The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-22

.rcn. II" onr "t which can succeed TO
iEc throne.
Rut if is douh;fvs il any or all of
III =" rov"re"S weighed more hcaV1lF
Upon The rrnT"r"G's heart than tn" Al
m.nSI r"""ni trHc' III AZ Geneva, when
IN" Empress t.Iizal.th. who had been
,ali"h ihr most beautiful woman IN
Europe. was stabbed Ia death by a mao
italian anarchist III lNlN. True. she long
rnH h....u "StrHuGri from the Emperor.
hu' a.. had never ceased TO respect AMI
Hd"r" h"r When q courier brought him
tn" news nf III" crime he exclaimed.
"tia%. nnrhin- can be spared mo, moth
;uS"
After .cach blow he renewed his devo-
r."n "a tn" state, his only solacn being
IL iiar.irr work. Flo lahnrcd prodigious-
j.. He WIS beloved for his kindlincss.
MS rnndCStE. and r"Ciitude, and his high
moral 2" made il possible for him
- hnll in leash the CZechs, the Poles,
IN. Serbs. the IsuthHnianS and the Bull
E'tr&. who mad" UP the mosaic of ma
tl"ualiti"s in his dual empire.
';"sSip dealt plcntifully with his pri-
val" lIf". fll"d with romance and mis-
roriun". II is related that his mother
INTENDED hirl to MARY Princess Helena,
eldest daughter Of Duke Max Of Bava-
ria. With passive Indifference the young
Emperor agreed to his mothers wishes.
ami set ont TO pay court TO his intended
bride. lie got no further than the park
"rr|"hu;mE th1 l,urr r'Istts, nj ~,
hrauly attracted him.
Weds Princess Elizabeth.
He learned that she WAS Princess Eli
/;'b"'h. younger SISTER OF ms lnteHutl'
ne resolve" that r'Li1hpeth snentu 10
In addition to her beauty Elizabeth
was highly endowed with talents. but
81" i"unu II" "f""!n' AT Go"r1. III"
hhP"t"r MOI n'T Wo",1 uttulE C?uItem-
nmt' '..' ',."tCn; ai, ~. ' ~ t.ii,,
arlSto'rhrF heid ht"o: from her. Eliza
p'''n 'eS ullr'i H,"I ~ hm' 80 IT,
'hl'H pore uEI rN',! Wv. ,'',.o I"u'"
wound h"T rFine ang GStF2nFe n"L Nv;
IA, IA! E,I|,,,'"n: ~ r, ~ ~! So
in't Smr ''i,, he' -, n,.nr ~ fnr
ShNr m"r; my :nr.sso n'.t VIZ ~ ,o' hoS
inN-h"h, ing IN lrriaaa pet,er man mgr
uH' hilh pr'i',rrcU 80 ti'"c'hOe' ne[ III
49, hS lhc apSent VIE.
nc e|'rHnS"tlch, WI"che0. Iho I'LL
l"E NmS I'i't - ny, 1919 iN.I,- A.,.
,"i''n uIn i,mt ',''.h ''.E'h. ne p. 70
XIV ':t"t' nI.t ~! ~ 70" ~ .e' go
r ~ ~, 80; a,'s 5 49, 20 49,
~. s'o s-o-. 49,, 80, - va b~shnnd
fnr q ,r,,;In L,t ,boro cams q eurcn.dinr
rnr;oa ~ rtrn,ror ror,,Icin, ard .hnrc
nriar .Lo oinoS, 1;cnnnear.d from rho
Ijofhurr
Eii;nnn ,care aEn ,pnenrcA Katharine
SrIrait formerly Of The In1nerial tho
airc. nv her tact and wit she succeednd
in crcrtiur for herself q place below
HIT beside tho throne, never accorded hn-
fore her time 81 openly md so rerman-
emily to any woman. Speculation az 70
her relations with the Empernr was wide
and malicious. or course g. found Its
way To the Empress, and there followed
an incident which tcstI1Ca TO her un-
common delIcaCy md courage.
Ncttl"d Ivy the continual humiliation Of
such dIstast"ful scandal m"nE"rinE. she
devised way 10 end IL. ono daT she
took her youngest daughter By the hand
and. "a thn iIhmnaSurcabie aStnntshment
If her guests. s"t out 70 pay a long call
On Frau Schratt NJ her country palace
IN iSchl. "herc all nc Worlu Knew Inc
Emperor spent hours daily. That end
ed IL eh"ctuaiiF' u was lmpnSs!nie 70
gossip before tn" Empress about condl-
'ion which she h"rFoif had socially leg
amen ny nor presence,
He'ei Ike ten tnhuchSe'
ci,.'', a,d .i,a i!n,r,"~ .hd h.,I ih.
, I,i t'u t..o ',lI,,,n
1I, ,-nIIitrsiI, r,Ens,, ~, E,.r -,r.Snr..s-
H'.'i tut- - II, ,,,
so'S WY '''t'i iI" '.t"' pCtui: '"'"
ne pSHat! - SN"urn ui'G n"I'c-oTH
va 49,, ~ -,,r',S.
Win Lmr asSI'SS'ha, ot ,!G I'm 100, go
'"e CUT WI ny n.y. I!!'st .i,u
SCnEA,t VIZ h"ch H"I LIE Gnu! ~
ne n'a int. n,tc! " KS open.! teSwltGu'
nut II was h''poSstpis ~ co'''i,' ue 'ii'lI'h
nant about a friendship thai iehGt h:nrL
INTO old age ana the sung OF crltir!Sm
EE""n"nS uIru o. ~ . .,I, INN 80
tie. Frau Schratt appeared nearly every
afternoon 10 keep the Emperor company
Tor an hour or t"o. IN turn. n" He-
.iGhted |" call on 'eE a. her town h"uSS
a. d pFlEatc ScHN lei-'<Ht. -" w. .,r CJt'."
meet II lew !7!chHS o. ms own c'""SinH.
";i4neii" or reason OF stat. ioilt:SS
was never uiSCuSSrQ' fFau SCh'+, hdH
her town house and ner country mouse
together win sVoui! AtioW''HCr' pu -
never wa "ojeStea mat me f.lilPeto:
WAS lavish with her and she hah me dis
erection not 10 make her osteniai"n
national scandal.
AS soldier, the Emperor was DC
loved IF his army. IN Il IrIShihS re-
N"rscd ny tho fr"nch Al SoitHri""' no
suffered such humliiati"n tAat Ac - Shlu
to have SO wished 10 d!e with MS men
that ha stood mutionleSs III the lire nf Il
battery hoping 10 be struck down. Ehl
none o. his rcverscs made Kim ani' the
loss popular NJ nome.
In recent Icars he interrupted his Win
Ter rides. hur each Spring found him
ON horseback again and Ice attended the
army mancuvrrs to III" last. In tho
ncl1 ho was tho embodiment o: indrfa-
,;,mohl, energy Three or four horses
:, .aw he would wear out riding in n
,r.iiru TO the foremost front Of the re-
[.nrv, and from wing 70 wing 10 acQua!nt
himself Nth tie last tncticai details.
The Idol Of His People.
rJ- ,,1TH,,1Tit.. rerrrrd t.yond the
arnv lie vas truly the idol of his poo
I,in ,'' and nsnrriajIy nf Vienna. Ills tall.
, ,.u n,,rra vas familiar TO every Tlcn-
H"u,'N IL r>ola thrnugl, the streets UNI
it, nc ,,,;. 80 ,Gn cnI,,,i0ns Of his
; 'itt ''cu' 49," ~ h,.,r,o Ennwn NAT he
Living PTon ,.a ,bn civ a crowd would
' m", ,-.,g,to IN 600 hin, drive hv. In was
t,,I.Ir;ai yo, drn,nnr,;lr and for Gears