The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-23
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BISMARCK's ONE SCANDAL.
How the Taking of His Photograph
with Lucca Set Gossip AflOat.

An astonishngly large Bismarck litera-
ture has been given 10 the German public
recently The old Chancellor has been
shown TO the public in every possible mood
and every possible dress. No sooner had
Henry Won Poschinger finished his prince
Bismarck as Political Economist" than
Hans Blum gave TO the printer his Ger
man Empire in Bismarck's Time" then
came Prince Bismarck's Table Talks"
prince Bismarcks Political Speeches"
Prince Bismarck and the Women and
now Hans Blum advertises a new Life of
Bismarck"
These and many more ephemeral works
have been interspersed with exhaustive
magazine articles concerning Bismarck and
Crispi, Bismarck and Kalnoky and the like
more, until everybody must wonder what
secret corner of the old Chancellor's life
has been left to be explored. Many of the
new books are what the Germans call
manufactured works." that is, old ma
terials combined in new order SO as to ad-
vertise an authors name and bring him
1000 marks or so. The majority of them.
however, contain anecdotes and interviews
OF Bismarck not before generally known.
A confidential friend of the Italian Pre-
mier Crispi is doing out piecemeal in a
German magazine the record of his visit
with Crispi to Friedrichsruh some years
ago. He heard Bismarck tell this story of
an experience with the French statesman,
who, with a light heart" assumed the re-
spOnsibiiity for the Franco-Prussian war:
Il received some years ago a letter from
Olivier. He wrote me for a reason which
has escaped my mind and an manner far
from pleasing to me. L sent TO him rather
curt answer, and that ended our CORE
sDondence. In my letter L said: 'Sir-If /
had had the misfortune in my life to injure
my country as deeply as you have injured
yours. 1 should feel that L could not live
fCtsiveness.'"
ton TO the Franco-Prussian war Crispfs
companion also sheds some new light:
Prussia a. had |, not determined upon the
were prepared for it, We knew the French,
and felt that some day the war would be
the Crimea and Austria in Italy Ii was
our turn next. The war on the Rhine was
appointed by the fates, especially after we
with the King in Paris during the EXPOSE
ton, L became acquainted with a marshal
OF the army-Vaillant or Random, a gov
ernor OF Paris, l think-and as we talked
he suddenly remarked: We shall cross
bayonets yet Good, if you insist 1 an
we are cocks he said. and because one
cock does not like to hear another crow
more loudly than he: At Koeniggraetz you
cTOwed too loudly"
In prince Bismarck and the Woman
Dr. Adoiph Kohut has preserved the pic
ture which caused the only scandal ever
associated with the old ChancellOr's life.
The picture is a photograph of Bismarck
and Pauline Lucca they were in the
Austrian summer resort. Ischl, twenty-nine
years ago. The singer had made her name,
and Bismarck was supposed TO be as great
as a statesman we'll could be in those days.
AS he stepped from the door of his hotel
one morning he found the little prima
donna begging him 10 accompany her 10
the photographers.
am waiting Wa to have my dispatches
Let the dispatches, wait. replied the
singer. and the dispatches waited.
After Lucca had had several sittings and
bismarck two she exclaimed:
"A magnlhcent idea your Excellency.
We must be photogra phed together
Thus II came that a week after the visit
ors at Ischl found facing from every shop
the rugged cOuntenance of Prussia's min
lster president. The news spread at once
st. Petersburg that the invincible Bis
marck had been entrapped by the willy
Lucca- just what Bismarck heard from
ried unrevealed with him TO his grave
From all his old Lutheran friends in Ger
warning, regret and exhortation, which
soon moved him to have the supply of
'1f 1 had foreseen for an instant how
much pain this trivial incident would
TO pastor Andre in reply to moral lecture
from him. Il should have got myself out
or the cameras range quickly enough -
Never again. Bismarck assured his friends
would he let his picture be taken with a
woman and he has kept his sword. Most
or the Lucca- Bismarck photographs were
bought up and destroyed. To-day hardly
id, dozen OF them I eould be found the world
that he will hardly be grateful to DR.
Kohut for reviving with this picture the
only scandal that ever touched his name
As Bismarck has found little time in hi
busy life Tor women outside his family, h,
always has been quite Indifferent to hi
personal appearance, and il was not unit
last month that anybody except his wifi
and children knew that he once tried 4
conceal the three hairs which long briStleC
In conspicuous solitude on his bald head
He told the story thus:
There was time when L wished Il
wear wig. i was stationed in st. Peters
burg and there was a military review in
Prussia, late Emperor William /. / re
solved 10 wear wig. AS we galloped alon.
In the royal party a general who rode a
my side remarked in rather scornsu
tone:
ALI You wear a wig. do your
=" How can you that? / asked.
." The devil, How can L see it?' he ex
claimed; why. Ii is sliding or
He was right: IL was sliding off. NJ,
carriage, which was TO take me back 4
the city stood near by and rode off 4
II, accompanied by my general. I haltet
at the carriage, and there, in the presenc
staff and the army, / ripped off the Wi
and flung il on the seat Afterwards tn
Prince Regent who paid much attention Z
forms and appearances, asked me rathe
sharply:
:" What kind OF a devilish performanc
were you going through with your wig?'
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