The Washington herald., 1911-09-25
THE STORY OF
A DEAD PRINCE

OF Prince William RadziwilI, which goes
10 Snow that the memory of the public
Is shortlived. Twenty-Five years ago the
late prince was one of the most notable
and distinguished leaders of the high
lie OF the German capital No other
FAMILY of the Prussian aristocracy was
on such terms OF intimacy with the house
OF Hohenzollern, and especially with the
first Emperor William.
The late Prince Radziwill was born
in 1S45 in the big stonepile on the Will
helms Strasse, in Berlin, known as the
Palais Radziwill, and the extensive gar
dens of which stretch to the south away
into the confines of the famous Thier-
garten. The house is now the official
pire, and at present is occupied by Herr
Won Bethmann Hollweg. The late prince
was younger son Of Prince CFuersO
Wilhelm Radziwill, who died in 1870, a
month after war had been declared be-
tween France and Germany. He was
general in the Prusslan army, and as
commander of the Fourth army corps.
stationed at Magdeburg. had as his chief
of staff Hellmuth Won Moltke, later
famed as the greatest strategician Ger
many, and perhaps the world, has ever
known
The mother OF the late Prince Radzi-
will, who lived to be ninety, and who
died in 1886. was the daughter of the
Bohemian Prince Clary. He participated
in the battles against France as lieu
tenant in the Pioneer Guards, was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy in the Fusilier
Guards Cthe so-called "Maikaefers," ow-
ing to their shoulder straps being yell
low. the color OF a May-bug), but soon
retired as brevet major.
In the salons of the high society of
the day he was mentally not the equal
of his beautiful, brilliant. and gifted
wife, whom in 1913 he had married while
she was still in her teens She was a
Countess Rzewuska. daughter of a Rus
sian general of cavalry. She was di-
vorced by the prince. and is the lady
who through her alleged friendship with
Cecil Rhodes, and her questionable ad-
ventures in London, Paris, and South
Africa. managed to obtain quite a nOto-
riety in the press of both hemispheres.
Later on she wrote and published her
memoirs, wherein she graphically de-
scribes the life and the intrigues at the
court OF the first William, and how awe
struck she was when at the age of six
teen, as a bride, she entered the patri-
arChal precincts of the stiff-necked Rad
twill household.
The lively young princess was quar-
tered in the garnet in small rooms with
dormer windows. containing tin bOrdered
panes, but who sported the proud appella-
tiOn Of 'Appartements aux fenetres en-
mansarde" Dinner was served at 5
o'clock in the apartments of the dowager
v.-fV,
the members of the family once more as
sembled and chatted until II, when all
had to retire. Tea was served at a large
table, around which the ladies were
seated doing knitting or embroidery work.
There is only one member of the Prus-
sian branch of the RadZiwills left al pres
ent in Berlin, the widowed Princess An
ton RadziwilI, a former Mile. de Castel-
lane and a relative of Count BOni de
Castellane, the notorious spendthrift ex-
husband of Anna Gould the present
Duchess de Sagan. The lady is seventy
years old and can be seen taking her
daily walks in the shady avenues of the
Thiergarten, her carriage and escort fol-
lowing at respectful distance.
King George of England the other day.
following divine service at Crathie
Church, BalmOral, unveiled the commun-
lOIl ldDlt TetSHNlN pIdCtu Dy MIN IN lnal
church in memory of his father, the late
King Edward. The table and plnth on
which it rests are of Iona marble The
cak screen behind the table is exquisite
ly carved. The wood is from a country
house in Leicester, and is over 300 years
old. The carving is in late ScOttish-Goth |
ic style, and here and there Scotch this
ties appear. SurmOunting the four main
posts are figures of angels, holding
shields. On the molding almost on a
level with the table the following eccle- !
siastical lettering appears: 1910. In |
riam memoriam Edward VII. Britt !
Omn. Regis Fid. Def. Ind. Imp. Posuit |
Filius Georgius R. ct I.
His majesty and the young princes
wore Highland dress. The Queen wore a
dress. of pastel blue faced cloth, with
light hat trimmed with roses and wheat
ears. Princess Mary wore a pink dress, |
with white hat trimmed with fOrget-me-
nOts. There was a distinguished gather
ing at the service, including Sir Edward
Grey, Lord Kitchener, Sir Charles Fred |
erick, Lord Stamfordham and Lady Stam- |
fordham, the Hon. J. Bigge. Sir Fred |
erick Treves, Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter, |
the Hon. Give Wigram. Capt. Broad. |
r. N; Canon Dalton. Sir Francis Laking, |
Lady Katherine Coke, and Miss Vilrers, |
from Balmoral; ViSCOunt and ViscOuntess
Knollys, the Hon. LouYima Knollys. |
Canaan Tyrwhitt, from Kriggowan; Lord |
and Lady Pirrie, from Bramar; Lady |
Mackenzie and Sir Victor Mackenzie. !
from Brackley, and Rear Admiral and |
Lady Beatty, from Invercauld.
Now that there is talk of reinstating |
in a modified form the crinoline and |
that models of the new fall creation" |
are being displayed in Oxford street and !
the Rue de la 1aix, it is quite apropos |
that my fair readers be disabused of the |
notion that the crinoline is a French in
vention, although officially it was adopt |
ed hrst in Paris, and became the famous |
adjunct of feminine attire of the past |
generation. The horse-hair materials of |
which it was composed in the first in |
stance had been destined for the |
making stock ties. called in those |
days "cravat collars" 1t was produced |
in 1876 by a London tradesman named
Gaveston. His wife, evidently a woman
Of some enterprise, applied it to femi-
nine dress. She inaugurated the crino-
line at a flower show at Cremorne Gar
dens, where 1t caused a sensation.
Under the protection of the Empress
Eugenie, who first made use Of the
hoops before the birth OF her
son, the prince imperial, however, IL
was formally installed and adopted.
not only by the ladies of the court,
but by the whole of the feminine pop
llation. Eugene was as beautiful as