Show I I j I NEW E ii BROUGHT 13 R 1 SWEDEN 9 I 1 A N NEW Jj r I Iii F ah begins begin f n the now new year veil r with wild s new ruler The Th gift fIn fIna S arrived a J Jut just t I In time lime for fur In RP lion beto th the holiday helIda hoU ye With the accession of au ia V all as kins of ot IwI l n another Qu Queer n VIe Vic torla tona I is il added adle to Buro Europe now hit has h two royal roal Victorias boring the II oune queen qun of Spain paIn also allo that name Th The of K kina S Gua I le whit am g Al AI foams royal 1 partner Is le I Que Qu Queen n Victoria of 8 Sweden rd n la III I a daughter of ofha the ha oran Grand Duke DuH or of BadII dwi Th TM kint klag III may ma b be r rail ll Ilea d Fr Teu Teutonic tonic Re He a IH Is I of If the third In III Indirect Indirect direct descent decent from J Jean Jan n Baptiste Julia lal Bernadotte B th the provincial pr who mho founded th the a pir U h royal roal tine Hn line By Bythe int th the hous koue of B Bernadotte has ha become ome thoroughly Little Sweden n to II t I ro the II con ON ONIta Ita h her r foreign rulers In Mine eeme re p ct the tha Swedish royal hie li b I the tM most moat oat Interesting In III Bu Ell Bui I i sw It ta b the dating tack heck only t to th the y year ar r 1111 UI when old Jul Ju Julie I jl not n eo very al old In to y yens Fact but venerable in activate end and nd was crowned B II e commonly said to have been elM ele vM tl d l N hl ku hla throne thron by Napoleon put pane A As Bonaparte was wan a prisoner Mt Uk Uki i St at Helena X at the time of Bern 4 tt i la 1 and ene a the latter hod led l t an army armr the Ihl French emperor Mn ne neiral sev MY oral iral years veer n that popular tradition ion tion l III Ie illy II It m may y b be add that tt the th favor of Napoleon mule made a prince and end the e el t history did kt the th rest mat t Bernadotte ic wet was w born at Pun Pau all France FranceIn rance In ie I 1714 sad and was th the MIl m on of a country notary He Ne H studied tor for the law but along oame em e the revolution which threw Him Into the tha thick of af the tha tray fray M as a soldier He ne wee was a general at al thirty In the th revolutionary cane When h he died at al the tha age aga of af m z atter after having reigned as e king kin of ot orx x Sweden awen and nd Norway for twentysix years ears It was w that upon hi his hla win arm ran tattooed the sentiment Death Beeth to Tyrants and Aristocrat This lIIla explained why the th old king kin throughout his hid reign had bad obstinately refuel to let the doctors bleed bl himI him I by opening op a vein ein In hl hip bit arm Ann after the manor manner of medical treatment In those hoes day daya da The discovery of his hI earner earlier mitt would world have hao caused him embar Mr r In his later station In Nf life A Marshal of Napoleon Bernadotte became bec me one of Nape Icons leens I en generals when nhen the ap up appeared s f upon the Heno Beene s ene He Ho wast was U UJ t J French minister of war for far a brief r t period and end In 1114 Napoleon made him a marshal of France Marshal Bernadette Bernadotte gave cave Napoleon valuable service emee at and In other 8 S 4 great battle Napoleon caused him to tobe tor r v be Ia created Prince of Pontecorvo though f i the emperor em disliked him personally l f Bernadotte reciprocated this feeling f lIng lIngi In that era of dissolving thrones throne and i li crumbling crown the little kingdom t of Sweden was hard hanl bract buet Gustave j a i III of the old oM line of Vasa aM sovereign 1 had been assassinated In 1791 leaving Ivine t t hi hie son on to him oa na Gustave 1 IV The boy king was waa compelled to r he the crown for fer himself and end his hi t heirs seventeen e eyears n taco yr years T later Ir hi his uncle un being ma made OId le king kina kingan kingas an as a Charles harl Mil XIII Thle king kin n I lea es The Th r rest t I of nf Fur began beHn ron eon concerning reining Itself ae a to I hie hi At AI length In the Ih hope that the tI mighty Napoleon Nap would be bl conciliated C hv hy the Ih compliment the Swedish diet dl elected an excellent I tnt of nf t becoming h king kingIn In duo time It u l II Interesting g to t 0 note not n nt that hat t a direct der of the ne Ih old line of it J l ah royalty royally ma may sit all It upon II the UI thre Tub Tile new Queen let I a of ot that youthful King who wh was wan t forced off oft tin the t throne to make room f for r Charles XIII XUI and Crown Prince e hati John or t l r r t v Jk A e ej l 4 t j I r I rl r ci I N yb i I t Iw Le iI r I M a r fn c THE NEW KINO KING AND QUEEN OF SWEDEN the Ole Prince PriMO of ef Pan lace or Marshal Demotion crown prince JInce of Sweden That la is I the only enl part rt played In seating sealing one O e of ot hi ble his marshals upon the Swedish throne Bernadotte seem rem to have liked Uk hi hl new position immensely He lie set Ht about qualifying himself to succeed Charles XIII 1 n the allies UI against Napoleon In to 1811 1311 and aad aDl 1114 I Bernadotte hi hie hone and led Id I the army anny of hi his n country I against hi hl hie emperor Ue H fought Napoleon at I I a as aa valiantly as u he hI h hel d f might fought for him himat himat at t In 1814 ISH Denmark woe Will forced to 10 red cede Norway to Sweden and anel tour four year y re later Iter when Charlen harlec XIII died Bernadotte succeeded him as A Icing Charles XIV The new king ad administered ministered the affairs of f the united kingdom with ability aa and tact He had staying staring powers power His Ills family still hold hot the tho fort foft fortA A Historic Compensation Now Nort the that Bernadotte greet grandon on I rJ M bf t Sweden eC n and aad his hla hi great gnat on I crown prince with Uh Bernadotte Should the young Crown Prince Adolph who last laet year married tho the beautiful English princess prince Margaret Marearet of Connaught come coma to the tho throne Sweden will enjoy one of ef the tho curious compensations of history Gustave Adolph Is II a II Va Vasa a a lineal descendant of the great reat Gustavus Adolphus who by his victorious battles battle and his wise iris foreign policy polley made Sweden during durin the seventeenth can cen century tury one of or the greatest of ot 1 an powers power pow V the new nw king I ie the tho fifth Bernadotte to 0 uly the thA thron hron I and the Ural Ant Nt one ene en tn to find himself ruler of ot b Mt bet t on Me elm country separation from Im Sweden two tw yearn year ago NO after nearly twenty years jean r of ot dissatisfaction with the dual arrangement t leaves leaven Gustave with the tM affairs affair of only little Sweden on hi his hla hand blind III Ill U father the venerable vener ble Oscar Oear II who died did Dec 8 S strove without avail to conciliate Nor Norway Norway Norway way and finally permitted the Meter Milt country to depart dort In peace pace pea and ami elect a aking aking aking king of her hr own It was w the bo general impression that If had been Wag king ho he would have trill tried to coerce ree Norway Into Inlo In fact IRot the new nw monarch I la III said aid to have remarked some ome years year tan NO ag o during the t Noree glen flan i n that he would like to tract lead It tI n army arnu of Swedes Swede against til till the Norwegians and nd subdue them Per Fer Perthe Perthe the Ih em e of Europe It I le la perhaps n R fortunate fortunat thing that Norway secured lI rfd her ber before old King Icing Oscr died GUill an V Y Is I by bv no nouns a youth HI His ago alre Is la He Ue ha bet baa had ex ox experience too loo In lit the king business Several times time hi bl his father tAther retired tem lem temporarily on ill count account of tines and placed In charge e of affairs an ne allt regent t Gustave pave gave satisfaction a as regent recent ruler MIler There was wall one ellO party which admired mired him for hi hili hie tary tar and which hold held that old King Oscar wa WH was pretty Inett much of et a mollycoddle mol mollycoddle Oscar wa was primarily a titer liter literary cry ary r person and 1141 only Incidentally a akin akl aking kin kl king hung DoIng the tb third lIOn eon of hi his fa father father ther In hi III youth he never ner expected to become the ruler of Sweden and anI Norway His Hla father Oscar I old Ber Der son eon was waa something of a lit tit literary literal eral man m n being the author of a vol volume volume ume of verse veree and of ot other writings The TIle younger Oscar ocar devoted mot most to literary composition tion He Ito tI a sailor and commanded naval natal vessels on various cruises cruise but buthis buthis buthis his chief occupation was waa w a that of a writer Ten pages ages In hl his hili publishers catalogue aro are required to enumerate the titles title of oC his works which Include poetry drama history essays Hill and criticism Naturally a II man mn of his hili stamp was wad as not Inclined to be bo a war warlord warlord warlord lord when unexpected events placed him on the throne The faction in Sweden Sll n which wept because Oscar oear declined de to shove shorn the nailed mailed nit lit Into the face of Norway rather fancied hi his tall slim film thin eon Gutave Gustave who admired WIlIlam Wil VII William liam Ilam of Germany and nd made something of n a 1 specialty of oC military study Like our President Pr Roosevelt Gustave also als delight delights In hunting He 11 cares cates com comparatively little JUlie for books for Cor quiet artistic pursuits and much for action So it was wa that the hot blooded element stood ready reedy to welcome Gustavo Gustave to the tha throne Tits The Swedes awed Love P Peace ace But Dut for the most part the Swedes are area a peace peare loving lovin people pe Most MOlt of them held old King Kin Os oar In the tb highest re rt respect and veneration just because he ho howa was wa a king who ho stood for peace and for the material and spiritual progress prOne of the th people Pe of the Swedish h people make their living by farming They are aro excellent farmers toe too a as the million and more of them who have emigrated to America prove by their work In some IOme of our northern states a The Swede likes more than anything else elan el to be let alone and to let others alone The fussy frenzies of ot some Rome of ot hi his an neighbors merely mer cause him to shrug his shoulder shoulder der dera and proceed p 1 with his hili plowing Now that the tM Norwegian problem Is I settled by b absolute divorce Sweden Is II Isable isable able abl to greet her new ruler without fear that he be will disturb the peso of the people by b seeking to force the Nor Norwegians to be bo submissive It If Gustave pursue purees the policy of ot the preceding he be will strive to make mako Sweden great within herself by b devol davol opi her hero heron hr n and bUild bundles C p King ow la ve physical I ne Its r soma orne III 1 quite quit muted which defect defeet force forr Wr chases laH than tit In tru fr fine m military aspect a t which hI he Ih to Covet A more I slid serious that peculiar dental t I as a barred bernod teeth This gives hit him physical pain In and puts PUI hIm 11 rush Into the hands of ef Euro p ful 1111 dentists moat k Sweden under the been fortunate fortunat in having kinY It tte has kings king of r ture tun II years n Marshal rel ll n when wh he ire d 11 Ih the t ter r HI III His ton son Oscar rep Charles Charlo XV V eldest dd IOn eon WM was e ot of olar J f came ruler at L boo edwd by hili hie hi younger brother na and l eAr car IL II fl at r l Charts I b 0 Os male heir the tha crown thu thus n nr Oscar Olcar who whose Whole n next t eldest 1 dl died d ht Victoria II li Popular The Tho new queen Victoria I la the most moat popular inV non nt ap women omen In H 1 For Kor some ome years year she ate he has hall ha been n or Ices IC II of an Invalid and has hall BeJ more or spent lt II her winters In the time south to ra the orous climate of Sweden Ve dg C si She I u devoted family woman Hr Her e 8 J n with the Y poor and the h ha need her popularity Every Erf has en n she ProVides provide a tie tine tut tor eee aa r h nick Ick children In a 1 hospital at sto to tall holm making personal visit Vb II t to th the h In She Bhe Is I the tho children Claus Glaus mother s Ha Gustave In his hla early earty youth h had love affair which is I said ald to tn hare haie ha a CM con on considerably CJ tow tows n melancholy taciturn apet n lIp pet lt which i is one of ot his hi personal The Th young youn prince became b to 10 the ii k pretty daughter r of ot a country Reasons nealon of ot state forced hi him t I h br bI off olt the match It H la Is said j I that his union with M torl of Baden has been h happy Th The pair were wedded In mi Prince Oscar the thet brother also loved lov a girl or r the in inmon nunc rm om mon people He lie signer signed 1111 and 4 de livered an absolute in Ion Of ot hi hir right of succession purled married d the h he girt clr and has hat lived happily ever r af at rr rd He lie In III known a as Prince Bernadotte Ie i Ia a farmer larmer and personally ner oversees tritt tu hij hi bl help Ho likes to be regarded simply aa ae a private gentleman mid Hing os OJ o car ear was wa quite fond of his hla sons o pie belan wife and their Prince and til his family ways at st tended the tho family reunions a at al the ne il r palace and remained on ex t nt terms with all the tho other members of ot the thi house houle houseA houseAs A M As a matter of fact there ther th r is nothing particularly or ex ez lu iv about abou any ot of these thue Prince e Vii wll helm helin younger brother of th the ne n new r I crow crown n prince proved to Am ht bt bit democratic spirit lest last summer summet when hen h b he visited this country an and l rI 1 1 his 11 belt bell to escape being 1 by bv the thi Newport snobbery nobber set et It II appears p are titan that the notwithstanding J a and all the pomp of royalty are not ashamed to look hark bak hn k th the four tour or flue five generations to th h it illk pro progenitor genitor the man with the III hoe LOVE LOE |