Show BEAUTIFUL EMPRESS S cial and family T orAn fc A lovely olride interest in binn gary affection for horses A grandmother various anecdotes VIENNA april 18 when 30 yeara ago alie emperors bride not quite 18 yeara old and perhaps tho most beautiful woman certainly the most beautiful princess nc to vienna she met with n cold reception it had been an unwritten law an fn tho house of hapsburg Hap iburg that the monarchs brido should be tho daughter of a reign ling the ladies especially did not that beauty youth and amiability mado up for what they considered a deficiency in birth the change from her warm home atmosphere from the bright life and loving intercourse with gei ge i nial parents and a large family of brothers and sisters to a court where cold smiles failed to enliven the dead march of a olda etiquette must leave been dreary indeed and how the bright young empress revolted against the rules appalling etiquette how she shocked the ladies in waiting the mistress of the wardrobe and all the rest sho went so far as to refuse putting on a new of boots every day and made matters worse by exclaiming DO you think I 1 came nere ori purpose to widen pairs of boots for you all every year i i A OF emperors mother the archduchess sophie reigned supreme and her strong will and hand were felt in all ti lings political and social jt was expected that the young wife would dispute her mother in laws supremacy but ib was very soon understood that her ambition did not tend that way shedid for power despised intrigue of every kind and did noti even aak to be initiated into the an ever varying policy the first years of her marriage were devoted to her children andi the kossof her jerst librn sophie was a bitter disappointment to the young mother the emperors conflicts with hungary gradually began to interest her and she used her influence over him in favor of the hungarians Hung arians whose past history was sympathetic with her somewhat romantic turn of mind the love of romance also made her look kindly upon the morganatic marriage of her brother whose only daughter alie waldersee wallersee Wall ersee loveil with her fron her childhood to her marriage with count larisch while yet a young woman she api plied herself lo 10 the study of the hungarian language and mastered its difficulties in a short time hungarian history and literature absorbed glicr interest and men of renown in letters were appointed to read to glicr and converse with lier ill the newly acquired idiom one of these a journalist is very fond of repeating instances of the young sweetness and ingenuousness which ere sometimes trying to one alio was unaccustomed to court etiquette one day as he was reading alio hungarian version of Mil tons poetry to her she end denly stopped him and looking him full in tho face willi an inquiring glance of her beautiful bright eyes naked tell me what dodou think of purgatory Is it a plate al all likely to exist this was too much for the letter lie hesitated before giving an answer and the empress interpreted his hesitation correctly and added you my husband believes in it but I 1 would rather not V t then came the year 1866 ko lad decided matters in favor of hungary was satisfied on all points and in return swore the oath of allegiance to franch joseph who with the ems wag crowned amid all the pomp of former centuries at buda besth tho hungarians Hung arians no sooner had a king and queen of their dari than hold chivalry awoke and they did all in their power to honor them and make them feel at home in their country count julius andrassy who in 1818 18 18 had been in was tho first the service of the and uh other noblemen planned tho revival of an ancient custom iu ing to which the monarch and his spouse acre b receive a valuable present called a coronation gift the emperor and queen erase heth as the hungarians Hung arians love to call her graciously accepted the castle and grounds of godillo Go dollo and the empress especially has become Bo attached to her new property that she spends by far the greater part of the year onit on it it ia situated in slip camons field andi fronita windows commands an view over tho great hungarian plain which is not tho desert which the word gen brally conveys to the public mind but a most fertile country with undulating du lating corn fields heavily fruit trees rich vineyards excellent pasture land and extensive forests the broad expanse of laud over which the empress rides to her hearts content is perhaps one of the reasons why she loves codol lo 10 but in the days of melancholy longings she is seated in tho window recess of her drawing room and while her eyes glide over the immeasurable distance her slender angera touch the cords of her zither and the airs of glicr home steal softly to her oar her constant companion is the archduchy esad valeri who was educated by an hungarian bishop and has all her mothers predilection for the land of her birth and which she knows much better aban any part odaus tria she made lier hungarian dancing master teach her the national dance the as a birthday to the empress and is said to execute it with rare grace and vigor to the merry tones of the gipsy band at godillo Go dollo A celebrated CASTLE the old castle did not always harbor lucli peaceful guests as are queen elizabeth and her daughter valeric it owes ita existence to an adventurer who in maria theresaa The time rose from a beggar student to a powerful statesman prince and millionaire tho wooden bowl is still preserved at godillo with which went from aliouse to house begging his dinner he seems to have been clever at begging for there was not a boon in the empress giving which had not filled his bwl before ho reached maturity he built godillo Go dollo and the gave him a large property part of which had been confiscated from different no blea and convents in the neighborhood when the prince biad a grand house worming one of his guests a monk wrote some prophetic words on the wall to the that the property stolen from so many masters would after so many generations belong to as many masters again the prophetic words which were by prince orders cut in tha stone came true princes managed to squander all that their sires had accumulated and the heirs of the third and last sold godillo to baron sma from whom laugsand dumonceau bought it to sell it again with a profit of two million florans florins to the noblemen of hungary all the world well knows how fond the empress is of riding and aliat favorites her horses are with her tho stables and kennels of I 1 godillo arc very fine and are copied from english models and sus by english grooms nud keepers the empress is an early riser and often visits her stables before dabu it was only after the emperor had remonstrated most seriously that she quit riding before light on the dark winter mornings continual exercise and robust health have not prevented some of the evils of too much out door exercise from besetting her rheumatic pains have put a sudden stop to her favorite sport and she tries to consol herself by long walks and by becoming a skilled fencer her masters tell miracles of her untiring energy and confess that they often give in before the empress shows the least sign of fatigue about this time last year she stayed at on the starn bure lake close to the country seat of her parents where she and several of her sisters were born attended by one groom only she often rode round the lake and her slender form on a tall white horae bicarme na familiar to the people there us that of alic king whose solitary drives around the lake are daily events in her own country the empress is fond of walking to a great distance and then taking re iu some out of the way place where no one knows her and the lady in waiting sometimes aa toni shea the poor people by tell in them they have just entertained their empress HOME LIFE argunof nor in the burg at vienna tho lives the same life as tho emperor certainly not a life of ease or luxury she has hitherto seen very little of her daughter inlaw who resided at prague during the first two years of lier married life and who brems to have very few tastes in common with her imperial since no one has as yet seen her on horse back the first present to her sons bride was a pair of fine thorough beds which she sent to brussels to her son the ems press is a devoted mother aoe instance to show this the emperor and empress had been told that archduke rudolph associated more than good for him with count man of liberal notions and the painter conon a downright democrat alie emperor seemed inclined to stop the intercourse but the em press interfered and beeped him to leave the management of this affair ta her shortly afterward the crown prince came to vienna from prague and aa usual asked count and professor conon to dine with him cigars and conversation had reached a very corn fordable for table point when the crown princes aide de camp entered in great alarm arid announced that the carriage had just stopped at alio door and her majesty was on alie stairs the two guests tried to get away but before they could reach the door the empress had entered and with an smile begged the three gentlemen not to bo disturbed but to continue smoking and talking just as they had done before she stayed with them two hours aad made them talk on all possible subjects showing herself so well in formed on them all that the crown princes guests who for tho time forgot everything in the interest shu inspired afterward wondered where could she could have ac quiren so much learning and ex peric nce next day she entered the emperors apartment with the words you may let rudi be friends with those two all his life he can only learn what is good and beautiful and clever from them HER appearance it ia difficult to give an adequate idea of what the ait ward appearance still is in this her forty eighth year the grace of her tall figure is unmistakable and those who leave seen lier once will know her again in whatever disguise they may chance to meet her she is now staying at amsterdam to undergo a course of treatment from Melz ger the famous massage doctor A few days ago she entered a toyshop where she wa unknown and after selecting a pretty baby doll said to her lady in waiting this will do for my little granddaughter the shop man whose gallantry was greater than hiis discretion said madame cannot be in earnest madame can not have any grandchildren yet the empress laughed good humor edly and said indeed I 1 am a grandmother four times over and to prove tho fact I 1 will come an other day and select some toys for three of my grandchildren and you will be so good as to send them di to my daughter the princess giscla in munich the poor was dumbfounded and begged a thousand pardons for hiis impertinence ti nence he empress reft this shop smiling and said you were not impertinent you were only gallant goodby good by |