Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-19

one knows her, and the lady-in waiting
sometimes astonishes the poor people oy
telling them they have Just entertainer sne'r
AZ Schonbrunn, or in the Burg at Wen
ma. the Empress lives the same lite IS the
Emperor; certainly not life OF ease or lux.
ury' She has hitherto seen very little OF
her daughterin-law, who resided at Prague
during the first two years other married
life. and who seems to have very few tastes
in common with her imperial motherlnia~'
since no one has yet seen her on horseback.
The Empress's first present to her son
bride was pair of fine thoroughbreds winch
she sent to Brussels. To her son the EN-,
press is devoted mother. One instance
will suffice to show this The emperor
and Empress had been told that
A,chduke Rudolph associated more
than seemed good for him with
Cunt Wilczek, a man of liberal notion
AID The painter Canaan, a downright demo
crat The Emperor seemed inclined to
Stop The intercourse, but the Empress inter
fered and begged him to leave the manage
mtnt If this affair to her. Shortly after the
Crown Prince came to Vienna from Prague,
ard as usual asked Count Wilczek and Pro.
lessor Canon to dine with him. Cigars and
conversation had reached q very comiorts-
bic point when the Crown Princes slde-de,
camp enterediu great alarm and announced
that the Empresss carriage had just stopped
AT the door and that Her Majesty was on
the stairs. The two guests tried to get
away, but before they could reach the door
lie Empress had entered and with and IL
reslstibie smile had begged the three gentle
men not TO be disturbed, but to continue
smoking ard talking just as they had done
before. She stayed with them two hours
AID made them talk on al! possible subjects
showing herself so we'll informed on them
all that the Crown Prince guests, who for
he time forgot everything in the interest
he Inspired, afterward wondered where she
could have acquired so much learning aud
experience Next day she entered the
Emperor's apartments with the words:
y GU may let Rudi be friends with those
rwo all his life lie can only learn what is
good and beautiful and clever from them
It is difficult to give an adequate idea OF
what the Empresss outward appearance
still is in this her forty-eighth year. The
race of her tall figure is unmistskable, and
hose who have seen her once will know her
,esin in whatever disguise they may chance
o meet her She is now staying at Am
,;erdam to undergo a course OF treatment
rom Metzger, the famous massage doc
or" A few days ago she entered a toy
hop where she was unknown and after Sc
Getting pretty baby-doll said to her lady
n-waiting: This will do for
my little granddaughter. The shoPman,
whose gallsntry was greater than his dis
erection, said: Madame cannot be in ear
nest. Madame cannot have any grandchll-
dren vet" The Empress laughed good
Durnoredv and said: Indeed. | am
Grandmother topr times over, and to prove
the fact, will come another day and select
son toys for tire three of my grandchildren,
., d you will b" so good as to send them
',r,ct to my daughter, the Princess Gisela
- Munich" The poor shopman was dumb
rur ded and begged q thousand pardlns
or bis impertnence, but the Empress left
J. shop smiling and said: You were not
IT r4rtnent; you were only gallant Good