The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1904, Page 17

Pages 1710 g l . 21 : l Pages | Tto24| — 7/ s -3 FRANCISCO, UNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1904. ROYAL DAUGHTERS OF LITTLE KINGDOM OF MONTENEGRO FIND Love Matches Are Made by Tom- boy Princesses. Primitive Ruler Is More Absolute Than Czar. egro has no ex- d a distinguished eler to Prince Nicholas. ied reigning “you forget the tified, for queer s supplied two ree other important wives. One he present ow would for her pre- three other \olas are the roportion- portance of the 4 possesses postcards in ner in the owner- who man so Min- seat In The Min- rs goes about the in the pictur- of many colors s stuck into his sitor to Cettinje 1 e Minister of War sweeping in which ored. Monte- of the people On the some of the fea- n are want- st free from gambling. benevolent that any 1 be de- rying arms, ating pun- d on these v ty 1s mr r found gambling. ENJOY GREAT LIBERTY. srand Hotel vays in negr $ - ¥ s, i his reed Ir se delightful surroundings the ¥ ses of Mc gro grew up to . of womanhood. t Balkans, the Princesses were encouraged to n t cc ns by sleigh- r snow shoes, skating other cold weather times. At the warmer e year they made long to the wooded and moun- 3 1 frequent vis- i Prince’s villa on the shore « e r Sez y the time they were b eens t could ride a ¥ drive four-in-hand. s « i1 or row enjoying ¢ dhood to the f r girls were educated by F Germ tutors and z 1 >d off the otherwise in their char- as allowed each wild in Mon- of age, after ere sent to Vi- knowledge its totally After birthday months of the months in Mon- proved to be an The Montenegro *d from tomboy of unusual grace and ain a with customs. teenth girls into wome beauty, of « ional personal dis- tinctic and of markable talent in many direc Shortly New Year's day in 1889 the Grand Duke Peter Nichol- ajevitch of Russia, a cousin of the Czar, was p: av to Paris. He was then & impressionable age of and on the boulevards one day his eye was attracted by a young lady whose style of beauty was something out of the common. She was walking HUSBANDS AMONG with an elderly lady as companion and the Grand Duke turned round to fol- low her at a discreet distance. Sud- denly he lost sight of the ladies and though he searched the neighboring streets diligently he could find no trace of the fascinating stranger. He returned to his hotel in despair and dreamed that the fair stranger turned out to be a Princess in disguise, whom he immediately married. On the following day he caught sight of the unknown lady in the Bois de Boulggne, but he was driving with a friend and had no opportunity of resuming the chase where he had in- terrupted it on the preceding day. A day elapsed without his seeing the girl who occupied his thoughts to the exclusion of most other subjects, but on the fourth day he espied her prom- enading on the boulevards, again with the elderly lady at her side. The Grand Duke determined not to lose track of her this time and followed the pair with unremitting vigilance. They entered one of the most fashion- able hotels and the Grand Duke hur- ried into the clerk’s office to inquire who they were. His astonishment on learning that the young lady was Princess Militza of Montenegro and the elderly companion her lady in waiting, Madame de Voievitza, was unbounded, for it seemed to him that the first part of his dream had come true in an almost miraculous manner. He immediately resolved that the con- clusion of the dream should also be realized. Returning to his own hotel, he <is- patched a ccurier with a note to Prin- cess Militza, saying that having learned | NOTED PRINCE AND SOME OF HIS DAUGHTERS. . | 722705 T @’mmr~ Arexoras /%mm.: o — of her presence in Paris he desired to pay his respects to her. He mentioned the fact that his kinsman, the Czar —_— N Alexagder III, who then occupied the Russian throne, was an intimate friend of her father, Prince Nicholas of Mon- /—firbrm‘ 3 Docbase H7ir72.4 J Bosore — > tenegro, and added that he would be neglecting his duty if he falled to call and make his bow to her. Without waiting for an answer, the Grand Duke donned his uniform and drove to the hotel where Princess Militza was stay- ing. He found that she realized all his expectations and he incurred no delay in making love to the charming Montenegrin Princess, who soon found that she reciprocated his feelings. HAPPY EVER AFTERWARD. Before they left Paris they had con- EUROPES REIGNING FAMILIES tracted a secret engagement and parted with mutual promises to obtain their respective sovereign's assent. to the match. The Grand Duke Peter re- turned to St. Petersburg and formally asked for the Czar’s permission to propose for the hand of the Princess Militza of Montenegro, which was readily given, for this love match ex- actly suited the requirements of Rus- sia’s foreign policy. When the Grand Duke arrived at Cettijne three weeks later to ask Prince Nicholas for the hand of his eldest daughter, he found the ground prepared and the course of true love ran with wonderful smooth- ness. The marriage was celebrated in St. Petersburg within six months of the day on which the Grand Duke first caught sight of his bride and the im- perial couple have lived happily ever since. Grand Duchess Milltza, who is now the mother of a son and two daughters, has been one of the most popular members of the Russian im- perial family during all the fiften years of her married life. At the marriage of the Grand Duchess Militza, which was celebrated with much pomp in the presence of the Czar, the members of the imperial fam- ily and other royal personages, the principal bridesmaid was the bride’s younger sister, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro. Princess Anastasia, who was then 4 | | > T Arerorgs . S Aavrrrmes il 21 years of age, was also a girl of un- usual attractions and no less than four Grand Dukes and Princes at the wed- ding fell in love with her. They all paid_their court to her, but her choice immediately fell on Prince George Romanowsky, fifth Duke of Leuchten- berg, who was a widower and eighteen years her senior. The Romanowskys are descended on the paternal side from ‘the house of Orleans and on the maternal from the Russian imperial family and they are styled “Imperial Highnesses.” Having gained the love of the charm- ing Montenegrin Princess in opposition to three young and formidable rivals, Prince George Romanowsky was in a great hurry to marry her, and he rushed the preparations regardless of court etiquette and precedents. Exactly one month after the wedding of Prin- cess Militza to the Grand Duke Peter and five weeks after he had seen her for the first time Prince George Roma- nowsky led Princess Anastasia of Mon- tenegro to the altar. Within a few weeks Prince Nicholas of Montenegro had secured two of the most desirable sons-in-law in Europe. Princess Ana- stasia has borne her husband one son and one daughter and the marriage has SN LA TR S ———— = WOMEN OF A SPANISH TOWN NEED A SOLOMON Children Born of Two Mothers at the Same Time and Place Get Mixed. MADRID, Sept. 24.—The identity of two babies which have been born in a forest near Cabezon, a small town in Santander province, has to be settled by a council of the families of both. ‘While the mothers were taking a walk in the forest the children were born—both being boys. A number of wcmen from a neighboring village who arrived on the scene took mothers and babies home on stretchers. Unfortunately the excited women handed the fnfants from one to the other and in the confusion that fol-. lcwed it became impossible to distin- gplsh one child from the other. By way of temporary arrangement each of the two mothers accepted a baby without troubling herself as to whether it was her own or not. The families of the two women have decided to6 hold a joint meeting, at which efforts will be made to identify the babies by some distinguishing family characteristic. —_————— Designs Fine New Clock. LONDON, Sept. 24—Lord Grim- thorpe, who {s famous not only as a lawyer, but as a church restorer and horologist, has honored the little known church of Worsthorne, in Lan- cashire, by designing a fine new clock for its tower. It was Lord Grim- thorpe who designed “Big Ben,” in the Houses of Parliament, and who’ frightened away numerous famous Continental clockmakers by stipulating that the clock should be guaranteec not to vary more than one minute in a'week. Even the astronomer royal threw up his hands at the extraordin- ary stipulation, but Lord Grimthorpe was adament. He had a clock built from his own design by an English maker, with what success is well known. 3 ’POSSUM HAS FUN WITH VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT Strayed Animal Visits Lawmakers and Causes Great Amusement and Con- fusion Before Captured. MELBOURNE, Victoria, Sept. 24— Often political adversaries accuse each other of “playing 'possum,” but rarely do legislators of all parties amuse themselves with a ’'possum. Just this occurred in the Victoria State Parlia- “ment a few evenings ago. During a dreary debate, a large 'pos- sum, gray enough to be the Premier of all the ’possums, scampered intc the chamber, ran to the chair of the ser- geant at arms, sprang into it and sat there blinking at the electric lights. Instantly the lawmakers cast dignity to the winds and with boyish shouts of joy joined in chasing the ’'possum. The Speaker, unmindful of his robes and gravity, laughed heartily, but, after a minute or two, shocked by his own levity, he sprang to his feet and hurried from the chamber. The ’possum, like all his kind, was elusive. Over and under benches went the yelling members in pursuit of the quarry. Chairs were overturned, pan- demonium reigned until at last an agile labor member seized the 'possum’s tail and carried the animal off in triumph. The Speaker returned, but so great was the members’' merriment that he could rot restore order and soon ad- journed the sitting, —_———— Lady Campbell Is Versatile. LONDON, Sept. 24.—Lady Colin Campbell, who has written a play in conjunction with Miss Clo Graves, is one of the most versatile of English women. She has written for periodi- cals since her youth, has published a novel (“Darell Blake’) and, besides being an energetic literary worker, she has few rivals in society in outdoor sports, being a keen fisherwoman, a fine horsewoman and a champion swordswoman, % Patriarchal Monarch Lives Modestly in a Residence an American Tradesman Would Scorn. kes Out His Insufficient Revenues by Running Hotel and Renting Out State Horses. been one of unclouded happiness. ' * CAPTURES A FUTURE KING. Princess Helene of Montenegro was destined to make a still better match. In the spring of 1896 Crown Prince Vie- tor Emmanuel of Italy visited Monte- negro for a hunting expedition and was the guest of Prince Nicholas. When he went out shooting he found, to his sur- prise, that he was accompanied not only by Prince Nicholas and his two elder sons, Crown Prince Danilo and Prince Mirko, but also by his daugh- ter, Princess Helene, then a girl of 23 years. Moreover, he found that at the end of the day Princess Helene had se- cured a bigger bag than his own—a cir- cumstance that increased his admira- tion for the royal amazon. ‘When he found that, noswithstanding this proficlency in manly pastimes, Princess Helene was gentle and domes- ticated, a talented painter and a musi- cian of real power, the Italian Crown Prince fell in Jove with her and asked Prince Nicholas for her hand within a week of his arrival in Montenegro. Prince Nicholas naturally raised no ob- Jections, the King of Italy approved his son’s choice and the match was pro- nounced satisfactory by Italian states- men, so that there were no obstacles, and the wedding took place in Rome a few months later. Four years later Princess Helene became Queen of Italy through the assassination of her father- in-law, King Humbert, by an anarch- ist. Her marriage, too, has been ex- tremely happy, only the birth of two successive daughters instead of the de- sired son has been a disappointment to the royal parents. At the wedding of the Queen of Italy her younger sister, Princess Anna, act- ed as chief bridesmaid, 4nd among the royal guests present was Prince Fran- cis Joseph of Battenberg. The romance enacted in St. Petersburg was repeated, and Prince Francis Joseph fell in love with Princess Anna, whom he married six months later. Prince Nicholas of Montenegro’s eldest daughter, Princess Zorka, married Prince Peter Kara- georgevitch, but she died thirteen years before he ascended the thfone of Servia as Peter L i —_——— GHOST STORIES CAUSE SHIVERS IN SOCIETY Mjysterious Visitors From Another World Roam Through Country Estate of Walter Winans. LONDON, Sept. 24.—English so- ciety is thrilling itself with circum- stantial accounts of ghostly and ghast- ly visitors to Surrenden, the country house of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Winans. Surrenden is one of the most inter- esting properties in England. The black deer that roam through the beautiful old park are unique, being of a breed elsewhere extinet. The interior of the house is beau- tiful, filled with priceless treasures. But some recent emotional visitors say they will carry its gruesome as- sociations to their graves. A pretty English girl staying at the house not long ago, on going upstairs in evening dress after dinner, stopped near one of the landing windows to look out on the park. Suddenly a brililant light illumined the drive and to her horrer the figure of a young woman, all in flames, bearing a child in her arms, appeared tearing down the avenue. The girl nearly fainted with fright and before she was able to call assistance and have the facts explained the phantom figure had dis- appeared. The second Surrenden horror Rap- pened onjthe same occasion, .and probably sprang from the excitement caused by the accounts of her fellow visitor’s delusion. A lady of a highly nervous temperament sleeping in one of the fine bedrooms at the back of the house woke in terror about 2 o’clock in the morning, feeling as if she were half strangled by a pair of sharp-clawed hands entwined around her throat. At length she managed to give one or two inarticulate cries, which attracted the attention of her maid, who flew to her aid, to find her mistress half dead, lying across the bed. The lady left the next morning and the bedroom has not been occupied since then, although these visitations probably are more directly attribut- able to the richness of Mr. Winans' cuisine than to &ny supernatural cause. —_——— Paris Supplies Queens. PARIS, Sept. 24.—Republican Paris Is furnishing Queens to a kingdom. Yet Paris is not less loyal to “Papa” Lou- bet, nor less sincere in shouting “Vive la Republique Turin, Italy, is celebrating its market festival. By special invitation of the City Council of Turin, Paris contrib- -uted to the cavalcade illustrating the city’s different trades the Queen of mid-Lent, the Queen of washwomen and the Queen of the marketwomen. And Paris had every reasom 1o be proud of her royalties,