| Show v 7 r j vJ J of t r r I NJ l IX Ie Jf How the Former For mer Kaisers Kaiser's Sister Spoiled the Fun fo for All the 4 I I t Other Royalties Who Had Come to S See Se e Little Prince Peter Christened and Princess Olga Married to Prince Paul r p 9 i S r b I 11 sR n w M G r fl t L nh S St 14 f x S t 9 Y q r 5 i i 1 R t iu fi f j fc ff r ti a v b rhe C rr f ud o Mb x Q r f a yi r ra t a y A t te e f f f i A 6 4 tI Y YF F t t A The as- as tY a ti a ati royalties s y N a tr C ae Sri f fa A N A d looking S d i s e Yi s t rW cross enough to q v rl ar t 3 break the camera wc w r y sues of hated former I xAb Queen of Greece the stern r f faced lady in the widows weeds 1 MEN a little son was 39 born to V King Icing Alexander of Jugo Slavia Juso and his bride the tho former Princess MarIe Mane of Rumania about the same time that the Kings King's relative e J Prince Paul became betrothed to Prin Prin- Prin- Prin Princess Princess cess Olga of Greece a great chance was seen for a double party that would dazzle Europe and the rest of the world King ICing Alexander and Queen MarIe Mane de- de decided de decided to have their baby christened at atthe atthe I the same time Prince Paul was married and to make male the two events two events the excuse for a long series of festivities to which all the regalities of Europe would be inVIted Such an affair would it was thought do a lot to attract fa favorable at- at attention attention at attention to the new-born new nation of Jugo Jugo- slavia and help it to win the strong place Jt t hopes to occupy ill ip the tite family of nations Prince Pauland Paul and his fiancee e were quite agreeable to having their wedding linked up un in th this interesting way nay with the chris chris- christening christening of little Prince Peter and so King Alexander an and 1 Queen Marie Maria started making up the long and distinguished list of guests who should be invited When they had disposed of the royal royal- t ties royalties who still l are lucky enough to have thrones to Bit Biton sit eit on they started inith in with ith the numerous men and women who through revolutions or the death of a consort or for some other rea reason on no longer have crowns ns to wear An And when among this numerous array they reached re the name of Queen ex-Queen Sophia of Greece Queen Marie Mario is said to have hesItated and wrinkled her hei pretty forehead with Ith witha Itha a flown of doubt Must we e ask her she said to her husband remembering that Sop Sophia Ilia is a sister sleter of the ex and ex the one who IS charged with having thrown the in- in in influence fluence of Greece on the side of Germany during the tho late war Oh yes King Alexander is report ed reported to have replied it would never do to leave lea her out But have no fear she fear will have the good sense and the good taste not to accept So an invitation was duly dIspatched to Queen ex-Queen Sophia and to the intense dIsmay of King Alexander Alexandcr and Queen Marie it was promptly accepted Be- Be Be Besides sides her her formal note of acceptance SophIa sent a little personal note to th the Jugo lan monarchs saying that sh would arrive in Belgrade a few days be- be be fore before the festivities s began and would re- re re main remain until the last bottle of wine wino wa was s opened and the last toast tast t toast ast drunk to th the health of the bride and bridegroom r anthe an and d the little Crown Prince And that is how the party to celebrate e the affair wedding and the christening an af- af a af f fair that might have been the most de- de de delightful European has royalty known In i n years was as completely spoiled P The gossips who try to kc keep p then r ears to to the tha keyhole of Europe's roal roy al palaces do not pretend to say what wh at Queen Marie Marie said to her husband when who n they received this enthusiastic accept accept- acceptance b ance from the un unwelcome elcome va guest It seems probable however that sh shi s hs f t K I i Aa a s F i r b 7 Fi Fb i s 's b a i ii i poy r f s 's S SY Y q r sr f ug y r r J s sS S 1 Ap t p ps R st t Y foe a f y i V r b it p pi i ti A 4 S t a rF i 1 r Cy w G r ra ro MO 3 A r sY Rib ib hM r mf r N NS Ns art t S t 4 s w N Yf h yx air r 4 Jt hh Jt I If lt f l f i f iF A t I If y f m 1 t 1 7 u f t t b s Y 1 f l t s I 4 0 r m Jf i 0 I 11 f l a t Y i wal d dY CS J r o 1 N v N v J 4 6 Sv r l h it 3 n a ar r G iS y a f 1 u r A Y m i vJ t tO O SY V i tf r j x it ri a f pt r 1 S a t r J r l l t 11 1 VW I X y J h v i 1 r N s Y I Queen Mane of Jugo Jugo Slavia WIth her bet rust first a c z t 6 t born little Prince Price Peter whose christening would ba have bec been a much more brilliant i affair a awaya air if the Greek royal widow had had the 8 good taste to stay away r rG G C HO o ow J B t what a difference ence there is when hen Sophie is rot not in iq the the picture picture the parents grandparents and godparents of th the baby prince looking very happy indeed said as wives so often do I told you so soya An And If it King Alexander is half hH the man the he world thinks him to be he must have admitted that in this case hIs pretty wife's intuition was as better than his judgment of the requirements of loyal royal etiquette Of course it was then too late Into to remy edy the difficulty The host and hostess had to resign reign themselves to making the thebe be best t they could of what eventually proved pro an even more unpleasant situation situa sItua- sItuation situation tion than they feal feared ed Queen Ex-Queen Sophia arrived early lust Just Justas justas as she said she would As tho the other I began to put in III an en appearance the smiles faded from their faces hen they saw that the they were going to have to i r db 11 shoulders and break breal bread and ex- ex exchange exchange ex exchange change formal courtesies for a week eek or orso orso orso so with the tho ex Kaisers Kaiser's the sister s the woman whom they regarded as having baling ha ing basely betrayed the Allied nations The guest who was so 50 unwelcome not no t only to her hosts but to her fellow v guests is the most aggressive and least leas t of the former Kaisers Kaiser's sisters Throughout tho the war ar she showed the most intense animosity to tho the Allied powers and did everything she could to help the cause of Ile Her efforts proved ruinous not only to Greece but to her husband Constantine who then sat on the Grecian throne Her Iter Ile pro-German pro plots resulted in hIS being twice dethroned first in 1316 1918 end nd again agam in 1922 The last time tune he was as thoroughly discredited and sent off to dIe de in exile Many of the late King ling Constantine's friends think that he would be alive and firmly seated on the throne of Greece day today day if it had not been for his wife's determination to line the country up on OJ the side of Germany It is easy to see why hy the presence of Queen ox-Queen Sophia proved the rUination ot of the party at which a great maJority of tho the guests represented nati nations ns that had fought against Germany Although it is ov over over r five years since the armistice was and in that liat time many of the wars war's enmities have been b ell forgiven and for for- forgotten forgotten gotten the tze animosities that were ere aroused by her handed methods are not so 0 easily wiped off the slate King Alexanders Alexander's tact tact- tactful tactful tactful ful mother mother-m mother in law the t h e Queen of Rumania did her affair best to save the af- af af fair from complete fail faIl- faIlure failure ure tire She hadas had as much cause calise to feel resentful Queen ex SophIa as anybody but foi for her childrens children's sake she tried hard to forget the particularly particularly particularly ruthless and md bar bal barous bai-barous barbarous barous way the German armIes had hali ravaged and plundered her country For once ever ho ho how ever the famous tact of the hc Jiu- Jiu Ru A 4 0 Nir x w q Y Yr Yv r v R pad 1 s air 1 i r i q v n i Y 6 Y Orr f i L y t 4 1 I It t t i A I 2 t s 4 Princess Olga and Prince Paul tile the lovers overt whose wedding was sadly marred by one most moat unwelcome guest n manian Queen was of no avail Nothing she could do or say was capable of ot lifting the tha pall of funereal gloom which Queen ex-Queen Sophia's cast over what was as to have been the brightest and merriest of plU parties ties The Duke and arid Duchess of York tray hav- ded all the way from London to sent represent the English loyal royal family at the and the christening As soon as they got one flash at Sophia's as a's un- un unpleasant un unpleasant pleasant face they began looking up and arranging to return home lust Just as soon as they could without offend offend- ing offending their hosts too much They held aloof from Queen cx C Sophia as muchas much as possible and took their de- de departure de departure long before the scheduled pro pro- program program gram gran of was over And most of the other representatives of the Allied nations followed their example At last unhappy King Alexander and his young wife had ad to admIt that their party was ruined They were forced to abandon many of the festivities that had been planned and to send home long before be- be before be before fore tho the scheduled time the few guests who had the courage to try to see the thing through to the tha bitter end To add to their worries ther there were grave foals fealS as to the effect the presence of Queen ex-Queen Sophia in Belgrade would have on the Serbian people now a part of the Slavia Jugo-Slavia kingdom The Tho Ser Ser- Ser Serbians brans binns cannot forget how they hadan had an of pf offensive t Pensive and defensive treaty with Greece by the terms of which the latter country was pledged to come to their assistance in the event of foreign invasion In the tha early stages of the war oar Vent Veal VenS zelos then thon Prime Minister of Greece was preparing to make good the nations nation's promIse to pressed hard-pressed Serbia but King Constantine influenced by his wife's pro pro- pro German German sentiments peremptorily for for- for bade his doing any such thing 1 the he whole Cabi Cabi- Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet net resigned ip in I n pro pro- protest pro pro- protest protest test against this shameful piece ot of bad f faith a I t h and then the King and Queen began using their power to lid aid the foes of Serbia in every way they could wall w a s supplied with naval bases base on the Greek coast and given the most valuable mili military tary information A Greek frontIer stronghold as turned 0 over V e r to b German troops hoops m in such sucha a manner that It enabled them to attack Serbia at atone atone atone one of her most vulnerable spots It is ia therefore q quite a I t II plain why Sophia could hard hard- hardly hardly hardly ly have set foot In Ina ina Ina a city where she is more cordIally hated than in theone the theone one that fras ivas i vas for for- fory for melly meily the capItal of Serbia n ling and Queen Marie i are believed to have heaved great sighs of relief relict when finally the sharp tongued sharp and rather sour faced widow packed up her trunks and left Belgrade ado They were ere not only disgusted with the way aY she had spoiled the christening and wad wadding ad- ad adding d- d ding party but also genuinely for fear one of their excitable subjects would try to avenge his country's wrongs by sending a bullet or the poisoned blade of a dagger into her bod body It was amazing how the presence of this thill one ono unwelcome guest made grouches of most of the others and turned the part party into anything an thing but an enjoyable so- so socIal social so social cial affair When the visiting royalties and their host and hostess were compelled to pose with e Queen ct-Queen Sophia for a group pie pie- PICture pic picture ture I every Cry face registered gloom If black looks could break a n camera lens the one the tho photographer court used on this occasion would have been smashed to smithereens But it was all quite different when II a afew afew few of the royalties managed to gIVe give Sophia the slip and pose for a II with Ith her left out Then Thea everybody was wal wasas as meny merry as you would expect people to tobe he when hen they have gathered to celebrate the christening ofa of a probable future King and tho marriage marriaga ofas of as gay a prince and andas andas andas as charming a II princess as the world can offer What possessed tho the former Queen of Greece to accept an invitation to an all af fall fair where here she must have known she would be the most unwelcome of ot guests That would be bo hard to understand If Sophia vv were ere not notorious for the tact tact- less lebs tactless and brazen way she oho forces herself into places where she is not wanted Under the circumstances any woman of tact or with feelings that could be wounded would have declined with thanks the tha invitation to Belgrade There was nothing to ba bo gained for Queen ox-Queen Sophia by flaunting herself before her enemies and tho ic icy stares and scornful remarks that sh she shi was continually made the target for were enough to have broken tho the heart of sensitive any ordinarily tive tire woman It seemed to f King ing Alexander that eC- eC c-c c Queen Sophia really had to be invited for two t reasons because all the royalties in practically Europe Were being bIdden to the party and to have o made madean an exception of her might have given offense to a small smaIl but rather rathel faction in Greece M-l-lC M powerful The other was nas ns the tho fact that aunt of ot flirtatious she sha is la the Princess Olga who at last is settling down to married life as the wife of ot richand rich and lively and good looking looking Prince Paul very It is safe t to say however that King Alexander AleCander would i- i willingly offending both Princess have risked supporters suppo of the old Olga and the it if he had hadt 1 In Greece had any Idea that Sophia would Queen ex-Queen 1 accept b C tl Some believe that a goodway good way to punish punish Sophia the th thought this Germany Germany-by enemies ot of spoiling B with with her the festive time they presence have ha ha e had in Belgrade otherwise other would If purpose Sophie SoA that was her as her nr intimates her certainly intimates call succeeded witha with once ance a veng But its it's pretty safe will to say that she never be bo given gl another annoy her fellow chance to royalties as liS she didon did on thIs thu occasion I |
