New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
v.porJNE BAUER.

ha+ nasty hook of an Oh iauy VINO "i"' -.
.,'a grievance of her youth. For Madame 49,
Bauer. pretty comedian. morgansic VIZ ~ RoI-
: aaao,d Of Koburg (afterwsrd King OF the Do
., and consin of Leopold's favorite, Baron
ss...,r,n.r no one need have any very acute pane
- .1-,,,.tbv Into the network of exceeane I'M
ioas,ntnass woven by prince and baron the pun
rho,LaS KaroIine and her mamma waikeo w
s,,ss very wide open. and--if we may peheso no
On storv-w1th little sentiment and Wild q po"A y
consideration of the main chance. i
vothina to show that her hea'' ~.
,no,, bnrt nv Ieopelds desertion; bat her ,e,'i'-
nine pride was stang, her vanity crusheo ""1 49,
,.octat was little the better for her quoei
matrimonial experience OF Leopold sue pio'.a'
an extraordinary picture drawn WIN '"o a,
nsn of an angry woman Probapis ,ho "a -
was something between Lima DS LA nm
haart,.ss bvpocrite and the absurd SAINT nelu up
.'0'''i s.;n ~, his royal niece Victoria There
.s,o,,;or ;mpossible however, IN Lina's luo'erous
o,raaentation of the tall thin black -wigged pedh"'
,no cor pIacidly "drizzIing' while the hot-heaoou
.a,ress mepared for ardent love-msking from nc,
ncev fiance had perforce to sit opposite ana Ieau
alond little moral tales for hours togethef'
cling be il known the feminine eccup'"o'
of drawing the gold and silver THREADS rom cas-
off oaIloons-which threads were atterwara so'o "
A.. oroat nroft of the drizzier. HIS Hlghhess,
-, ,he wear in which his blonde Lima stayed
in England and waited for love-maklng' earheu 20
"Jrizzlipg" handsome silver soup-tureeh "hioii
he soemnly presented to his young niece riinouS0
Victoria on her eleventh birthday. Ia uuen IL
Koburger was a weak brother ;ithe aooiins
mar himself, now and then' ioS' p"'i0"'0
this effemnate master.
o. r,orniny stockmar came galloping nD in
roat anger and at once began TO buster 1orih,-,
/" No, II is unheard of,enousn " - ;n his aver
Just imagine what the Prince mas aoo seif hv his
lasting anxiety for his dear. sweet sen. oy hi vs.
s1Ilv tmid precautions. There, tney rouse me ~
night about o'clock. from my deepest sleep, anu
call upon me to attend the Prince; ne me- n, f
III ike very picture of wretchedness, looking AT
me- male as death and full OF despair; hsPinE IN a
hardly audible tone All dearess sscSk mas bas han
neued to mel OF course you knO" the TWO httip
rrolien clamps which force between my BACK teet9
at night not TO damage Tue enaiaea ~, NJ" and 6nd
only one clamp between the teeth, tae other must
have swallowed IN my sleep; yes, ieei IS snarp
pronrs and hooks already in my bowels am d
dead man: good stocki, save mev
81 was myself dreadfully alarmeo, anu ~ niS.
deprived of speech; Tor had the fTlnce ~ r g
which against my advice he had allowed quacK
dentist TO palm OF npon him, had ilttie nope ior
his recovery was forced to regard the frlhce "s
- Stock yon have no word of comfort for me T
the Prince stammered moro and more anXiouSIy'
do you really fear bad results
,,;,h tn most nnconcerned tone aud forced cheer
fulness Prince. you have nothing whatsoeVer 10
apprehend | shall be back directly with help 80
saving | hastened to the Princes body-physiclah
Weakened him, and consulted together. NOW
we gave to the Prince spoonful upon spoonful u
electuary; and must laugh even now when
think of the pitiful face the Prince made rs ne
swalloyed tue nauseous stuff, always deelarlng
however. Oh, III swallow anything IL may ou'
After We had thus tormented the Prince and
also ourselves. for some hours, Huhnlein suddenly
exclaims ioyously Here is the clamp, found "
damned in between tue mattress and hedstead
Yes that is it, the Prince said family ana closed
his eyes. exhausted. In my hrst rage. threw the
Prince to be sure TO leave of -such effennate, DAN
geros trihing in future, for that would not have
gwen a penny for his safety"
Lima Bauer's descriptions of the sort
of moral pig-stye in which the reignIng
families Of Germany and England lived in the first
years of the century are just if unsavory. There
Is certainly no want Of frankness IN her remins-
cenoes of the petty German courts with their sor-
did poverty their stiff etiquette and the unspeak-
able dirt that lay behind it, nor in her comments
Oh the beastly person whom pious England COM
placenty called " the first gentleman In Europe"
This is the noble guise in which that first gentle
man appeared in the last year OF his life I:
For years the King, unnerved by excuses OF all
kinds suffered from various maladies-gout, dropsy,
asthma, ossfcation of the heart. general debility
walk alone. special machine was devised to
enable him TO mount horse. A rolling chair
brought his Majesty up gently rising incline TO q
platform From it the enormously swollen
colossus with the thin, emaciated legs-which so
il was SAID on festive occasions were bostered up
and stifened by six pairs of stockings and highlac
,ne boots-was lifted up by crane softly lowered
into the saddle, and now the ride down the front
conh begin. The nervous System Of the King had
become so weakened that he drank brandy or Ium
without ceasing often eleven large glasses day.
besides strong whiskey punch just to keep himself
alive In January, 1880, Christian Stockmar
brought us tie news that the King had lost the
sight of both eyes, and WAS furthermore perpetually
drunk so as to be invisible for everybody. On the
cath of May formal communication made to
Parliament that the Kings weakness was ex-
treme that he could no longer sign his name"
The Bauers recollections Of the theatrical and
literary celebrities of her time less unsuited TO
eyes polite than her stories Of royalty. Here is
graphic sketch of the g great Schlegelr
My talented colleague and countrywoman, the
youthful tragedian of the Vienna Burg theatre
Sophie Muller, had come TO Berlin Tor temporary
engagement in 1927. When 1 returned her visit
found seated beside her on the sofa an old, active
little gentleman, dressed up like May-pole, very
affected wearing wig of fair curls having his lips
and spare cheeks painted with rouge, clad most
foppishly according to the latest fashion, decked
with the most varlegated orders, turning gold
snuff-box, upon which might he seen the turbaned
portrait of Madame dc Stael between his wel-kept
fingers sparkling with jewels. and casting compla-
cent looks INTO Il mirror which wasattached under
DE lid, TO the inside of the snuf-box q
Sophie Muller sat pale and fstigued, as if In
trance. beside this strange admrer As if electro
fled she rushed Toward to meet me- whispering
during the embrace:
"1hanks that you have come. But now Won must
make the sacrifice of relieving me for little from
the Htspd batteries of this illustrious dvtard. Ny
strength is exhausted, and begin to feel the ap
pToach of the terrible moment when must yawn in
his very face, from nervous collapse"
Then Sophie formally introduced to me Herr Pro-
fcssor August Won Scblegel. and gently pushed me,
quite nonplussed, to the sofa beside the sweety
smiling one, who Immediately poured npon me a
perfect shower of compliments, not, Of course
without some reflex application to his own dear
self.
While l was busy examining curiouslY the