The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-17
DY La MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.

LII sorts OF stories arc cur
n rent rcs, Just at p, present, as to the
the Crownprince and Crown
princess OF Germany from Berlin to
DaR{ziS ono OF the free cities OF the
ancien, singdom Of Poland; and, which
on the partition OF that Kingdom In
li12, was assigned to- Prussia IS her
share; While It is quite In keeping
win the traditions OF the now rciEninE
House Of Eohenzollern that the heir
| TO the throne should hold his court
elsewhere than In the capital {the one
i omitted namely. IN the case OF En-
| pcror Frederick. his palace IN Berlin
became IN consequence thereof tho
Bismarekidn regime. that is. to tho
government or the day.) the transfer
o. INC crownprincc 10 Dantzig Is look
Cd cd un H,! In, IN The light Of an exile, not
| by the court, and even, II tx said by
| the heir apparent himself and by his
That the change Is an agrecablc one
Tor tho young imperial couple. no ono
VIII Tor moment believe. For they
are both pleasure loving. festive. fend
liant people. IN fact. devoted 10 socic ~.
all of which they have NJ their dis-
nosnl at Berlin. E,hcrcas Dantzig IS
(! without exception the diillcst OF Prus-
| Sia's provincial cities. and certainly tho
one OF All others which Is the most
! remote from the gaictics or Berlin and
mcmbcrcd is ParsIcnne In her bring
| ing up and In her notions OF feminine
eicganco and wilt, Is very clever. very
fascinating. and rs such has easily ac-
quircd the leadership or Berlin society
AT any rate OF all tho younger Gle
ment therc: This. II IS said. has given
ufnbrase 10 the Empress. whose Ideas
on many subjects are not entirely In
accord With those OF The wife OF her
eldest son: and as there seemed to be
m N f..f
eicF to disregard the views ana the
! preJudices Of the Empress, 10 group
itseli around the crownprincess and
10 convert her against her wlls into a
sort OF opposition leader TO the Kaiser
In. It has been thought well in HIGH
; Quarters TO put check 10 this. More
object OF So much criticism in the
! German press. in connection with his
| recent visit TO India and Egypt. It be-
ing urged against him that he had
devoted himself entirely to pleasure
4 ana to sport. instead OF to study and
| y more serious things. that the EN-
peror probably feels that his son will
come. In for stll further abuse ~ BY
! remaining at Berlin he becomcs re-
nowned there az a master OF revcls
ana as wholly given up to n life Of
That tho nave does not meet with
me approval Of the crownprincc's
household; is SHOWN by the fact that
the crownprincess, Nine. Won Thiele
,Winekicr. has resigned her Office. which
mas been taken up by Countess Won
Albenslehnn, while The closing OF the
crownprince's palace in Berlin. and or
his hospitahle villa ut Potsdam Will
have the effect OF rendering social life
in both OF tEcsf cities distinctly dul-
Ter
Old Lady Burdctt- Coutts's house on
the corner of Piccadilly and Bolton
Street stree. on the termlnation Of It's &C.
| ambassador to The coronation of King
George and Queen Mary next month
during which time II Is to be the
scene Of great festivities, will be turned
over by william Burdett-C1utts NJ. r.
tlYe Brooklyn-born widower OF the
baroness. TO the Royal Thames Yacht
Club. who have leased IL for long
term of years Throughout the whole
OF the nin,etoenth century this house
played so important a role in London
! life as TO become known as one of
the most ponnlar landmarks of the
metropolis. 1t was there that In 1910
Sir Francis Burdett. the father Of the
| baroness, baMicadcd himself against
arrest on warrant of the Speaker OF
| the ffodse OF Commons. and during