Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21
Princess is a Few Years Older Than
the Prince.
DISCREPANCY IN AGE NO BARRIER
Brisk Demand for Workmen Through.
out Prussia.
APPRENTICE BUREAU Is AT WORK
Nine. Baba VRsiIka Comes Forward
Claiming to he the Oldest Woman
In the world and IL stIu
Well Preserved.
BY MALcoLM cLARKn

BY MALCOLM CLARKE
BERLIN, Aug 2O-(special to The Beef
Already the royal match makers are at
work arranging marriage between the
young Princess Victoria Luise, only daugh-
ter Of the kaiser, and young Prince Edward
of Wales. The German princess is year
or two younger than his royal hlghness Of
Wales, but there is not enough difference to
make this serious objection She is q
charming young girl with those traits OF
character which would appeal to the Eng
lish strongly developed and as princesseS
go is decidedly pretty.
or course the inclination of the young
people will cut very little II any figure in
the match.
Dream of the Emperor.
The political aspect Is said to appeal
strongly to the kaiser, who has already
fixed his mind that the marriage of these
two young people would be as desirable
a thing could be Witnessed and is de-
termined to bring 1t about IL possible.
There is Imagination TO 1t, and states
manship OF a high sort. His daughter
would be the okalser's supreme pledge OF
peace and good will to the British peo-
pie. That a princess of hfs own house
should revive. the ties OF close affection
that existed between Prussia and Great
Britain in the early sixties of the last
centuy, when the princess royal of Bril-
tain married his father, the Crown Primes
Frederick, would be an effective means Of
discouraging the German war spirit.
OF course 1t will be several years before
| such marriage would be possible. The
princess is not quite IS yet and the English
prince Is just a little beyond 16.
WOrIxmeH in Demand.
According to a report of the Prussia
Labor Bureau there is no out-of-work prob
lem in Prussia. on the contrary 1t is i'm
possible to supply the demand for work.
men.
In 1909 the men registered for employ
ment at the various labor bureaus was
$50 1924, the number OF men asked for by
employers was 1.1Oe,771 and the bureaus
found places for $40. 400. This is certainly
pretty good showing.
An interesting feature of the labor situa-
ton in Germany is the apprenticeship bu-
reau in connection with the StrasbuFg La
Dor Exchange. The chief points to bO
noted in the system are:
! F1rst-In every municipal school the
teachers have the duty assigned to them
of having the boys under their supervision
until they attain their majority.
What the Roy Does.
second-The school teachers are provided
with cards which is given to each boy,
who Is about to leave school, TO be
filled up in his own handwriting, stating
his choice of trade; whether his parents
can lodge and keep, pay a premium, or
prefer his being apprenticed away from
strasburg, and the name of master, IL
any, to whom he would prefer to be APP
prentlced.
Third-The teacher fills in his notes on
the boys progress at school, his conduct,
etc
Fourth-The director of the exchange, the
officer of health and the parents visit the
school. The boy is examined, and his
physical condition entered on the card by
the medical officer.
Fifth-The master to whom the boy Is
about to be apprentced is also subject TO
inquiry; for that purpose the opinion OF
the association OF handcraftsmen is sought
sixth-For boys whose parents are unable.
through stress of circumstances. to allow
them to be apprenticed TO a trade with q
small wage, a special fund is provided,
to which the provincial government make q
grant.
Progress Is Satisfactory.
The progress made in this department OF
the labor exchange is very satisfactory. It
boys actually apprenticed through the in
tervention OF the exchange alone.
Parents seek the advice of the exchange
as to the particular trades and masters to
whom they are about to apprentice their
boys
On the other hand, masters seek informa-
ton respecting particular boys. who are
seeking to be apprenticed TO them. Again,
the medical certificate 10 OF much value in
preventing boys being apprenticed to trades
for which they are physically unsuited.
| Another Oldest Woman.
The claim OF Frau Dutkiewitz of Posen.
born on February p, 1885. TO be the Oldest
woman in the world is now contested by
Mime. Bahia vasilka. She was born in
May, 1884 in the little Bulgarian village Of
BaYelsko, where she has lived ever since
The record Of her birth ls preserved in .
nelghboring monastery Of the Orthodox
Greek faith. She is the daughter Of q
peasant, and has worked herself a peas
ant up till comparatively recent date
For more than 100 years she regularly
worked In the fields, according to the GUS
tom OF the country, where women are en-
loyed IN all sorts OF manual Labor. Tie
el ents OF her life up to the time when she
attained the age OF 20 are far more dis
tnctly impressed on her mind than the
happenings OF the last fOrty-slx years Her
son. Tudor, following the family tradition,
has also worked In the fields as a peasant
nearly all his life but he has also taken
part in various wars and rebelions IN the
Balkan peninsula, He is not quite 90
fresh and vigorous his mother, although
he Is still capable OF doing a good days
work. and enjoying such small luxurles OF
life as a pipe and the strong spirits drunk
by the Bulgarian populace.