The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-20
GERMAN PRINCESS
TO MAKE DEBUT
Coming Out" of the Kaiser
Daughter Is Marked by a Red
Tape Tangle

BERLIN, Jan. 20.-rhe feature OF
the imperial court season will be- the
debut or the kaiser's only daughter.
Princess Victoria Louise, who was
last September says cable To tho
New York American She Is not prett.
but Is tall slender graceful and as
yivacious as her father. She will be
the center OF attraction at the court
balls.
The princess will be obliged TO
choose her own partners from the
young officers OF the crack regiments.
as no civilian is ever allowed 10 dance
with an imperial princess Moreover.
the princess mus. not choose the same
partner more than once. nor at TWO
successive balls, In order TO avoid
gossip. The officers she ought to
choose are indicated by her ladies' IN
waiting. The decision goes by rank
and title. Though the princess may
lose her heart to any officer she Will
Tot be permitted TO marry any one not
OF royal birth.
Her first season, bound about with
all this red tape. Is likely to prove
somewhat less happy than that OF
debutantes who are not or royal state.
Too Close to Real Life.
A curious libel suit will shortly he
heard here. The plaintiff, Baron Won
Liebenbers. an impecunious Austrian,
Is suing the composers OF the opera,
"The Count OF Luxembourg basing
his action on the plot wherein an Of
ficer OF noble birth Is paid by a royal
prince to marry a woman for the pur-
pose OF providing her with title In
order 10 enable the prince to continue
ahis friendship without attracting 700
much attention.
Now Baron Liebenberg acted the
part OF this officer.
In real life when Prince Joachim
Albrecht OF Prussia induced the baron
10 marry Marie Sulzer, al actress with
whom the prince was enamored, prom
islng Liel enberg q large sum OF money
on condition that he disappear I'M
mediately the ceremony was Over,
Liebenbe:g carried out his share or
the contract, leaving his wife with the
prince in London. The promised
money did not arrive. and Liebenberg
published the story.
Now he claims that the opera sx-
bosses him TO ridiculc.
" How the Kaiser Snubbed Him.
The resignation of General Chevalief
Hentschel Won Gilganheim. command
ing the Fifteenth army corps In Al
sace-Lorraine, Is an example of the
kaiser's effective method OF getting
rid OF officers whose military accomp-
lishments and personal qualities dis
please his majesty
Evtry year the emperor summons
all the commanding generals to confer
and dine with him at Berlin. The
kaiser always seizes this opportunity
20 indicate the officers who are for
feiting mis- favor This year his
majesty exchanged few friendly
words with all the generals save Gil
genheim. The snub was unmistakable
and the general within few hours re-
signed
The l9-year-old Los Angeles girl,
Olga Steeb. who was recently ac-
claimed the worlds greatest living
pianist by Berlin critics. has now
achieved the conquest OF Cologne, Tne
Merlin verdict aroused some preju-
dice throughout Germany, as IL was
thought impossible that such
youngster could possess such talent,
tbut Fritz Steinbach Of Cologne. one
bf the most eminent Critics in Europe,
now declares she is a marvel and that
the Berlin verdict was sound.