Evening star., 1923-12-31
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Prince Waldemar of Denmark, who
is due in New York from Copenhagen.
is the youngest brother of Queen
Alexandra of Great Britain, and of
the widowed Empress Marie Of Rus
sia, and the uncle. therefore, of King
Christian XI. One of his brothers
was the late King George of Greece,
who fell by the hands of an assassin
at Saloniki just ten years ago. He
has been frequent visitor TO Amer
lea, most of his trips to the United
states having been In connection with
the interests Of the East Asia Ocean
Steamship Line Of Denmark, the lead
ing maritime concern of the kingdom,
in which he was formerly one of the
very latest stockholders and of which
he assumed the virtual direction and
management on his retirement from
the active list of the royal Danish
navy as it's ranking admiral.
This time his visit to America is
in connection with the impending
marriage of his soldier son. Prince
ter Of DR.; James Q; Green. and
granddaughter of the late. Mayor
Abram Hewitt of New York. She is.
therefore. a niece Of Miss Sarah
Cooper Hewitt, the inventor. Prince
Waldemar is also likely. while on
this side of the Atlantic, to visit
Ottawa. where another Of his sons,
Prince Eric Of Denmark, who owns a
large ranch in the Province of AL
berta, adjoining that of his cousin,
the Prince of Wales. has become en-
gagged to marry Miss Lois Booth of
that city, daughter of a well known
Canadian lumber magnate. 1t rs
asserted that Prince Viggo will. after
his marriage, spend much of his time
In Canada. where he has acquired a
ranch in the vicinity of that of his
brother, Prince Eric.
Formerly both of these young
princes were accounted very rich, and
when Prince Rene Of Bourbon-Parma,
brother Of former Empress Zita, mar
ried their only sister, Princess Mar
garet, she was supposed to be very
wealthy. But the fortune which they
inherited from their French mother,
the late Princess Marie Of Orleans
and in which their father, the sexa-
genarian Prince waldemar. had a
! life interest, and of which he was the
trustee. was to great extent swal-
lowed up in the sensational crash of
the Landmsnn Bank of Copenhagen,
one of the greatest financial Gisas-
ters of the last half century in Scan
dinavia, involving, as it did, ruinous
losses, not only to the great and
where where asriculturs l'i is Il the stapis ahsoGm inn
dustry Of the country, but also TO
nearly all Of the members Of the
reigning house, including the Queen
Mother Louise. accounted at the
time of her marriage to be one of
the richest princesses of her day.
How hard hit was Prince Waldemar
may be gathered by the. fact that
when the Landmann Bank wen. on
:hospitable home at Copenhagen,
known as the Yellow Palace, to sell
his automobiles and horses, TO get rid
of most Of his servants and to take
up his residence in a small, unpreten-
tfous villa in the suburbs of the city.
1t likewise entailed the sale of
Prince Eric's great model farm in
Denmark at Kokkedal. which he had
for over 100000 and on which he
had lavished considerable amount
of money in scientific farming, large
ly by way of promoting and cncour-
ton. Fortunately he was able to
keep intact his large ranch in Alberta.
however have monetary prospects.
For their dead mothers mother, the
old widowed Duchess Of Chartres, is
still alive. She is enormously rich
and when she dies her big fortune
will be divided up between the chill
dren Of her eldest daughter wife of
Gen. Patrick de Macmahon, Duke OF
Magenta, son Of the former president
Of the republic; the children of her
only surviving son. the Royal Due de
Guise, and the children of her dead
daughter, the late Princess Waldemar
of Denmark. among them the Princes
Viggo and Eric The late Duke de
Chartres will be remembered in
America as having taken part in the
years ago, serving throughout the
conflict on the stats of the principal
Union commanders. Indeed, AS his
grandsons, both Prince Viggo and his
itancs' to membership of the Grand
Army, and. especially in the Society
OF the Army OF the Potomac.
They have an elder brother in the
person Of Prince Aage, who set them
royal marriaxe with Matilda, daugh-
ter Of Count Calvi di Bergoio. for
merly minister plenipotentiary OF
Italy at Copenhagen, ana whose son
made q love match with Princess
| Yolanda, eldest daughter Of the King
and Queen Of Italy. Prince Aage.
like his youngest brothers. Eric and
Viggo, has been obliged to renounce
ali his rights to = place in the line
of succession to the Danish throne.
I as well as to his title, status and hon
ors as Prince OF Denmark and as q
urince OF the blood. He has ceased.
| like them. to be "a royal highness," !"
and has to content himself with the
uredx OF = merA PhighnasRs In Hhich