The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-30

saitZtng under the ban and
all the courts Of Europe fol-
lowed suit Today a voman's lowell
ness. pe.uiant wiifulness and skiIlful
diplomacy have caused the German
court to revoke the fortY-year Old de-
cree. and al other European courts
are looking with favor on the mystic
waltz.
The tvo women in the case are the
present Empress Frederick OF Ger
many-xho feIl-and Princess Char
lo;te OF SchaGmbourg-Lippe The first
II was who fell before the throne
while Waiting. the second II vas VINO
has overturned the precedent Of years.
much TO the establishment of her blue
bIooded and more conservative rela-
tives.
For forty years dance at any of the
royal courts OF Europe was nothing
more lively than dancing attendance"
to ROYALTY The couples did not dance
at all. they merely walked and strut
ted about. more or less gracefully.
their performance eliminating in 4
low obeisance before the throne.
But now the beautiful Princess
Charlotte. first cousin TO the King OF
Wurtemburg and wife OF the heir pre-
sumptive to the throne of that king
dom. has changed IL all.
She IS tired OF minuets and stately
"contre" dances. and announces that
she will waltz and indulge in polkas
and mazourkas to her hearts content
this winter
II in this she were alone her decis-
ion would hardly change the staid
and dangerous complexion of Euro
pean court festivities, for. after all,
Stuttgart is but an Insignificant CAPT
tai But before flying in the teeth OF
old-fashioned conventionality Char
lotte. like a good general, did vast
amount OF accommodating. tShe is
colonel of lancers at home. hence her
strategy She wrote all her young
cousins and sisters-in-law on thrones
and near the thrones of Europe. pledg-
ing their majesties and highnesses TO
follow her example. to inform their
court marshals that at the balls and
dances of the ensuing season they
meant TO dance, not figuratively. but
actually.
The old goldsticks who received per
emptory orders OF that sort from their
mistresses thought. of course. that the
world was coming TO an end, and pro-
tested vigorously. pleading royal ira
uittun uud precedent: but when. some
time later. news arrived from Stutt-
CART that his majesty, the king, ac-
cepted Princess Charlotte's dance pro-
gram. they looked puzzled.
Next the court marshal OF The
Hague informed his brothers that his
young mistress had graciously com
manded' him TO provide her with an
up-to-date dancing master. we'll versed
in Waiting. as she meant TO dance all
such dances during the coming win.
ter.
The master OF ceremonies of the I'M |
perial court at St Petersburg followed |
with a similar tale of woe. Our
Young grand duchesses," he reported. |
ARE all practicing the pas one sees
nowadays only in unofficial society. |
and the czarina has commanded me
to arrange a private ball for the young
people so that she may have chance
TO see for herself whether the tabooed |
waltzes. etc. are really as objection
able as one of her fair cousins makes
them out TO be. II will be strictly I. /
family affair. relatives dancing with
relatives. but IL II is success We may
look for real enjoyment at our court
balls hereafter"
Charlotte seems TO have done her
missionary work well. There We're
no contretemps. no evidences of awk-
wardness and gaucherie on those trial
trips into the realms of waltzdom. and
today the round dance" long despis-
ed as uncourtly. IL not as vulgar. fg-
ures again on the program of every
imperial and royal house party. I
Even the stern war lord in Berlin
has given his consent TO the innova-
ton He has reasons for wishing TO
be on good terms with the King 81
and knows that Char
lotte has great influence with his
brother monarch. So on with the waltz
in Schioss. Hofburg Castle and pal
with the old bores that
used to give the court balls funeral
air.
Here is description OF one of these
funeral affairs as witnessed In Berlin
asst winter;
The famous White Hall was filed
with five or six thousand guests when.
toward half past s o'clock. the masters
II ceremony announced the arrival Of
heir maiesties, who came in At the
all end Of the procession. led by the
grand marshal who was followed BY
Ill OF the dignitaries Of the crown II
heir great robes. After them came
he ambassadors and then the kaiser
Ind kaiserine. her majesty's mantcl
icing borne by pages II
The procession made q tour Of the :