Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-16

were clandestine meetings and the royal girl con
cealed in her bosom diamond pendant which
the young prince had given her. The revelation
Of her nfatuaton to the car and czarina precipi-
tated several fearful scenes. The grand duchess
stamped her foot like any common girl She
would not be sacrificed a wife for any pin
headed princey weakling She would marry the
of her choice
The car is said to have at last consented. 1t
was decided that the betrothaI be published to
the world.
And then the Grand Duchess Olga had the
rudest shock that ever came to any young prin-
cess of the blood Prince Dmitri confessed that
he loved her sister Titiana more than Olga!
Where Olga is stately, Titana is irresistibly at
tractive Where the elder sister is magnificent,
imperial capable of gracing a throne, the second
daughter is winsome, magnetic capable of be-
coming a great actress and taking captive the
heart of a nation with her magic smile
If there had been turmoil in the cars house
hold before, it was nothing compared to the
storm now The czarina always neurasthenic
from the many nameless terrors that surround
her family collapsed completely and retired to
her beautiful retreat in the Crimea. The prince
who the cause of the trouble left the country.
His exile was Complete-absolute. He seems now
to have been shut out of the list of eligibles en-
tfreIy.
This list of eligibles is not long one and the
daughters of the have way of turning up
their pretty noses at almost every it.
Heading the list is the young prince of Wales,
schoolboy, thin faced, weakly, given to overmuch
cigarette smoking perhaps too greatly coddled
by a foolish mother Accustomed to the yirile, if
dissipated, society of st. Petersburg the grand
duchesses are not so much impressed by the Brit
fsh heir apparent. He is said to admire much
the beautiful Titana, but the reports that the
affection is mutual are not we'll borne out.
The second most eligible young man from the
point of rank and station is Adalbert, third son
of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
He is stocky, rugged, far removed in appearance
from the prince of Wales Royal parents have
thrown him and the quartette of imperial girls to-
gether. But nothing has happened.
In the olden days nothing was expected to
happen. Rather. it made no difference. But times
have changed The royal girl demands her ro-
nance She will not be cheated out of her need
of love and affection. She has read the romantic
novel and she knows what is her due of love and
affection as She demands to marry the
man she loves. She will not take this one or that
one to please her fathers prime minister.
This changed attitude of the royal young lady
seems to have been the stone wall which the
plan for sealing the Balkan peace by royal match
making was shattered.
Last autumn there was much Indignation. and
just indignation, over the pitiless plan by which
the diplomats intended to mate up the young folks
Of a stern European royalty.
In the first place. Olga to be married to
Prince Alexander of Servia, the heir apparent to
throne stained with blood. 1t will be remem-
bered that King Peter, Alexanders father, took
this throne from assassins who killed King Alex
ander and Queen Draga, and even tore the latter
to pieces and cast the remnants of her body out
of her bedroom window Prince AleXanders
elder brother, George, committed many horrible
crimes, including the murder of the husband of
his mistress and was shut out from the line of
succession. Alexander is said to be little better,
sOt and q debauChee. The court at Belgrade is
rg11h nd harh lUa'S fatp in
might we'll be pitied
Then Titiana she of the witching eyes, was to
be wed to Prince Charles of Roumania. He is
the oldest son Of the crown prince OF Roumania.
who is the nephew of the aged king and queen
Roumania is slightly more civilized than Servia,
but the Roumanians seized some of Bulgaria's
spells of war recently and the fierce Bulgarians