The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-07-01
PRINCESS SAL -SBLM

tive and adventurous. me better SOFT or
persons in this heterogenity fell in love
with the princess. She became the social
queen. The unusual things she did. which
would have put another woman on the
list of hopelessly eccentric and undesirable
persons, only whetted the desire for her
! favor.
Society delighted to tell how their SOW
ereign princess had kissed MT. Lincoln:
publicly full upon the mouth. She did it.
according to the story. on wager Of a.
basket Of champagne. with a swagger-
army officer She won this basket at a
dinner at which the president was the
guest of honor. Before he had left the
table she came uD behind him withou.
warning and took him unawares. Then.
for the first time in many day. each
man in the room wished he were presi-
dent. .t- ~ -
The princess was chlldless and her sis
ter, taking pity on her, promised to give:
her the next baby If 1t were (. boy. The
sister kept the promise. Some time later
the princess received a telegram saying
her sister was i'll. She was in such a.
hurry to reach the bedside that she got
an order for a locomotive from Gen.
Steedman. and, during the trip, she rode
from Dalton to Cleveland on the cow
catcher e...s#. ,-. E. = -&
Sherman appointed Salm-Salm to the
command of the Atlanta district after he
had RACED the city, and the young gen.
eral and his wife worked night and day
trying to bring what little comfort they
could to the ruined and terrified inhah-
itants. -'.- -,t'.-.
When the war was over President John
son wished Salm-Salm to take a colonelcy
III the regular army. The prince thought
the life would be too slow and courteously
declined. With some other officers he
wished to go to Mexico. He had served
Austrian
Macmillan. Three ministers in Washing
tcn-Baron Won Gerolt of Germany Mar
quis de Montholon of France and Baron
Won Wydenbruk of Austria-approved the
idea. So he went, and later the princess
followed and jooined her husband at Vera
Cruz on Aug. "a, 1865.
She travelled mich on horseback there
and had variety Of escapes from prison.
from beleaguered cities, from ambuscades
and what not. Once, when a lot of Mex
leans fired at her while she was carrying
flag of truce she was so angry She was.
on the point of charging them with MOTH
ing but a riding whip, and would have
captured them, doubtless, had not her es~
cort come up and captured her: .a
Which the Emperor Maxinuilian was a
prisoner in Queretaro the princess visited
Him and did much to cheer him. He was
physically far from well, and had bat q
slight idea Of his danger from the Mexi-
CdAlo. DIG pldIhlSu al escape Tor the
royal captive. She obtlined from Juarez
an order granting a delay Of trial to
Macmillan, although lie had protested at
first that such an order was impossible
She would have got the unfortunate man
safely out of the country, too. had he
not felt that honor demanded that he
remain with his friends who could not get
away. He remained until it was TOO late
She obtained her husbands release, how
ever, after he had been sentenced te, a;ax
and after being detained in the fortress
of San Juan d!Ulloa for a time he sailed
on Nov, ID on the Panama, just one day
before his wife arrived in port to accom-
pany him.
The princess went to New York and
then to Brest. The metropolis gave her a
tremendous reception. Crowds followed
her, showering her with flowers and
cheering till they were hoarse. She had;
not expected any one to remember her
IN the city outside of a few PERSONAL
friends, and was affected deeply.
Prince and Princess Salm-Salm went to
Vienna together. where the emperor and
the archduchess, the mother of Maximil-
ian, gave them audiences. They embraced,
the princess and wept over her with min
gled gratitude and sorrow. For her ser,
vices in Mexico the emperor of Austria
settled life pension upon the fair Amer
lean. ...
After this the Salms-Salms lived quietly
until the Franco-Prussian war broke out
The princess entered the hospital service,
and the prince received a cavalry COM
mand. He fought at the front till Grave
lotte. There he lost his horse, was badly
wounded, but still continued on foot until
two bullets struck him in the breast and
his brave life went out. -.a- -.
The princess went on with her work of
mercy, despite her sorrow, and when the
French had yielded she sought a con-
vent The pope.however. advised her not
to enter, believing she would be of more
service to the church outside. She spent
some time in Spain and Italy and then
retired to quiet home in Germany.
whence she has recently set out on a pill
grimage to her, native land bearing the
remnants of the Old Eighth's flag to be
returned to the regiment alz