New-York tribune., 1909-05-21
A PLUCKY QUEEN
charlotte of Wurtemberg's Coolness
in the Face of Danger.
roov-r4rbt. 1902. by the brentwood Company.l


o,asn Charlotte Of Wurtemberg's self-control
- r-essnce Of mind in the panic caused at the
-. Theatre at Stuttgart on Sunday last. owing
:. sone curtains catching fire during the per-
4o-nance of ''Rheingol6-" Will surprise
10 rAcaUs The pluck which she has shown in
o.be- moments Of danger. On one occasion when
ont driving in the neighborhood OF Stuttgart the
horses boted. Both the coachman and footTnan
zrere thrown of, whereupon Queen Charlotte
climbed ID on the box and. bending down
,fe dashboard managed to secure the reins which
zsre trailing the ground and finally obtained
control Of the frightened animals. Her lady-in-
vsitfng vas found unconscious from fear when the
carriage was stopped, and, beyond the loss of
Wheel Of the carriage and few bruises sustained
bv the coachman and foOtInan. there was no harm
done
A couple OF years before her husbands acces-
xion 10 the throne, she was driving with him TO
church at LudwigsbUrg. when unemployed sad
der named Kleber fired revolver at her consort.
The bullet grazed her forehead, missing Prince
william (as he then) and the would-be
ssssil was seized by passers-by before he had time
70 IRE a second shot The royal couple stopped the
carriage Just long enough TO see the man taken
into custody by the police and then drove off to
church as cool and as unconcerned as if nothing
lad happened
The one great sorrow of Queen Charlotte, who in
her younger days was very lovely and stillsremans
q very handsome woman, is that her marriage has
remained childless. True her husband has daugh-
Ter BY his first marriage Princess Pauline, married
70 Prince Frederick Of Wied, but she is barred
from succession long there are any princes
Of the house, and consequently the crown will go
81 the death Of the present King TO his distant
cousin. Duke Philip Of WUrJemberE, who. like his
eldest son, Duke Albert, is Roman Catholic, and
therefore regarded with disfayor by the vast ma
3o-ity his future subjects. Wurtembergers being
quite pronouncediy Lutheran.
i Is 10 Queen Charlotte that the court Of Wur-
ternberE. and likewise many other German courts,
owe the restoration Of the waltz the programmes
Ct state balls. from which il was barred for many
wears. largely owing 10 the prejudice Of old En-
press Augusta The latter's disJaste for the waltz
arose from the fact that her daughter-in-law, the
Empress Frederick, shortly after her marriage,
while WalJzing with & young officer Of the Guards.
slipped and fell the ground. al the very feet
Of the late Emperor Williams consort. Augusta
terribly strict in matters Of etiquette horri
FED and declared that she would not countenance
dances which were Of nature TO place princesses
the blood in such terribly undignied positions.
Her views Of the subject were adopted at nearly
all OF the German courts, remaining in vogue at
that Of Stuttgart until Queen Charlotte Of Wur-
tenberg. shortly after her husbands accession 20
the throne induced him 70 remove the ban, being
like her stepdaughter. Princess Pauline, passion
EIeIy fond Of dancing. and especially Of Waiting.