New-York tribune., 1901-08-06

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The more closely the young Hohenzoliern
| Prince became acquainted with English life and
| English institutions the more did he value the
freedom which English people enjoy. The diff
| rerences between German and English social
life appear to have struck him keenly. and there
can be no doubt that in all the reforms the Eng
| lish Princess introduced in her German home
| she was aided and encouraged by her sensible
| husband Many stories are told of how the
| Princess carried the war into the enemy's camp.
| The chambermads of the palace were accus
| toned TO do their work In silk dresses. The
| daughter of the richest lady in the world de-
| cided to put stop 10 their extravaganza One
| morning she had all the servants summoned to
| her presence, and delivered herself of highly
| surprising maiden speech. She began by telling
them the expense Of their dresses must not exceed
| the rate of their wages, and added (without ask
| ing inconvenient questions to how they made
| up the dehCit) that. their wages were not TO
be raised. ii would be very fortunate for them IL
| they were allowed to wear cotton clothing. In
| order to prevent any misundersl anding.' the
| Princess continued, Il shall not only permit but
| order, you to do so. You must know that there
| ought to be a difference in the dress of mistress
| and servant. Do not think that | want TO hurt
| your feelings; you will understand my intention
at once If tell YOU that and then came an
told them that at that Court people in their po
stion performed their duties in cotton, and that
| she liked to be ruled by her mothers practice.
ROUSED HER FIGHTING SPIRIT.
| When the Crown Princess was first informed
OF the sinister hint OF the impossibty OF man
| with a mortal disease becoming King OF Prussia
| II seems to have reused all the latent fighting
power OF this brave and energetic daughter of
| the fighting Guephs. No such provision existed
in law. but only in the rule OF the Hohenzollern
FAMILY. and more potent still in the will of
Prince Bismarck We can well fancy her devils
ing and laying plans here. there and every
where for resisting the grimly powerful cOmbi-
| nation against her husbands future. For friends
| a ntL in (..rTn f-va rio
and poor alike were crushed under the iron
| will OF the Emperor maker. Prince Bismarck
For nearly thirty years she had devoted the best
energies OF her life and brain and given her
widest sympathies 10 the encouragement OF liter
ature. science and art TO the incucation OF soft
ehihg ana mercifuI thoughts embodied in new
hospitals asy!ums and charitable institutions
the formation Of orders Of nurses. and most
earnestly OF all 10 the herculean task OF raising
| the women Of Germany up "a higher and
broader life. lifting them from being mere haus-
| fraus. nurses and household drudges 70 the
nobler fulhlment of their duties IN a rational
and enlightened manner. But the Teutons cared
| for none OF these things. the men were content
with a household drudge incapable OF under
standing anything outside the round Of cooking,
nursing and gossip which constituted their
=, wives lives. and saddest OF all the women
| themselves whose cause she fought did not
| thank her for her pains or strive TO benefit by
| them Perhaps in her intense love OF her Eng
| lish home she had been unwise to insist
| ating so purely English atmosphere In her
| nome ana fsmily Her comments upon the
| Ioiples OF her adopted countrymen may have
| been wrung from her by their apathy. but to
| suppress them would have been safer. especially
| among a people possessed OF SO LITTLE sense o.
| humOr as the Berliuers Anyhow ID s scarcely
| too much 10 say that the brilliant warm hearted
Hsympathetic woman was hated In PROPORTION 70
| her talents, and execrated in a manner that a
| selfish stupid woman. who cared only for her
| own interests. would have escaped
| But her life with her royal husband who
| reicned over Germany Frederick III for three
| months IN lNNS. was a happy one They had
| eight children. Prince Sigismund died In 1866
| while the Crown Prince was gaining laurels
= the field o. Koniggratz. and Prince Waldemar
died in March 1873 at the age OF twelve years
The surviving children as follows:
First-His Imperial Majesty William H. King
/ OF Prussia and German Emperor chrstened
/ Frederick William Victor AlhcrU He was born
/ on January -. 1888 married on February 27
/ 1881, 10 Princess Victoria Of Schles esTiC-Hol-
sst6enin-Augustenburg. s6n who was born May 3.
! ISbo Ihey have six and a daughter:
Prince william born May g. 1SS2 Crown
Prince of Prussia and German Prince Imperial;
Adelbert. born on July Il 1854: Prince August
William. born on January 20 1887; Prince oscar.
/ born on July =. lSSS: Prince Joachim born
December II. 1890 ana Princess Victoria Louise
born on September r. 1892
SeconduPrncess Charlotte who born on
July "a 1870 She married on February 1S
1873. to Prince Bernard. eldest son OF Duke
George II of Saxe-Meiningen. They have a
1879 t1ie'''e' ''"'eS' Fe'oF"' porn on May -
Third-Prince Henry. who was born Au-
gust H. lSt2 He was married on May "A. 1883.
TO Princess Irene OF Hesse, daughter OF the
Grand Duke Louis ". They have three sons.
Fourth-Princess Victoria. who born on
ttpIi i. 1000. she was married on November
Il" ioo, TO Prince Adolph Of Sch6mberg- Lippe.
Fifth-Prncess Sophie Dorothea who
born on June IA, 1870. She was married
October p, 1880, to Constantine. Prince Royal
of Greece
Sixth-Prncess Marguerite who was born
April -, 1877. She married on January %.
1913 to Prince Frederick Charles OF Hesse.
CELEBRATED THEIR SILVER WEDDING.
On January %. 1888 the Crown Prince and
Princess Victoria celebrated their silver we'd
ding. The proposed Court festivities were aban-
doned on account of the death on January 1S
OF Prince Charles. the Emperor's brother but
Berlin decorated IN honor OF the occasion
and the Prince and Princess received many
visits of congratulation. including those OF the
Emperor and Empress.
Victoria has the heart Of a child with a
woman's head" So the Prince ConsOrt wrote to
the young bridegroom and that is exceed
ingly apt summing up of the character of the
widow OF Frederick the Noble Her self pos
session and nerve have stood her in good stead
on more than one occasion. For example one
day when she was alone with Princess Alice. the
sleeve OF the elder sister caught fire. and at
moment II looked If almost anything
might have happened Princess Victoria, how
ever. neither shrieked for help went into
Mysteries, but simply said TO those who came
running into the room, Don't tell mamma; ask
papa to come" The home life of the Empress
Frederick almost shadowless until the
spring OF 1887 when the malady which was
its appearance. The Crown Prince and Crown
Princess had. IL Is true their residence in pal
aces. but they brought UP their children in the
most unostentatious manner and lived wellnigh
as simply many middle class German fam
ily The Empress was from the first the reverse
| OF mondaine. The ordinary pleasures of life
We're not at all 10 her liking, and she gave in
finitey less heed to 'the house beautiful" than
to the cultivation of her children's inteects and
the fertilizing of their minds generally
1885 the Crown Prince hastened from San Reno,