The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11
DOW GER DAGHAR
6~eee Ana ~ Rassla NOt - oooa
Mia Her Msthes-an-Law-
m- narepsan Politics Affects the
ne~essse Lsfs 81 sovsseigns-A
ne11ea Cage.

- v4u6t Of the car and csarina OF
i.--s. - England has set the tongues
- ~.-sIa vaxeing and old stories Of royal
- 1fe beIng again revived II will be
s1.-s-~s.hercd that the empress was former
= princess Allx Of Hesse. daughter Of
1.esn vietorix's much-ieved daughter.
SSsnenw Alice. who risked ana lost ner
6S = 3 determination TO nurse her chill
- t1r6ngh 4 malignant fever. Princess
sf- - supposed 10 be in love with .
ss.s,.s nrince. but the unhappy princess
Sa fofced gradually, against her fearful
s.1 aaary protests. into her marriage
~ ~ Aabby cxarowitz. now Nicholas
n ~ vas q vigorous. vfvacious. high
~ssr1ts1 typs Of healthy womanhood. with
- 1ietlnct IDEAS Of the manly qualities
s7iunonoabls 70 . model husband: and
~ - quito beyond the attractions at
~ e1sruwftx's peculiar personality.
e11sno1 though II might b with the pur-
Sxe 90 scepter and the iron crown Of un-
s-sse1 noWer. when England and Ger
SsSSv. 10 their liberalization to get .
S3~fsh upon the Russian court. insisted
9hoe rs marriage must be. the Princess
Aiix eutered the bonds resignedly-rssign-
S1ly. Int not hopefully. a. she remarked
n ~ English companion Of years. Just
SGo1ee .joining her betrothed 70 so to the
Whoever enters here must leave al
- behtnd."
- words we're not idle. for the young
netns az Russia has hardly had . glad
0on1nt since she first sat on her imperial
6eone Il 70 noteworthy that even the
s1'eisi eli onicIers OF court fstes ana I'm
1osial functions have never used that ia
nniaS stock phrase Of their kind: The
Gnftna appeared to be in excellant spirits
- mntIed graciously on AL sides"
Epon the Russian court chroniciers know
H11pos Of fuls0menesS and truth. and
go e them has had the hArdihood TO
~ s'shA empress smiled-" Behind the
1Hieoion Of these three commonplace
Ser6s les = story Of domestic sorrow and
in desperation and conscious degrade
IL such ~ the palace may bury as well
= ~ house Of the merchant prince. or
no1er. or butcher. or baker.
~ the young girl. reared in the homely
iln1ltlDns Of the Darmstadt court, and In
~ cold. clear air Of Osborne House and
windsor Castle. the sudden transfer to
~ side Of a perverted Romanoff. in the
nj6st of IN intriguing. frivolous and scan
lo&1oving entoufage. was . shock to be
G3khetood only after the most careful
pfeparation. She had the preparation and
fu1thstood the shock The beauty. submits
Nvsness and apparent devotion OF this
toroign princess AT first fascinated young
2lehosas. whose associations with women
~ been limited. He was charmed In her
ygooo0<e: he listened to her advice: he
~ her his confidence. His mother was
attracted By this turn Of family Affairs.
~ wished to zee her son happy. to be
IN. but she did not wish to let slip from
NJ own banda the reins Of power which
~ had held during her husbands life.
- feared that the carefully spun web Of
Ggiono between 81. Petersburg and her
DAn1nh birthplace was to be torn asunder:
that this beautiful interloper from West
~ Europe would reknit the bonds be-
tween her adopted land and the country
which had cut Schieswig and Holstein
oee0 her fathers soil: that her weakling
- would b nodded into docile hus-