The Washington herald., 1914-05-31

, Prussians. Who was with them IN thetS
nieht The Duchess. on -.ie advice OF -
neiEheor and protege. Goethe. had re-
she was left alone and surrounded b
tne wounded and dying cf both armies
AZ Napoleon entsred the palaes. D.
way, and spoke words of welcoms. me
Emperor gased at ths .bravs woman for
moment and then said II am sorry
HUSBAND hGr sSn ee Is m1 hut, sSs mus: crush yog
ings.
,ls But the duehe.. calmly persisted in
toward him. and she was rewarded the
next morning with q summons to his
apartments in the palace while he was
band. madam" he % demsnded nnu,d your p. hus. :
mad as to war against me?"
Ny husband. sire" the duchess r.-
Rhea Rins: ~ sas et,n been in the service Of the
years. and he could not forsake tia,
eeV,ee see ss ,,,n, when the King had 50 mighty .
That reply smoothed the wrnk,ed
front Of the foe To one Of his afsss
Napoleon exclaimed: Behold woman
en h"m rSiIs SEsr ~ 200 cannon could not fright
ahd the duke is for the duchess sake
alone. Her conduct is a model for eyery
with truer moral % disnitsssn sesn RI. w9msn SScS1
Hnieo ST @ had been lost in battle. was saved
A wonan's Tears.
Another woman saved tn. life a, -,
husband by appealing to Napoleon. After
he had made his resistIess wav m ~.
capital OF Prussia and. entering BerIin
IN triumph, had seated himself in the
aaphandoned ah;i palace of the Hohenzolierns.
field. governor of Berlin, who after hsx-
ing been pledged to do nothing aeairs,
ths interests Of the army Of OCCUPATION.
King. The letter fell into Napo,.onss No me
hands the prince was arrested ana abo,,,
%, 70 oe shot; when the princess threw her
never could resist a weeping Wom:, /.
said the conqueror who had so oStsn
oeen CONQUERED by Josephine's tears.
,-,n aaam, ne sternly demanded Of the
eepted letter. lis not that YOUR hn,-
bands writingT The princess could NO,
te aeny rnat II was. and she was amazed
the fireplace: The letter is no% Sih,e9 in 1on, 10
hands. Throw 1t in the fire ana I shan
nave no evidence against him.
BY Frederick's Tomb.
On his march to Berlin, Napoleon en-.
tered the green gate and went to bed in
Gy cne very rococo precincts Of Frederick the
Souci. which sits amid its terraces and
fountains at Potsdam. Having over
Inrown the kingdom of Frederick in a
esmpaisn OF seven days, he felt entitled
70 Eiake nlmseif at home in the favorits
ABODE OF the hero Of the Seven Years.
W ar. Like the tourists who daily stream
.nroush the green gate. he visited Vol
Great Frederick passed the declining days
ot his lean old age. the bed on which hs
oled, the clock which he used to wind and
OF its stSppsd SpstS at the very minute
The unlimited guest of Sans Souci also
MADE pilgrimage to the Garrison Church
N tne Town OF Potsdam, the place of wor-
most as plain as a New England meeting
mouse. There Is a bare dingy alcoye be.
nind the severely simple Lutheran pulpit,
floor: One holds the dust of FREDERICK
the Greats auarrelsome father, FREDERICK
William l. who was so disappointed in
nis son and heir that he almost drove
him into exile and actually did lock him
up in fortress. while the other, covered
with wreaths. holds the dust Of Fred.
The sword and sash and hat >of thu
mighty warrior lay upon his sarchopha-
gus when Napoleon visited the tomb and
he promptly ordered that they be sent to
fne In Papis museum OF nd the Hotel des Invalides
than 20.oo0.000 francs" was his very prac-
teal computation OF the value Of those
most impressive-if unworthy-trophies Of
nis victory over Prussia
1t may seem almost too theatrical to
be historical IL We leave the conqueror
nusfnE over the changed fortunes he had
brought upon the realm of the Great
Frederick and standing there behind the
pulpit Of the Garrison Church. where in
ess than year King Frederick William
l1I. Queen Louise and the Gar had stood
Ind sworn by those ashes to drive him
,ut Of Germany forever. Yet what more
lifting curtain fall can we have for the
.cene that had Just been enacted In the
irama OF history?
Copsr.sht isi4. b. James Morsaa-l