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of Prussia, eldest son of the then
Crown Prince and the present emperor
of Germany.
In this plan she met a strong antag-
onist in the princes mother. The lat
ter, one of the cleverest of the feminine
royalties Of Europe, had a dislike to all
the Schleswig-Holstein family because
of the proverbial dizziness which had
not been mitigated in the case Of Au-
gusta Victoria. But the bashful prin-
cess was white and soft and round,
just the kind of blonde, blooming girl
hood to tempt a young man and make
him lose his head. The mites Won
Waldersee brought the two together in
the most casual sort of way, and that
settled it. The youthful prince fell
madly in love with the vision presented
by the shy princess, and the countess
was satisfied.
AS soon as the marriage took place
the aunt of the princess commenced To
mold the awkward girl according to
her own ideas. The Empress Frederick
continued cold and unkind to the prin-
cess, and Augusta Victoria was made
w~retchedly unhappy by her royal
mother-in-law and flew into the arms
of her American aunt for comfort.
Prince William. who liked the countess,
favored the friendship and advised his
wife to follow her relatives Instructions
in everything.
Every one will admit that the count
ess polished the rough diamond thus
given over to her care in a fashion that
cannot be criticised, for the girl had
been brought up in narrow circum-
stances before her marriage and had
absolutely no social training.
All this time Count Waldersee was
being promoted from one position of
trust to another through his wife's init
macy with the princess, and was at the
right hand of the prince after he be-
came emperor.
After Princess Augusta Victoria be-
came empress. she came more COM
pletely than eve under the will of the
American aunt. The Dowager Empress
Frederick was turned out into the cold,
so to speak. Her rage against the gro
GERS daughter knew no bounds. But
she was helpless to change matters and
could only grind out her rage in silence
and write long letters about her rival
to her royal mother. Queen Victoria.
who was terribly indignant at the
American parvenue M adventures
who dared to stand up and defy the
best royal blood of Europe.
1t is asserted thai Z was in a meas
ure through the Countess Won Walder-
see hat Bismarck was thrown out of
power. for il was her ambition to see
her husband take the old chancellor's
place. II is added that after Bis
marck's fall the countess advised he.
husband not to accept the chancellor
ship. for she feared at the last that he
could not fill the position satisfactorily,
and she knew with Bismarck out of
power she could rule the emperor as she
liked. Whatever the facts may be.
there is no doubt that the name of
Count Won Waldersee was cabled all
over Europe as that of Bismarck's
probable successor.
The Count Won waldersee is continu-
ally with the emperor. and Aunt
Mary" is always with the empress.
who depends upon her as If she were
her own mother.
The countess is a handsome woman
still. She has a regal bearing and a
most distinguished figure. Her ON
plexion Is clear and brilliant and her
hair as white as snow. She has fine
taste in dress, and looks more like an
empress than the empress herself.
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