The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
A GREAT COURT PAGEANT.

sion OF his colonel 20 wed (the army rules
insist upon an income sufficient to sup
port a wife In the manner becoming an
officer''). was told that Il was disgrace
for any Prussian officer TO allow himself
to be supported by his wife. ss Tempt
passati'' indeed. Numberiess officers In
the German army OF to-day never would
have been able TO marry or to carve out
for themselves \ fine career had II not
been for the standing which the wealth
OF the American dollar princess was able
to provide for them And be II said, no
one In all Germany Is more anxious TO
chain these dollar princesses 10 the
fatherIand BY means ot the rose gsriands
OF Cupid than Kaiser Wilhelm. He knows
the value Of the dollar IN present-day con-
ditions and be has clearly demonstrated
this By the exceptionally large number
OF American debutantes whom his court
chamberlain granted permission 70 be pre-
scented at the ''schleppen cour."
Statesmen in the European cabinets
continue to attach the greatest signin-
canee TO the fact that Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, the heir 20 the dual throne
Of the Hepsburgs. journeyed in person 10
Berlin in order 10 offer his congratuIa-
tions 20 the Kaiser on the occasion Of his
birthday. Were one trying to draw
balance Of the foreign-relation policy OF
the German empire In order to arrive At
true valuation Of the situation. the IN
innate friendship between the successor
to aged Franz Josef and Kaiser Wilhelm
ought to figure as a main asset
have dwelt repeatedly in these letters
upon the tact manifested at the court OF
Berlin. where It Is a rule never to let
Franz Ferdinand feel that his morganatic
wife. the lovely Duchess OF Hohenburg. Is
not his equal in rank. an open wound
upon which the future Emperor Of Aus
tria Is very sensitive. It was the tact OF
the German Empress, who brought about
this happy state OF affairs, which may
mean so much politically to both coun-
tries She ordered the court chamberlain
to substitute a series Of small tables for
the one long 'gala-tafer' generally IN
use at court Danquets of state. on the
occasion Of the visit Of Franz Ferdinand
and his wife TO Potsdam several years
age. Thus husband and wife were en-
abled to sit at one and the same table
and also in the immediate vicinity Of the
Kaiser and Kaiserin.
The archduke, who adores his still very
handsome wife, and whose union with
the former Countess Sophie Chotek has
been one continued chain Of bliss all
these years. has not forgotten this deli
cate acknowledgment of his wife's status
at the Hohenzollern court. and his graft
tude 70 Emperor Wilhelm is unbounded.
They are and always will be fast friends
In veal and woe. and there Is no fear OF
their entente ever being abrogated no
matter II Italy should be 30 thoughtless
OF her own welfare to fail to renew the
"Dreibund-"
As Is well remembered In Berlin court
circles how the Hohenzollern etiquette
was the cause Of an insult TO the late
Queen Victoria, which she neither forgot
nor forgave. II was during the reign OF
Friedrich Wilhelm " and Elizabeth, his
Queen. Queen Victoria OF England paid
a cousinly visit to the court OF Berlin.
She was then a happy wife and younG
mother. and every one knows how she
loved her husband, the Coburg Prince
Albert, her prince consort- But neither
the King nor the Queen had seen ft to
make an exception IN the rules OF eti-
quette in favor OF the husband Of the
ruler OF one OF the greatest nations on
earth. There was the usual "gala-tafeL'
and while Queen Victoria had been placed
between the Prussian King and Queen.
her hosts. the prince consort was seated
away down at the end Of the table. far
removed from his adoring wife and in the
midst OF a lot OF insignificant German
''duodez' prlncsiingS She never got over
81 Perhaps the lesson which the court
chamberlain. Count August zu Eulenburg.
then got Che was completely ignored by
the Queen, who upon her return TO Lon
don. sent high decorations to all court
dignitaries but HIMSELF, has fallen upon
fruitful soil FLASEUR-
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