Arizona republican., 1900-10-18

whose name has been compromised in all sorts of scandals. one of the least question: 5le If them Eeing the ansny- nous letter controversy. Indeed. pop uldr sympathy at Berlin. where the prince and princess have made their home since their mar-tge, has been all along with the princess. who has been the objectiof much pity. Sinre her r5- turn from America she has spent her whole time either with her mother or with her grandmother, Queen Victoria. Her sudden trip to America. which was more in the shape of a flight from her husband than anything elsa. was not the first. but the second time which she had quilted his roof. vowins never to proceeded to the Mediterranean on leaving her husband, and in the hope If patching things up and of prevent ing her from becoming the subject of any misrepr sentation he sent after her her younger brother. Albert. who is an officer of the German army. and di- rected him to act as his sisters escort until she consented to return home.
 
 The kaiser has but little sentiment tai love for animals. Unlike the other members of his family. he has no ca nine favori.es. and the dogs that he owrS are kept in kennels. where he sel- dom. if ever. sees em. In the same way. as soon as a saddle horse which he has been in the habit of riding SHOWS any defect, due to hard service. old age, or accident. he at once sells il. and two of the horses best known to the public as in cons ant use by the emperor during the past four years. have just been sold by public auction at Berlin for a mere song. both of them falling into the hands of hack carriage owners. One of them is a mare known as Meg Merrilles. ana ehe other a geld ing named North Star.
 The kaiser is almos. alone among the rulers of Europe to have no affection for. animal or bird pets. Queen Vic t1ria the young queen of Holland. the cZar and cZarina. the king of Denmark being devoted to their dogs. King Leo pold showing a great predilection for birds. while Prince Ferdinand of Bulga- ria shares with the su!-an an inOrdi- nate liking for cats. The new king of Italy. like his father, and like the em- peror of Austria. makes pets of horses. and Francis Joseph would he the last person in the world to ever permit d hul-e 5hat he had ridden to be sold at auction for use as a cab horse. The kaiser's action. however. in auctiDning off Meg Merrilles and North Star is thoroughly in keeping with his conduct when a few weeks after ascending the throne. he sold to a market gardener near Potsdam the little chaise and po- ny which his lamented father had been using during the dast few weeks of his terrible illness. and which should cer- tainly have been sacred in his eyes.
 
 It is to be feared that Mrs. James Brown Potter will not improve her so- cial posa.ion ia England by making ar intimate friend and associate of Lady NTeuX. for the latter herself was for merly on the stage, dancing in the mu- sic halls of Brighton and of the London suhul bs at an infnitesimal rate of pay under the name of Susie Langdon. She married the late Sir Henry Meux. of brewing fame, in the face of the oppo- sition of his family, and has ever since managed to keep her name well before the public by her eccentricities and eX- travag gances. which have comprised a vain attempt tl buy from .he Egyptian government the Obelsk at HelCpolis, the only one of the Celopatrd's s needles that remains in its horizontal position in Egypt. and the purchase from the municipality of London of Temple Bar. the old city gateway of London. which now adorns the principal entrance of her magnificent cour.ry seat, Theobald Park. She is very kind hearted wo- man and has innumerab1e acts of mu- nficent charity to her credit. But like the actress Duchess of St. Albans. n whom the baroness Burdet- Coutts is indebted for her colossal wealth. sine ! is appallingly vulgar. screamingly 50, and on that account has always been kept aloof by the royal family. and in particular the Prince of Wales, to whom she is an object of dread.-Mar- quise' de Fontenoy in Washington Post.