| Show iritnnninnnnnAAAfuuutiuiiuuiAnnnnnfuuuvifuinnnnrutnrttnnnn p r nORN AND EDUCATEDTO WEAR A CROWN Poor Cnrloltn CnrcorProml lnq In Inception Mng nincont In lu HIM Pot hollo Drnmntlo Trnolo in Id i Doclinn nnd rnllPothotlo Tnlo ol the Life of Iho Un lortunalo Wotnnn who wn nmpiein ol Mexico Ornphlcnlly ToM by tlio Prlncou Snlm Saltn For S morly Olio ol Her Lnille In Wnlllno IoArCarlollal Th memory of her la I oven In aroonj Ihe aad leal nporl icea cf my life I marvel really that it w or M haa forgotten herlhat eema 10 l > o no heart throb of human lympelhy to respond lo th thouiht ha > fur thlrtylhre yeara ah haa beer conlined In Ih royal retreat tarn tar-n Inu mp i at Ialaco Lacken In h ilaklrta of II 0 1 ombo lady In waiting t h ler court In lhe City of Meiloo thirty our reari ago I tak up my > en to In acrlt her atorx Ih parallel of which I i not cuntalne1 In htitory certainly nol lt nCHlern hlatory Carlolta ilauihlrr of I vold I of Ilelilunt wife of Mailmlllan of Meil co niece and namenake of the dueheaa of Kent liter of the king ot Ilelglum ilihough linked In muntle waya to tho tlm b 01 n A on dead for a third ot a century In her own country her name la I an unapoken un In Ihe City of Meilro many of Ih numnl n1 decoration of the city btor trlbut to her memory while at Iho matte of Mlramar In Trleate Ih 111 born 01 Ih 11 UOlunal m pre a nr Auilrla ar allll many cvl three or CarlolUe rreldmc there I A QlIDV AT ISTYKOUIl Horn a prlnceaa ami e > lucateil to wear D crown now although tarlotto haj lived but llfty nine yeara thirty thre ur them have been named 1 wllhln th wall of an nylum for Ihe Inun Mar 1 rl1 l at aetenleen a queen at twenty four an1 I a lunallr at twentyall ihe waa berert of rather huaband emIr pi em-Ir an I rrawn In lh > ah > rt pace of bln nohlh and Ihen by Ih lrooy or fa bolhld frum bumn mmo Clnlla ttr w alno kIDlIOIlc In Ih pldlty oC II manninrent I In r I I tr palhetlc d atle trAlllc In M fall Atlhoh Cl1nll WII In Mmkan hllny during her hoI rollfn In that n > n y than waa her Im I < rl1 hubanl blmtl th recorda ot hat lime lino hor eftwta belittle h ir acl levemenl anll refer to her en innt or eiec I ability I political igacll I > 7 ill and atrong ominiy charac I n lha moat Imperil Imper-il al and 10dol1 I manner It wa b rr regal training her dominant aplrlt bor tol Innlatano which pr llled oer the Weak vorillllotr lIy 10llunu1 h1 Dlmo1 erfenUnate char Mtr ot Mailmllla It 0 1lott mbllion I Iln np Ih1 wo Ih u or Ihlr mlfuo 111 oh AIIO < I ror Ih dram 01 Iftuno 10 IIf < > rl1l II Itlr 111 would have otcuiled th Aua nan throne for Maximilian woull ae auirittlcd Kranrla I Joaeih hla rothar who only aon Jtudolt I n com llltfd aulilde Chart ma la I more In airlnlty with Ibo upl Ihn or Ih olh dauhI I kl luN h am vell Ihrnuh nIuldrd nlorI In a la who burder 10 1 our owo and le Iud ot her life ana horcl hor nhllion a Irlumpha nnd uUor failure mU1 nnd aympalhellc reap h > In th btln ul vy AmIn wman II her Iar b ad machvd lla aenlth UUr In Ih 01110 Ior mor would bAV live 1 > rpeluate < l by her alatera not or Ih nbllloua rtni rraa but ror the ilth Irlpl ot genuine womanhood ovldn1 by th guo1 ah did and th hllI ah tllpened Tho hlldhOO < l f Corloll WAD ron ered 1Ilou with reaponalblllllea I and ultlon 10011 her yeara Her mother horn bltoy haa named ihe Holy Queen died when tho lltll girl waa Ion a ira old and for aeeral yeara the Iork rloull uf lIIouruln r r ouUIII t u 00nIlY 10111I11 1010 lorr raln And hran and 01 Ih Ilod lno1 lullc Impreaalo uln CaloUa chlldhrni W hlle yet a child al he khow Ihoroulhly the lnlolat rulea 01 i < Oun lIor flhr tlualtl br 10 qUlfh IIh w Nocco < lou 011 un Iy 100 UoO hor ponlhlll II rr 1000011 hor y von In h w I In dvne 01 hor eo Ih 10111I0 anot It I thei Ihot h ml b horo fthduk 1011 nlllan younger brother of Francla Jo Ph mlror 01 Autrl II lall nd fair and gentle of military bearing ind apotleaa character and eight yeara her aenlor It aa a caa of love at nl Ihl nll In Iwo onth Iho u nllrll Bh ambillou n 111 of Iho uth foe 01 A mn h Wk VIIIlIol Irull ful Ih Ih trlltnln 01 mn Anot dul laerinfo heVhero Kor flv yeara they lived at Mlramai iaatle on Ihe outakltta of Trleate Mail nlllan hating betn appointed goernoi 01 the LombardVenetian kingdom am hero Carlotla paaied Iho few unliou bled yeara ot her lite Tlin MLXICAV THAOnDV Then at the very acme of all tha waa beautiful and harmonloua In he life the Uiddeaa ot Yotuno 1l1111011 wllh h lmlII1 olTor 01 iceplr ao Il rowo It w Iho Ior uf Ih UnoJOh 01 t Oh lol aln In tlllTnl Ib and on moro II w J y who fell ror It wua du lo Carlolta a ami lion more than to the Imporlunlllee 01 the Mexican delegation that ilulmlll finally uccipted the gal < lon at pie or emilre and thua attuned the inalru ment which waa deitlned to play blown bl-own and bla I wife a renulem lIow r to thii credit ot Mailmlll bo II od Iho IInl olTr ulI ullllndl dlln bUI whon Ih dIlfallon Ih onll lime bearing what aeemei to b prtwta that a majority or all tin j ille or Me lcg Joined with them In th requeat h yielded and th nra an or the tragedy began lha recptlon or tlio embaaa < at the caatle or Mlramt la a tableau which 00 th In acl ot the drama of Larlotl a Ufa bcfori Ihe curtain roue upon the truucoy II preeema a picture which In rtlnipecl mo 10101 ophetlo of atrlfe tur noli audri a and dcepalr It 1 la I not my lulentlon lo repeat hi hltor rmlllr I cOO < l Aml n laIlto Ih erlneo UPon Ih lIor of hllolI Ilnll h wally w-ally twenty tour yeara of age Mail pillion thirty two when their em b held for the flrt limo Iho land when they hoped to rrgetierale a nation i i ry lino th cily of Meilco WOO a trlumihal one The atlendora of theli court were unl recedenled tarlotu know how to bt an eniprei I hn hovr rocl litt In her royal rob or elate IIho waa radiantly lovely IIIh I and trrrul eminently belllted to dorn trown A IIISTOIIIC IAbACa The royal ulr rnlded ut th palace of Chatultepuc which la I four mlla from lhe city on lha ouuktrta or To cobaio at Iho eitmally ot tho la o de la lleforma on or tha moat mlmln cent boulevard or th world od which under tho delkatt touou of Car loll chluo nd IUI hro 01 romlo Ida II mool I utlul Tn palace i r aaltwaa VlicnTi 1101 Ih Mi fChapullepe < 111 Allhlllm an uninviting inaia ot i baotl hlnoory nounlln a iclganll UlorlIn 01 uM Ita bIh uh I 100101 < Imlc dlaturtn 10 oJ I > It of lhe level ilali I 1 II 1IT In Iho aam condition In whli li Ih Americana lrt it after the bailie which haa made lla name hlitorlc The Wamlul rk whit h aurrounda II Ih 1 nf Inl I hlmlo ao1 boodU 1111 n llrat work waa lla rennallon Her dn bnd In It Imllhl ovyollt among the giant cyia trie In tha park In th new and winding road waya among Ihe new atatuary In Iho rejuvenation ol Mnnieauma IJath in every tlila that th ey a aought ohd I In very pathway upon whiili the reel ruuli treat Her own private gardn waa and allll remain upon lha ri t of th mill an I thre among hir favorite nowera Ihe > oun rtnpra n1 I her huaUnl Mnl Ihelr houra nf leleurr There h tn Iml the grow Inc 1101 wllh br wn hlUllo Ih hu atnl vor uoolt ipeclllc illrrrtlona anil rrom It even Ihe n peror waa exiludnl by hla own r iler elrept when Invltel I lo lurllilpal j tt p II I In lla beautlra by lla fair uuUrnt There ar y growing treea n1 > hub In Larloltaa aaMen whlrhwere 1Iotld hy h oon Iond and there la I lu vnIIn Ato1 01 illta eiartly a h 110001 Ao1 arod r II 0 or anil In that land or change Ih dor wh < 1 luIt fll ov Ihl 1 < 01 11I1 0111 A boo I WArlh fohlddlc uf h 01 lloUn voll h do of Ih II lIv uoo hUn htlh1 h hol I gotten her and her bed or vloltla looka the ame now aa It dll when ho tail knelt bealde It unronacloua of Ihe fact Ihot Ih craM Uetll rrltI b hor am llIon WAI I f1I In ruin n1 rob hr or ovthloc h av III Cnrlotta conalltuted heraelf prealdent it th Womn a harllabl I aoclety n1 never during her lay 1 In Mellco did > h neglect th affair of tale regard nrf whlrh ahe waa 111 llmea her liuaband a chief a Ivlaer There la I no doubt that In ih mnru imi rtant meaa ur Allutot1 hy Ialmlll h w th bralna and Ibo potential element A 1ATIIirriC HIr CTACLIJ Then Iho United Hlalea Interfered Napoleon waa ordered lo withdraw blo troopa Here again Carlotta waa doml hont Eho woulll co I Ihe an I Intercede with the emperor Wh1 can bo more pathetic than Ih apeclacl of thla girl rmprrea then but twenty < year old leading with th miror of trance jyid th pot of Home for the meanlanl ml Hera to IAO from ruin the emilre of hrr hua band at a limo when Mailmlllan had been already many wreka deal inur di red by the iieople he had vainly tried to ruler Th wife pleading ror Iho huibanda rreervatlon week after that huaband wa > mouldering In hla untimely gravel The emprrae atrug gllng agalnat hop for th emplrv which had ceaaed 110 eilat tor an emperor who waa alnlnl IIAIM or OIIMMON For thirty three yeara ho hat been banlahed lo an oblltlon that la I won than death In lllglunt her nam Ian I-an unepoken one but In IaUic Lacken on the ouuklrta of llruaela ahe haa paaaed a third of a century walling lor her aoula releaa I frum lla uaeleaa prlaon Hh btllevra that the li I aim mp 01 alllllc Iho turn of lIlmllln who h joni at Ih bad of hi Army III quell a revolt Alol bl uthoII Mine Carlotla enter her relrent ho haa Wen aeen by no on outalde her hounrhold which la conducted In an rila nl lmirlul manner Irom fn fortune left hrr by Leopold I lverr month of the year Carlotla holda mlmlo court The memliera ot her houaehol I which numbera more than flue hundreil per IOn urn Ireoltd lu hr In Ih mo tlnonlu anner In which queen Mctorla holda her drawing room fhe preaenta them with giria which hr I I < lr u prraenled and then tb tollowlng day nr natored to their place mreli lo Indulge her ilemtnll fanrv lry c nirller and tI rhofm honor rlaya the part aaalgned wllh mlmlo dignity The ground turroundlng the talaca aro not leaa I In area than Manhattan Iiland l Itaeir and then Carlotta drlrea about dully In her coaih or lair with her cavallera In attendance There 100 h omollm 011 Ilmontr Ih nown 1lonhloc ImproOlOol did ho Ih cround or Chaputtepec 10 Ml < o Ion Carlotlat ruiNci ss AONCS BAIM SAIM |
