The Newtown bee., 1892-07-15
Empress Frederick.

Empress Frederick of Germany is one
 of the most distinguished women of l Europe on account of her true humanity,
 her liberal mindedness and large heart
 edness. Empress Fredrick is the only royal lady who really and truly initiates
 works of benevolence and labors like
 any mortal to put them into good
 working order and to further their pros 1 perity. Whatever she undertakes to do,
 she does with all her strength and all her might and, active and energetic like her imperial son. she too comes sweeping down on the institutions in her charge l at unexpected hours and times.
 Carefully trained in all the noblest
 humanitarian ideas by her noble father,
 Empress Frederick, when she came to
 Berlin as a bride, at that time not even
 crown princess, at once, in concert with her husband, interested herself in all the charitable societies Berlin had to
 show and more especially did the couple in their large mindedness help those in- stitutions that were unsectarian, in strik- 1 ing contrast to the sectarian spirit that prevailed then, as it prevails now, at the 1 German court. In the stiff Prussian
 court, for it was only Prussian then, it | was a wonder and almost a scandal and
 certainly much objected to that the young, independently reared princess should permit heaself such individual 1 action, and many pedantic, narrow mind- ed courtiers looked at her askance. But
 those who came into nearer relations
 with her, or had wider, finer minds,
 soon looked with pleasure and admira- tion at the work which the princess, in concert with her husband, whom she led into these paths, strove to initiate for
 the improvement of their fellowmen, from the foundation of the social fabric
 upward. Nordaid the Princess, because of her exterior inter ests, on that account
 neglect her private duties. The edueat- ion of their children was regarded by this royal couple as the most vital con- cern of their lives. The Princess in her
 nursery used to be the theme of every tongue in Berlin, so excellently did she
 manage it; no detail, however trivial or
 unimportant which could tend to the physical or moral health of her little
 ones, being overlooked or neglected.
 And thus, from practical private life, she learned how to act efficiently and inspiringly in public interests. For ex- ample, all her charities connected with children are admirably conceived and managed. She entirely remodelled on more sanitary and modern principles the Friedrichschain hospital of Berlin, some years ago, and her visits to this estab- lishment are frequent. She never fails to bring gifts of toys and trifes to the
 little sufferers whom she does not only look at from distance, but takes into her arms and soothes, loves and pities.
 In enumerating the good works helped by the Empress Frederick, a foremost place must be given to the Lette Verein, an institution founded by President Lette, but which was succeeding but languidly until in 1886 the Crown Princess consent ed to become it's protector, pleasanter term than lady patroness. In Germany, all questions connected with female edu- l6UiOh da0 ICmdiO CuduClpdUtOus CtCu III the mildest acceptance of the term, are greatly in arrears and meet with little sympathy. They met with even less, may, with derision, till the empress took them vigorously in hand. This Lette Verein is an institution for the purpose of en- abling women to earn money and to ob- tain education and it's working, which is most efficient and practical, should inter- est all persons who are engaged in pro noting the industrial training of women. Briefly, it may be said to consist of al group of affiliated societies all working to one common end. Thus washing and ironing and all laundry work is in- cluded among it's functions; thorough training under professed laundresaes is ]