The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-07


longing to the highest nobility, the object
of the royal matron being TO have the
Princess form the acquaintance. and per-
haps friendship, of some. of these. young
women. so as to procure her suitable COM
in chair by the side of the Queen. the
Princess nodded slightly as often as
countess or baroness was presented to her,
uttering, every time these words only:
Passenla, sill pous plaitn' cPlease move
on!'0 so that the poor titled girls could do
nothing but courtesy. and then move on,
giving room to thse behind them who in
their turn. We're treated just the same;
first of all. and above all, for her husband.
whom she loved intensely, and next FOR
his fellow-officers in the navy. They idol
ftiated assert that nothing could be more
delightful than the little suppers which
in the winter and at which only half a
dozen captains and lieutenants Of the navy
present In women the Princess al
ways has shown extremely little interest;
that is, for women of the higher classes.
a chat with the poor creatures who scrub
the stairs of the palace and do similar
siderably, and one honest old soul was
heard to say, wping her eyes with the
a cup of good hot coffee when the Princess
speaks to you; it cheers you up and makes
you work better all day, and, of course"
she added, 'she generally does give you
something to buy a cup of coffee
HAS HERSELF TATOOED.
While Prince Waldemar his first
trip after his marriage some one told Prin-
cess Marie that all the wives of the Danish
sailors have an anchor tatooed on their
arm She at once sent for friend of her
husbands and asked if this The
lieutenant could not deny that it was at
least the general rule. Whereupon Princess
Marie ordered him to find sailor capable
of performing the operation. The lieuten-
ant objected, but in vain.
II am a Danish sailors wife, the Prn-
cess insisted. and L want to do just
At last an old tar was sent for who was
considered an expert III the art, and an
anchor was forthwith tatooed on her arm.
But great was the horror, still greater the
wrath, OF Queen Louise when first she be-
held the anchor.
the people when they got to know her. She
did all she could to captivate them. She de-
lighted in wholesale eonqueSts, and, after
having bewitched the navy, from the most
dignihed and experienced admiral down to
the cabin boy, whose chief qualification for
naval career would seem to be his pas
sion for tobacco chewing. she turned to
other fields, and suddenly came down on
the firemen. 1t during a great fire in
the winter of 1886, in Copenhagen, that she
made her first appearance among the he
roes of the hose. She ran everywhere
through the burning houses, often getting
so near the most dangerous places that the
hremen had to warn her. But she did
care giving proof here of the same reck-
| less courage which she has always shown
on horseback. For everyone she had a kind
| and encouraging word and, still better, she
brought wine and other refreshments to
the Woodworking men. When, late in the
night she left the place. she was wildly
cheered and, after that, for years, no fire
| of any Importance was considered complete
| without the attendance of the Princess.
| Some time in the following spring she
| asked and obtained permission of the chief
| of the fire department to wear its uniform,
and on photograph not on sale she is
seen we. wearing RIM not only the uniform inform but
| this picture copy has been presented to
| each engine house in Copenhagen, where it
| is now to be seen in a prominent place on
| the wall, like that of some patron saint.
| 1t is not necessary to add that the flremen
/ scented the Princess with their pictures.
| Once popular with the fire department,
| Princess Waldemar was ready for another
| battle. When her husband was going
abroad, she, as usual, accompanied him to
| the place where he was to embark. The
| from Copenhagen, is reached by rail, and
| the Princess had made it condition that
| she should be permitted to make part of
| the trip on the locomotive. There she stood,
| chatting with the engineer, covered with
| coal dust and choked with smoke, but
| smiling, charming, fascinating as ever
| POLITICAL INTRIGUES.
| All these eccentricities were severely
| frowned upon by the royal family, but the
fact that the Princess mixed herself up in
| politics the thing to which they mainly
| objected. Several years ago while in FIRE.
| densborg with the late Czar-of whom she
| was great favorite-she placed a number
| of letters and documents in the hands of
the Car which tended to show that Prince
| Bismarck was carrying on negotiations
with the anti-Russian party in Bulgaria,
! and was intriguing against Alexander III.
| This was after her husband had been
| forced to retract his acceptance of the
| throne of that Balkan princpality. This
| caused great sensation at the time, as it
| Involved number of Understanding poll
ffnian hn had no prin a
| tool 1t set all Europe by the ears, and al
most brought about war between Ger
| many and Russia, the conflict being averted
| only by Prince Bismarcks being able to
submit in person to Alexander proofs of
the fraudulent and forged character of the
| letters shown to his Muscovite Majesty
by Princess Waldemar.
Although her connection with the affair
is not 50 well assured, M. Flourens did not
scruple to allude to her as the conscious
artifcer of Prince Bismarck's downfall.
The party which sprouted up round Prince
| Henri de Charities in opposition to the
Due dOrleanS, regarded her it's Bona
Dea, the favor in which she once stood
| with the late Car being based both on
| family relations and the pleasure in which
| he took in her unconventional conversation
| and high spirits. The crown OF Norway had
| been dangled before her eyes by French
| diplomats. French men-of-war were at her
beck and call, French journalists making
tours in Northern Europe sought interviews
| with her the shortest way for getting
| at the late Gar, who. to believe them.
would have given her De Giers's head on a
| charger had he opposed the Franco Rus
/ sian alliance of which she the main
stay Her unofficial intrigues in favor of the
Franco Russian alliance and the result
| ing dismissal OF the Comte d Aunay in dis
| grace as the French Envoy to Copenhagen,
| agitated all Europe again over year ago.
| She had tried to take advantage of the trust
| which the Car had in her, and attempted
| to learn from him his political intentions
| toward France and to give her information
| to d'Aunay.
| About this time stories of differences with
| her husband began to get about Whila
| Prince Wdltaemar is no saint, and has by
| no means been altogether true to the Prin-
cess yet sympathes both at home and
| abroad are altogether with him; why it is
| difficult to say. Princess Waldemar has
| never been able to get along with her
| nrother-in-law, as natural to expect,
| for two greater eXtremities in charactef
| would be difficult to imagine She used to
| take a positive delight in sighting, ridicul-
| ing, and even publicly insulting old Queen
| Louise of Denmark; quarreling with her
| easy-gong father-in-law, the King, well
| as with the Crown Prince and Crown Prin-
| cess: and conducted herself in such way
| as TO become the talk OF the Danish capital,
| a great place for scandal, and where peo-
| pie are by no means inclined to regard her
| freaks as of innocent character.
Her confinement in asylum became
| necessary in the belief of the royal family.
| She was placed some time ago under the
| care of a physician famous for his treat
| ment of nervous diseases, but she disobeyed