The Oregon daily journal., June 16, 1907, Page 21, Image 21

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Little jHhneeona,iJfezrfo
00R Prince Ferdinand i Ruler of a
respectable-stzed countryBulgaria; '
, fairly handsome andhf fine physique; :
of artistic tastes, and, in matrimonial-journal
I parlance, of an affectionate dispositionyet ,
tunable to find a tvifel Isn't he really to be
'pitledt , . . ; ; ; .
j No fewer than three women are known
1 to nave declined invitations to snare jits tnrong -
since his first wifejbllrince'ss Marie Louise,
died, eight years ago, and no one knows how
many other rejections ' have ' been 'kept under
! cover. ' - - '; ' .
I He started in to win a beautiful ycning
bride, but, to his surprise, found' only coldness
where he sought love's flame ' Then, abashed,'
:'but unvanquished,' he set out again, this time
willing to accept even an aged woman an
. invalid would not be barred -)ust so she could
iboast the requisite royatlinea'ge. Imagine his '
chagrin to find even this quest fruitless rr "
" Still, as Europe h'as'milearnedi'FeTdu
inarid is about to make another desperate ef-
I fort. He has exhausted the ' lists ' of eligible
Russian grand duchesses, Austrian arch
Iduchesses, German princesses, and royalties
o f the British court.' Now he turns he says
thtt it it the. last hotel
t " Can you imagine any reason why a prince
of the blood should be unable to secure a con-
sortt The trouble must be weighty. No
explanation has been offered in this case? ex
- Uepts that the Prince's throneis none too
'$lble; and his personal reputation not of the
lbist.r '. v::-;;r:X:r.,
T N XLTj the ranire of European, court hUtory there li,
I not einglo flure to be compared .with Ferdinand
!J In hla preent ad predicament ; - J : : ; .
if . . a To win royal, huebinndi .to. acquire, perpetual
1 title aa the first lady cf the land-what "marrlageablo '
?oman not already in 'the royal, cjawcouw .repreee ,
QKlckenlng- ot the aenwa at auch a prpapectT
And it mint M remrooerea mm iu ma
duchesses and princesaea are human,5 that: they have
"-Mplrattoni Jiiat aa have their alBte'ra loWei4 ift the aocial
i acale, and that then are by n 'meona , enough ' royal
brlilfKrooma to o around v l :''' :' ''' ' . 1
I For instance? It la readily recalled .that when youhf
f wnrt of Kurope had M maidens 'who aecretly-aome of.
ihem not o Secretly-iJioned that h- would look in - their
ithat' werV not futtunin to the iKaraonaUty: .
i doBpite the fact that the war with .the nd Statea had f
i thit, t iioun tM nnoriM M'trvvners current-
fAathe denouement-ehowed, hedld aucceed In arettlnr
n of the nrettiesi royai wm i
Ail nioni in he rank of royal eligible, stands Prince, ,
iSren Jl but name
r. 2r. J,i.nf n.iliraHA n-asvtereated ' twenty-nlneV
7wrr ae-.i bv the treaty of Beriin,:na twenty yean ago. ,
"lnc:AInnde. the; thenrulcr, had -M ;kld-,
napped, the Aseemoiy eieciea jtrenmraninw.
A RICH PRESENT, , - .
..I- .... x.Ia. m,m 'ntum.1. n, rfrh nmiinnuL.
Thus
whoM fertile soil yields eon, . win and toUcco
LKr-on? which VsffluW"
land
.' ahunda
rdamask rose -from
'UamasK rose -rroiu wimn vn---. . . ,
. A land which, with lta MOW men f We to bear arms. -.
under a ruler' properly sollcltoua cfjthe common weal,
ought U be one or the paradise of Europe. ;
- Andtus ruler over this land waa . elected a man
v... . i . . ki with th ixitlra faxe-Cobure clan :
the royal families ot Great Britain, Germany,: Portugal, - I
'of the Palatine of Hungary, nmJ-nia niece is tno jjucnes.
f Orleans. He himself Is the youngest of five chlldnn
of the late Prinze Aunuatu of Buxe-Coburg and Prlncea
rim..Hn. r nrianns. the daughter of .Xoul Philipp "
and friend of the late Queen Victoria. , - -
nn. tMnr to show that o rar aa royai conneo- mis
tlnrs are concerned, Ferdinand need not be ashamed to
ask the hand of any girl In Europe, and to make all the
mon Inexplicable the fact that r.on will have him, -Royal
children, like untitled children where Infant
i baptism la practiced, most have their Kodparente, and
when Ferdinand waa haptized, none other than the great
Emperor Maximilian and his wife, Charlotte, "atood up
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for him." ' Haa the atar which aet ao isnominioualy for
Uaxbnillan ahed lta baneful Influence upon hia godchild t
It muat be admitted .that p hla youth Ferdinand bora
noi happy reputation. c He waa .aaid to be Idle,, even
vjcloun, and re pec ted only by b la mother.. Bo., whon
'the Bulgarian' National Assembly elected him ruler of
the country, the world was aurprlsed, .but the princess
mother ' alone : knew how dearly the ,hopor had been
bought ' - - ' ' . ' - '
For aix yean Clementine, tried, to get a -bride for. her
abneho, meantime, managing the attain of tho counti
herself but 'found- him' repulsed on every -hand, for
neither ha nor bla throne' Inspired confidence. fc -:J'i
Finally, hia mother did Induce the ge'rille,f lbua Marie
Louise,, eldest child of the Duke of Parma, to accept the
lohg-proSnred offer; v And It haa been jocularly stated
that even this arrangement might not havo been mad ;
except that the aixe ef the Duke of Parma's family ha
la the father of eighteen children-enabled him to readily
pare ono.- ' . ;,- .'
' The couple had a. son as first child. Prince Boris,
now a flno younV,chap, who, should he succeed .to . th
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' AKIS has abolished : its grruesonie, moreuo
'show-that' famous feature -which has
, amused or disgusted tens of thousands of
visitors each. year, which has' been-con
sidered: one of the things ; ho thorough sights
wmtrl effrtrrl tn misfli ? .'X ' V'-V .
. Vj loniwr m&7 one View from the sidewalk, as f -
sample wares . irr stdre showndows,. those :grbv ) X
(frfililA hnmnnbodiea fleatad m lifelike DOSltlOns.
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but.Iackingfe.
No loruror may1 the curious enter at will to ,
Snum mvK1n. kIaVm 'thnnft nnftr unfortunates
who find their wa to 'thai clearinar house of death
nv ruindrAda verv Tear.v Only those. who can con- ,
yince thex keeper that 'they are really looking, for
some' relative.or friend mysteriously .missing will '
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tereafir be -permitted to 'enter,
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aVsak TTW ma)1 MMiUttAfta AAnMMiHff
HE new ngulatlons concerning the 'Parts monrue.
which have just gon 'Inter effect wen drarta
only after It had become determined by the city
oniciaia atnat the rormer pnvnegea naa ooto
grossly abused, pnd that the old method sadly failed in
their purpose. a j --. . . , t , - .
Tourists hav generally gon to ee th morgue, feel- .
lnr that It was one Of the sights not to be consistently
mlsaed, and have come away with a. feeling of repug-
nance which' will alwaya remain with them. . "v.
Justice, to the city, however,' necessitates the state-
ment that no morbid or lugubrioua motive lay, behind r"
,tbe former regulations, which have been found so ob-v.
noxloua. ; Indeed, the object aimed at-was most prao
Ucal. v - - t- - - - --
Of th large ' cltiea 1 la Europ ' Where . eaicide - and ; '
-.'"Aft;1.' ..'A.:. W-ei: ' a ':Jmm . . . ..-. ' V-lr
. throne, would be . far .more popular than hla father no
doubt too, a totter lover. ' s
Within two yean there waa another, child, and then
the princess left, her husband because he Insisted upon
rechrlatentng Boris according .. to " the ; Greek faith in
. order to retain the friendship of the Caaf of Ruaaia; but"
. hor lovo for her children brought her back.
1 As it developed, she returned to martyrdom, for.
the birth of , her fourth child, she' died. -'ome of her
trlenda attributed her , death to the InsanlUry condition
of "the casUe." That waa In WW. , ,
Ever since-barring a few raontha' wait in ipemory
of the deaaVFerdinand has been aolduously seeking for
' a new partner nith the aid of his mother.
In the early part, of MM, Prince Ferdinand made an
extended tourt - taking; Jn several of the . countries of
Jurope'. An explanation, baaed on the best of grounds,'
was that be wna In search of a wife.- " 1
Of the various court beauties mentioned at the time
in court gossip) Princess Clementine of Belgium j waa
known to have been proposed to. Bhe was a beautiful
girl, accomplished,' vivacious, well versed In diplomatio
matters, ambitious Just the kind who 'would; aid - her
royal husband'. 1o - reach those heights which his un
bounded ambition pictured.' ' ' '" ' ,
CHILL" COURTING IN BELGIUM
But .thl courting was without. avail . Juat why ah
would . not have him; 'Prlnoeaa Clementine would,, not "
i aavt but her confidential friends declared that hla per
sonality was repulsive to her. ;-.
Th!a was a severe blow to the Prince. He went for
' -the hundredth time to hla mirror and asked hla reflection,
, ; "What's the matter with, me, that no .woman can like
me?" And tho glass remained .cynically silent
The Idoa had occurred to him more than once: ,"Pcr-
hapa the trouble la not wjth me, but my'.throne," For
he was forced to admit that, ruling by vote of the Na
tional Aaaombly alone, he might, through some revolution. '
in politics, or by war, be thrown out , And so he tried
various . methods of making' his ' throne. ' more stable. .
There wen those who declared that ho actually had hla '
eye fixed on tho dictatorship atar. '
Of course, hla mother waa In the plot whether from
a punly political mottve,' or to help 'her eon to choos
a mate among the highest; carinot .be anid. She prom,
lsed him that, when he became a king,! the rarest jewel ,
In the S&xe-Coburg family should be set In his crown. , v; - .
, " A Bavarian artist was even Instructed to design a"
crown; but when he jogged the royarniemo."y about It,'
seme months later, he was Informed that the making of
the crown, had teen delayed,' that he would ba paid for -the
dtwlgn "as soon aa the order should be placed." .'
Curiously connected with this planning for a sure-
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murden keep tho-morgue- well fed, Paria la among the" .
moat proline of auch horrors. . There, between the j-lver, , i
the rope, poison, thet. firearm. and .the knife, the number ,
of unknown dead manage to keep well up to an average
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enough crown was Prince Ferdinand's -wooing of tho
Onnd Duchess Helen of Kusala. , ... . ,
Indeed, It was stated at one time that the Csar had
made all airangementa for the marriage, and that in pay
ment for hia bride' Ferdinand was to cede to BuasU
Bulgarian seaport on the Black Bea.
Kven thj Identical port had been discussed, and Varna
was aald to. have been decided upon. ,
This alliance, would have given Ferdinand mon than
a wife; it would ha v. enabled him to proclaim himself
Kina- of Bulgaria. a
"Durlna- these momentous negotiations. Ferdinand time
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and agttln.took from his safe that
crown,' aurveyed It anectionateiy- ana- arwuneu ,wt w
day when he should be permitted to wear It as a king.
The bride he. soughtGrand Duchea Helene-Ia the
youngest daughter of 'the Onnd Duk Vladlmlrtan undo,
of the Car, who then commanded th mlllUry diatrict
of Bt Petersburg. 6h .was at the time only 18 yean
old anl very, pretty, with black hair and eyes and white,
' even -teeth. " '. ; v. -a . :': "1t:7-i
- Natunliy, she :shrank from th alliance with a man
. who had been accused by his,' enemies of having per
mitted at least two assassination If. Indeed,! he had no
other hand In'themrr, man generally nputed to b
unscrupulous. . . . '. -
' At any nte, the marriage never cam oft, the port I :.
stlU held by Bulgaria, and the paste crown Is still In
Ferdinand's safe. " .-,',."-! :-. ,
Only last' year It was announced by the Kletnes Jour
nal, of Berlin, which keepa well posted on European court '
matter. . that Ferdinand had resolved to proclaim him
self King on August S, but the date passed without such
a result " - ; ' ; - A--:-' -f. u
It was declared that he had gained the consent of
Germany, England and, Auatrla to remain pajslv whll
ho took possession of tho country, and that although the
Csar had objected .to ueh a course, advantage would
be takon of llussla' weakened condition following th
war with Japan. ' 1
Should Ferdinand at any time decide on such a move,
he will have to fear th Turk rather than the people
of hi own country, for Bulgaria la till nominally th
vassal of Turkey. ,
When Ferdinand Visited England, In 1906, the purport
of his mission wa generally taken to be in relation, to
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And not mon than -a-third of these ar ever cinimpd,
so that the expense to to city.ln-pmvi bmiJii la
PoUer'a field -becomes a serious buruin. iiu; is w!.y,
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thl intention to set himself on a plan with hi neigh
bors. King Peter of Bervia and King Charles ef Boi
mania; but then waa another reason Just a obvious.
He desired to marry Princess Victoria, who wm near
ly 40 and In poor health." It waa even stated on hlghl
authority that ho want direct to King Edward, hut waa)
told that th princess had no Intention, of marrying.
King Edward. It la said, considered It a good Jok on
both Ferdinand and Vlctorla.1 " . ' '
Ferdinand's position U held by some of hi friend to)
be'critlcat for luTl deaf, and. with th can of font
chlldnn. U In or need of a helpful wife. ' Keel pity foe
him Is felt m om quarter. ' ,i '
But I he really to be pitied T. Considering hla record,
many will say no. He la not popular m hla own country .
There la, fof Instance, that eplsod ' of how ho la)
alleged .to hav aerved Stambquloff. 'th Bismarck of
Bulgaria." who practically . placed Ferdinand In power
and continued to rule th country afterward. Whenrr
political excitement ran unusually high, Ferdinand would!
take a trip to Vienna, and 8tambouloft, wearing a ooat
of mall, would run th government ; One th mail waa)
not 'effective the assassins subbed BtamboutoS aboo
the head and hands,' and he died.1
. DESPISED BY HIS SUBJECTS
A girl. It la asserted, was murdered by friends of
Ferdinand; a meaaun of suspicion rested upon him with
the rest; th crlmo has never been punished.-. ' '
These an reason, perhapa, why th personality of
the royal wife hunter does not appeal to women. , ,
1 At home, among th peasantry, Ferdinand I heartily,
despised. He Is said to hav referred to hi subject
recently by saying, "I can do anything, with that ca
naille,'', and the contemptuous remark haa gone on brew
ing trouble for him. Even the ditch dlggen on th atreee.
refuse to salute him. : Hla Minister hav a hard tint
with him. , " ' ? ' ' . '
. . Thl moat snubbed of royal wife hunten la now in tho
forty- jventh year of bla life and the twentieth year
of hi relgrrj la large built and healthy. Many of his
acquaintances regard him as Ilk in personal appearanc,
if not In character, his cousin, th Duk of Clean.
Even his eremlea are compelled to respect him for tho
boldness wltftmrhJch he haa held down a wabbling throne.
But they an not surprised, they say, that h can get
no princes of Europe to share it with . him,
Kino Edward Humane to Horses
W
HEN one of the carriage cr draft horse owned
- by King Edward" of England become unfit for
tbo royal service from any cause. It la not sold
for what It will bring." thus being doomed, probably, to
end Its days In drudgery. , ' .
If it seems merciful that the live , of such hor
should be ended, they an put to death by chloroforming.
A specially constructed mask ,! adjusted and a now
erful dose of chloroform is administered.' the animal ex
piring painlessly in a few mlnutea .
Th King, however, sell a number of ahln.and race
horses in the coun of the year. He la very proud of
his breeding etablea, which yield him a handsome lnoom.
Most of th shire horse he sells bring from UOo to ftfOQ
each. , . ... ,
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London Women Riding Astride
RIDING astride la growing In favor rapidly with the)
, women of London'a , smart set Many prominent
women of the highest social class hav followed that
examplo set a year or mon ago by the Ductus of
Westminster, the .Viscountess ; Castlereagh. th younaj
daughter of. the Duchess of Sutherland, and other, and
appear daily weaifng the divided skirt instead of the
habit ...... v- . v,
- On reason for th popularity of th cavalier atyte of
horseback riding Is that cne may learn to ride that way,
quicker than upon a aid aaddle. 'Increased safety 1 an
other argument in its favor. London tallon hav de
vised a habit for such rlden which almost conceal- the
fact that a side aaddle 1 not tn us. ... . . , ...
many yean ago, it-was determined to devise aome plan
whereby the IdenUficaUon of the dead, might be facili
tated. . .. ;., i - i ' -; - v -
Imagine a ston window filled with Ufelea people
msteud of the customary article placed then to adver
tise ware: . . . ..
Such is Identically what you could have seen In Paris
befon thl reformed nMtura v went lnfr -opontlon.
Technically having" no bodies for sale, yet tho object of
the city tn displaying them waa to got rid of them.
Parisians are a busy r topis; awo, care-free. Many
.would not .bother to go Inside the morgue to inspect the
remains, as la done In American cltiea Bo the city went
to meet them placed the corpses in th window so that
he who ran might recognise.
Not this alone; a still-mon unusual -step wa taken
to aid posseraby In detecting their - deceased friend if
they should.. chance to be In the morgue.' Often a de
ceased person doesn't look at all like he did in life.
Why? Because the usual unnatural position rob bim
of what In life hi friends recotrniaed. -
If seen aa he used to sit in hi armchair, or with hi
arms on the tabic, cr with hi head resting la his hand,
he would be recognised easily. f . -
Bo sensational I'aris, through its morgue people, took
to fixing up the houses of clay in- lifelike poaitlon In the -71
great show window facing; the street People hurryln
peat could not help giving a passing glance, and many ana
many a time that (lance was followed by a startled ex
clamation, then a definite Identification. . -
As a general thing, however, the corpse wen '
- played on a slab of black marble, under glass caae. 1 he
clothing found on the body waa hung nearby, a an aid tr
Identification. Even this gruesome design attracted
large n urn ben of the curioua. ,
The morgue is on the bank of th Seine, at on ip
proach to the bridge St Ioui quite epproprlata. el nee
most of the- unidentified dead which feed it come front
'the river, end a large percentage of them plutigo froia
that self -same bridge.
Dlnctly acres from the qunlnt. but not rwirt!t.
one-story building la the famous Notre Dame Caiheiirn.
while on the other side ot the river, within easy viwt
i the Hotel de VUle. V
Watercraft of every description pi vr c 1 ft wi r
the morgu continually. Kvery i"W u it
them stops to pick up from t' . i
draggled unfortunate; for la j. , -.-..
river of uicldes.
I Kecopstructed In 1SFI. t' -Inal
one In the form of a
built In virtu of a ri ' -
However, somethh
that and as it
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of unidentu
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