The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-08
NOT HIS CHOSEN WIFE.
Romance of the Life Of Emperor
William of Germany.
rom the Pan Man Gazette

From the Pan Mall Gazette
When the present Emperor of Ger
many was little more than a boy he fell
in love with his cousin, the eldest daugh
ter of the Grand Duke of Hesse A union
with this lady would have seriously inter
fered with policy upon which Bismarck
had at that time set his heart, so the old
Emperor told his grandson to turn his
thoughts elsewhere. The prince is quoted
as answering the kaiser thus: Choose
whom you like. II is the same to me, so
long as she be not one of the English
lott for the young man had long
before tnat time conceived a yio-
lent dislike for his mothers country and
people, and seldom lost an opportunity of
displaying his feelings in that regard.
The Princess Augusta of Augustenburg
was then a fine looking blonde girl, with
pink and white complexion, splendid
physique, a cheerful unaffected manner,
and trained in the frugal habits of the
ducal court of DolZig. She was chosen
as possible bride in view of healing
the breach between the Holsteiners
and the Prussians. After a brief
courtship the couple were married
in February, 1891, in the Sohloss
chapel of Berlin. The emperor became
very fond of her, as did all those who
NCAS dbOub ilGI uuTluiR buUoc early years,
She possessed a winning. gentle dignity,
great powers of self control, and an art
of healing all quarrels1by word in the
right place. She was the mother of five
boys when she became empress, and, not
withstanding her royal position, she re-
mains an ideal domestic housewife, who
stays at home and looks after the house
IN true German fashion. She does not
lead in the social world and has no fe-
IN A taA
confidant
The latter is said to have developed in
to an affectionate and devoted husband,
having soon been won by his wife's
sweetness to warmth of feeling which
was hardly to be expected considering
the indifference with which he at first
contemplated his marriage. The empress
is woman of simple tastes. almost her
sole extravaganza being in baby clothes.
All the garments worn by her children
are made by German needle women I'M
der her personal supervision. She does
not care for foreign fashions or litera-
ture, although she understands English
and French. Among her pet treasures
is set of photographs of her husband,
and she methodically keeps a diary which
no one sees, each volume being locked
away IN her jewel safe at the end of the
year. AT 10 o'clock the empress
receives her housekeeper and at
tends to the luncheon and din
ner menus, always including one or two
favorite dishes of her husband.
A few moments every morning are
spent in the linen room and not a sheet
or buster is given out except under her
direction, AT IL O'Clock she goes riding
with the emperor or walking with two of
her boys. Luncheon comes at l o'clock, and
all the children except, the last baby, are
present at this meal, which is conducted
without much ceremony. After luncheon
the emperor and empress play with the
children for an hour. The present ruler
is the only kaiser to whom six sons have
been born in uninterrupted succession
The empress receives from o'clock to
5, and the dinner hour is from o'clock
to s. as many as fifty guests being invited
sometimes. Besides each plate is a menu
in German, no foreign dish being al
lowed on the table, every detail being
closely watched by the imperial hostess.
Every night she and her husband visit
the children's rooms before retiring, and
if there is the slightest illness among
them she sits up all night and sees that
the doctors instructions are obeyed. She
takes no interest in politics, beyond in
variably approving her husbands plans