The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-23

Grand Duchess Anastasia OF Mccklen'
burg-Schwerin. daughter OF the late
Russian Grand Duke Michael Nicolaje'
witch. uncle OF the Gar. despite her
years-she was born in July. lS6O-is as
vivacious as ever and cuts quite a dash
ing and charming figure as equestrienne
when heading her regiment OF Russian
Cossacks CChoper Of Kuban). whose hon
/ orary colonel she has been for years.
Grand Duchess Anastasia is of a be-
witching frankness OF expression and as
quick as brilliant at repartee. She is the
mother of two daughters prominent
among royalty, the present Queen Alex
andria OF Denmark and the German
Crown Princess Cecilie. She lives any
where but in the land of her adoption,
Mecklenburg. spending most of her time
on the Riviera, where she was great
favorite of the late Queen Victoria. who
spent part of her winters at Cannes.
The dislike of the exceedingly lively
Grand Duchess of Kaiser Wilhelm
scarcely is any more pronounced than
the Emperor for that crazy old wOm-
an as he makes no bones about apos-
trophizing her. She just barely attended
her daughters wedding to the heir OF
Germany and ! leave II to the imagina-
ton OF Flaneur readers TO judge how
pleased the Kaiser must have been
with his sons choice of the daughter OF
this crazy old woman" Yet the crown
princess as wife. mother, and representa-
tive of the proud imperial Hohenzollerns.
is all that could be desired. and above all
II was a love match and has been one
continued romance ever since her we'd
ding day.
But Grand Duchess Anastasia in reality
il, not the "betc-nOir" among Euro
pean royalty. at any rate their "cnfant
terrible" She has a long and fearless
tongue and on one occasion thought moth
ing Of telling Emperor Wilhelm 10 mind
his business" when that family auto
crat undertook 10 demonstrate with her
in respect to the bringing up of children.
And her dislike of everything Hohenzol-
lern is so great that when on rare &C
casions. say after the birth of child to
the crown princess, she visits the Ger
man capital, she stops at hotel instead
Of being quartered as welcome guest
in her son-in-law's palace, where she
might meet the 'old marplot' Cthe EN-
porer).
Grand Duchess Anastasia is spending
the winter again in her villa at Beaulieu,
where she will be visited by her eldest
daughter and her husband, the King and
Queen Of Denmark.
Certain American papers are decided
~ in the wrong when they try to Gre
ate anti-German sentiment by saying
that the revival of the Berlin foreign
office of Bismarck's Anticipated order
prohibiting German diplomats from mar
rying foreign born girls Is "a serious
Indictment against American women"
No such thing. II it were, Miss
Lanrham never would have become
baroness Speck Won Sternburg, nor Miss
Inkmeyer Countess Won Bernstorff, nor
Miss Hoyt Baroness Stumm, &C. None
of these unions could have been consum-
mated without the Kaiser's personal
consent obtained after a thorough in
by his privy cabinet Gee
AS a matter of fact, Bismarck's Or
dey had been a dead letter for years,
as n was meant to be, for in mill
tary Germany. as a rule, orders are not
given 10 be neglected. and was renewed
for the sole purpose of tabooing the con-
templated marriage of a rising diplomat
with a girl considered socially undesir-
able for a reason which, for the sake
Of the highly estimable young lady (of
Western Europe). We will not name |
Whenever. on rare occasions. such a d. |
lenma presents itself. that notorious old |
ruIe OF Prince Bismarck is brought forth |
from the "Rumpel Hammer" and, as an |
alternatives placed before the astonished |
benedict
Nor is there a scintilla of truth In the |
statement that such unions in German |
circles are once more strictly
to be prohibited because foreign wives |