Show KING OF THE TIIE GREEKS GEORGE IS A THRIFTY MON MON- ARCH INDEED Takes Take a Quiet ulet Dip Into the American Wheat at Market Occasionally III Daughters Daughter Dowry Dray 1 lie Ie Forced Out Oat of Uia ills Own Capacious flank Dank Account J HE liE recent attempt on the life Ufe of King KingG G George e o 0 r ge of Greece when our out driving with wIt h his 0 only n 1 1 daughter the Princess Princess Princess Prin Prin- cess Marie awakens awakens awakens awak awak- ens a special interest Interest Interest Inter Inter- est In that young lady who also came near being sacrificed to the assassins assassin's s bullet They were In an open carriage when a man sprang upon them from the roadside crying out Stop your majesty The king arose stood In front of his daughter brandished brandished brand brand- his walking stick and ordered the man off orr He dropped upon his knees and fired a shot which fortunately fortunately fortunately fortun fortun- missed the mark Then the driver er whipped up his horses and the subsequent subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent shots did no further harm Poor Maries Marie's pathway has not been strewn with roses during her twenty twenty- two years of existence If we may be- be the court gossip concerning her It was the ambition of her mother Queen Olga who is a sister of Emperor William that her only surviving daughter should marry the czar of Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia but this plan was nipped in the bud budby budby budby by the Imperial command of Alexander III who on his deathbed decreed that his son should wed the favorite granddaughter granddaughter granddaughter grand grand- daughter of Victoria the beautiful Princess Allx Alix of Hesse We have no means of knowing whether Marie really really real real- ly cared for Nicholas or not But even It If sla sn-a did broken hearts are of no consequence consequence con con- sequence In arranging royal marriages and us the principal object was to form forman an alliance with a Russian prince the next best thing seemed to be to thrust Marie upon the czars czar's eldest brother the Grand Duke George The marriage has been Leen delayed however on account of his wretched health he being a hopeless hopeless hopeless hope- hope less consumptive and death may sever the engagement before a union Is con con- summated Another unpleasant feature feature fea- fea ture Lure of the affair Is the howl of protest raised by the Grecians when the king proposed to obtain a dowry for his daughter from the public treasury Altogether the position of this royal s sovereign Is far from being enviable He holds his office only by the sufferance sufferance suffer suffer- ance of the other powers his salary being paid by Russia France and England England England Eng- Eng land each contributing annually annu ann ally lIly Very few Americans know It but It Is 15 positively true that the king of Greece Is Just at present profiting by bythe bythe bythe the shortness of the worlds world's wheat s-s s crop It has frequently been asserted of late that he Is In cahoots with Joe f Hi Hij Leiter of Chicago and that he Is Investing investing investing In- In j vesting Immense sums in our leading cereal wherever It can be found It is said that he has become immensely rich by speculations In wheat in the American market and this is one reason why some of his more democratic subjects subjects subjects sub sub- openly declare that he ought to furnish a dowry for Marie from his own pocketbook Then he was harried harrIed harried har har- ried into that unfortunate war with Turkey last spring and twice within a year he has barely escaped assassin assassin- No wonder that he talks of abdicating abdicating abdicating ab ab- ab- ab and going back to his native Denmark where life would be more serene One result of this last attack upon him has bas been an outburst of boy loy h 1 alty which must be bo most gratifying If it I he realizes his present unpopularity He rules over a mercurial people who I quickly change their tune when occasion occasion occa occa- sion slon requires Their finding fault-finding Is Isnow isnow now turned into enthusiastic admiration admiration admiration admira admira- tion for his unselfish bravery In facing danger and shielding his daughter His coolness reminds one of what King Humbert of ot Italy said under similar circumstances that such experiences are a part of the trade of a king The world halt hag long bad had respect for tor the ruler of Greece and sympathy with him Inthe in inthe inthe the trials of leading such a turbulent state and will eagerly watch the development de- de of events In that once brilliant bril bril- nation t j 1 I I I I I I I I it- it iti i i 1 1 Z I S 5 KING GEORGE GEORGE OF GREECE |