Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15
jj i:i-''| PR|N(E HENRY
s sz ;i:.t!!!.! d OF PRUSSIA :

about her But, again this Is free
country, and here We want to know
what women are OF themseIyes-that
is, II they are anything Of themselves.
Frequently they are not
Princess Henry Is graceful woman,
with a beautiful neck ana fine, square
shoulders She has rather large, un-
arIstocratio ear Her face is more
Germun than English, which makes
the German people Ike her all the bet
ter Her expression ~ also much more
lively ana merry than that Of her sad
sister, AK Fedoroyna, c2arina Of Rus
sla, unhappy because she has no son
and because she has TO be dressed up
all the time and attend imperial pog-
eants that 10 her are mere monkey
shows, which she sees through all too
! plainly.
Between Princess Irene Of Germany
and her sister Of Russia there are
warm affection and confidence so
much 40 that when the c2arna visit
ed France with her husband last ou-
tumn the little daughters Of the lmpe-
| rial Russian house were left with their
aunt Princess Henry IN her castle at
Kiel A cole, duh little seaport town
! Is lilcl but Emperor William has de-
creed that Prince Henry shall live there
when he is at home and there, conse-
Quently Princess Henry must live the
year round or until imperial William
permits her 10 go away perhaps to pay
a visit TO her husband In some foreign
port, as when she went to China,
And, by the way, while she was there
Princess Irene pleased greatly the yell
low old mandarIns A very high native
official was so charmed with her that
he desired to pay her the highest com.
Ipliment known to Chinese etiquette
lie asked her through an Interpreter
how Old she was. She told him hel
age, at that time thlrty.two where
upon the mandarin instantly respond.
ed;
You might be sixty"
81 wouldn'i have taken you for any
thing like so old as that said her
husband, Prince Henry to her
The mandarin had meant TO say only
that she was SO wise and superior n
her mind that she might have been six
IS instead Of thirty-two, and he neyei
found out what bad break he hat
made. When the prince and princess
both laughed heartily. the yellow maj
attributed It to their pleasure at tn
exquisite neatness Of his compliment
Tastes differ.
The family life at Castle Kiel Is sale
to be Ideally happy Prince Herr,
does not take himself 40 seriously a.
his brother the kaiser. takes himself
consequently there IN none of tina
mailed fist discipline which william
ordered Henry TO exercise In China
and there are much more life and ful
than in the imperial household,
Irene seems to be- as happy as q wifi
may be- all the more so possibly be
! cause she and her husband must b
apart so much And yet American wo
men cannot help feeling sorry for he
because, rich, beautiful and beloved a
she Is, she cannot leave Klel without
o permission from Emperor william
, even to 90 shopping 20 Berlin distar
l only four hours by rail
Any woman In this republic who ha
. money enough may pack her trun
and start around the world any da
she likes. Emperor William tells Prlr
" cess Henry where she may go and ho
, long she may stay and II he change
= his mind and desires her TO come hon
ere the visit Is ended home she mus
move. bag and baggage In this re
i spect the American girl who earns
a week is freer and more fortunat
than her princey hlghness Irene q
= Prussia MARlLLA WEAVER.