The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-27

of our troops, our ambassador. she
always means the British troops ana
Lord Augustus Lotus. or whoever Is
| there at the time.
But" admitted Prince Bismarck, Il
wish German princesses who marry for
eigners had something of that charac-
teristic too. The statement that at
the time of my dismissal l begged her
to mediate, even with tears, is, OF
course, humbug. Our relation was not
based on love, but on mutual respect.
Once when / went to Charlottenburg to
report, she even pushed up a chair for
me herself Indeed, the Emperor Fred
erick always made a point of showing
regard to my convenience. Afterward
change took place in that respect
In time the Empress placed a guard
upon her natural British proclivities,
lest their exercise should further in
cense the court. On one occasion she
was invited as patroness of the Girls
Friendly Society to open one of its
meetings at Frankfort. She replied that
she would have liked nothing better,
but feared that to do so might lay her
open to further charges of over-at-
tachment to English institutions, and
therefore she refused.
Like all children born in the purple,
Victoria, Princess Royal of England.
was keenly cognizant of her own inn
portance. When very young she OBJ
jected to her mother calling her Mis-
sy," reminding the Queen that she was
the Princess Royal. This incident may
have been recalled 10 her mind when,
as mother of the destined German EN-
peror, the boy gave her to understand
that he disliked being called willy
OF all his children the Princess Royal
n the affections OF the
Prince Consort. "Vicky," he once wrote
to friend, has the brain of man
with the heart of a child" This beau
tiful attachment between father and
daughter continued up to the day or
the Prince Consort's death. The last
words he wrote to her were as follows:
May your life. which has begun beau
tifIlly, expand still further to the good
Of others and the contentment of your
own mind True inward happiness is
to he sought only in the internal con-
seriousness of effort Systematically d.
rected to good and useful ends"
A very dgnified little lady she was
in her early years, and one can mag
inc how Inundated she felt when, as
Queen Victoria records in her diary,
the Princess Royal had the misfortune
to sit in a wasps nest! 1t was about
this time that the Queen and the royal
children were taking a coach drive,
and the Princess Royal dropped her
handkerchief, as if by accident, in the
mud. The equerries and gentlemen-tn-
waiting made a rush to restore the
piece OF cambria to it's owner.
why were you so careless?" asked
the Queen of the child. Il did 1t on
purpose" was the reply, "for 1 wished
to see those gentlemen running after
my handkerchief"
The confession brought it's conse-
quences, for the Princess Royal was
lifted on the ground and made to pick
up the handkerchief herself. 1t would
be q mistake to assume from this and
the other more or less thoughtless acts
of childhood that the Princess was of
an oVerbearing manner. Far from 1t.
She was at all times very lovable, as
those who were brought in contact
with her were wont to frequently tes-
tify She early threw off what child
ish foibles she possessed. The Princess
was only IA years of age when one day
the young Prince Frederick William of
Prussia, then on a visit to Windsor,
stood gazing fixedly at painting by
Titan in the castle.
'Is not that saint very like the Prin-
| cess Royal?" said the Prince to a COM
panon. At Balmoral he asked the
| Queen for her daughters hand. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort ex-
| pressed their willingness to entertain
the idea, but as they very sensibly said
THE simple unconstraint of girlhooo
| must continue undisturbed; 'Vicky' is
| only IA; let the secret last two years
and then consult her on the point
Circumstances, however. rendered
| this plan abortive. The young couple
were one day soon after riding up q
hill at Balmoral when the royal wooer
1 e IL - ,. N1Nr-
emblem of good luck-spoke to the
Princess of his hopes, and in this SIM
pie but picturesque fashion they be-
came betrothed. The marriage was
| duly solemnized on Jan. %, 1858.
The late Empress hobby was paint
ing, she was really an accomplished
| artist, and delighted to make informal
| calls at the studios at Cronberg, OF
which there are many. In this way
she one day looked up well-knowr
painter, who. wearing the usual art
lists smock, was putting the finishing
touches to a picture. After some gen
eral conversation in art matters the
| Empress said:
you must come back with me to the
| castle, for l have some very interest
| ing paintings to show you"
Herr - asked permission to retire
| to make himself a little more present
able, but the royal visitor laughingly
rearked: Come just as you are" Ac
| cordingly, the be-smocked artist and
| the Kaiserin walked side by side t.
| the castle, and on being ushered int
| the picture gallery he was somewha
| dismayed to find himself in the com
| pany of a crowd of distinguished per
sonages awaiting an audience of tn
Empress. Her royal hostess, however
speedily put him at his ease, and n
spent an instructive quarter of an hou
in her company.
Even latterly in her moments OF free
dom from pain the late Empress
sketched and painted. but in time sh
became too weak to follow her favor
lite occupation. The hopelessness o
her state gradually dawned upon her
When the news of the death of her be
loved mother was broken to her sh
remained quite composed, but is report
ed to have said to those about her, =
wish / were dead, too"