The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-20

arc rarely. II ever, seen either at Ber-
! iin or at Putsdam
! with regard 10 tho lnfaRla paz sno
mas none ~ that disposition towards
| lrNciitS and feminine elegance YhicII
SO DISTINGUISH nor sister ruIane. She
Is extremely devout, rather reactlonary
IN hcr religious views. and II | were 70
~ asked TO describe her salons ct
NS'nphcnpurg. | should be disposed to.
! ser them down h3 II rallying ground
tor iaa clerical forces OF the Buyartan.
i:'oliaFc''y--therc are always some pre-
| l"les prrsent--as tho headquarters OF
. al! sorts OF philanlhropic enterprises
and as salons where artists, that ~ 20
say musicians, painters COMPOSERS
Sculptofs ana eminent Physicians, urc
| more welcome than statesmen, politi-
| cihns, miIithry mon. or people who have
| nothing TO recommend them save their
| ancestry.
| The infanta has written ono or two
works OF n religious character. and hax
ikcwise compiled a volume dc luxe, in
when every page WAS devoted TO a
/ sketch. musical composition or some
| expression OF opinion Of "a reigning SOW
! cTc!gn. or OF princes and princcsses OF
! the blood, the work OF their own pen,
and bearing their autograph signature.
! This volume had a very large sale, all
| the proceeds being devoted to charity.
The American Congressional Library
contains unique work OF hers. on the
subject Of Don QuiNote." An illustri-
ouS list OF collaborators liz enumer-
at4d by her as having assisted her In
producing the volume, which, printed
| in Spanish, deals with the stops which
have been taken during the last 800
ycars TO translate the masterpiece OF
Cervantcs. and TO make II known In
foreign countrics. The Russian Grand
| Duke Constantine Constantinovitcl,
! president Of tho Imperial Academy OF
Sciences OF Russia. the widowed Queen
Margaret of"italy. the poet Queen OF
Rumania, the terribly learned and
homely South American explorer.
! Princess Thcrese OF Bavaria. are among
the infanta's fellow authors OF the
work From the latter It would APP
pear that the first translation OF Don
QuixOtc" was into Dutch. In 1859. soon
after that into German, French and
! English, then into Russian, Swedish.
Bohemian and Hungarian. Queen Eliza
beth Of Rumania mentions that 1t has
been printed in Turkish. and, of course.
| 1t has bean Printed in Japanese and In
| E1industani
{, Princess Louis Ferdinand OF Bavaria
! makes her home. Is about three miles
away from Munich, and dates from the
seventeenth century, being. so TO speak.
| Bavaria. The fountains are superb, so.
too. arc the beautiful gardens. the
| ornamental waters, and the immense
winter gardens and lighthouses. Con-
nectcd with the palace is a royal man.
ufactory of porcelain. and In the ex-
tenslvc park cnvirdnng the palace is
a hunting lodga where Emperor
Charles V. was wont to spend much Of
his time
Neither Prince nor Princess Frederick
Ferdinand of Bavaria has the slight
est tast. nor time. nor yet bent for
stu tecraft and diplomacy and anv on,
who knows them parsonailv mist have
laughed, as they will certainly have
done, and as the readers OF this letter.
will now unhouhtehly do. ~ the notion
of their directing the foreign relations
Of Gernnny, ana the concert OF great
mowers. from their seventecnth century.
P"1acc of Nymnhenhura.
Copyright. 1911 ne the brentwood
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