Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-01

: ~ III Hull I. 1ne HneSt part OF the
Weisser Hirsch is occupied by it's res
taurant. Back piazza and terrace gar
den are set with tables and things to
I eat and drink Beer and sausage. even.
( If you like. But the dish par excel
lence OF the White Stag is a princely
one. 1t must be said: venison, extreme
ly well cooked and reasonable in price
And everybody who goes to Schwarz-
burg goes to the Weisser Hirsch to eat
/ OF its famous dish. 1t is not every
where. even in the lands of kings and
princes. that one can partake of this
noble meat and at the same time enjoy
8 view of it on four legs and in the
flesh browsing pictureSquely in a pic
turesque park with a setting about it
which no picture could do justice The
combination may offend some tastes
but it doesn't the Germans. who.
though an aesthetic people and highly
sentimental. have. nevertheless, their
material side. For instance, they will
tell you in Schwarzburg that Prince
Gunther. lord of the castle and of all
this lovely scene. is Interested. pecuni-
arily. in this White Stag. inn aud gets
his full share of the profits on the
venison of which its guests partake
and which comes. of course. from his
ancestral preserves.
The litue queen of Holland and her
mother stopped this summer at the Weis-
ser llirsch. At the same time Prince
Gunthner's sister. Marie Caroline Angus
tina. dowagcr grand duchess of Neck
lenburg-Schwe rim. was visiting him at
the castle. and as often rs he could get
away from his regimen, at POtsdam her
son. Duke Heinrich. was visiting her
And that was how 1t came about that
the charming little queen was wOoed and
won in this lovely spot. II is 70 he hoped
thai the facts are as they look, and that
the young queen : engagement Is Il real.
honest romance from beginning TO end.
The happiest moment of my life" she
is said TO have remarked on taking her
departure from SchwarZburg. There had
been hunting parties and driving parties
and walks and rides through these love
ly forest lands The roads are fine ones.
Prince Guntlner himself drives i'll style.
a smart four-in- hand the writer saw him
in not so very long ago. tuolinS swiftly
along The famous road from Blankcn-
burg to Schwarzburg through the
Schwartz valley. II sweeps along with
the, river on one<ide and the forcst-clad
heights on the other, fine macadam
roadway that winds up. finally by lonG
and easy turns to the top of his castle,
hill past the door of the Weisser fIirsch.
to it's end at his castles gates. the hill
| is in shane like "a tongue, thrust our
it, The castle covers the tip OF this
tongue. its walls rising up like Il con-
tinuatiOn of the craSgy hillside itself. II
is not an especially fine castle, though
it does date from Charlemagne. and has
been in the possession of its present
line since the year 1859 The present
century. when Il fire first and after II n
prince with an admiration for the silly
French STYLES of his day, the Sans SouciS
and Trianons. spoiled what the ire h;id
left There is a rather fine banquet hall.
however, with the same view from lis
great windows that is got from the back
of the Weisser Hirsch and in this. no
doubt. the young queen had some Of
those happiest times of her life of which
she is said TO have spoken warmly.
The hunting parties which she and her
for pheasants. or for the still more royal
wild boar. The princes of Schwarzburg
have noble preserves OF all three species
of game One OF the siShts OF Ssnwarz arr.
enjoy at the cost of a rather steep climp,
is the feeding of the wild boar. up on Il
certain one of the neighborines heights.
about sunset. They are big. fat, fairly
gentle beasts as one sees them under
these circumstances. The deer are more
nearly In their native state, ranging more
or less wild within their extensiXe park
limits. and once in while a really real
istic glimpse may be had of them. dart
ing away at the sound OF approach into
the forests deeper glades.
The house of hwerin,
from which the queens consort comes, Is
an ancient and a proud one as to lineage.
Indeed, it boasts itself of being the most
ancient reigning house in Europe. and
the only one in western Europe of Slavic
origin. When the grand dukes of Neck
lenburg-Schwerin dress themselves out III
all their titles--and these fill a whole
paragraph of the Almanach de Gotha S
fine print-they call themselves princes
of the Wends The WendS it will be re-
membered. were one of the early Slavic
tribes. fierce heather warriors of north
east Germany. against whom the early
emperors fought. and THE early bishops
founded such c.lthedrals as those of
Hamburg Lubbock and Ratzeburg Duke
Heinrich, Queen Wilhelminas fiancee. is
a Younger son of the grandfather of the
present reigning grand duke Frederick
Franz W.. who is very young man,
having been born in 1882. Duke Heinrich
whose full name is MISUNDERSTANDING
Albert-Ernst was born in 1876 His moth
er, Princess Marie of Shwarzburg was
the third wife of the Grand Duke Fried
rich Franz III. of electromagnetic
The cadets of the Meckienburg- Schwerin
family have the TILE of royal highness
The dtlchy is a poor one; and as the lit
tie principally of Schwa rzburg- Rudolf
stadt is not "a rich one either money ev-
identity had nothing to do with Queen
| Wilhelmina's choice. We may take it..
there fore, that Duke Heinrich himself IL
| the attraction.