Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
TO SEE ROYALTY
DOING REAL WORK
PRINCESS LOUISE TO APPEAR
AT EXHIBITION
How She Does Enameling-Is Expert
at the Art and Could Make Liv-
ing at It If Needed-Her
Marriage Failure
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
| LONDON, May 25.-To see a real,
live, royal princess actually at work Is
something of novelty. 1t is a spec
tacle which will be vouchsafed by those
who visit the exhibition of the society
of Artists at Work." to be opened in
London in a few days. Princess Louise
Augusta of Schleswig Holstein is a
member of the society. One Of its
rules is that those who exhibit at it's
shows must show how they make the
things they exhibit. And so Princess
Louise will be seen working at her pet
craft along with the rest.
She is one of the members of the
royal family fortunate enough to have
a profession-or rather art-at her
finger ends in case of need. She is a
worker in enamel. 1t isn't likely she
will ever have to earn q livelihood at
it, but there is no doubt of her ability
to do so should the necessity ever arise.
At charity bazaarS to which she con-
tributes, her work invariably fetches
high prices. Many of her friends and
relatives treasure highly bits of jewell
ry, frames or boxes wrought by her.
The finest piece of enameling she ever
completed was a memorial cross for the
grave of her brother, Prince Christian
| Victor, in south Africa.
Her Life Ruined by Wedding
Her art has been a great solace to
her, for her life has been a rather sad
and clouded one. In 1891, when only
| 10, she was married to Prince Aribert, of
Anhalt. To outsiders the union seemed
a fairly happy one, but III 1866, with with
out a word to any one, she suddenly
left her husband and has never seen
him since. There was no issue of the
marriage and it was dissolved accord
Iiy,n 10 ia1 a
new family law of the ducal house."
Since then she has been leading as far
as possible the life Of private person,
occupying a modest house in Queens
bury place when not staying with her
parents, Prince and Princess Christian.
at Cumberland lodge, Windsor
| The princess was one of Queen Vic
toria's favorlte grandchildren, and
bears strong resemblance to her aunt
and godmother, Princess Louise, duch
ess of Argyll, after whom she is named.
| She has a great aversion to the fuss
and ceremony which her birth involves
and shirks it whenever possible. On
one occasion this disposition resulted
in her being treated with a degree of
familiarity which she is far from court
| ing.
She was taking a sea voyage for the
benefit of her health and the weather
| being boisterous she was advised to
seek the shelter of her cabin. She
found the confinement irksome and re-
solved to brave the storm and go on
deck. Creeping from her saloon, she
attired herself in a set of tarpaulins
which a sailor had left handy, mounted
to the deck, and, clinging to hand
rail, stood enjoying the spectacle of the
surging pillows. Her pretty hair was
tucked away beneath great SOU
wester and the disguise was complete.
Presently she received a thump be-
tween the shoulders which nearly took
her breath away and a big voice bel
lowed in her ears, what the devil are
you doing here?" She turned round in
dignantly and faced-the captain! Then
it was the captains turn to gasp. He.
thought he had caught one of the crew
| loafing.