The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-08

ago as the representative Of Emperor
Francis Joseph.
Prince George Is the eldest son Of
Prince Leopold OF Bavaria. and his
mother is the Archduchess GiseIa, Oldest
daughter Of Emperor Franz Josef.
The King and Queen OF Denmark. have
returned to Copenhagen from their visit
10 the Mecklenburg relatives the Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess at schwerin.
The Grand Duke is the only brother of
the Queen of Denmark and the Grand
Duchess Is the second daughter Of tn.
Duke and Duchess OF Cumberland. Tn.
Schloss at Schwerin is an immense edi-
nee or four stories, built in the French
Chateau style. and II stands upon an is
land. II includes church, a large ar
mory (zeughaus). and a handsome suite
or state apartments. Its erection was
begun in 1886, and IL was finished in 1888.
on the site Of a castle which dates from
l35s and was occupied by an outpost Of
the Ritter OF Mairenburg The new
building is said to have cost 100000
marks to erect.
The death of Sir Tatton Sykes, at the
age OF eighty-seven. removes a figure
once well known in English society His
two hobbies, the Sledmere Stud and
church restoration. brought him in con-
tact with two very different worlds, in
both of which he was something of a
Parsonage. Although he was a very
strong high churchman. his interest In
church restoration. primarily at least,
was OF the aesthetic order.
He was greatly struck. during his
travels. by votive church built on the
outskirts of Vienna by the Emperor
Franz Josef. He approached the archi-
tect and asked him to build an exact
replica. The architect replied that il
could not be done without the ledge of
the Emperor who consented on condition
that the building should be dedicated to
the service of the Roman Catholic faith.
Sir Tatton decided. as did Henri " at
Paris. that so beautiful a house was
worth a mass. Cardinal Manning then
was approached, but the negotiations
somehow fell through.
Sir Tatton lived on terms Of friendly
separation from his wife. a lady OF
considerable accomplishments, but cratic
habits and temperament, and hardly
suited for running in double harness.
On his side also Sir Tatton was a trias
eccentric. II is said that one of his
pecularities was to wear seven very
thin silk coats, one on top of the other.
Not many guard their health so care
fully as Sir Tatton Sykes, who in winter
wore FIVE or six coats when out rid
ing. and shed some OF them when he
became warmer
Prince Poutiakine. however, took even
stronger precautions against illness. II
there was a touch of cold in the air,
he had fires lit in his grounds. before
venturing to stroll in them. His waist
coats were made in two separate pieces
Joined at the sides by buttons, so that
he could take them OF or put additional
ones on without removing his coat II
caught in a shower he sheltered him
self with an umbrella nearly two feet
wide which came down below his waist
and was pierced with little windows.
In very hot weather the prince wore
boots coated within as a protection
against mad dogs and carried sponges
soaked with vinegar in his shirt front
to ward off unpleasant smells.
In saying at GLASGOW during one Of
his anti-German speeches that he had
received the highest possible honors at
the hands of the German Emperor,
Lord Roberts, the British field marshal.
was abiding. OF course. to the Black
Eagle, highest of Prussian decorations,
to the British Garter.
which was conferred upon him on his
return from the Roer war an act OF
favor which caused a great outcry at
the time among the Chauvinists at
Berlin. There is only one other English
man. outside the royal family, on whom
the same distinction has been bestowed.
and that is Sir Frank Lascelles. who
on quitting the British embassy at Ber-
lin, received this highest mark of i'm
perial favor in Acknowledgement of his
efforts in the cause OF a better under
between the two countries.
FLANEUR