The Washington herald., 1913-08-20

Time was when the very name Oi
trade or trader was thoroughly despised
by the German aristocracy, and often
the more recent the title the more pro-
nounced the sneer. Not SO now. The
highest and most exalted in the land
do not disdain to embark In mercantile
pursuits. There are many of them and
they are led by Prince Maximilian Egon
Won Fuerstenburg (the Kaiser's chum).
Prince Henckel Won Doonnersmarck.
Prince Christian Krant zu Hohenlohe-
Eschingen, Prince Thurn-und Taxis
the Esterhazys. the Clam-Gsllas.
and ever SO many more. Most all
of them are making it pay" too.
but OF course, now and then one
is not SO fortunate. In this case II has
been quite the usual thing for members
OF the family or the kinfolk Of the
stricken one to come to the rescue. going
often to the limit Of their resources for
the sake Of keeping the noble family
name spotless and out of the insolvency
court.
One should think that such would be
the case pre-eminently with a house Of
historic fame. the wealth ana the posi-
tion OF the Prince of Hohenlohe. than
whom no other family in the German
Empire is able to look back upon so
glorious a past or to SO close rela-
tion to royalty. The head of the senior
branch. Prince Ernest zu Hohenlohe-
Langenburg. is the son Of Princess Of
Baden, while his wife is a first cousin
10 the Car of Russia and the King Of
England. Two Archduchesses of the
imperial House of Hapsburg married
into the Hohenlohe family. and one Of the
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wife a daughter of the Duke Of Ratibor.
cadet house of the Hohenlohe. The
present Duke OF Ujest and his brothers
are grandsons Of a wurtemberg Prin-
cess In fact, i am satisfied that there
is not a sovereign in Europe today
among whose ancestors there was not
a Hohenlohe.
And yet all this most illustrious pedi-
gree was unable to prevent one OF the
Hohenlohes to be thrown into bank
ruptcy. To be exact, it was a scion of
this house who some nine years ago
was obliged to renounce his princely
title and dignities before being permit
ted to contract a ''mesalliance." 1t was
the King of Wurtemberg who transform
ed the Prince Hugo Friedrich zu Hohen-
lohe-Oehringen into a Count Won Her
But even so no one could
drain his veins of the princely blue
blood of the great House OF Hohen-
lobe.
Clubdom looks wise and has a number
of reasons ready why his brother-a
Prince and Duke-hss publicly ostra-
cized him. For the almost unbelievable
fact remains that this great brother.
hank credit running into
the millions. a bachelor at that-a
Hohenlohe-permitted his nearest OF kin
to declare himself insolvent. Why?
Incidentally the failure Of Count Her
mersberg is likely to get him in more
serious trouble. He is a Captain a Ia
suite mot active) in the German army,
and any Prussian officer who has become
a bankrupt is cashiered
The transfer OF the sons OF Prince
Friedrich Leopold of Prussia from the
Life Guards to an inland garrison. to
serve with the Black Hussars, was not
by family Misunderstanding. II
am In a position to deny the report en-
as untrue, all the Mrs
Grundy's of all the mems and women's
clubs. military or court gossips, to the
The two stalwart youths are
dered away by the mighty word Of the
angry Kaiser"
Fact is. both are industrious and dill
gent officers, who intensely dislike the
life of a salon soldier of the Potsdam
garrison. They furthermore dislike the
city of their birth because their child
hood was not spent under happy domes-
tic conditions. and the court atmosphere
of Potsdam is not conducive to the for
nation OF strong, independent charac-
ter. That famous old city with its Alte
and Neue Palais, its Marble Palace. its
assumes daily a more pro-
similarity 10 the Versailles of
the French Bourbons. and it should be
part of the military education OF every
scion to go out into the
provinces and see the real life OF a SOL
1ier: real men. not courtiers.
The best that ever could be said of the |
father of these two youths was that he |
MAS the best-dressed Hohenzoliern
prince. He carried his love of clothes to
'uch length. that when he was obliged |
% attend the army maneuvers. a special |
'alet had to accompany him to take |
charge of his patent leather boots. |
But l am very glad to record that
his sons are made of different stun. |
They love sports and athletics. and are |
interested in aerial navigation. |
More than once both have laid aside their |
;tle in order to be able to participate in |
athletic games in England.
Queen Mary Of England will pay an
,ther, a strictly private, visit to Germany |
he end of this month. She will be ac-
by Princess Mary. and is to
,e the guest of the Grand Duchess Au- |
yusta of Mecklenburg-Strelit at Neu |
StrelitZ, for a week. Afterward she |
will pay visits to the King and Queen |
If Wurtemburg at their chateau near |
on the Lake OF Con-
stance (where Count Zeppelin builds his |
iirigible baloons) and to the Duke and