They Could Find.

Princess Louise OF Belgium has iual
been sold out by the sheriff iu Paris
Il marks the date I'd royalties Tho
papers OF AN Europe have their edi
torials upon IT,
What can Nve be coming tor they
ask The furniture Of a kings daugn-
ter sold by public auction"
But the Princess Louise was not IN
Paris.
Let the things go!" she said grand.
ly. Princess Louise was in Vienna
wearing her magnificent Jewels At
least the shop6eapers Of Vienna thinb
SO. Half the time the princess con-
fidenual maid has the real jewels ora
and Louise wears limitations Of them
The shop Keepers Of Vienna know
this also Half the time both maid
and princess wear false jewels Che
real ones being snugly hidden In a
box Of backing on the kitchen mantei.
And the shopkeepers of Paris know
this also Also those of Paris. London
Rome. Geneva Nice, Abazla and Na
pies When the princess Is within
their bailiwlcks keen eyes Of conf
Dental agents seek to discern when
she wears her real jewels.
DO they hope TO put the sheriff on
them? Not at all 1t is 10 sell her
more goods-and get payments on ac-
count OF what the princess owes them
When she wears her real jewels IL is
a sure sign that Princess Louise is in
funds. Often she fools them this way
also
The princess. is the queen of shop
pers. Fifty hanging wardrobes in 2
single Paris hat
They crowded four spare bedrooms
like a clothing warehouse, lining the
walls and forming alleys up and down
the floor
The Paris sheriff found the 80 ward.
robes empty.
Gone, the $4,000 sable coar made
of "a hundred black imperial pelts s.
lected by an expert during two years
so they told her Gone, the chin
chilla ulster with silver fox Collar taaa
was charged $1,000; gone, the cru.re.
lined chinchllla mantle whose price
had been $4,000 Gone. also, One
tailored gowns hich she bousat ten
in an afternoon; the evening eos
tunes. dishablles. and afternoon
-owns. signed by the great makers
$500 TO 81 900 each, and all those .lo.
pairs of new shoes and 900 ueH
hats" aud the Louise handtaremefs
at s91 ach, which the Vienna paper
told about
an The sheriff found to levy en- va
furniture and bric.a-brlc. too heavy or
bulky FOR sureptitious removal!
Truly. q strange sale in Paris-the
furniture of a princess of a reignin
house. brought up with the greatest
ROYALTIES of Europe, and legal heiress
to a third Of the fabulous fortune 81
her father. King Leopoid-of which
with his last breath he tried, appar
emily, to dsinherit her
OF course. the great shopi5eepers of
Europe don't believe It. They believe
the disnheritauce to be a trick against
themselves. The fortune is SO great
that q single lump OF "tweRty-siX mill
lions" could disappear. lump g,
"Rfty-four millions" could belong 20
the estate or not a third lump OF 20.
teen millions be described as al
that I got from my father and mother
and three trunks full Of securities /.
supposedl disputed about TO this da.
without the lists of them or the sun
total Of their millions having been go
discovered.
An interminable sale. The 0rst afe
ernoon it lasted five hours! Thrice, So
solemn tones. the governmental iuuc
tionary called aloud the princess
nama-to appear. pay the debt and
claim her goods Thrice there w
silence Then. her default established
he proceeded TO sell the complete ain
ing room set OF furniture which
broughs Sl46. It was the highest price
OF the two days. sale The total tWo
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