South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-08

admit anything or the kind 10 take
place under his roof. Prince Alex
ander Of Hesse was told 10 go back I.
to Germany as quickly as ne could,
while Madamoiselle de Haucke was /
i sent away in disgrace and told TO |
retire 10 where no one had heard |
Of her adventure.
The lovers, however. did not &C /
cept this decision with anything like |
I resignation. and while the prince /
Of Hesse returned home. Made
mOiselle Julie de Haucke obtained a /
I passport for France not without /
trouble, and contrived 20 join him in I
/ Italy. where they were married Sc
cretly, being at the time absolutely /
without any resources except what /
the parents of Prince Alexander |
might feel inclined TO give TO him. !
This was not much.
Comfortably Settled.
A kind fairy. however, was watch |
ing over the young couple in the |
person of the Grand Duchess Marie !
Alexandrowna Of Russia, the sister
Of the bridegroom. She sent him
sufficient money TO enable him to
settle in Italy, where ne bought
villa near Verona and spent, to-
gether with his wife and the chill
dren which she gave him the first
years which followed upon his run
away marriage When Nicholas
had died and his daughter-in-law
became empress Of all the Russias,
she showed herself even kinder TO
. Co
with his lovely wife, was often in
vited 20 st. Petersburg.
The czarina was very fond of the
Princess Julie, and it was due TO
her intercession that she was
awarded by the grand duke of Hesse
the title of princess of BatteGberg,
with the right TO transmit il TO her
children. The latter were the OBJ
jet Of their aUnt's specia, tender
ness and il was partly 10 this cir
cumstances that was due the cleo
ton Of the second son of Prince
Alexander Of Hesse to the throne OF
Bulgaria BY her will the empress
of Russia left TO her beloved brother
a considerable sum of money. to-
gether with the castle Of Heiligen-
berg, near Jugenheim in Hesse,
which she had built for herself and
where she used 10 spend several
weeks every summer as long as her
health allowed her 70 travel II is
to this day the property Of the Bat
tenberg family.
Princess Julie was a very re-
markable woman. not only or ac-
count Of her extreme beauty, but
also for her intelligence and the
great tact which she displayed all
through her career which enabled
her to overcome obstacles that at
first appeared TO be insurmountable
All her children were also clever
and pleasant and able to hold their
own in the world. Queen Victoria
of England. whom il was not easy
10 please. held the princess of Bat
tenberg in high esteem. and the af-
lection which she had for Prince
Henry, who married the Princess
Beatrice, is too well known for me
20 mention it here otherwise than
casually.
\ Charming Family.
The whole Battenberg family was
! quite charming, and its asst onishing
success cannot be wondered at in
any way. IL was most certainly de-
served and the young queen of Spain
can justly feel proud of her father,
grandmother and all their relatives.
Talking about Prince Henry of
Battenberg reminds me of an Incl
dent connected with him which is,
70 say the least, strange. Before
his marriage with the daughter of
the English queen he was an officer
in the Prussian regiment of Gardes
du Corps in Berlin. I lived there
at the time and we used 10 see a
great deal of each other, as ne was
the life Of a small circle OF young
people WIZ used to meet continually
at each others houses. One day
somebody related the story of a for
tune teller supposed to be quite
wonderful. and we decided 10 go to
consult her lin corpore" The old
bag, after treating us 70 a quantity
of absurdities. made us roar with
laughter by gravely warning Prince
Henry TO beware of a blonde" who
would be the cause OF his death.
This led US TO tease him unmerci-
fully during the whole Of that win
ter season and continually 70 ask
him whether he had found the wom-
an who was TO send him TO kind
dom come.
The incident however was for
gotten after the prince had married
and settled i'm England. but il ac-
quired sad significance when.
many years later he died on board
the cruiser Blonde. on which his re-
mains were brought back for inter
ment 20 the Isle OF Wight. / have
often wondered whether he had
remembered il when ne had fallen
an with the fever which was to carry
him of in the fun prime of his
youth and manhood
nIOnnIEn HENnV