The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
tcopy4sht, las, By 4. D. Jacobson,

Copyright, 1H3, BY A. d. Jacobson)
A Prussian royal wedding four CEN
turtles ago gave rice TO the tradition or
the "weisse Dame" dne white LADY,,
Potsdam Palace. This is the story:
The Burgrave (BurggraD Albert loved
q young WIDOW or the house OF UrIa-
| munde, but once thoughtlessly remarked
| that their wedding would be Impossible
| until four eyes are out OF the way"
he alluded to MS uncle ana Drotner, nut
| she thought he meant ner two little chill
dren, whom she accordingly murdered
with a knitting needle. rne norrIneo
Albert forsook ner ana married SOPHIA
OF Henneberg. whereupon me erring
widow went mad, died, and ever since
has haunted the royal palaces in mourn
ing garb with a " hte veil. Ever since
It Is a rrmiy rooted superstition IN that
family that whenever the white Iany IS
seen by any one or the nousenoId prowi-
ing about the palace grounds member
Of the Hohenzollern family is to die.
just as 1 predicted, the haiser's SON.
in-law is TO become the ruler or BRUINS
wick and Of Lueneburg by the grace OF
his august new relative, although the
Duchy or brunswick mas oeen mis- all
along by the right or inheritance as a
Weir tGueIphD, ana the ralr-mlnded
Kaiser merely restores to MIN patrl-
mony which his ratner. the Duke or
Cumberland, lost by his stubborn refusal
to forego his claim 10 the kingdom OF
Hanover, annexed by the Prussians in
the war of 1856 when King George OF
Hanover made common cause with other
princes in aid of Austria and against
Prussia. That the Kaiser also has added
one of the provinces of Hanover. which
belongs to him as King or Prussia,
Lueneburg. to the possessions OF the new
sovereign rebounds greatly TO mis- credIt.
and ought to be appreciated by the royal
British house Of the Guelphs, the nearest
kin Of the Brunswick Guelphs.
The newly welded pair. however. is
not to taste the glories OF sovereignty
at once. For the next few months the
Prince Ernst and his bride, the Kaiser's
daughter. Princess Victoria Luise, are
to reside at the little burg of Rathenow,
a sleepy little town between Berlin and
Hanover. on the Havel River, where the
famous Ziethen (redD Hussars are in gar
rison, in which Prince Ernst serves as a
first lieutenant A villa has been furnish
ed and decorated there for the young
couple. II is an unpretentious house
of modern size and the grounds also are
limited. OF course, they are not to re-
When two years ago Princess Luise
was in England on the occasion of the
unwilling of the Queen Victoria Me-
mortal. she did the sights of London,
including the Tower of London. In the
modern armory. where she found 10000
rifles stacked, she remarked. laughingly,
Il see that you are quite prepared for
the dreaded German invasion"
The young princess often is described
wrongly by some writers as an imperial
highness. She is not that She is merely
a royal highness. as are all the children
OF the Kaiser, with the single exception
OF his eldest son and heir, the Crown
Prince, who is imperial. because he is
to succeed his father as German EN-
peror. besides is King of Prussia
The first time l saw the princess Unser
Princess-chen) was at Potsdam. She
was a little fair-haired romp in eager
conversation with a groom. She was
pleading for a piece of string to make a
whip. Her brothers, or, rather, three or
four OF the six. were around her, and
she had a pair Of reins TO drive them.
but no whip. She had no other wish on
earth at the time. this daughter of
kaisers, than to secure a piece of string
to fog those war horses of brothers who
were all eagerly waiting to prance in
front of her. She was a tomboy at the
time. and remained a tomboy for many
years after. Every girl with six older
brothers and no sisters is a tomboy. l
seldom heard of her playing with dolls
even then. and never afterward.
All visitors to Berlin know the pine