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Show ARCHDUCHESS ZITA and Archduke Charles Francis Fran-cis Joseph of Austria, whose efforts have made the young woman "first lady" at court affairs. ifiCIIDIICIifSS 10 . DHSS RIVALS Zita Has Practically Won Social So-cial Victory in Court of Austria. Special Cable to Th6 Tribune. VIENNA, April 11. Tho Archduchess Zltn, who less than two years ago married mar-ried the Archduke Francis Joseph, heir presumptive to tho Austrian throne, practically has boon olovated to the position posi-tion of "first lady" at court affairs given by Emperor Francis Joseph In Schoen-brunn Schoen-brunn cnstlo. Tho direct heir to tho throne 1b the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, . nephew of the present emperor. Ferdinand's descendants, de-scendants, however, are barred from Huccesslon owing to his morganatic mar-riaeo mar-riaeo wltl the Duchess of Hohonbcrg. The Archduke Charlos Franots Josoph 1b th0 son of tho emperor's third brothor. The rivalry between tho Duchess of Hohenbere and Archduchess ZIU lias been very keen, but the young archduchess arch-duchess seems to havo won out, much to tho dlscomflturo of tho duchess and her husband, who hna tried to persuado tho emperor to elevato her to the sUtua of archduchess. ZIU Is tho twelfth of the nmotoen children chil-dren of Duko Robert of Parma. Although Al-though compelled to live in Austria but four months of each year, Bhe liaa tried to master three of the eevcntoen an-Bunpoa an-Bunpoa i and dialects of the dua klnf,'-Som klnf,'-Som i Those ro German, Hungarian and Bohemlnn. But she Is far from proficient In any one of them. |