New-York tribune., 1910-07-20
VILLAGE cOlINTESSES
,.,es,t-Bern Wives of Princes
and Great Mobiles.

,o7o IL re Brentwood Cc-oa-y
,''s7ssslss- ,'7sn.-.-.ess Johanna Schafgoisoh. a-co
SO rs- .ai5en welding two wears
,ss''--s.- --so.s death i2St weeE has placed
- 80 sreaess- hcEses Of tfe Ger
r.- .,,s sust-san s--Stocraes' n mourning,
rsE = : many respects the sob-sQpet Of
1er.e co,-tess gwen &C tAat vile o:
-l'-s ~ Burleigh" whose romantic
ee Constitutes TIE theme CT one oE
rs'.--- most bszUt5ful poems; for. al
ssl, 80 zss n honorary member o.
so1s.. Order OF St Theresa OF Ba-
y :. he1o-E % which as . regular
s-.,.,-ss s,i-. requires 4 long list of ex-
r,5le .orbsars. she was the
So - : fsoer peasant woman OF "
60 Sc neither was 2 widow, and
p - living most Iaboriously during
- b. working Il the fields, and
ne s-'- inter ~ helping IN tire laundry
sar,e ol the ueighboring chateaEs.
- I--ss a-s stu very srnaI n 2-at part %
-.-l5 and e che early part Of the last
vrs-e even smaller; 50 that the
G. -rhose za-.e was Zzborze, and hsr
- .,--z--s- Johanna often went hungry,
= ----cioai fare consisting Of potatoes
- bsck bread
= ,so-le b. zhom she vas employed
--,-r - ne-r1it her 70 hsve the child
= se- dz--trg he- work. ana one ot the
- ov-nsrs ~ whom she was occa-
- h.-e5 hzd his notice aIuacted 70
- e-E became interested il the little
= E7is name zraS Charles GedUlla, ana
- sele--z5e nan, having worked
---sz-S
= ov-,e-ship. E5e began by giving pres
= - he little gil, then arranged for
= ssncarioa and for the maintenance Of
= -,-5e- and OF herself Finally, as he
= Eis wife were childless. he adopted the
= sn5 csused her 70 assume his name.
:. 30 Meanwhile become the greatest
.-rsster in SlIesia and enormously
..,--v and as he announced that 10
80 xorid be his sole heireSs. and as.
-,,sore- she was an extremely pretty,
ssvs- snd Winning girl. she had no lack
!, s,i-ars From among these She selected
-,r7- Hans Gotthard Won schaHgotsch.
.ass+ sor- Of the noblemaa Of the same
-.-s who vas for 50 many years Grand
vss,e- q Ce-eRonies 81 the Court CT Ber-
z
-ss marriage turned out an Ideally happy
= sve-- respect. and as the countess
-.-e- noade an attempt &c secure presen-
-,fsp 81 -he courts Of Vienna or OF Ber-
= sbs escaned any Of the huniliations
:, vhich she might have been subjected
- z,ssunt OF her peasant birth, and spent
ar srt;-s existence in Silesia. either On her
4-nsnee estates or il the capital OF ST.
szs,s-zanely Breslau-Ehere she owned
nsisee. hezeath the roof Of which the
gE5ss-is eldest sister. Princess Charlotte
r. sEel-lrgen. and the latter's hus-
sz,a th= future sovereign Duke Of
ssre-aEe5-5-Een- so long in command Of
- --oops n Silesia, we're frequent and
rs.eons guests In fact. this village
-5rntess~ nay b. said 70 have entertained
-subers e. nearly al the rsigRzng houses
r E1rops either al BresIau or On her
stzsss. especially during the uansuvres
q ne German army II the Eastern prov
-ssS. whel ED Emperor William. and
kzEIss us grandson. the present Kaiser.
e. several occasions established their
5sasoze-ters 81 her chateau Of koppitZ-
alle-ed and respected bg al the
hzl ar-st0crac-. despite their character
s5eally provincial pride and arrogance OF
s-t, ard aeIored by al the working
assses Oh account Of her open handed
az-iyy and inexRausuble generosity, she
aTsS large family OF children and
sz-6ch5IdreR, al her sons bearing the
5a7iEtisn name Of GotthaTd. n accordance
Ett tae tradition that requires that every
uzlz SclsGgotsch should be thus bap-
ze5 and that every daughter Of the house
aouid 5ear the name q EedWig.
TIE ec-zHEotsches are q very ancient
5s-ss. who received q barony of the Holy
s9nsn Empire about the time OF the Ref
sHsJisr aRd who were adTanced 70 the
znE q count by the Emperor Of Ger
aany hundred years later There are
Ee branches. the chief one being eztab-
&as6 IL Siiesis and owing its allie
Esnoe TO me Kaiser. while the junior one,
EsT headed by Count Francis Schan-
En-sch, Z chamber lain OF Emperor Fran
1s gosspr and & colonel OF Austrian cav