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

/ of artificial and petrifed gyrations
was finished"
! Thus so il has been at all the courts
Of Europe for forty long years. ever
since the present Empress Frederick
of Germany. then the happy wife of
+. Unser Fritz, fell Whine Waiting before
the steps OF the throne in the Neu5s
Palais at Potsdam-
The crown princess Of Prussia and
princess royal of Great Britain was a
very lively young woman in her teens.
She had been married only two short
years and was celebrating her TWEEN
tieth birthday when the contretemps
that condemned all her royal sisters "a
7 inactivity with their dancing slippers
/ occurred
/ The ball in honor of her natal day
was held at her own residence and
all members of the royal family. IN
GLIDING old King William and his beal-
tiful wife. Queen Augusta, came over
/ from Berlin o lend additional splen-
/ dor TO the occasion. In the great hall
splendid dais and canopy had been
erected for their majesties and the
scene was imposing owing to the COM
bined efforts of thousands of wax can
dies and sparkling jewels.
"Unser Fritz" who dearly loved
his clever wife, had allowed her to a.
range the dancing program according
! to her own sweet will, and Victoria
had put in more round dances than
was agreeable to her stately mother
in-law However, everything went
well up to the last waltz, when her
royal highness commanded Herr An
geli. the great Vienna portrait painter.
who was a guest at the Neuss Palais.
to dance with her
No gentleman. however high his
station. may ask a royal princess TO
dance with him n she wants him ne
is commanded by her court marshal
10 lend her his arm. A prince, on the
other hand. commands his partner n
the same medieval style.
Well, Victoria sent for Angel and
the maestro, then a fiery young fellow
and boon companion of waltz king
Johann Strauss. ran up. coat tails fy-
ing. and his mighty head with the
shaggy name proudly thrown back.
He bowed before his lady lower
and more awkwardly than he had ever
done before, yet it was not quite low
enough in the eyes of jealous courtiers.
Then he made his first objectionable
faut pas. Instead of locking arms
with the crown princess and holding
her at a distance Of at least two feet.
as was customary. Angel unceremoni-
ously encircled Victoria's waist and
pressed her joyously to his manly
bosom.
When Queen Augusta, with Mortified
eyes. saw this, she was about to e
call her daughter-in-law. but the pair
was off at galloping gait before her
majesty could make a sign. Twice
they chased about the circle. painting
and laughing. when. at the moment
they were opposite the throne, Angeli
let drop victoria's train. 1t got be-
tween the crown princess feet and
down she went with the proverbial
dull thud. her partner falling on top.
OF course dozen masters and mis-
tresses of this or that or the other
thing formed circle about the I'M
happy couple in the twinkling of an
eye. and the crown princess emerged
from the ordeal without undue display
of petticoats before the other guests;
but the fact that she had actually
fallen down like any ordinary mortal
under like circumstances might 10
could not be argued away. and Queen
Augusta issued an edict against round
dances. forbidding them to be per
formed at any courtly gathering in
future.
The smaller courts of North Ger
many followed Beriin's example with |
out delay. and as q similar contre-
temps happened at the Vienna Hof- |
burg a little later. the Austrian and |
South German courts Joined in the |
prohibition The Vienna affair was |
even more drastic. IL possible
There Mr. Branicka. handsome Sec
rotary OF the Roumanian legation. was
WALKING with the young Archduchess
Marie and fell with his partner with |
such unfortunate awkwardness as to
come down on her face in sitting |
position. seriously disturbing the sym
metry Of her imperial higness' nose
for the time being at least.
The old Archduchess Sophia. Em-
peror Francis Josephs naughty
who witnessed the unheard-of
ndignity. was 90 angry that she
refrained from boxing the at
aches ears. and though Strauss re-
NAMED Hofkapellmeister to the end {:
ais days. his waltsss were heard only
II promenade concerts in the palace.
Ind never again ct great balls
When the crown princess of Prus-
10 became empress she favored the
Of the round dance. the
more - - she had several young and
lively daughters to entertain. but her
'eign was only short lived. a. every