Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-12
CREMATION ENLIVEN|NG
AUSTRIA IN WAR Time
Mourning for the Old Emperor
Promptly Gave Way to Func-
tions Of Succession.

Vienna,-It IS three wears ago tnat
certain section of Austrian and nun.
var;an society was greatly excited ano
we'll nigh forgot the dreadful war ana tnt
GENERAL misery of the world IN the all
ahsorb;nr preparations for the coronation
at Rudanest. Fashionable dressmakets
who found the society ladies no longer
interested in becoming costumes.aho cats
for siSisters" and nurses, thought ol
giving IN their salons, when all ut once
Emnsror Charles gave out the word tha'
bc meant TO be crowned King OF Hungary,
with ali the pomp prescribed for this
ceremony, before the year was out.
Francis Joseph had died on the list
of November. 1916, the funeral and masses
for the dead took some time, so tna.
counIe Of weeks had to suffice tor all the
PREPARATIONS. A Hungarian court cere-
monv takes a lot of preparing, because the
men are even more picturesqueiy oresseo
than the women. The velvetsr satins,
silIs furs and iewelry that had to be pro-
yided and worked up, exceeded All prev
o,s requirements. Emperor Charies knew
and was told that though he might count
upon the loyalty of Austria In any case,
he must be crowned king OF hunsal.
within the year of thf succession II nc
rltp
ReS;des their constitution demands as
much So the Empress. though she was in
delicate health. made up her mind to wear
a gown and train weighing, together,
nearly 100 pounds during the nine hours
of the ordeal of the coronation, part OF
which was in the open december 80 part
n the Hall of Ceremonies and the longest
mart in the Church of st. Matthew, IN
Buda. r
The Emperpr wore the famous CLOAK OF
ST Stephen, whisked his sword toward the
four Quarters of the. globe, stood at the
altar to he consecrated and conducted MS
Queen through the throng OF courilers,
both with the real heavy crowns on thelr
heads that were much too big for them.
In all this they were accompanied by niue
Archduke Otto, then four years OLD,
dressed in picturesque medieval costume,
with his picturesque hair, uncut since ms
birth. The new Queen paid dearly lot ,he
homage she received -natureo took heT
revenge for being ignored, and the newly
crowned one had TO Id lifted into the
saloon car on litter nexthsy, crying to go
back to Vienna and promising never 10
come TO Budapest any more. There was
no habv that wear. but there have been
two since. Archduke Ludwig and Rudolph
Won Hapsburg, born in the home OF the
great ancestor of that name, IN S"ltzer-
land
If he had been allowed. Emperor
Charles would have remained IN austria,
where he STAYED with his family at Castle
Eckartsan. shooting hares and pheasants
for the kitchen. But as he never re-
nounced crown or throne, only retired
from the business of state" he WAS re-
oucsted to leave the country, and, Switzer-
land offering hospitality, he went there
with his wife and children, and very
small retinue. The first place they went
TO was Wartegc, on the Lake OF constance.
where the Empress mother, Duchess OF
Parma, with is children and stepchlldren,
had settled already. There was not room
for everybody. so a suitable dwelling was
sought and found. ..
Early in the summer the lmperiai
family changed from the Lake OF Con-
stance to the nei8hborhood OF the Lake OF
Geneva, where The Nillt Prangns had
been taken and ftrnisi 81 This fantastic.
ally built. house Tas once the property Oh
former King joseph Bonhparte, who be
fore settling at Iraugins lived iive years IN
America OS15-1S20) as Comtc dc SurSii-
liers, i'm house of his own in Trenton, IN
New Jersey. Prangins Is tiny village IN
the Canton de Naud, not far from the
Lake pf Geneva. Here only the very iaitil-
full have followed the Emperor ana
Empress-still a ministure court Is held,
with as much of the ceremonial as can be
kept up bv moderate means.
In September the Empress gave birth
to her sixth child and fifth son and the
Emperor chose to give him the name of his
e. Pradn whose n
cestral home is a bit OF castle IN the
Canton Aargan, slowly falling TO pieces.
Since the death of the late Crown Prince,
the nam. of Rudolph was considered un-
lucky and not given to any child IN the
numerous family. In October, when the
Empress again appeared in public, very
grand wedding was celebrated In Pran-
gins. The Colirt-Marshal Count Huuyadi
married the lady IN waiting, Countess
Gabrielle Bellegarde, the little archdukes
were trainbeaTers of the Empress and of
the bride and the seven-year-old Crown
Prince ministrated to the priest at the
altar. Of course, the villa has q chapel
where PRAYERS for the restoration are said
in turns by the entire little court, so that
some one is always praying, day and night.
The Emperor is quite gray-haired with
his 30 wears. In the autumn some Vienna
who had been allowed to spend
their holidays in Switzerland, before re-
turning home, begged TO be allowed to see
their Emperor, and some one gave them
trip to Prangins When they stood ON the
grounds OF the villa, they asked the gentle
man before them, where the Kaiser?
Emperor Charles, for it was he, said:
Have YOU never seen me at home? Don't
YOU know me again. The children
laughed: 'fOur Kaiser is q young man"
they said. "Iou are an old gentleman"
The Emperor, Is. OF course, convinced
that Hapsburg will in a very short time
ascend to the Hungarian throne, but he is
quite determined that the future king of
shall not be Crown Prince Otto.
whom he is reserving for Austria, though
what they mean to be in Austria. with its
8 900 600 inhabitants. Is difficult to guess
not Emperors, let US hope.
The Hungarians, however, are not only
but strict legitimstists, and
both Emperor and Crown Prince will
have to renounce the Hungarian throne for
all time, if the next son, Archduke Robert
faged five) IS to become king. But this
legitimatist business has one more side.
II he had not been murdered in Sarajevo
June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdin-
and would have become Emperor of
Austria and King of Hungary at Francis
Joseph's death. The Hungarisns were
quite determined to follow the dictates of
their twn constitution, and would have
made his morganath wife Queen of Hum |
gary. She would no doubt have been |
crowned Queen when he was crowned |