The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22
Appeals t0.AllW'ho Recognize.
the Beautyof Love:
a ROMANCE INTERESTING
Only One Life Stood Between Him
and One Of the Finest Estates and
Titles II Germany-Death Of
His lady Love.

OF Prince Bernard OF saxe-Welfnar ap.
peal to all, even the members OF tho
court who were almost severe In their
denunclatons when he sacrificed his fu-S
turo for love. Every ono knows that his
affection for tho Princess never wavercd,
and that her death last week is tho
greatest grief Of his lifetime. At the
| time the Princess was solzed with the
commissions which ended her llfc two
hours later ut q Wayslde cottage, they
wore driving together. and there was no I
premontlon OF the blow.
The romance Of this couple, Is in
many respects. tho most interesting Of
al those which have altered tho destiny
OF members OF European royalty II the
last two generations. Prince Bernnrd's
| remuneration for tho sake OF tho woman
he loved probably lost him great oppor4
tunitlcs and more friends than the slni-
lar act OF any person OF royal lineage.
1 Is now known that but for the ente-
rance into his life OF tho widow OF the
Marquis Luchesslni he would undoubted-
~ have been the consort OF Queen VIII
helmina OF Holland, for whom he had
already conceived a warm affection, and
who ut tho age OF sixteen years. cared
| more for him than for any other sYitor.
Tho Second son Of the late hereditary
| Grand Duke OF Saxo-W eimar- ElsenAch.
only one life stood between him and ono
OF the finest titles and estates In Ger
many. II he had married the young
Dutch Queen there Is every reason 10
believe that the match would have been
Il much more fortunate one for both
| than that which, almost from 4he beEin-t
Ing has brought such sorrow to Wllhnl-s
| nina, The two were OF kindred natures.
and the young Prince, amlnble and ahac-
Tomato by nature. would not have have re-
scented the regulations OF state which
place the Dutch consort in position
some what more obscure than that OF me
husbands OF other queens,
Allfthis prospect was blotted out whon
Prince Bernard met the widow OF Mart
quls Luchessln, who had the title OF
Coun tess. which Germans have persist
! emily used every since her second
marriage ccnsoriol:sly denying her that
OF Princess, The Countess had been mar mar:
Ildl only a year or two when the ltal-6
ian Marquis died, She was still young.
beautiful and very engaging, The mo-
mcnt they met the Prince no longer
thought OF: little Queen Wilhelminn nor
or any future which did. not include Wat
OF the beautiful Countess as his Wig u
They were married With tho utmost se-$
cI,et.y, ana for u long time nothing was
hoard about it. In fact the announce
Incnt OF his exile was the FIRST. clew lhat
THE outside world had Of the match.
| Provided with ample means. tina young
couple settled down at Weisbaden, where
they have lived most Of the tins very
quietly.
This marriage was the beginning OF
series OF misfortunes In the Sake Wei
limar family. a brother OF tho present
Grand Duke plunged into dissipation ana
| died. Next woman backmailed the
liGrnnd Duke into paying whcch sha
claimed should have been left TO her o.,
! the dead Prince. She was arrested ahef
| convicted. Then followed the marr.age
| OF theI Grand Dukes mother with inc
Chamberln. followed almost Immediate
lslyg by the birth OF a child.
II ls likely that the death OF Princess
Bernard viii shortly DO followed by tho
restoration OF the Prince to the estima-l
ton Of his family and his possibilities Of
some day becoming Grand Duke.
Now "a he time OF the year when many
sAmercans are preparing TO- bring their
Isfamildes, to Europe. with tho object OF
seeing their talented children placed
with good masters of painting and mualc'
,Wlth respect to the study Of instrument
ltal music 1t seems to be recognized ootn
| In England and America that berl!n anu
LeIpsic offer better advantages than aMS
| other cities in the world. Most OF tha
great teachers are there and the muA!ca1
atmosphere Is there.
| 1t is particularly In piano and VioMn
INSTRUCTION that Germany excels. H ANY,
othr clt,cs in the world. Most Of INC
| strong public sentiment against tug nu :,
3hemlanIsm into which students = = - =.
arts drift very naturally. ana Wh!oh !! =
ai,on,ed in pnrls to deplorable extent.
1 Germany contains too many excei!ent
schonls for Young girls where tho langu-
\ rae md music are carefully attenaeo
~ md d chaperon is provided for ices
lures. concerts and the opera.
Girls under twenty-five arc hol CONS
nellod to live alone in a pension or to so
10 public entertainments alone, Thestand.
ard If correct behavior Is very hlg and
i strictly maintained, whether the hausI
frn,r be- q German, hardened to tho blsl-
moss and earring little for her penion-
erg Individually or, as It may often hap
ne, tho widow of a Englshman, Amerl-
4 can or Russian gentleman who has
"soen better days" sSq
The most northerly railroad In til.
! world, opened n few weeks ago. is now
| In working order Tor its entire lengths
isit lies Within the Arctic regions, The
/ greater part of 1t lies in Swedish terri
! with tho Atlantic, AMI Its chief object Is
| to open up the rich mineral resources
OF North Sweden and to carry ores to
| Naryik The ores of this region are OF
unusually fne quality, and for this rea'
son the new road has considerable inte-
rest for Germany, which leads In tho
manufacture OF fine edged tools.
For almost It's entlro length the new
railroad runs through territory altogeth'
er uninhablted and represents one Of the
| most difficult pieces of railway eng.
neerlng In the world. There are sixteen
| tunnels within a distance of l40 miles, ona
of them being nearly half q mile long,
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4 Jewelers and other workers In precious
i metals throughout Germany--as well aa
probably In other parts Of the world
are finding more and moro difficulty IN
procuring platinum. There has not been
such scarcity Of This metal since u
/ first came into general use. ~ n
1T is a curious fact that when there has
been a demand for any otrer metal fresh
| deposits have had a remarkable way Of
/ turning up Just in the nick Of time:
This Is not the case With platinum,
! Is still worked In California, Colombia,
Brazil 1Iayti and Borneo, but the only
i Mace where II can be said to be at az
i abundant is In the Ural Mountains, when
4 liyes Russia a practical monopoly ~ 4,
j THAT country contains what ~ propaniy