New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-15

the land IS fa1rly satisfactory, but In
the great cities it is worse than in
America, England. Belgium. Holland,
and, In some respects, France. The
so called 'flat,barracks" dominates.
The average Berlin house shelters
eighty-two persons, as against seven
persons per house in London and
Antwerp. On hygienic, social, moral
and economic grounds, the big apart
ment house system is universally con
demned.
WOMAN ToeAccoNIsT RICH.
One of the most prosperous women
in Germany at the present time is
Frau Ewers, who is likely to be known
to fame as the Widow Zabern. Dur
ing the army VS.. people episodes In
A]sace-Lorraine last winter she eked
out humble existence as tobacco
mist. Her shop was near the public
square in which Colonel Won Reuters
troops overawed the populace after
arresting the town Judge, public
prosecutor and thirty other civilians.
At the court she gave evidence in IA
vor of the officers and civilians boy
cotted her shop. A statement to that
effect was published broadcast in the
German press and Frau Ewers began
to receive checks and orders for CT.
gars and tobacco from all parts of
the country. Most of them came from
army officers or ex-ofi1cers and were
accompanied by words of gratitude
for her patriotic conduct. Each of
her new customers seemed to take it
upon himself to secure orders for the
widow, with the result that she had
to engage assistance. Now she has
practically become. q wholesale deal
er, as most of her orders come from
outside Zabern, and she has found it
necessary to establish a branch shop
in neighboring Alsace-Lorraine towns.
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MOBILES MARCH IN PROTEST.
The small number invited to the
funeral of the late Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife In the i'm
perial court chapel at Vienna, al
though attributed solely to the linn
tied accommodations, gave great UNI
bragg to many titled friends Of the
couple who were not invited AS a
protest against their exclusion about
100 members of the noblest families
in Austria and Hungary, some of them
being privy councillors and court
chamberlains and nearly all holding
court Offices, decided to march in the
funeral procession from the Hofburg
to the railroad station. When this
fact was learned by Prince Monte
nuovo, chamberlain of the emperor's
court, he hastily summoned a minis
terial council to decide what action
should be taken to prevent demon
stration. The council, when informed
that the mobiles concerned would re-
sign their Offices If interfered with,
decided to do nothing. Consequently,
when the mobiles appeared, many of
them wearing their official uniforms,
the police made way and allowed
them to fall in Immediately behind
the hearses.
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OSCARS BRIDE UNDER BAN.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, the kaiser's
fifth son, and his bride, Countess Ina
Won Bassawitz, who is q lady. in-wait-
| ing to the empress, are now expe-
riencing some of the hardships which
morganatic marriage entails at the
Prussian court, despite the good will
of leading members of the imperial
family toward the young countess.
Negotiations are now proceeding be-
tween the ministry of the royal house
hold and Count Observation-Disclosures.
the brides father. for settlement OF
| the countess position. Countless in.
trigues against the countess have al
READY begun in minor court circles,
where the fact that simple Prus-
sian countess should love and be
llloved BY an imperial prince is not
i easily forgiven 5t5.. &. Z.
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YEHoPETo CAUSE WAR. /.
sfj.If the whole world is not shocked
and Mortified by European war in the
course Of the next few years IT Will vii
not be the fault Of a certain circum-
scribed disgruntled section Of the
I German community This insild y g