New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06
i.NIl.
London February n

II sec 10 re SEsO lfldA III SisHA'
tfi,s were given 10 Austria and not to
Prussia "a he war Of 1866 because me
Austrian raiiu officials were SO much
more polite thar 1hc PrGssia1. OF the
fact shat tho English wished Austria
ana not Prussia to win there IS no
6o,.hi. Tie railway reason was perhaps
z -assor. il not the reason. The orsai2i-
-at:cgl Of Prussia was at that time, as
rhs organization ~ Germany, civil ana
military. nom IS tic finest in the world
But fioxibility is not one Of its meills'
Sill; less IS il distinguished by consideTa-
tfea for The rights OF the lo!'-miliiaTy is''t-
r,o.7-otficial German world. The Englsn
were then. Is now. = travelling people,
ard 1hoir authority. ii J may use sueh
3 word. or the Continent was greater OF
seemed greater. then than NOW. because
,a. competition vas less. Americans ils1d
no; thor, begun TO swarm across the At
,snti, ss tourists nor was the American
language heard on every mliside OF IHe
Tz--oi and on The battenel~s OF SiIesia-
Il vss ali English: and the English ne
z-ond question found Austria . more
agreeable pleasure ground than the
wind swept plate3us Of her grim neigh
Dor /" the north
In those days and for many years to
come the English had taken and kept
possession q Homburg the pretty water
I-g plac,, near Frankfort. As in 50 many
o-l7er matters. the fashion was SCI oE
10 Prince cf Wales. whom his snpJeo
qac presently not few Americans ioi-
lowed in a loyal spirit. They foIo"e"
him not less Loyalty when ne i"i sooh
fgaInl,urs and jourpeyeG furtler di''N
=, aIarier1bad. For the truth IS 'iie ''e-
,-,.,e and esgeciaiiy the North Germans
hi undiscovered Homburg' ana tie
streets -vnere for 50 many years ''ie
re, accent had been heard, and al
80 nm other. grew suddenly noarse
vi-b Te,toric guttcrals. 1 don't say
,ha- this invasion drove the Prince %
Wales elsewhere lie IS himself as 'llN.N
German as English. But when lis yedi-s
visits 81 August ceased the b"sl'SN
surrendered FIomburg 10 its real ."
ers albeit they rather resented N"h1
;hev called their usurpatioi'
There was. however. one knghSh
--or,sp who chung 10 il: the Empress
frederick. the Prince Of Wales eIoes'
sis,o- and P-incess ROYAL Of the United
7-fngdom Her Royal Highness hao
married the Crown Prince OF PRUSSIA
af+erUard the Emperor Frederlch' HI
1885. being then Just over seventeen
-eprs OF age. For many years she SPe'i'
rs-- Of the summer in the olu SchioSS'
i-,s- outside the little TOXIN; then later
built herself 4 snowy villa on the other
flank. and died there III August, l9Vi. i
5o7,-f mink the present King has ever
revisited Horlburs since that date.
She liked the mace: liked its pure ar
;-s eoarer,- The hills and woods amid
4,l7irn il lav embosomcd: its pleasant
walks and the pleasant life It's Flsl'oIS
led, and some Of its residents, though
eYcer,. the Princess herself and the hoIeI
keepers and the garrison for the time
being. I hardly know who tho reslden's
we're II was. moreover ?, great resort
Of irzaIi who We're not I'll enough to be
sent TO a serious cure. Many Doctor
In London and elsewhere. had for
maxim: When in doubt. choose HON.
f,,,rg.-' It's waters could do you no
farm. Its climate was sure 10 do YOU
good. And its animation, its gayety, ITS
rrillianzv even. during the six weeks
season were all so many torics for the
1-aladc ina ginaire-
Such acquaintance as / had Win the
Crown Princess l owed TO the Prince o.
Wales. who one DAY asked me if knew
fis sister When said no he answered.
Oh but you should; ] must arrange
g." and proposed that / should come to
tea the next afternoon al his villa. then
the Villa Imperiale, when the Crown
Princess would be there Arriving, l
found myself the only guest. ] was pre-
sonted 10 the Princess. In figure. in face
and manner she WAS very like her
mother. the late Queen. The figure WAS
,7oi 50 stout. the face not SO rubicund,
the manner less simple, and therefore
With less authority; but the resemblance
En- each particular was marked. There
VS. even a resemblance IN dress: or it
might be trUer % say thar both tho lac
Quee1 and her eldest daughter showed
10 Indifference 10 the art Of personal
95arnnlert. Certain terms have become
Etercetyf,ed in another world Of arr.
i-a-ll Victorian. nid-Yictorian or merely
Vicsgrian.-are these labels now used 10y
va Of compliment or even of mere de-
soription? ! am afraid they are one and
= terms OF disparag cement But il was
said tr-llv Of the late Queen that Il did
not matter what she wore. Robes did
Tot make the Queen. Whatever she
wore she Was Queen. and looked the
Queen.
The Princess had. however. a mach
greater vivacity than her mother. At
moments il became restIess1ess. and the
mind. ] thought. could never he in re-
pose. There was no beauty, but there
vas distinction: and in this again she
'esemhled the Queen. Ever since her
marriage and down TO the day whom the
Emperor Fredcrirk's death eXtinsulsled
10 ambitions the Princess had lived il
:; dream world 20 her own creation. Of
which win say more IN = moment. Her
b'hefs were 50 strong. her conviction
mat ste knew what was best for those
ABOUT her was 50 complete that to these
fehefs and This conviction the facts had
10 ADJUST themselves as best they could.
Even for the purposes Of this audience
mat necessity became evident. / had
beFh presented. Of course, as an Ameri-
oatl- Almost at once Her ROYAL IIighness
lglnget into Americas, aHsaire She vas
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