The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-02

years back. The elder Bismarck's power
was at its height. Herbert had not Their
obtained any political prominence. His
father had him in training for a career, ii
is true; he had been attached to the Ger
man embassies of various cities md was
at that time secretary of legation at Berlin.
He was an unusually handsome young man
of thirty. very popular in society.
Among the many who were attracted by
the good looks and manly bearing of the
chancellor's son was a lady whose beauty
and fascination, as well as whose rank
gave her position of great prominence az
the court
She was the Princess Carolath, bor4
Countess Hatzfeldt, of Trachenburg, So
lesia- She came of a family Of beautifui
women, almost every one of whom has beeA
the heroine of a romance or two. Sophie
/ Hatzfeldt, whose connection with the great
socialist, Ferdinand Lassalle, has become
a matter of history, was her aunt One OF
her sisters married Baron de Loe, COM
mander of the Fifth Army corps, and per-
sonal adjutaHt of William l.
All of the Hatzfelat women possess be-
sides their beauty very strong individual
tiles. They are all brilliant, proud, self
WllIed ana ImpeflouS.
The Princess Carolath was many years
! her husbands jdnier; she was as lovely as
a Hatzfeldt ought to be and ais fascinatini,
as any woman ever was. Her portrait,
/ painted by Gustave Richter, 1.-The right, .
as he is called. to distinguish him from
/ an inferior painter of the same name, shows
a tall, liSsom woman, with clear cut, aris-
( tocratic features, large, calm blue eyes,
! perfect arms and hands, an imperial head.
with masses of -gpl9ringfets; shoulders
/ like marble and the bearing of an empresA
To win smile from those cold lips many
men have done difficult things. The Aus
/ trian ambassador IN response to half eX-
pressed desire on her part to hear gen.
uine gypsy orchestra, sent to the wilds OF
Hungary and imported the finest players,
which he exhibited at his next fete.
The Princess CaFoEath was six years
older than Herbert Bismarck, she was in
finitely his superior mentally, she was az
ready wife but nevertheless she fell mad
ly, hopelessfy in love with him.
She was very fond of music and herself
possessed a fine contrRlto voice. One Of
her most intimate friends was young
girl whose magnificent singing was the en-
thusiasm OF Berlin at the time. This
young singer was a frequent guest at tie
Carolath palace, and was one of the first to
discover the growing attachment of the
princess and young Bismarck. While
Fraulein l. at the piano was pouring ott
her soul in the passionate love songs sS-
lected by the princess, she began to Observe
that two of her listeners were more than
ordinarily affected by the music. Burning
glances, trembling, agitated whispers
were exchanged. Sometimes the princess
would leave the room only to be followed
by the infatuated young man.
Fraulein L. was not the only one 70
whom the state of affairs was revealed.
Prince Carolath took to doing on divaEs
in the music room or in the various sailors
frequented by his wife and her friends;
doing, Ia great Napoleon-with one eye
open. The lovers were blind, the poor BIZ
wildered young singer was powerless and
the prince-doZed
What might have happened is matter
of conjecture. What did happen was the
serious illness of the princess and a conss-
quent interruption of the morning con-
certs at the palace. For time the prih-
cess life was despaired of, but she was
finally pronounced convalescent and was
ordered to Nice to recover her strength.
To Nice, therefore, went the princess; to
Nice also went Herbert Won Bismarck.