The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-02

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We Two
We two make home of any place we
go;
We two find Joy in any kind of
weather;
Or If the earth is clothed in bloom or
snow,
If summer days invite or bleak winds
What matters it if we two are to-
gether?
We two. we two, we make our world,
our weather.
We two make banquets of the piainest
fare;
In every cup we find the thrill of
pleasure;
We hide with wreaths the furrowed
brow of care,
And win to smiles the set lips of de-
Spair.
For us life always moves with lilt-
ing measure:
We two, we two, we make our world,
our pleasure.
We two find youth renewed with ev-
cry dawn: e
Each day holds something of an un-s
known glory;
We waste no thought on grief or
pleasure gone;
Tr'icked out like hope, time leads us
, on and on. ..
And thrums upon his harp new song,
or story. -n p
We two, we two. we find the paths
We two make heaven here on this lit
h iitle earth;
We do not need to wait for realms
eternal.
We know the use of tears, known sor-
= rows worth,
And pain for US is always loves re-
birth.
Our paths lead closely by the paths
supernal; ~
We two, we two, we live In love
eternal.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in the 9New
Orleans Picayune.
Americans have. not the reputation Of
Europeans for gallant speeches., yet
there are many occasions when they
earn the envy of the people who are
more given to saying pretty things. At
a recent private dinner at which Seth
Low and his wife were guests one of
the diners said to the new Mayor. I
You must be proud to be the kus-
band of the first lady in New York"
II am proud" said the Mayor, gall
lantly, as he glanced tenderly at his
wife, T'to besthe husband of Mrs Low"
On a similar occasion recently the
American ambassador to the Court of
ST. James paid a graceful compliment
to mis- wife:
1t was at an informal dinner at
which the guests were intimate trien'ls.
Some one proposed that each in turn
should answer the question:
t"If you. were dead and could come
back to this world in another body, who
wonld you prefer to come as?"
When it came to Mr.. Choate's turn
hea said: II would prefer to come as
Mrs. Cheate's second husband.
Mary Lee, the American girl, the
strict stickler for the observance of
/ the sabbath-the devout church mem
berthe Sunday-school teacher-the
Paris art student, the friend of the
young Princess Won ,Schleswig- Holstein
A7-the wife of the young Princess faith
ter-the charming widow-the wife of
Count won Waldersee--thesf friend (. OF
sPrincef Bismarck, the great diplomat
1.-THE one American Woman who can
claim the attention and the tear" of
a., Kaiser Wilhelm g&Ng
= This is in brief the life recordaof the
woman who is to visit us in the spring
in company with her husband, Count
vonj Waldersee, who commanded the
: allied armies in China, says the New
York World. "a ~
AZ 81 she has been termed the "wo-
man Roosevelt" She is a believer in
the "strenuous life"
A widow with immense wealth at
her command, she chose a husband
at first a pawn, now a gallant knight
whom she could move forward along
the chessboard of life. That she has
made her move wisely may be judged
by the fact that the Count Won Wal
dersee is now one of the most trusted
and most prominent officers in the en-
tire German Empire.
, Through the influence of his wife,
Mary Lee, he arose, it Is said, to the
/ command of the First Division of the
German armv.
Through his wife he was appointed
to the chief command of the allied ar
mics in China.
Many year3 before the young EN-
,peror William mounted the ancient
throne of the Hohenzollerns the Count
ess Waldersee was known as Mary
Lee.
She was born in New York. Her
father was wholesale grocer a man
who weighed cheese and coffee, just
as his brilliant daughter afterward
weighed pros and cons in the German
court.
But eventually Daniel Lee died, leav-
ing a wife and four children, and a
great deal of money.
The widow took the numerous pro-
geny to Paris. Here her eldest daugh-
ter married Baron Won Wachter.
In 1864 the second daughter married
a captain in her majesty's East Indian
army.
Mary Lee became acquainted with
a daughter of Princess Won Schleswig
Holstein. She was invited to the
Schleswig- Fl olstein house in Paris,
where she became acquainted with the
daughter of the Princess.
He was a strict Lutheran, she a
Presbyterian. After a. short courtship
I Mary Lee and the Prince were mar
RED but not morganatically. THIS was
sine qua non of Mary Lee She made
the Prince renounce his title of Serene
Highness." She induced the Austrian
Emperor to name hinl-Count Won Noer
and she took the title of Countess.
They were welded much as Senator
Chauncey Depew was married recent
L..
They were united first at the United
States legation, and then in the ora
tory, Protestant temple opposite the
Louvre.
From the church they rode out to
the Bots with orange blossoms on
horses brides, buttonhole bouquets on
coachmen's coats and all that sort of
thing
In the following year Prince Freder-