The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-26
NOT MS CHOSEN WIFE.
Romance In the Life of Emperor william
The Royal Marriage Resulted Happily.

The Royal Marriage Resulted Happily.
When the present emperor of Germany
was little more than a boy, he fell in love
with his cousin, the eldest daughter OF the
grand duke of Hesse, says Astors Pail
Mall Gazatte. A union with this lady
would have seriously iuterfered 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 an
swerlng the kaiser thus: Choose whom
you like. 1t is the same to me so long as
she be not one Of the English lot;' for
the young man had long before that time
conceived a violent dislike for his mothers
country end people, ard seldom lost an
opportunity of displaying his feelings
in that regard The Princess Augusta OF
Augustenburg was then fne-lOOkinS
blonde girl, with pink and white COM
piexion splendid physique, a cheerful. m
affected manner and trained in the frugal
habits of the ducal court Of Dolzig. She
was chosen as a possible bride in view OF
healing The ble5ch between the H0lstein-
ers and the PrussiGns. After a brief
courtship the couple We're married I'm
February, 1881, i'm the schiOss chapel of
Berlin. The Emperor became very fond OF
her, as did all these who were about her
during those carly years. She possessed
a winning gentle dignity. great powers or
self-control, and an art Of healing all
quarrels by a word in the right place. She
was the mother of five boys when she be-
came Empress, and, Notwithstanding her
royal position, she remains 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 female friends, the
Emperor being her only conhdant
The latter is said to nave developed into
an affcctorate and devoted husband, hav-
ing been soon won over by his wife's
sweetness to a warmth of feeling which
was hardly to be expected considering
the indifference with which he al first con-
templated 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 needlewomen under her
personal supervision. She does not care
for foreign fashions or literature, although
she understands English and French
Among her pet treasures is a set OF photo
graphs of her husband, and she method
ically 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 house
Keeper and attends TO the luncheon and
dinner menus, always including one or
two favorte dishes of her husband
few moments every morning are spent
in the hnen-room, and not a sheet or a
buster Is given out except under her
direction. At IL she goes riding with the
Emperor or walking with two OF her BOYS.
Luncheon comes at l, 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 TO 3, and the dinner hour
is from to 7, as many as fifty guests
being invited sometimes Beside each
plate is a menu in German, no foreign
dish being allowed on the table. every
detail being closely watched by the i'm
perial 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 invariably approving her hus-
bands plans.