The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-08
4 WnMas' 1ERl IN
She Writes Of the Things That An
American Sister May See
There.
Toilets at Court Ball and Empress
Frederick's Angora Wool
Carpet.
Ho Would Have Married Her Anyhow-
Gossip From williams Capital
Other European Nsws.

Especial Correspondence Of The INDEPENDENT. I
BERLIN, Feb. 21.--Here are some Of the toll
cites which observed at the last court ball.
The empress wore light blue damask over
crepe de chine Of the same color, with silver
embroidery on the seams and train. Hair
combed high with a diadem Of hrilliants
and a necklace to match. Gloves and fan
the same hue Rs costume. The Princess
Frederick Charles wore white silk, with
embroidery of precious stones. diadem with
blue ostrich feathers round the throat,
three rows of pearls, with brilliant pend
ant at the neck. Princess Henry, aea-
green damask silk. with inwoven golden
flowers. Princess Charlotte wore white
satin with silk stripes, and tulle round the
corsaRe and arms. The Princess Marguer-
lite wore light yellow silk, with flowers
round the hem and corsage. The
Countess Szechenyi, wife of the Austrian
ambassador, had costume of
gold brocade with inwoven colored flowers.
The Countess Schuwaloff, the Russian am
basaadress, woven white silk petticoat, with
golo embroidery and train of peacock
blue, velvet. Madame Herbette, the French
,ambassadress, wore salmon-c -colored satin
and white lace. The Countess Hohenthal
was attired in light blue silk, and Neapoli-
tan violets round the corsage. The Coun-
tess Styrum appeared in white lace n
derdress, with yellows brocade bodice and
train. The Countess Hohenau wore white
brocade, with interviewer red rose tou-
quets. The Dowager Baroness Schumacher
wore sea green with beige plush, studded
with real pearls round the corsase and
down the bodice. Countess Garcia and her
daaRhter wore tulle dresses, with old point
sace and garlands of wild pink roses.
The Empress Frederick has on exhibition
in the Royal Museum for Commerce and
Artisanship carpet 6.2S by 3.O5 metres
long. which her majesty ordered from the
Neustadt Women's society. It is of Angora
wool, handmade in oriental style. The
groundwork is yellow with peacock blue
decorations. Five women worked on that
carpet for eleven months. The manufaotur-
Ing price is 2, $40 marks. The poor women
worked Ct monthly wages of twenty five
marks. Her majesty intends to give the
carpet to the Duchess of Sparta, a royal
present indeed, but which was worked at
with infinite toll by number of half
starved wretches, who were paid nisesa-
bic plttance for their work.
Great preparations are being made in
Bonn Tor the reception of Prince Adolph of
Schatmberg Lippe and his wife, Princess
Victoria of Prussia, who are to return from
their honeymoon trip by the 1st OF March.
Villa Loeschigk, their new home, is already
fitted up, stables and all. The latter will
accommodate fourteen horses, and several
lodges have been built in the park for their
highuesses suite. The thrse best rooms
IN the house are to be kept in reserve for
other daughter, ard are furnished in Eng
lish fashion. The first chamberlain of the
reigning Prince of Lippe has for month
or SO spent the greater part of his time in
Bonn to superintend the arrangements.
The Bavarian government has just issued
an order prohibiting schoolmasteis and
nistresses from punishing their charges by 4
using the rod on their finger tips. OF
course this was not done until the faculty
of feeling had been cruelty destroyed in
hundreds, and maybe thousands Of the
poor children. The Furnishing process was
called "paw-givlnR," a vulgar term which
is fully recognized in the official declaration
against this nefarious practice.
In shop on Friedrichstrasse saw very
pretty evening dress, remarkable for the
almost total absence of the profuse en-
broiderv indulged in since the beginning
of this season. It was of see-green silk,
with a modest train and simple opening at
Une AecA. Ane oouice was oI ualK purple
velvet, edged with plain gold lace, and
covered in front with jet beads. The half
puffed sleeves also had gold lace trimming.
The train and the hem of the skirt were
slightly embroidered in gold.
young woman who had falsifed her
birth certificate in order to appear younger
to her intended husband, has been SEN
fenced "fOr altering an official document
for fraudulent purpose" But upon her
appeal. the imperial supreme court (the
reichsgeriohtl freed her of the charge Oh
her plea, that defendant had no intention
of misleading the authorities. nor had she,
nor could she. gain anything by it aside
from the admiration Of her intended hus-
band, who would have married her at all
events, even if the birth certificate had
proved her age correctly. 1t was certainly
very confederate of the reichsgericht to de-
eide that way. but very much fear that a
bad precedent has been established.
local "woman's society"i is agitating for
q very sensible measure of reform; namely,
that dentists should be compelled to clean
their instruments in the pi essence of their
customers with carbolic acid. II is declared
that all kinds OF diseases may be contracted
by the habit of dentists in using their in
struments Unfortunately.
The Countess Waldersee, once Princess
Noer, and nee Miss Lee, of New York, Al-
though an aunt, by her former marriage, of
the empress, is classed with the lower nobil-
ity only. Her husband is descendant of
The natural son of Duke Frederick Leopold.
Of Dessau, n grandchild of the historic "old
Dessauer" and Johanna Reitschutz, the
widow of a raan named Hoffman. In 17S6
the children of the widow and her prinoely
admirer obtained the title of counts from
The king of Prussia.
The empress misses the quietude of Pots
lam. where the beautiful park afforded her
majesty solitude for walking and driving. |
Here in Berlin she cannot think OF taking n |
stroll by herself or with her children, az the ,
'espectful but very ANNOYING loyalty of the
public pursues the members OF the royal
amily wherever they 90. Her majesty and
he kaiser usually have to drive out some
en- miles before they find region where
hey can take promenade free from vulgar
observation.
Tho female teachers are once more agi-
,ating upon the subject of marriage. They
lreue an the state recognizes that women
ire specially fitted to superintend the early
,ducati0n of children, they ought to be al
owed to havo children Of their own to prao-
ice on. Statistics prepared by them show
hat on an average unmarried women
,sachers are AZ often indisposed and unable
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