The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-22
GERMANS TO CELEBRATE
 BIRTHDAY OF EMPRESS

Today will be a legal holiday 1T
 Prussia. in honor of the hfty-fourtT
 birthday of the Empress While the
 observance of the day will not be al
 general as on the Emperor's birth
 day. January 27th. it will not lack
 in patriotio expressions of loyalty and
 admiration for the imperial spouse of
 the War Lord of Europe. The Kali
 senior of her lord, having been born
 at Do1zig on Dct- B, 1888, Princess
 Augusta Victoria. who drew one of the
 first prizes in the royal marriage lot
 Duke Fr4edrich of Sch1eswig -Ho1stein-
 Sonderburg-Augustenb She was
 G, ss1ty1two; .. and 2 saI,s somely ,,an msiden Of
 she became the bride of Wilhelm IT.
 Seven children have been born to the
 kaaserin only & the o,1 go,Tngest, yiktaTla s,,la
 ns@erfmonia1 disposition of her daugh- ter is now matter of tremendous inn
 portance to the Empress, who is more
 concerned over the happiness of the
 Princess than the station of her hus-
 band.
 Except for the snowy wfiteness of
 Kaiserfn of Prussia is said to look
 much younger than she is. Sensa- ti0Ha1 writers have often alleged that the Empress of the Germans is pos ssssed of a dual personality. One of these personalities Is aid to tend to- ward austere propriety, impossible mo- faffty and an excess or p1G1ye ana OEn- e warring spirit glories in che pomp and display of the imperial court, and hungers for fine feathers, n1agnificence and glitter. For many years the ua- worldly spirit was uppermost, and the German court was the most deadly dull of Europe. and so decorous that the ordinary human could hardly breathe in the presence of the straight laced Empress. More recently the worldly spirit has seemed to have taken possession of the frail body of Eza E1rr,r7 md in, fnH that was never made in Berlin. Once she indignantly refused to wear a sin gle article of apparel that did not bear the made in Germany mark, now she appears publicly in gay cos tunes fresh from Paris. The KaiseriL was once dubbed ''the worst dressed title. Almost in a day a change came, l and the Berlin dressmalzers were dis 1 missed, while to the imperial palace l came suave monsieurs representing the l famous modistes of Rrance. Like a l bitterly bursting from its humble cov- ering the Empress famed forth on | dazzled and bewildered Berlin. In the l life of the Empress Spring had merg- | ed into Summer, and Summer into AI1- tumn, but when Berlin was awaiting | the arrival of drab Winter, there came | instead a second Springtifne far sur passing the first in splendor and | charm. Empress have come some that are in | ternaI. She who once branded the as knaves and fools is now | more tolerant. and willing to admit | that they are merely mistaken. In | matters of morals she remains the | prude and her piety has in no way diminished The "continental Sun l davs, She wars against with all her might, and, given the power, she would 1 instantly stop all amusements and in- | 7ustries on the first day of the week. | Tn her crusade for a 'sbIue-law'' Sab | bath she is always defeated, for in Germany the growing tendency is all | In the other direction, yet she fights | 1n- And as for Americans, whom the 1 Emperor loves the Kaiserin would ] Tery quickly put such bourgeoisie in | heir proper places, several thousand i niles beneath the extreme foot of the | loeiaI ladder that leads to the palace