The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24
COURT LIFE IN BERLIN.
"reminiscences of Visit i'm the Reign of
William i.
Upon Lady
From The Inside-HOw the Empress Augusta
eivedin er


Frederick the Greats celebrated dining
room. where the table used To- be iet
through che floor TO the kitchen below. so
that le might De able Co converse freely
Vil those VINO clnei with him without
being annoyed by The presence OF servants,
the table going down after each course.
and being h9isted again when laid for the
next.
an anccdc.e 7 have since heard con-
corning the Emperor Frederick viii not, ]
think. Doe Out 0f place here. At the time
90 the great naval review in the year or
the queens jubilee. the eX-Emprcss Eu-
genie was invited 10 witness So from Her
Alaiesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert"
The Crown Prince. vino was among tine
royalties present hearing that the emf
press was about 70 come on board. made
point OF being the FIRST % greet her.
and asa homage with the greatest defer
enCe and respect. as 40 she We're stilI
reigning sovereign, by bending on one knee
and kissing her hand. This was the fret
time they had met since the Franco-Gcr-
man war. and heard afterwards that she
was much touched By this mark Of res
poet ana good feeling from one Of the
conquerers OF her husband and his army.
We made many friends in the German
capital, dined out good deal. and met
interesting and distinguished people. The
day before we left We went to call on
Princess bismarck. who has SO lately
passed away. to the indispensable grief
of her husband The princess was most
cordial and talked much of her hus-
band and her son, Count Herbert. She
seemed to think and live alone for them.
a gentle, homely, simple lady of the true
German type Of wife and mother. Shortly
after we arrived the great Bismarck
came in himself in spite OF its being
as We were told. a very rare event for
him TO appear on one of his wfe's after
moons. lie talked TO MS good deal about
Russia, carefully avoiding any political il
fusion, saying that he knew the country
more as a sportsman than in any other
way, having been there on several shoot
ing expeditions.
He spoke TO us sometimes I'm French and
sometimes In English. The wonderful up-
right frame and tremendous force depicted
In his countenance; the remarkably clear.
piercing eyes, which seemed as II they
looked you through and through left
never-to- be forgotten Impressions ON one's
mind. He spoke in a curious. slow, half
stutteringway that was very impressive.
/ was told that this was the way in which
ne delivered his speeches. ON our rising
10 go he took as to see the rooms In which
the celebrated Berlin congress Of 1873 had
taken place In a large hall attached 10
their palace. He pointed out where each
Of the great ministers and ambassadors
't"' '1'' anu AtAde most interesting re-
marks about most OF them. on our al
luding TO the size Of this apartment he
remarked: what q splendid ball room it
would make. But fortunately for myself
my daughter is now married. so there IS
no need for me TO ait up half The nlght
doing the civil"
When he said goodbye the prince ex-
pressed hope thar he should be able to
visit England again before long. as there
was still much that he should like TO see.
This was the last incident Of a series OF
remarkable and interesting experiences
Of the two great courts OF Europe
Isabel Stewart