The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
PAPERS CRITICIZE
GERMAN EMPRESS
Socialists Rebuke Her for a Too
Lavish Display Of
Jewels.
WEARS FORTUNE IN GEMS
Embarrassing Discovery That
Many Of Europe's Rulers De-
scend From Barber.
ny COUNT Won ELpHnERG.

Especial Cable to The TImes!Dlspntch.
Berlin, February 5-The Socialist
Journals Of Germany have seized on
the descriptions of the jewels worn
by the Empress at the court festivities
Just ended to criticize the extravaganza
revealed by the Mother OF the Ma
tion."
1t is said that at important court
balls and banqucts the Empress wore
jewels valued at s1,750,0Oo. They In
cluded huge diamond tiara, a neck
lace of pearls and diamonds. several
diamond bracelets, many diamond
rings and diamond chain around her
waist Even the train of her Majestys
dress was decked with wonderful
precious stones, and a few superfluous
Jewels were affixed to the imperial
fan.
During the court functions two pages
watched necessarily to make sure
that none of the gems was lost. Most
OF the jewelry is the property Of the
Prussian crown, and descends from
Empress to Empress. The Empresss
own jewelry is worth less than that
OF many middle-class women. AT the
conclusion of each court festivity the
crown Jewels are replaced in fireproof
safes and guarded day and night by
military sentinels. No one but the
ladies-in- waiting is allowed to re-
move the jeweis from the Empress.
Four court ladies attend this work.
and sign n statement witnessing tho
safe return of the valuables TO the
safes. The greatest formaiities are
always observed.
Crown Prince Is Scquestercd.
OF cd ba
prince to forty-eght hours detention
in his own palace.
The Punishment is due 10 an insigni-
ficant and harmless mistake, which.
it was held. compromised the honor
and dignity OF the imperial family
1t is customary in Germany when
royal parsonage goes to theatre
to telephone a message in advance
notifying the management and re-
served. The crown prince appeared
at the Theatre Des Weston, in Berlin.
without giving this notice. Boxes and
stalls were all gone, and 1t was impos-
sibie TO turn the theatregoers out of
their seats even for the crown prince,
and he was turned away seatless.
The Kaiser heard the gossip and
was so angry that this thouShtlessness
of his son should have brought a
slight alnnlSn!ly To tne illpeIidi idiillIy
that he Immediately dictated two days
detention in the palace.
Kings Spring From n Dnrbcr.
An ancient German gerealogist, Pro-
fessor Otto Forst, q leading authority
upon medieval lines OF descent, has
beyond doubt that two
Emperors. the Kaiser and Car. and
four Kings, those of Spain, Portugal.
italy and Saxony. also Archduke F'erdi-
nand of Austria, are all descended
from fifteenth century barber named
who earned his living as barber in
Paris, where he was skilled beard
trainer.
His grandson was noble, under the
name of Babou de la Bourdaiser and
his descendant Gabrielle Destree. be-
came the mistress of King Henry w.
OF France. Their illegitimate son got
the title of Duke of Vendome: thence
forth the descent is easily traced. The
has caused consterna-
ton in German court circles. and much
trouble has been taken to suppress
the story in order to maintain the
dignity of the imperial family.
The German authoress, Margaret
Boehne, has won an action against
George Schillbach, editor of the Halle
Zeitung, with damages OF $3.50 and the
option of sixty days imprisonment
She wrote a remarkably realistic novel.
THE Diary of Lost Woman which
dealt with the career of demimon-
dame who had sunk deep In degrade
ton Editor Schillbach, commenting
on the work, declared no one could
have written such impressive realism
without experience.
Berlln's women and children have
been terrorized by Joseph Fodor,
young Hungarian. with mania for
cutting off their hair. He displayed
4 fondness for thick tresses and was
a skilled shearer. His victims num-
bered hundreds His lodging was
stored with female hair. The locks
were bound up with ribbons of all
hues and labeled and classified ac-
cording to color and fineness of tex
ture. The police after desperate eff
forts secured him in the act OF sever
ing a young girls long plated hair.
Fodor will he tried in March.