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te Looked Into Her Eyes and —Tossed Away aThrone Romantic Gesture of the Archduke Who Defied His Mama----and All Europe---to Wed a Commoner i e SCEPTER- HATER Archduke Albrecht, Who Swore Allegiance to His Young Kinsman, Otto, Hapsburg Prince, Thus Removing Rivalry to the * Latter's Ascend- ancy of the Throne. s i i, A RIS 2 Z;m.»///rwmwr/ AN womrm, o A I, R A IS S AN 00 AN I IHAN SHE TRIUMFHED The Former Frau Irene Lelbach Rudnay, Divorced From the GLANCE! Hungarian Minister to Sofia, ; ik : “A i : Bulgaria, and Wedded to ; I T A Archduke Albrecht in Brighton, Eng- e o ; . e land, After He had Stealthily Returned B g : : e e from South America, Where His Fam- Vot T arrived at the Hague, he had falley ily Thought Him “Safe.” - ; = : ill of a slight fever and was confined to his hotel suite. There the Hungarian HDADLE ¥ i minister and his wife paid him a St 2 G . ; : formal call. The moment she saw the JUE blood and a mar . 4 Archduke Frau Rudnay fell on her e I heart . ‘ knees before him and kissed his hand, throbs—and the beautiful com : while her husband looked on in moner won out. The result is that ; v i 9 3 GRS THEY WON.HER OVER Archduke Albrecht of Hung ) : ; never reign over his countrymen ; . S & ' 4 n : ferred the social d fawe Exclusive Snapshot of Archduchess Isabella, of the House of Hapsurg (at left), a matter of fact, he doesn’t want 1 ’ R i Who Resorted to Every Conceivable Ruse to Prevent the Marriage of Her Son. nreferring the love of his radiant wifc ? ‘e S ? o Note the Curiosity of the Vienna Crowd as They Step Back to Allow the Haughty preferring the love of his radiant wifc, £y I'o make things even more compl 0ld Lady to Pas cven if she bears no title. 4 e 4 s ” ed, the object of I affection : i The marriage of Albrecht, in (he o s i e teeth of the most unremitting oppo , 2 § 7 nd troubles piling up on her. Her mmmm—————, o - . e —————— e 2 Z Vs s tion, to Frau Irene Lelbach Rur was solemnized in London rece y 10 as on the AR Politically, it was an event of f " e d Albrecht wa : At cause. Romantically, it was in direct ' i - t - B C lon, | not be ei line of tradition of the fabled Housr ; of Hapsburg. p ) a : . caught the malady. For fou 1she hoad of Many were the precedents for u g8 h : : ) ) e member of that family to wed a woma : ! : : e g forbic iter his room at the 9 O08 not of royalty or the nobility. Crow ; 3 Prince Rudolph, son of the Emperor Franz Joseph, met death through h . g : ; i . The attit ardor for Maria Vetsera, of the bour- . i e A Archduche ) n the interim, lty t ' R A geoisie. Archduke John, his closect ‘ L %4 “l g had formed another : ng ically remov R S s friend, waved away his title gladly for R i £ 2 . & hor sor Ith f v ir tion for the im Entes 2 moan) OX e the sake of Milly Stubel, an unascum i . ed,” she wr “I besecch sailed for Br cachir pRLCRIRAY ing little Viennese shopgirl, and unds A the name of Johann Orth sought untary exile. His shipwreck off 2 South America is still - " an 2 g 2 §3metn?tfm?}. s = e = ! ship for England, where Frau Rudnay ple as soon as she h Archduke Francis Ferdin Phote, 88 aving the I . pre- awaiing b Soneecilyemanied B daecuren yilisis fove and, whose assassination at 2 WILL HE BE CROWNED? a South Ar tri E3tony Pl T A Sarajevo loosed the crimson Otto, Son of Zita and Charles; and Regarded as the Logical Heir ut before he embarked e horrors of the World War, lo the Hungarian Throne—Pictured Here in the Uniform of the I o asman, which ‘proved sl TR e eb bR o falls into the same category. Imperial Chausseurs te th th rmerly obdurat He had taken to wife Sopni T t t lla. Archduke Friederich, A rm:(: Chotek, thus defying his fathes T . AR illing ¥ aionel %o e d : however, reported at ¢ stern mandate that he marry on g t to be won o rank. The same bomb that obliterated him also slew her. ill of a aps the read is regar s T B WA oA A0 Z j # O I RO MO L0 A NI OIS st i arrived None of these instances, however, was more picturssquely dramatic than ¢ ir roant wife paid the marriage of Albrecht and I'rau Rudnay, ex-wife of the Hungarian Minister to the Hague. It all came ! 2 ; ] : about in a natural but esse . whi er husband looked on i e 3 % 7 ES e 3 {ated ‘member from their idyllic manner. Officially, at least, asto t ; . ; : 5 e brecht, who is an attractive young man 1 Du ow ente t 9 . 4 e ; of twenty-eight, has been in the “mar another pla o son prope 4 3 i $ 3 ound riage market” for some years—due to married off t him on a “cou; ” the determination of his mother, Arch- tesy visit” - court, think < 3 L " it duchess Isabella, to see him form an hat he might to one : ¥ ‘ : e : tor must_po- alliance with someone of lofty station the prince L i Y : i strength and o' ex Her maneuvers were never crowned But Albrecht, wh - q ey S e e ope 4 with success. g her alert eye priet t ; ) ; about for a promising prospect, lsabella proposal, and un in Rome wa glimpsed the unattached Crown Prin- without matrin It So he r cess of Holland, daughter of Queen turned to Budaj 1 his despairing : e an ! a highl ent guard and brother, Rober Wilhelmina. She seemed a_highly de- parent ‘ i 1 i 5 sirable young woman; =0 Albrecht was During his cc 15 had be R e T e ‘packed off to the Hague. The x».»lw_n 'mm;'w!n 4 e i IE“';:\;‘.”‘ : 1 f E he c Tl S s of his visit was to offer ment had quietly tr: ¢ d Herr Rud K H .. S i shaiicy i 'P‘lzlr?z:ru\iznrzlmnk.~ to the Dutch for nay, husband of Albr inamorata f me ooked A(;zll\‘l:)tu"’h\‘;:(n feeding half-starved Hungarian chil- from his post as M at ¢ b s @ iFstiletic ol dren during the food shortage in their to a similar job S 4 riz G v 4 the ) i country. Actually, of course, he wa th was intended r dispatched in the hope that he would friendship of hi fe and Albrecht, it % P fei ide tomnedamiih venoman fall in love was a fflll'(“gr'-i\])fl Frau Iu‘uimx, % 2 R fury p,d,_y\“rk_”‘”w.‘ P Sl He did. But with the “wrong” girl! remained behind with her two children i v AWS ¢ os: o i e Eep e il What, his worried mother wondered, —Divorce proceedin, begun and . A F : % L G O T e G R was he doing at The Hague? He had the time seemed ripe 1 declaration % ‘vr‘h between U .?-(\r 2 ‘?e \‘U;“E\i. ow: prolonged his stay beyond any reason- by Albrecht that d, when the 14 1,’”.[:?“‘,1 vh rl n” ru:he_fly e able limit. She sent him, accordingly, decree was granted, take her as his % o r “,i\n-ff 16, ‘:fid ehech o an energetically worded summons to wife. - e ; ..m‘!,yu, a 'Vfll‘c;’jf'l L e T return home immediately. And, mu There were }(‘.’:i]lfi‘“lfl (;\n’::lbrp}u}u! 0"\‘\""“7{-\ ] QJ. "-mfif :re.w,, Y,’amr‘ ! e e A hehiod in the nd. tha. vesaliiant Albrecht.” The George Rodgers, 19, Phila. Lifeguard, cor o gitnlsved rematiable bravery o iody. of Fran Rudray. . Archduchess told her son that his mar. Holding the Tied Head of the Alligator [y tpite of his agony, he grinned at the Redgers Tying Up the 'Gator's Head—a Snapshot Taken Just Befors the s Tomantic story is told of Albrecht's riage to Frau Rudnay would be an That Bit Off His Arm onlooker, attempting to hide the muti- il MaTead i .4 L' ¥ P ered Lo wa Copylalit, 1900, Iniernationa) Featuis Servics, Ine., Great Briuln Rights Beserred Z O O TR L A Vi Y