The Cordova daily times., 1916-11-23
EMPEROR LED ROMANTIC LIFE.


 The death of the emperor Austria announced in vester day Daily Times, no doubt cast gloom the Teuonc countries of Eope for he the person responsible for the present great The Associated Press furnished an extend eel biography of the public life of the emperor who was iver sally recognized soldier and statesman much beloved by his people But gossip dealt penuly with his private life filled with romance and misfortune It related that mother intended him marry Princess Heena eldest daughter of Duke Max of Bavaria With passive indifference the young agreed to his mothers wses pay court to his intended bride He got further than the park sur rounding the dukes castle he sped little girl whose extraordinary beauty attracted him.
 lie learned that she Princess Elizabeth youngest sis ter o his intended He resolved that Elizabeth should his bride, and so she became in 1854
 In addition to her beauty Elizabeth was hgbv endowed with talents but she found welcome at court The emperor mother would hardly the match all of the Vi ennese asocracy held aoof from her Elizabeth returned scom for Her enemies bore her every tale could wound her pride and esange her last they succeeded In burst of pue she fled to her native Bavaria She back but the Nenesc orgave her. They charged her with loving fox hunting in Ireland better her dutv and preferred to remember her always as the absent wife
 The cstrangcment widcncd. The emperor was fond of pretty women, and Vienna did lack them The empress grew and consider herself "a dutifu sovereign lady,, and less and less wife, The tragic death of her drew her to her husband for while there came succeeding period of stronger repuon, and thereafter she almost disappeared from the Hofburg.
 Then appeared KathaIina Scharat formerly of the mper a theatre By her tact and wit she succeeded in creating herself place below but beside the throne accorded be fore her time openly and permanently to any woman
  malicious Of found its way the empress and followed an incident which teses her uncommon deicacv and courage.
 Netted by the continual humiliation of such distastefu scandal mongerng she devised way end it. day took her youngest daughter by the hand and the able astonsmen of her guests out to pay long call Frau Schalatt at her country palace in Iscl, where all the world knew the emperor spent hours daily That ended it eff fcctuay It impossible gossip before the empress about condition which she herself had socially legaized by her presence
 Whatever truth about Katharina SchaIa and the emperor she had the good to attempt to influence him po cay Those of her predecessors who had dared boldly paid the penalty of sudden and noseess removal from his roundmg When upon the assassination of the empress the court went into mourning, Frau Scharatt but little Shortly the old intimacy openly resumed but mpos sbe continue malignant about friendship heightened into old and the sting of criticism gradually died out At Shonbunn cast Frau Scaat appeared nearly every after 0 keep the emperor company for hour In tu he delighted to call on her at her town house private gentle man, where he could meet few friends of his choosing and guests imposed him by etiquette state Politics discussed Frau Scharatt her own town house and her country house. together with goody allowance but ii objected that the emperor lavish with her and she had the discretion to make her ostentaon nation al scandal