Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-09

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TIE KAlDE1 AND Mls FAMILY.
Failias HsAitA-Woes sr . Forced Has.
raage-InPsading Changes.
Correspondence n. Y. Tribune.
BERLIN, September 22.-On the eve of n great
parade few summers ago. n commanding off,
Der ventured TO advise the Emperor to refrain
nom mounting his horse on the following
morning and to review the troops from the car
riage, citing the example OF Frederick the
Great as precedent Proudly the hoary old
monarch, In haughtiest terms, replied: "Yes!
but that was a year previous to his deathr'
was reminded WILDLY Of the incident on the
great Sedan celebration OF the second OF Sep
TENDER. II was q beautiful day, though cooled
by gentle breeze. and conjecture was rife as to
the appearance Of his majesty.
All through the summer the reports from
Ems, Gastein and Potsdam have been favor
able that the populace began TO doubt the
rumors OF falling OF mind and body, current
during the May maneuyers, and TO glory in the
bounds when the thrilling notes of a score of
bands filled the air with their reverberations,
signalling the aPpr0aeh, of The monarch sea
suddenly dark lines drew over the counten-
ances and clouds darkened the brows OF the as
sembled thousands. Lamentably arose the
murmur, ''The first time in his history" as the
fourth hand, followed by the brilliant suite,
drew their royal burden. And the sorrowiul
mand ana click of the presenting guns. like
gentle music, As the weakened magnate drove
slowly before his assembled soidiers-his
dolls, as he loves To call them. When the his
toric oak on the Temple Hot WAS reached and
the many thousand white.trousered and gayly-
jacketed army boys marched behind their
proud commanders, perhaps for the last time
before the aged reviewer, there WAS "a tjn.e
of sadness In the merry bugles and the sturdy
DRUMS There was great solicitude among the
members of the "fnneT circle lest the einpe-
ror's inability 70 mount his old war steed which
he had tried in vain, should be apprehended
and demonstrations of sympathy shown on
the field. Cosmetics had done their part as
they long have, to lend the wan and worn
jects the traces OF age. Justify cheered the folk.
Is now and then he stood upright i'm the carri-
age-box to salute the lowered swords OF incom.
of the secrets of the toilet, OF the mornings
failure, the pain that the aged conquerer un-
derwent in his attempt to crafty his subjects.
they were but the cause of mingled sorrow and
admiration. His own thought, too, that the In.
cident OF Frederick the Great now had its type
In In himself was the saddest ct ALL for betrayed
mination Of the aged man to show as little as
possible external indications of decayed capa-
pectation, he reported 1t the old castle I'm the
afternoon for the gala dinner given to foreign
officers and men Of eminence.
In passing 1t may be said that the avoidupois
OF the younger officers Is rarely increased upon
these state occasions The emperor is naturally
eUud thai
sequently, course rarely reaches those sitting
at the foot of the table till the emperor has
finished, and all dishes are Immediately re.
moved. Not infrequently the members OF the
"under ten subsist upon the honor and odor of
the victuas and vands, which disappear as
suddenly as the golden coin from DRAMA, and
make their '.adieus" without having tasted a
mouthful. All dreams OF kingiy splendor are
dashed forever. was therefore not surprised
OF "Under the Linden"-latel i'm the evening
to meet equipage after equipagc bringing In
Ing knowing they had come directly from an
imperial dinner as badly victimized as though
they had "dined with Duke Humphrey"
dens TO the royal household. The empress, who
rode behind her favOrite blacks, looked as
though she stood on the banks OF the Styx. No
CLEAN OF color was in the clay-hued lace. It
was difficult to trace a resemblance TO her
stately brother, the Grand Duke of Sake
Weimar. The poor old lady is never free from
rheumatism, and il afflicted with a cutaneous
disease that necessitates daily bath In eau de
cologne and makes existence itself a bane. Her
only relief is simple peasant woman whose
electric touch is such a talisman that she dare
scarcely leave her side.
A striking contrast was presented in the per-
feet features OF the Princess of Meiningen, the
Venus of the HOhenZollern blood, who sat at
her grandmothers side. To her the graces have
6sen eeny so The bes CHEEKS and
pexion and teeth whose setting Hygiea might
have given, make easily plausible the stories OF
unhappy marriage to which she was martyred
The beautiful princess fell upon her knees be-
fore the sturdy grandfather. IL is said. and
begged and entreated the recall Of the nuptial
cards; but he proved memorable and let the
tears dow unchecked. She loved another who
WAS not prince Of the blood; but the name
heart and manacled her to a man who was her
peer only In descent. Her beauty, alliance and
position have made her, in manner, desper-
ate, and she wields her manifold charms indis-
criminately.
The papers Of q last July morning were filled
the shady walks OF the park. The victim was a
weaithiest and nobIest families, and no cause use
was assigned for the sudden and fatal deed. A
royal hand held the key 70 the mystery. He
had fallen In love with the princess, and was
encoursSed TN the husband became Jealous Of
ing the fatal morning the young lieutenant
was in company with the prince and several
comrades! They "dined like the gods" and
wien midnight came were in a mood that little
made supplemented their orgies. At one Of the
prince slapped the officer in the face, glorying
In the chance 70 resent his jealousy. Law for.
bid; ,Ss 70 the
cheek" and let the insult 60 unavenged.
smsrting under this ofYense to his honor from
gay Bacchanals and FASTENED TO an unfre-
quented path Of the gardens 70 commit the ter.
rible crime. The veil Of political silence was
yield TO the "open-sessme" of curiosity.
These afnictions Of the royal family naturally
engaged public attention. It has long been the
Arm Conviction among the privileged retaipers
that the EmperOrs days are drawing to their
close, and though short intervals OF betterment
appear, they are only the forerunners Of a sure
and certain decline. The gtinened limbs, the
stopped shoulders, 30 different from the once
rigid bearing; the sunken eye that glances no
more Is In the battles of 1870, and the hollow
cheeks, tell the tale all too plainly. Whether
his death will be calamity needs, his friends
say, no Edipus to tell. Even werc Bismarck
and the Crown Prince friendly, and OF like
political tendencies, the latters ascension 70 the
throne would cause the resignation Of the
Chancellor, who has long held his ONCE only at
the earnest solicitation OF his chief, and would
be glad to retire to simple Varzin. 1t is doubt
ful, though the occasion may make the man,
whether the younger school conceals intel
lectual children Of the giant prince. His man.
tie Of genius has hardly fallen upon Hatzfeldt
or HohenlOhe, between whom the choice seems
TO hover. The army alone Is comparatively
safe Noltke has had his deputy in training foI
years, and were he called away tomorrow II
would BE- with the satisfaction that his policy
would still be maintained. Nevertheless, Social
lists hail the change which the near future has
In store, and friends fear for the rock-rfbbed and
iron-bound fortincattOn Of to-day.
Starving Labrador Fishermeu.