The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-10
WORKING FOR WOMEN.
ALLOWs NO OPPORTUNITY TO PASS
WIEN SHE Can AID.
Ex-Empress Frederick, Widow ofFredreick
the Noble, wields n Powerful
Influence In Germany.


Although the ex-Empress FREDERICK,
widow os Frederick the Noble OF Ger
many has not lived in Berlin since the
unhappy end OF her husband, except for
few weeks at time, she stiil Yields n
powerful Influence in German politics and
German life. says the New York Tribune.
Few women have undergone greater and
more persistent persecution than did
this daughter of Great Britain at the
time the Emperor was fighting death SO
hard in the palace Of Potsdam. Those
who were in Berlin at the time could
hear the bitterest expressions regarding
her on all sides. Friends and followers
| OF the present Emperor denounced her in
unmeasured language. and accused her OF a
deep-laid plot 10 exclude her eldest son
from the successor and proclaim herself
regent. Hatred OF her became SO general
that It was deemed best she remain absent
from the capital az much as possible.
Threats. indeed were made against her
life and condemnation Of her supposed
ambition was open. Sitting at table In a
famous Berlin house few days after the
Emperors death. the writer heard a we'll
known woman declare that she would
gladly aid i'm tearing out her hair ana
publicly insulting her"
And her majesty has lived down TINS
hatred i'm the years which have gone by
since those days Of stress and storm.
! Admiration of her dgnihed conduct has
| been forced from her bitterest enemies.
| Doubtless the treatment which she receiy-
| ed at the hands Of the present ruler aided
! I'm overcoming the prejudice against her.
/ The mention OF her name Is no longer
/ greeted with Kisses I'm certain circles OF
/ the capital where she formerly lived.
and praise and commendation have taken
! the place OF the condemnation and crit
/ icism which were once meted out 10 her
No one is better able TO talk OF tho
work Of the Empress than George Won
Bunsen. long her friend and admirer. In
| a recent article Ia one Of the German re-
| views he has drawn an attractive picture
OF her work among women for the eleya-
ton OF her sex.
THE life OF Empress Frederick" no
| writes. rich i'm both happiness and mis-
fortune, seems to-day TO have reached a
new turnig-point. She Is still a young
woman being only fifty-three years old.
She has carried on a splendid work-under
| difficult conditions at times for the adj
! vancement Of women in All the careers
| for which their nature and strength spec
| tally nt them. Through all this work. IL
| | am not mistaken. she has had "A guiding
/ thought-the hope Of proving the intellect-
! ual ability OF woman equal TO that OF man,
! or TO speak practically the hope OF OPEN
! ing up the way-in Germany. too-for
women who take up those careers which
! have been closed to them heretofore. A
/ browning Of her work. therefore. viii be
/ the opening in Berlin of a gymnasium or
/ college for women"
"The Crimean war. which from It's be-
| ginning to its end spared the British
! kingdom scarcely one bitter dissappoint-
] ment. brought about a reform OF the first
] importauce-uamely. the creation OF
| corps Of women nurses from the educated
and higher classes. The work OF those
! women, who I'm the winter Of 1854 and
1919. hurried to the English camp at Sc
! bastopol, and brought life. light and
hope into the badly-handled hospitals.
had a great effect on the rich and work.
/ loving nation. When in Germany the ter
| rors of war i'm 1866 and 1870 presented
the same necessities TO us. was It any
wonder that we wished 20 take advantage
| OF the experience Of the English ten years
before. and later the experience of the
Americans, and find that which was best
adapted for our needs? That was brought
about by the one best suited for its ac-
CONFERENCE.-The Crown Princess Vic
tora Of Prussia. one Of the pupils and
aids OF Florence Nightingale-Miss Lee,
now Mrs. Crayen-had aided the princess
| I'm establishing a model hospital at Ham
| burg during the Franco Prussian war.
| The idea Of a word-sisterhood which
! had occupied the attention OF the crown
| princess for years and which has often
| been a subject for her pen. began then 10
assume tangible form A lay sisterhood
was planned i'm Berlin, modelled after
that established in London by Miss Lees.
| 81 is hardly too much 10 say that tho
| Victoria house for the care OF the sick,
| brought TO perfection I'm The course Of
| years, is the greatest result Of the work,
| intellectual and physical which the En-
press Frederick has devoted TO the In
terests OF women. Up to the present
| day large number OF educated women
| have been found ready TO join the Nicto-
| ria sisterhood in a life OF discipline and
sacrifice. Everywhere they receive the
| greatest praise for their work-in hos
| pitfalls, clinics and In care OF the sick In
| private families
Empress Frederick has endeavOred 20
| place new goals before the eyes OF tho
| German woman In addition 10 those per-
| tanning 10 her domestic duties. There are
| the Association for the Care Of the
Health at Home; the branches OF tho
Vacation Colonies I'm eighty cities; the
Wadzeck institute the Frederick insti-
tute, the Home House for Daughters IL
the Better Glasses. Of which she IL the
protector and founder. The Victoria ly-
ceum, founded by the empress. has had
great success for more than twenty-five
years Thousands Of young women have
listened 10 instructive lectures there on
| languages, philosophy, etc, and trained
Themselves for the pedagogic calling.
In the month Of June, isSs, after the
death OF Emperor Frederick. when bitter
sorrow filed not only Germany. but all
the nations Of the civilized world, II was
proposed 10 do something to give express
sion TO the general grief IL was then,
on June q. that the empress wrote: 4
do not know whether II IS intended 10
erect Il national monument 10 the memory
OF this noblest purest Of men-this pearl
on throne. But would IL not be adyls-
able 10 try 10 carry some Of his ideas into
execution For instance the Institute for
the Training OF Women, the Clinic for
Diseases OF the Throat, the houses for
workmen in Berlin. the Pestalozzi-Froe-
bel housel . - That would have pleased
my angel more than a monument Of stone
and iron. He was 50 beautiful that his
picture would be an ornament anywhere.
But how often have / heard him say:
The only way 10 show proper regard for
one who Is gone Is by doing some good
deed Tor the poor and the suiferingY
The empress has allowed no opportunity
10 pass by. when she could aid one OF
her sex. No one In all Germany is hap
pier over the establishment Of colleges
for women. end the probability that the
barriers forbiddng their graduation from
German universities will soon bc torn
away, for on one has done more 10 bring