Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
vieria for many years. Let us hope that
they are lovers. pure and simple.

vieria for many years. Let us hope that
they are lovers. pure and simple.
They surely are. If the saying. True
love never smoothly runs" holds good in
their case.
Ever since the engagement practically.
the inability OF the young mans father and
the young lady's mother to understand each
other has kept the son and daughter in
hot water, more or less. When the crown
prince went to visit his iancee in Nice last
winter everything was in perfect harmony
Shortly after that Cecilie desired to go
to Florence; her mother wished to re-
main in Nice, and with her sister and
two three other companions CeciEe
was permitted to proceed to Florence. Nat
urally. the crown prince also left Nice for
Florence, but when the kaiser heard that
the mother had remained behind there was
a pretty how-de-do in Berlin and the young
man was torn, by imperial order, from his
fiancee's side.
the wooing have occurred since then with
much frequency. and only recently the
young couple had their attention distracted
by the rumpus incident to the circumstance
that Cecilies mother had ordered the more
dainty portions of her daughters trousseau
in Paris The cutlery over this act was
raised not only by the kaiser. but Germans
generally, who held that a German princess
and the future kaiserin should not go to
her wedding arrayed in finery which did
not bear the earmarks of German manu-
facture. But the cutlery was to no purpose
The Grand Duchess Anastasia went calmly
ahead with her plans, If nothing had
been said against them. and so all Ger
many this week will witness their crown
princes bride arrayed partly In finery of
home manufacture and partly in creations
from the rival capital of Paris. How many
thousands of dollars is being spent on the
trousseau gossip has not said TO a Ger
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spend a good half million dollars 10 max
ing the festivities all that they should be.
When the young couple settle down II
will be in Hamburg. In all probability.
There they will maintain their own court,
a thing which the crown prince has been
doing in Berlin since the first OF last year.
The crown princes duties will still be on
the order OF those which have fallen to his
lot during the last few years-represent-
ing his father at church dedications, I'M
yelling statues and officiating at public re-
ceptions when his father feels indisposed
Or is actually i'll. The first public recep-
ton at which the young man ofticiated was
on New Year of 1899, when the kaiser was
confined to his apartments And. OF
course, with his marriage Will come pro-
motion in the army, and his new duties in
this direction will give him work from
time to time.
Taken all in all. every sign augurs well
for the young couple. There was gossip
a-plenty concerning the crown princes es-
capades with grand opera singers and pretty
American girls before his engagement but
since then there has been no occasion for
an ill word about him And, happily, there
are no croakers predicting i'll fortune for
the young people, as there We're when the
wedding festivities of the then cZarevitch
and the Princess AliX We're impending
eleven years ago. There Will be no re-
nouncing of religion the part of the
bride, happened then. There will be
no bride carried off to a strange country.
to learn new ways and court customs.
Cecilie knows Germany and is known by
it. She is a sweet-tempered. sensible girl.
according to all reports. Her prince charm
ing is a good fellow at heart. according to
all reports. They are two good children,
then-and may they be as happy as chill
dren is undoubtedly the wish of the world
today and this week.