The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-25
BISMARCK'S ELDEST son.
How the Young COuut Secured a
W1fe-A ROmsntic Story.


Paris Figaro: All is well that ends
we'll. This at least is the veruict of
Berlin high society touching a some
what sensational romance that ter
minated few days ago BY marriage,
performed quietly, indeed almost Sc
cretly, in chateau hidden in Lower
Silesia.
The exceptional indulgence mani
tested on this occasion in Berlin high
society circles is explained by the
unique position of the principal actors
in this romance, the hero of which is
none other than Count Herbert Bis
marck, eldest son of the Chancellor
and the new assistant of the Emperor
William, who spends an hour each
day in conference with the young
count.
The heroine is princess more cele-
brated for her beauty than her great
name. and whose portrait by Richter,
the son-in-law of Meyerbeer, attracted
host OF admirers to the Berlin Salon
of 1873. A DARK brunette, with per-
feet bust and deep dreamy eyes, aad
standing in walk in the midst of a
leafy park, accompanied by a magnifi-
cent Newfoundland dog, the portrait
evoked one OF those troublous visions
which are but rarely encountered in
the mountains of Silesia, where the
princess of G. b. resided. The cata-
logue of the Salon gave no further in
dGatlons OF her Identity.
III was soon known, however, that
the portrait was that oil the Princess
OF Caroiath-benthen, nee Princess
ElizaDeth Won Hatzteldt-Irachenberg.
While the salon lasted FIGHTERS can
vas had no more lervent admlrer than
young attache OF the embassy, who
is To-Day Under secretary OF state Tor
Foreign liars, and who will be to-
morrow Secretary OF State OF the Ger
man Empire. -
during the entire winter OF o7S the
young attachee became the devoted
cavalier and tavorite dancer of the
Princess OF Carolath, who had quilted
her residence IN Sliesia to accompany
her husband to Berlin, where his
duty as a member OF the Relchstag
called him. This duty he performed
with zeal that caused him to en-
urely forget that the Princess was
beauty who needed the most vigilant
protection, while he was absorbed in
the questions OF Tree trade and social
economies.
IL happened that IN the month OF
March, 1881, all Berlin, that had so
frequently seen the Princess waltz
with the son OF the Chancellor, learned
that she had suddenly taken her de-
parture Tor Florence to rejoin her
dancer, then attache to the Embassy
at the Quirinal. The anger of the
Chancellor knew no bounds, and the
most Ylrtuous court In Europe was
scandallzed. The injured husband
was the only one who did not lose his
mead IN the matter. lie informed
the fugitive that he would facilitate
her divorce SO as to allow her to re-
haollltate her character by marrying
heT seducer, Tor the German code for
oids the union OF a divorced woman
with the man VINO provoked the
hvorce;
Inc fTince Won Carolath did not
eVlnce the least anger. Everybody
looked forward to the immediate mar
mage Oh tne palr OF lovers, when 1t be-
came suddenly known that the young
attache was back again in Berlin, hay
ing left his lovely victim in Florence
alone and Ill IN aturnishcd room. The
conduct OF the count aroused the in
dlgnatlon OF compassionate souls, and
the scandal caused by the flight of the
princes was changed into an ardent
sympathy Tor her. People for the mo-
ment forgot thatshe was already OF an
age when such escapades are rarely
pardoned, and that she had left be-
hlnd her wel-grown daughter OF
thlTteen years;
Inc Chancellor exercised his author
NY ana threatened ms son with the