Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-15

m I as George Eliot said IN a pessl-
mistlc moment the huppiest Voc
men are those who have no his.
"A tories. then must pretty Princess
irene Of Prussia live IN state ot
earthly bliss Who and what is
shc' We know she ia the wife Of Ger
mony's popular sailor prince Henry
that she Is the slster.in.law Of Emnet'
or William, also of Car Nicholas, also
Of Grand Duke scrgius OF Russia, also
that she was the third daughter Of the
late Grand Duke Ludwig ~. of llcsse
who married the English Princess Al.
lee. Queen Victoria's fayorlte daughter
and that therefore, besides being sis
ter-ln-law 70 80 many royalties Prln-
cess Henry Nv the granddaughter Of
Englonds lamcnted queen, Who-may
che rest In glory had descendants
enough TO furnish on call q husband or
wife TO every ruling house Of Europe
when one was needed. Both the prIn'
cess ana her husband are therefore
grandchildren of Queen Victoria and
first cousins. more than that even, for
Queen Victoria herself married her
cousin Prince Henry Of Prussia and
his wife are consequently by blood al
most as much English as German,
Princess Henry is thirty-hye years
old but looks very youthful That
must be because she has no history
and is therefore happy, She was mar
rled In 1883, three weeks before the
death Of her illustrlous father-in-law
Emperor Frederick Of Prussia. Henry
was the favorlte son Of both his father
and mother and married with the dy-
ing emperors blessing Frederick wa,
unable TO speak his fatherly blessing
because Of the terrible cancer that was
eating out his throat and his life but
he wrote his congratulations upon a
slip OF paper and pressed It feebly into
Henrys hands, and II contained these
words inexpressibly touching you al
least have never given me moments
sorrow and will make az good hus'
baud as you have been a loving SON.
To his credit II is recorded thai
Henry fulfilled the prophecy and from
that day TO this has been az good q
| husband as II he were Just plain
common laborer living In a cottage
and not a prince at all, II Ia pleasant
to think there Is at least one good hus
band among the royalties Of Europe
showing that the thing is possible aft
en- ALL Then, too, Princess Irene Is 81
/ fair, bright and sweet a woman tina
Americans like to think she IL happy
a German paper tells us that she, frs
as the betrothed. then as the bride o
young Henry was his only stay ant
consolation in the troubled days II
which very close together Emperor
| William !. and Frederick died, o
when, quoting the words Of a German
/ paper. "our hero kaiser and his glori
Gus son closed their eyes forever
Prince and Princess Henry hay,
three sons. Waldemar Sigismund an,
Henry. Baby Henry was born In 1906
while hIs papa, who Is now admiral u
Ian the German fleets, was still In Chi
ma. Prince Henry betook himself L
China at the beginning of the disturb
ances there and remained two years
/ There his wife paid him a visit at In
/ German settlement on the coast, an
an English paper in It's toadylsh anN
lety to pay a compliment to relativ
Of British royalty said
THE presence of the gentle princes
/ In the German settlement of China
where their royal highnesses We're i'm
mensely popular, did much yowar
reconcllng the Chinese for the loss q
territory"
Which statement. this being Amerlc
and free country may be safely tax
| en- with allowances The princess el,l
est son, Waldemar twelve years ole
has been lately appointed by Empero
! William a lieutenant IN the First Prus
sian footguards Sgismund, the secon
son, was born In 1896
! Now we know whose wife, daughte
and sister-in.law Princess Henry !
and how many sons she has and ho'
old they are In Europe that wou
be all anybody would care to kno'