The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-21
COUNT PECULIARLY
FITTED FOR OFFICE

ancestors free from any bourgeois
mothers side of the house. The gem
erals boys could not. by reason of
their mothers bourgeois birth, fur
hish the necessary qualifications, and.
as the Emperor had attached the title
to the property, they could not In
herit that either Both the property
and tho title went, therefore, to the
generals unmarried brother George
the chief intcndent OF the royal thea
tres and music.
The Emperor subsequently endeav-
ored to repair the wrong suffered by
the generals eldest sou. by hestowinE
upon him the dignity of count, on the
distinct understanding, however that
he should call himself Count Hulsen.
and not Count Hulseh- Haeseler.
Moreover. the young fellows mother,
that Is 10 say. the widow of the gem
eral, is so rich In her own right that
her sons even though they have lost
the Haeselcr entailed estates will be
very we'll OFF
She was prior to her marriage the
daughter and helress OF General I.uca-
dou. who. on retiring from the army.
had assumed control of the great
silk industry of his family Al
the time when General Won Hulsen-
Haeseler fell in love with Hildegardo
Lucadou. he was nero major, with
little beyond his pay. and his suit was
discountenanced by the parents OF the
girl, who was accounted one of the
greatest heiresses In Germany. The
young officer at the instance of the
Emperor made clean breast to him
of the entiro affair.
Thcreupor William took upon sim
self to secure the consent of General
and Frau Lucado;l, and one day drove
to their house quite alone, but in full
dress uniform. bearing a huge bou-
auet This ne presented to Nine.
Lucadou. at the samo time making Il
formal request for the hand of her
daughter, for his "favo:ire adjutant. :.
Major Won Hulsen. IT Is scarcely nee
essary to say that this cupid-like step
on the part of tho monarch removed
all obstacles. For. not only were the
girls parents afraid OF giving onense
to their sovereign. but Likewise real
lied that an officer whose cause tho
Emperor championed to such a degree
was naturally destined to a brilliant
career.
Count George Won Hulsen- HaeseIer
Is succeeded In his office as grand mas
ter of all court music and as chief
of all the crown operas and theatres,
by General Won Chelius He is an old
fellow officer OF the Kaiser In the
commanded by the monarch before his
accession to the throne. and is the
member OF the imperial househoIG
who more than any one else assists
his sovereign in the organization of
all private musical entertainments,
usually playing the piano acc6mpanI-
ments for the singing of the Kaiser,
and of other members of his immedI-
ate circle at Potsdam. He Is the com
poser of the popular opera "Hashish,'
is the life and soul of the Potsdam
Berlin Wagner Society, one of the
most influential social organizations
of the capital. and Is married to a
daughter OF Robert Won Puttkamer,
whom Emperor Frederick, during his
brief reign. insisted, In the face OF
Bismarck's opposition. in Diminishing
| from the office of Minister of the In
terror. on account of his reactionary
policy.
The generals grandfather was a
minister of state of the Grand Duchy
of Baden, who married great heiress
of Hamburg. the latter, although bear
ing the English and American pa
tronymic of Parish. nevertheless be-
longing to one of the old patrician
families OF that free city
The nobility OF the Chelius family
| is OF rather modern date. For the
house may be said to have been found
, ed by the generals grandfather the
famous surgeon, Macmillan Chelius,
who was for many years professor
OF surgery at the great University of
Heidelberg, ard was ennobled for his
services rs such in 1866.
Copyright, 1913, by the Brentwood
Company