Show EMPEROR BECOMES S RECLUSE Augustine de dc Iturbide Grandson of Liberator Liberator- I Joins C Church l Order I HISTORY STORY IS INTERESTING S 4 Interwoven in Life e of Young YoungS I S Man Are Pages of Df I Ro Romance cc Washington ash May 28 28 Augustino Au Au- gustino de grandson of or the great liberator of Mexico l heir to a throne man auth of the world highly educated edu edu- ted widely traveled and a member member mem mem- ber her of the Jeun Jeunesse lse Dore Dorc has forsaken forsaken for for- tho the ways of the hc fashionable le world and joined tho the Third Order Older of St. St Francis In Washington fashionable society Prince Iturbide was prominent for many years Suffering recently from froma troma a severe Illness he be has bas spent man many months mouths in III the tho hospital Prince Iturbide Iturbide bide now as asserts elL that he lie has re renounced re- re all nU political ambitions and that that that-he lie he will never nevel make any at attempt at- at tem tempt t to regain his claim in Mexico From Flom a aery very ery lukewarm Catholic ho hohas hohas hohas has become a n most devout member of the he church recently joining the tie Third Order Orel of St. St Francis Ho lIe expects ex X- p to devote his life lite mainly to lit literature lit lit- and amid writings of a a. theological character Hell Heir t to tn 1 Interwoven with the life liCe of ot the tho prince Is the i romantic history of or the theland theland theland land of or the cactus for fOI the last hundred hun bun dred years eals and the melancholy fate o of ol th tho Austrian arch arch- Duke arch Maximilian ll By right of descent t from the Emperor Emperor Em Em- Iturbide as asell ell well as is from flom the thc fact that be he was heir hell by Maximilian Max Max- Prince Iturbide would be entitled entitled en n titled tc ta the throne of or M Mexico were that country again to b become come an empire em em- pire The Emperor Iturbide was os born in 1 1783 j 83 and led the lie revolt of af the tho colonies colonies col col- col- col onies then thon known as New Spain against the mother country This war began begon In 1821 and lasted seven months ending in the lie success of the colonies the leader of the army Iturbide becoming be lie- coming emperor This slate HUlte of arCail's af at- fails ales was concluded in about a year yearby yearby ear earby by the tile abdication of the emperor who Bailed for Europe in which countr country hl he made his home for Cor some time lime Heating Hearing that his native land laud was to tob tobe b be 10 mad made the object of ot If attack b by the tILe European powers he returned to Mex Mex- leo ico only to lO lind tInd the republic which had exited existed ted during his absence had hat a law that his life liCe should be he foi foiled oi ll should he Ime again sot set foot oot 01 on Mexican le soil solI lie was seized sei d ant and executed This Thi was was In Is lJ i The family o othe or of orthe the en emperor came caine to thi this thia country sot- sot tIng Ding In Washington ton and anil Philadelphia It II was ivas In iii Washington that the tho emp em- em 11 p lois eo l- l I IC nl t p l t tr t Cl o or C Mexico It was was thieve thine in that thill the piea- piea ont lit Prince Augustine de do e was bom About a it l year later Maximilian la of Austini was called by In bytho tho tile Mexican tlc thistle pai patty t to come COlliC to this country n and auth lid take lala pos poss poss' pos pcs i s' s session e es s lon slon the monarchists chilis of offering foi Ing ft him i in inthe the throne of an emperor Maximilian who was by Napoleon apol ou III lii accepted ac ac- ac- ac d the invitation landed in Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo and was for foi a time lime an unhappy and stricken poverty crt o ti icken monarch Time The Timena na native I vu M Mexicans however howe oiled rc I ed Maximilian was defeated tried tot for treason and amid shut shot After Aftel the death of ot Maximilian and the l. l for 01 a a. second time the the It returned to Wash Washington Young Young- Augustine was placed at CatholIc Catholic Cath Cath- olic colleges anti and also traveled raveled abroad extensively A man of or wealth the most exclusive he society of nations was his own o and tot for man many years he ho enjoyed en en- joyed jod the liCo of or a social butterfly Willie While hUe still a young oun man he lie ro- ro turned homo home and amid as a lieutenant entered entered en en- the Mexican a arn at n but having ha Iss Issued cd a proclamation which was regarded re- re gat ded as disturbing to to tho tho government govern EO mont ment he was put pitt In prison then ex exiled lX cx- fled so that limit now while ho lie is not riot formally for fUl mally maily forbidden to set et toot foot In tn hj Ins his na native na- na tive lye land It would bo IJo unwise for him bun to do so 50 The Tho Third hini Order of St St. Francis con con- the ho monastery in known a as as tho tim Mount lount of time the Hul Bol SC Though the the- prince will wll wear weal no habit his life liCe will be one onu of or quiet and antI devotion dc and far Cwm rein al all worldly amenities ties This order was wal founded rounded In the tho thirteenth century by y St. St Francis of oC l and amI many thousands in Its ramila some Home of tho the members belonging to the thc Mendicant Mendi cant orders older |