Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
GOSSIP FROM LONDON
Kinu Edwards Visits to Paris
When He Was Prince.
GAVE BOHEMIAN SUPPERS
Plans of Kaiser for Marriage Of His
Third Son.
MOTOR BUSES IN HIGH FAVOR
Successful Competitors Of the Under
ground Railways in Britain's Capt.
tal-Lady Beresford's Personality.
MOTOR BUSES IN HIGH FAVOR

Special Correspondence Of The Star
LONDON, February %. 1907.
Few men know their Paris better than
the king When he was young man I'M
der thirty he used to visit Paris
constantly incognito, and in those days
he had suite of rooms In q
quiet street off the Bots, wherein he de-
lighted to give Bohemian suppers The
people from whom these rooms were rented
were unaware of the identity of their tenant
until they recognized his portrait In an
English illustrated paper on when they
applied promptly for an increase OF rent.
On discovering that his incognito no longer
concealed him the prince lost interest IN
the position and the novelty Of the apart
ment wore off, with the result that he gave
1t up.
Queen Alexandra, on the other hand,
knows Paris only very slightly. Although
her majesty is acknowledged to be one OF
the best-dressed women in Europe, she does
not care for Paris gowns or millinery and,
Notwithstanding constant solicitations from
the greatest firms In Paris, she mas never
given them a single order. In the case OF
iewelry, however, she has different ideas.
She frequently has gems reset In some new
style at well-known house In the Rue de
Ia Paix. OF French sweets the queen, 100,
has a great appreciation, and for years has
had boxes of them sent to her at frequent
intervals.
Prince Wilhelm's Marriage.
The decision of the kaiser to marry off
Prince August Wilhelm at the early age Of
nineteen has caused some little surprise in
Berlin Nineteen is. 1t must be admitted
an unusually early age even Tor royal
prince to take upon himself the responsible
ties of founding family. 1t is, learn. to
the empress motheriy anxiety that the
match Is due. Berlin now oilers more op-
portunities for dissipation than any city in
Europe, and the life of an officer of the
f,.1r - >takf D.c Tl.A
empress was therefore Of opinion that the
best thing to do was to choose wife for
her third son and establish him safely
somewhere far removed from the capital.
Their choice fell on her neice. Princess
Alexandra Victoria OF Schleswig- Holstein-
Sonderbury -Glucksburg. q seventeen-year-
old "Prinzesschen," who has the reputation
of being q very charming and simple-man-
fully brought up. is an excellent "hause-
frau and a good cook. This Is all the bet
ter. for Prince August Wilhelm Will not
have menage of extraordinary dimen-
s;ons. His position as emperor entails heavy
expense on him, and az the empire allows
him no civil list whatever, he must meet
these out Of his revenues as King Of Prus-
STA.
. The kaiser's fondness for display and
the enormous cost of his many journeys
tax the Prussian civil list to the uttermOst.
Some twelve or fifteen years ago he was In
serious financial embarrassments. and the
aid Of Baron Won Bleichroder. the famous
Berlin banker, had to be called In to put
things straight. Herr Won Bleichroder made
q temporary advance Of million or two
marks, and went into the whole question
Of the royal expenditure, and put 1t on
sounder footing than before. The death of
the Empress Frederick eased the situation
considerably. as the handsome allowance
she drew as dowager empress ceased to be
a burden on the civil list. In addition she
left large legacies to her grandchildren,
which aids considerably in their establish
mealt But all the same, though the royal
finances are in Q better condition than for
meriy, there II not much elasticity about
them. and the creation of yet another
princely court II q serious consideration.