Show She Says She Hates the T But Bat They Say She Must W Wed ed One Poor Poor- Little Grand Duchess of Luxemburg Youngest of Rulers Thinks Thinks' Her FatIs Fate Fat FateS S J Is Worse Than Queen of Belgians But Must Take a aMate Mate From S i. i Among of Her T Tiny ny Realm S S SS S'S 5 S 'S I I eim 7 Ji 6 aL 5 t M f I f 4 V v I S 4 4 Grand Gran d Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxemburg S LONDON England Jan 29 How How would you like to be the prettiest royal maiden in Europe and only 2 21 1 with delightful palaces n nestling among the mountains mountains moun mOun- of or one of the most beautiful countries in all the world and protected protected protected pro pro- from the horrors horrors- of war by the solemn promises of your bigger neighbors neigh bors never never to violate y your ur territory You would not be sad would you But wait walt S Listen to the other side of the story the the side that makes makes poor little Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxemburg Luxemburg Lux emburg the unhappiest girl In al alt the world Suppose when you least expected it great hordes of gray clad warriors armed to the teeth burst in upon your peaceful land swept you and your tiny army aside as if you had been a amere amere I mere peasant woman trampled your royal garden under foot toot and reduced your people to the verge of starvation You would hate these men no matter mat ter how many times they told you it was all a disagreeable necessity of war But would It not crush you entirely to learn that you had to become the wife of one of the very princes who led the armies that had caused all your trouble Such is the plight plight plight-ot of beautiful young Marie Adelaide Although she has publicly voiced her hatred of her conquerors conquerors conquerors con con- she apparently must marry one of ot their There does not seem to be an eligible candidate outside of Germany and Austria Marie Adelaide doesn't want to get married at all But that doesn't make any difference she's a grand d duchess chess and very important and she has got to get married Court officials of Luxemburg have about settled on an Austrian prince for forthe forthe forthe the grand duchess The neutral are all too young young young-or or they're Protestants And AndIn Andin in 1907 a law was passed which forbade forbade forbade for for- bade any grand duchess expecting to reign over ver Luxemburg to o marry a Protestant Naturally she cannot ac accept c a Russian or an Englishman because because because be be- cause the are now in full charge of her little little- country's affairs or an Orleans or Bonaparte prince of France France- This was done to prevent any political complications that might end in m the destruction of Luxemburg's neutrality neutrality which which hasn't amounted to much however since the Germans goose stepped through on the way to France When en the present presen war broke out she heard that Germany intended to violate Luxemburg's neutrality by marching an army across it She dashed to her garage boarded her little lit tle tie electric runabout and sped to a abridge abridge abridge bridge on the border borer over which the Invading armies would be likely to approach I She guessed right German Gennan scouts j I came in sight saw the ducal car I planted squarely across the bridge and rode back to report to their com corn manders Three generals rode up to the bridge Her eyes flashing her breast heaving Marie Adelaide every inch a grand duchess nade Dade them detour detour detour de de- tour around Luxemburg You cannot march through my territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter she told them The army came on The generals told her in effect to go back to her play palace She did there was nothing noth noth- ing ng else for her to do And the grand duchess and her five sisters remained in the palace of- of their ancestors while red war raged all about them Now it is decreed that Marie Adelaide Adelaide Ade Ade- laide must marry Among the Austrian Austrian Aus Aus- trian princes who are considered the most eligible for her hand count these o Archduke Maximilian younger brother of of- the Austrian heir Archdukes Leon and Wilhelm sons of Emperor Franz Josefs Josef's grandnephew grandnephew grand grand- nephew Archduke Karl Stephan Archduke Rainer Karl son of ot another another another an an- other of the emperors emperor's grandnephews Archduke Leopold Salvator Archduke Leon is going on 23 the others are not yet 22 |