Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-16
ROYAL House of Victim.

The reigning duke Of Saxony today is
Wilhelm Ernst. thirty-four years old. and
q widower His wife was the Grand
Duchess Caroline. Princess of Reuss. who
died in 1905, after happy married life Of
two years.
Three hundred years ago the royal
house of Victim. which Is the Oldest In
Europe. split in two. The factions were
led respectively. by Ernest and Albert.
The Albertine line retained the throne Of
Saxony. The ErnestIne Line has reigned
over several grand duchies ever since.
II the Albertine line should become eX-
tinct the Grand Duke of Saxony would
succeed to the throne of SaxOny. There
is no prospect of such an event. King
Friedrich Augustus has four lusty boys
i'm his palace at Dresden.
Wilhelm Ernest is not troubled with
many cares of state. His little duchy
runs itself. 1t is a sort of miniature
kingdom, with a parliament of thirty
three members which meets every three
years. and an army of 600 men.
He is wealthy man, having large
private fortune The revenues of the
duchy are amply sufficient to keep things
in good order
Roads. bridges, public buildings. benevo-
lent institutions, schools and everything
else are models for other governments to
initiate Each of the four cities, which
contain nearly half the population. are
provided with museums, art galleries and
from kindergarten to the University at
Jena
Eisenach has a population of 35.15s.
Jena, 26,36O. and Apolda, q 262. There
are 1857, 7S9 Protestants, 1S.049 Catholics
and 1,4c1 Hebrews in the duchy.
Everybody can read and write except
a few aged people who have forgotten
how, and few babies who have never
learned. There is a schoolhouse on every
corner. All kinus of benevolent and chart
table institutions, insignificant in size
compared with those in the United States,
are conducted upon scientific principles.
Homelike and studious.
cient walls, no relics of prehistoric civil
Ization, no frozen music in the way
OF architecture, no splendid palaces or
cathedrals. no springs to attract invaiids
and no wonders of nature. But it is un-
surpassed for its educational advantages
and homelike charms.
The name was formerly Weinmar or
Weinmayer, which means wine mar
ket-" Some OF the best wine in Germany
although of limited quantities, is still
grown In the neighborhood.
For ages-so far back that nobody
knows when the Industries started OF
who taught them &c the peOple-rhe peas
ants III the neighboring villages have
made toys. beads. laces, trimmings, must
cal instruments and merchandise of tina,
sort 1t Is shipped to all the corners OF
the world.
A little stream, called the linn. runs
through the city. adding to the attrac-
tons OF the landscape. 1t rises in the
Thuringian forest and loses itself in the
River Saal at Jena.
Weinnar is surrounded by forests and
fertile farms. In cruising around the
neighborhood, as We did. in an automo
bile, one is never out of sight of a little
village. serene and simple. with compac
little houses which look if they haG
been taken out of pictures in German
story books and surrounded by wei
grouped pines, beeches, elms and chest
nuts. whose trunks are covered Will
moss.
The roads are perfect. They are shaded
on both sides by fruit trees. chiefly ap
pies and cherries, which illustrate tn,
economical habits as well as the integIit,
Of the population. For the land Is tol