The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-14

francs per year, and it is said that
she boarded up the greater part of
it while her husband was waiting to
step into the shoes of the ancient
Hohenlohe
This winter her grace promises to
show Berlin what a rich and clever
woman can do in the position she
holds. Under Bulow's predecessor the
grand old palace on Wilhelm strasse
had ceased to be a resort of fashion
and gayety. Nine. Bismarck was
plebeian and parsimonious, Caprivi
happened to be a bachelor with the
taste of sublieutenant, old Princess
Hohenlohe entertained in her own cas-
ties and country seats, but never in
shop-keeping city, as she used to put
it, and after her death the chancellor's
stateroom was opened only on very
rare occasions for a mixed crowd of
parliamentarians and other political
pot boilers with scarcely a sprinklng
Of persons that belonged to high life.
1t will be al so different now. Count
Rulow has twice the salary and per-
haps five times the private income that
Prince Bismarck enjoyed; he is youth
compared with Hohenlohe, and his wife
as much of a grand dame as the late
princess, and as his conception of Of
fee holCing is to do the imperial mas
ter's viii without questioning and
without Offering either advice or opin-
ion. he never worries, never poses and
so has plenty of time for society.
Invitations for several receptions and
stare dinners and to two big balls to
come off before Christmas are out.
List used to call the princess his
favorite pupil and the finest amateur
pianist in Europe. Her graces music
room is museum filed with charm
ing "reminiscences of the gypsy able.
Look" she said, pointing to large
crayon, this represents a scene from
our concert at the Palais Auersberg
in Vienna, 1885. I had then for the
first time consented to play in public.
OF course, only the cream of the
aristocracy was admitted and they
paid fabulous prices for the privilege
We made, l believe, some %, 600 fiorins
for the benefit of the poor that even
ing"
The artist has depicted List and the
princess at the piano. List seems to
be thoroughly pleased with his part
ner, for his mighty head with the long
silvery name is proudly thrown back
and his eyes are afire with the pleas.
ure art gave him. ITS easy to believe
that his pupil was then the reigning
beauty of Vienna, home of fine women.
But no. she wasn't beautiful" or at
least not exactly beautiful-we have
the great Makart's word for that.
Marie Anna is fascinating" he wrote;
ito call her beautiful would be too
much and yet not enough. The man
who called her pretty | would thrash"
At the age of II the present countess
married Count Doenhoff, a diplomat
of some note. At Dresden the princess
first met her present husband, then a
simple baron. attached to Count Dozen
hoff's staff, Domestic unhappiness fol-
lowed and she took up her residence at
the Italian embassy in Vienna, over
which her stepfather then presided. 1t
was but a short time afterward that
her husband died and she married
Count Bulow, who had by that time at.
tanned considerable distinction as a
diplomat. His rise was rapid, and now
he stands at the right hand of the en-
peror, while his beautiful wife is the
first lady of the land
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