Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-06-26
A HEBREW.
Favorite of the Emperor wilhelm
and His Daughters Isolation

Favorite of the Emperor wilhelm
and HIS Daughters Isolation.
Besides the emperor and Prince
Bismarck there is a man in Berlin
whose position is for the time being
unique. He is nearly blind old man,
gentle to speak to, of great klndlineSs.
hospltable and generous, the owner of
immense wealth, and 8 Jew. His
name is Bleichroedsr, or rather Won
Bleichroeder, ah~ ne is held in equal
favor by the monarch and the chaa>
cellor. Whatever may have been the
origin of the family, it has for con-
siderable time produced bankers and
hnanclers, and the present represent
atlve had not, up to the epoch of the
Franco German war, achieved any
further notoriety than the progressive
accumulation of money and a deter
mlRation to struggle with the persist
ent antagonism OF the German Christ
ian, which constant prop:nauity seems
to intensity. When the war assumed
Its gigantic proportions Mr.. Bleich-
roeder went to the king and to Bis
marck and placed the whole of his
fortune in their hands, to spend like
water for tie veal of the fatherland,
adding that he would stand and fall
with its destinies.
Blelchroeder's venture on that oc>
casion was like many of his less he ,oic
ones-s success. His fortune was OF
imperiled, and he rose high in the es-
TEEN and appreciation of his sover-
eign, The ennobling particle Won
was conferred on him, and he might
if he chose, be called baron. With
the proud, reserved, reticent chancel-
lor he made slower progress. For
long time he was treated with naughty
GOODNESS, his advances repulsed, his
presence ignored. On one OF Bis,
marck's birthdays the lavish banker,
acsusted, it must be said, more by
spontaneous pen-handedneSs than
ostentation, sent him rare table
service. 1t was returned. Some
time afterward marvellous cabine
of Indian workmanship, fitted with
every possible instrument Of work
and toilet, was offered to the chaucel-
lor's daughter. 1t shared the same
fate as the dinner service.
Then suddenly by one of those oc
cult changes that mark the favors of
man in power. Bleichroeder found
himself the confidant, the constant
visitor or perhaps more strictly speak
ing the trusted semi official mouth
piece of the great statesman. He sees
Bismarck or his representative, Count
Ha,zfeldt, almost daily, sometimes
twice day, and from his lips the for
eign ambassadors gather the crumbs of
diplomacy so sparingly dolea out to
them at the foreign Office. If Bleich
roeder is pleased and rubs his hands
as he is led out of the chan cellor's
palace by his attendant, diplomats
wire goods news to their governments;
if he frowns or shakes his head du-
bieusly, the funds fall and warlike
rumors spread.
Yet this Plutus of Berlin, the friend
of the emperor, the recognized inter-
mediary between Bismarck and am
bassadors, the host of all that is rich
and noble in Europe, the arince of
finance, at whose table dine princes Of
blood royal, whose numerous man
sions are filled with masterpieces Of
art which his. blinded eyes can no
longer see-this man so favored has
a Dordecal at his gates, thorn ia his
side, skeleton in his closet. Voicing
this visitation and putting it into
plain speech it sounds almost grotes
que in its puerility, but given the sur
r0undings it becomes of momenteus
import to the sufferer
| The officers will not dance with his
daughter!
This apparently simple statement
means, in reality, ostracism to the
girl, ISOLATION in society, enjoyment
gone from every ball, and an ever-re-
curing loneliness at each successive
social season. This fiat, which, once
pronounced, has been observed with
the blind absolute fidelity born of the
esprit de corps so powerful in all
Prussian regiments. Some years ago,
when his wife had been dead for
long time, M. De Bleichrmder decided
to give large ball. He followed the
established custom in similar cases,
when the intended host is either
foreigner, or, for private reasons,
temporarily out of the run OF society,
of writing to the commander of the
garrison and begging for list of the
young officers attending great fetes
Rashly, foolishly, uuwisely, and, to
his own uudoing. he eliminated from
the list sent in all the bourgeois and
untitled names, and sent his invita-
tions only to the aristocratic officers.
Not one of the elect accepted it. Not
one would brook the slight offered to
their brethren in arms, for in their
epaulette they wore made them all
equal, and they could tolerate no per
sonal distinction.
In vain the sovereign invites and
receives the OLD fnancier and his
daughter; in vain is the whole court
on the best of terms with the father
whom they esteem; in vain are the
high officials and dignataries compell-
ed to follow the example from above.
The subbordinates are inexorable.
They will not dance with Mile. Won
Bleichrgder.
At court ball the emperor sudden
ly commanded one of the most bril-
liant lieutenants of the guard to waltz
with the young girl He bowed in
dumb obedience, went to the lady,
stiffiy murmured, May ] have the
honor2" took her one SINGLE turn round
the ball room, brought her back to her
place, slightly bent before her in 81
lence and left her.
AS characteristic trait OF the North
German character, SO full Of contrasts
and, as a rule, so little known abroad,
the dual existence of NJ. Won Bleich-
r91er. at once so magnificent and so
solitary, is perhaps not the least re-
markable. A favorite at court, a
power in politics, king of finance, a
patron of art, a philanthropist, a
warm supporter of the public cause, a
man for whose daughter the emperor
himself has selected wbilom maid of
honor of his neice as companion, he
would in any other land, England es
peciaily, be courted by all circles OF
society, the more fattered as the cir
cles widened away from the throne,
while here, where The monarch is more
beloved than in any other country by
the army, the army ignores the favor
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