The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-04

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stage OF Europe nifty years ago. which gro In.
tsrwoven with tho personal experiences OF
CAROLINE BAUER. whose autobiography lion
don. Remington h co., discloses some un-
pleasant truths about those Coburg princes
with whom tho English reignng family has
boon 80 intimately connected. An account OF
tho singular circumstances and influences
which led q pleasing and accomplishe Ger.
man actress to contract semblance OF mar
riage with the uncle OF Queen Victoria will be
found to cast moro copious aud searching light
than ia afforded by current biography and his
tory on tho moral worth and mental calibre OF
tho professcdly afflicted husband OF the Prin-
cess Charlotte. whose bereavement the un-
stintod sympathy of tho English people sought
to temper with stipond lncompHrably larger
than any ho had enjoyed Mt home. md who was
finally consolcd by tho brand new crown OF
Belgium. 1t will also reveal to us tho peculiar
nature OF certain OF tho services by which the
late Baron Christian Stockmar tabout whom
We hear 30 much in Martins Lilo OF Prince
Albert") earned tho imposing monument
erscted"-as the inscription informs us" by
his friends in the regning houses Of Belgium.
Coburn. England, and Prussia"
Frauleln Bauer was jus, 81 years old when.
in 1923. tho widowed husband OF tho Princess
Charlotte. and future King OF the Belgians.
her as his frIeii heart. dull brain. and emascu-
lated body were capable OF feeling. The young
actress was a tall, well-made. rosy checked.
bright-eyed, and spirited woman. who had
made q hit in comedy on the stage OF st.
Petersburg rs well az that OF Berlin.
and who while living an irreproechabe
life. had become decided fnvorite at tho
Prussian court. In her girhood she had
seen something OF Prince Leopold. who was
then. however. but the Insignificant younger
brother OF the poverty stricken Duke OF Coburg.
who had often been Obliged to bog Miss Bauer's
grandfather to pay his cooks wages and his
taiior's bill. Before he left Coburg leopold
mover knew what 1t was to disburse larger
yearly income than n. 900. a pittance which the
London shopkeepers computed might sufIlce
to provide him In England with a couple Of
coats and half q dozen shirts. Just $50 times
that amount was allotted by Parliament for
the annual expenditure OF Princess Charlotte's
widower-a magnificent endowment which
the thrifty Coburger had no intention OF I'm
perilling BY any overt disavowal OF his pro-
fessed bereavement. 1t was not. indeed. long
after tho loss OF the young spouse for whom
his public mourning was 80 correct and odiiy
ing. that he betrayed certain hankeriEg for
forbidden pleasures; yet. even In such divaga-
lions. he mover forgot to play the part Of Joseph
Surface or to heed tho sage monitions OF An
eminently frugal mind. After a somewhat va
ried and unsatisfactory experience. In which
certain Vionnese Countess and tho obviously
famous Lady marlborough seem to have fig
ured. and In which his total lack Of per-
sonal attractivoness could only be COM
pensated by appalling draughts upon
his purse. the Prince held an anx-
ious conference with his factotum Baron
stookmar. touching the practicability OF satis-
fvtp N N Hama ,f,,.,, oita,, and
dispelling his habitual ennui without incur
ring any grave pecuniary liabilities. Now.
Stockmar had himself been broodinR on this
delicate subject. having for some time been
narrowed by dread lest his own appoin tments
and his influence. which thus far had been
mainly or tho back-stairs order. should be
jsoparded by tho extravagant and will
full ways Of his masters tilted ia
vorites. To him. earnestly revolving
tho means Of solving this nice problem. 1t &C.
Cured that studiously hidden but ssmi-regu-
lar union with . young person of adequately
winning mien. but modest pretensions. would
answer the requirements OF his princey ON
ployer. without threatening the ascendancy &C.
Quired by the confidential henchman. II.
moreover. such an unexacting and unrecog-
nized companion OF his masters listess hours
could DO discovered Ia tho person Of one OF his
tStockmar's) relatives. then he would indeed
acquire an impregnabie position. and achieve
tour ne force more exemplary and ingenious
than any feat ascribed to servicoabie lackeys
by che pen OF Molitre. To Leopold
morganatic marriage was powerfully COM
m0nded by it's exceeding cheapness. as we'll as
BY the facility with which some specially infor-
NAL types Of II might be- dissolved. 1t only re-
NAMED. accordingly. to throw tho handker-
chief: and that the useful Stoekmar bethought
himsAlf bstinaA of thp fuvDrabla i'm mr. aipn
made on his expert eye some years before by
his young cousin Caroline may be Inferred
from the coincidence that presently the stnrchcd
and owlsh uncle OF Queen Victoria mado his
appearance at Berlin. With his strictly bust
ness intentions 1t is r0freshing to contrast tho
artless interest with which Friiuein Bauer an
nounoos his arrival to her mother who it will
be borne In mind. was tho sister Of Stockmur's
father.
Mother" cries tho young actress. bring
pleasant news Fancy your early playmate.
Prince Leopold OF Coburg Tho was now thirty
eight. and almost dead to virile eInotlonsl. has
arrived ut Potsdam. on II visit to tho King and
l am TO play before him on the small stage In
the new palace on three nights. Perhaps cou-
sin Christian Stockmar Is in tho Princes
suite; II 80, hs will be able to judge for himself
what his little cousin I.nchen has made OF
herself during the six years that have elapsed
since We wore In Cobur2. and he allowed mo to
become an actress. hope shall DO able to
pass honornbly before him." Her mother re-
Joined with want of confidence that might have
besn taken for apresentiment: always Xix Cd
his merry brother Ernest tho now reigning
Duke. much better. despite his many wild
pranks. than the reserved. cautious. calculat-
Ing Leopold" The next evening Miss Bauer
played at Potsdam In piece called the Hot
tentottin.' and thus recounts her first rather
agreeable impressions of her destined left
handed husband: Il Hooked through tho
peep hole in tho curtain. and there 1 saw.
scarcely five PAGES distant from the stage
beside the King. a tall,well- mado gentleman In
the scarlet uniform OF an English officer. gilt
tering with gold. with pale. finely cut face
short black hair and large dark melancholy
syes His face was more interesting than
handsome. and he looked considerably older
than had fancled he would In his whole ap-
pearance was soon struck by look OF weari-
ness almost amounting to exhaustion; there
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