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figure turning It's back toward the
west was that of the uncrowned Queen
OF France. the Marquise de Pompa-
dour. II is said that the three ladies
In question keenly resented this
peculiarly Prussian form Of humor at
their expense. and that the cruelty OF
the indgnity served still further to
augment the bitterness of their enmi.y
against the most famous sovereign Of
the Hohenzollern dynasty.
Emperor William Ia responsible for
a greater number of statues of women
| than any other one man. and most OF
them are terrible cyesores. The effiges
include one only OF Queen Louise of
Prussia. another of his grandmother,
Empress Augusta and yet another
Of his mother, Empress Frederick.
each Of them ret up in the Their
garten at Berlin. that OF Empress
Frederick being near the entrance,
just opposite the Brandenburg Gate.
1t is astonishing that Queen Louise
Of whom so many beautiful portraya,s
exist in painting and in print. should
nave been 40 neglected in statuary.
Her memory is venerated throughout
the length and breadth Of Germany
| us tlt neTOlne pl INC w Ut Oh
ton from Napoleonic thraldom a
| hundred years ago; while in Prussia
she Ia regarded almost In the light of
n national saint. Yet she has but one
| statue.
| In Oranienburg the Kaiser has set
UP a statue OF mis- ancestress, Louise
Of Orange. after whom the town in
question was named. She was the
consort Of the great Elector Of Bran
denburs. Other statues Of German
prtncessee arc those Of tho Kaiser's
grandaunt. Grandduchese Alexandrine
| Of Mecklenburg. II Is at Schwerin,
but Ia not an artistic or graceful pro-
duction, and would doubtless have
caused mingled amusement and an
noyance to that sunny tempered.
| laughter loving sister Of old Emperor
William. who was wont TO ascribe her
merry nature to the fact that she
had come into the world quite pre-
maturely. TO the strains Of q waltz,
at . state bali At Berlin.
Another statue II that Of Duchess
Frederick Of Anhalt. slater Of the late
King Christian TX. OF Denmark. who.
owing to the lunacy OF her husband,
]
years as regent with so much success
az TO win the affection and the graft
tude OF the people. Besides these the
/ only other feminine statue that can
/ recall in Germany Is one Of the Eng
} lish born Grandduchess Alice OF Hesse
at Darmstadt, who has. however. more
enduring and beautiful memorials in
the form OF tho hospitals and other
philanthropic institutions bearing her
name which she founded and endowed
in the land OF her adoption.
Luxembourg has a statue OF Princess
Amelia of Saxe-We!mar the first wife
OF Prince Henry Of the Netherlands
who during the greater part OF the
/ lifetime Of his brother. the late King
William Of Holland. acted az Stadt-
holder and Viceroy OF the Grand
Duchy Of Luxembourg, maintaining a
stately court In It's picturesque old
| capital.
Tho terribly tragic death Of Bn-
press Elizabeth Of Austria seventeen
years ago. has led to the erection Of At
leas. a dozen OF her statues, the two
most successful and beautiful in re-
seSnbfance. in grace OF pose and IN
picturesque Getting being those AZ
Salzburg and in the Volksgarten at
Vienna. Her disregard Of the mode
Of the hour and her fashion Of always
dressing herself IN clingfng. close fit-