The Washington herald., 1906-10-28

The marriage. however. proved a failure.
and was soon terminated by a divorce,
and Marie returned 10 the Trianon,
Prince Had strict Raising.
In the green room there she first met
Prince Joachim AIbrect. who. following
the Kaiser's example. dabbled in mat
ters theatrical lie was captivated by
her Immediately, and found her far from
coy. They lived together, Travelled to-
gether. went to the races together, ami
their relations. so undisguisedly open,
gave rise to much gossip in Berlin.
Joachim Albrect Is the second OF the
three sons Of the late Regent Of Bruins
wick The latter was an autocrat Of the
stern. old-fashioned type. and brought
up his three boys IA an atmosphere OF
harsh discipline and repellant Piety That
Is the sort Of training which usua. =
drives young men 10 opposite extremes.
But despitc IT. two Of the boys, the olcest
and the youngest, have turned out wen
Joachim alone has proved a black
sheep
As soon az he arrived AT the age when
he could no logger be kept in leading
strings, he went "a for a course OF Wild
oats. lie took 20 drinking, c9Td-playi" 3.
and the various forms OF dissipation most
affected By the gilded youth Of continfn-
tai capitals. lie joined the clubs WHERE
the young bloods Of the aTistocracy
gamble for high stakes.
He patrcniZed the night restaurants
and cafes frequented by fashionable
denli-nondes. He has been mixed up in
innumersble scandals. He openly deled
public opinion. Hypocrisy, az least. WIS
never one Of bis vices when ne visi.s
gambling houses or other shady resorts
it has always been his custom 20 Or We
up TO the door OF the place in ROYAL
eQuip3ge adorned with The eagles OF the
house Of HohenzoileFn, and driven by Il
coachm7n wearing the royal livery.
Il Poet, Painter, end Musician.
But despite his dissipated habits. the
prince Is man Of many accomplish
mentS. and possessed OF talents far above
the average. He is q good musician, and
an adept at producing light me,od.o1s
ballet music aud humorous songs. H:
operettas have been produced IN Vienna
Dresden. Hamburg. Munich. Brunswick
and other German and Austrian towns
with considerable success. Lest year h'
supplied the libretto and music fCr
which was Wen received On Berlin.
lie has also dabbled "a poetry. and Z
volume Of his verses was published Z
couple OF years ago. lie Is an artist. too
Of 10 mean order. his few pictures bein.
eagerly sought by the Fashionable col
lcctors OF Berlin. Three ycsrs ago sew
eral papers in England and Germany an
uounced his engagement to Princess AIic
OF Albany But the former betTothal
never took place. and the engagement
which vac certainly 10 the ard 4 no
mature, probably because investig ,ticI
showed he was hardly the sort Of mai
likely To make q satisfactory huSban'
for an English princess with quite bouT
geoise notions, according TO c0nti1enta
standards. of the value Of dOmesti
virtues.
There were many stormy scenes be
tween the prince and his father. whei
the latter learned OF his sons infatua tior
for the actress They became cyclOui
when the Young man told him he inteude'
20 marry her. The old man cursed hin
+ for an Ungrateful. undutiful. good-for
nothing. dissipated rake, and expresses
I his deep regret that he could no lCuge
exercise the prer0gauye OF his mcdicVa
Z ancestors, and coasigns his son to
dungeon cell until bis passion had cooled
he devoutly hoped that II ever the mar
riage took place the Kaiser would max
( things hot Tor his degenerate offspring
as the laws 81 Germany would permit
Z And the Kaiser l. likely 20 DO it.
FRANZ U-EPREp