The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-09
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been brought TO close.
those 81 them who cannot Sc
cure presentation at tho court Of
Berlin twhere the United states Am
bassador is restricted 10 presenting not
more than four or hvc or Ills fellow
countrymen and fellow conntryw omen
each season. find but little dimculty In
securing admission TO the court or the
King OF Saxony. which may be de-
scribcd as II sort OF consoiatt on stakes
II is queer. old -fashioned court;
where all sorts OF rules. recalling
'Thackcray's satirical descriptions OF
the. Court Of Pumpcrnickcl. still pre-
vail. Thus. III the court balls no Ger
mans are allowed to dance. unless they
happen TO he mobiles Or else are min
listers 81 state. or the wives Of the
that Which goes TO courts divided
into five classes. and Only The two
snperior classes have the right Of TAX
Ing their wives 10 court II The latter
arc not noble If the wife OF a member
or the third, fourth or fifth class IS
noble by birth, then she, too. is entitled
to presentation, but not otherwise.
The men OF the five classes are dis
'inguishcd. from one another by the
amount Of gold braid on their court
dress, which every one is Obliged to
have supper by themselves And so
too, do the members OF the second
! class, but In 4 different room. seated
at small tables. The members or the
third. fourth and NTH classes have TO
content themselves with a Very excel
lent buffet supper. Foreigners usually
arc included In tho second class. being,
regarded as adjuncts Of the diplomatic
party: The various classes are deter
mined by their real or honorary rank
IN The service Of the crown. and thei,
status in the nobility
The suicide the other day Of Count
Pcrcival Douglas in one OF the suburbs
OF Berlin BY means Of cyanide Of
| ruined himself by unfortunate specula-
tons serves to recall that the ancient
Scotch house OF Douglas is extensively
represented. not only in Germany. bur
| also in scandinavia, most OF these
acions being descended from a Douglas
! who took service under King Gustavus
Ndolphus of Sweden in the Thirty
Years War. receiving from him the
title Of count in 1851.
TO- day in sweden is Count Louis
Minister OF Foreign Affairs at stock
holm some time before the secession
OF Norway from Sweden. in token or
tudc Of the late King Oscar towards
| tho Norwegian5. Like the present King
| or sweden in those days. Of whose
household he was for time the grand
master. lie held that Cancellation would
| Inevitably lead to separation. as has
| proved ta be the case, and that IL
policy of repression, even If necessary
! by means of armed force. would have
been preferable. al any rate as far as
Swedish interests were concerned.
Count Louis Douglas displays all the
toric scotch house from which he is
descended, having the peculiar jaw,
falling nndcrlip and dark complexion
Of the celebrated Black Douglas
! Count Louis Douglas, I may add, is
a grandson OF Grand Duke Louis L., of
Baden. The latter. who reigncd from
| 1918 to 1890, contracted a morGanatic
marriage with Catherine Werner.
whom, shortly before his death, he
by whom he had a son and a daughter
The daughter married the late Count
| Charles Israel Won Douglas. father Of
| Count Louis Douglas. Count Louis had
! an elder brother OF the name of VIII
| liam, who was often described as his
| Twin. owing to his having been born
| in the same wear. One, however, came
INTO he world N February and tho
other In December. William, who died
/ unmarried a few years ago. inherited
al! the extensive property in Germany.
| which had been hculicathcd to his
| mother by her father, Grand Duk g
| Louis, OF Baden. and, entering the
! i'russian army, died as a German citi-
zen. Louis inhcriting his fathers Swed-
| iSh property.
| shortly before Williams death the
traordinary lawsuit at Berlin, which
had some analogy with the famous
| lIumbert sWindlc in France. IT was
! known as '"rhc Brandt Affair."" and
| as In tho lIumbcrt case. led TO all sort 8
I! Of prominent people being dragged into