The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24

VIII assume as Queen in a country
where feminine wishes and influence
have hitherto had little Influence. The
strangest thing Of all IL that this
princess. who has already acquired
such n power N the country over
which h will reign one day, IL far
from having the intelligence and the
education Of either the Empress Au-
gusta Victoria or the Empress Fred
erick, who yet were allowed "a
have an opinion Of their own or 70
have anything TO say in political mat
tiers.
"One feels impelled to moralize that
the proverb which speaks OF every
person getting the fate that he or she
deserves can also be applied to nations
because no sovereign could have suited
infatuated Germany better than the
silly. g.ddy. amusing and popular little
girl whom fate has linked to its future
monarch
The marriage OF Prince Eitel Fritz
u author describes a. a brutal che:
Prince Eltel Fritz. who Is his
fathers favorite. being as tall az he il
brutal and as ferocious as he is fat
took 20 himself n wife almost by com.
pi sion and In order to put an end t.
ugIy runur~ that were flying abont
Berlin concerning him and his strange
~propens!ties. He married n lady much
Older than himself. the daughter oi
the Grand Duke OF OldeGburg and al
that beautiful Princess Elisabeth Of
Prussia. who died 50 young and SO
generally regretted.
The Princess Sophy Charlotte was
pretty. rich ana supposed To he very
clever. moreover, she was NOT happy
in heH oSn home. where reigned a step
mother with whom she did not agree,
At first the Princess was warmly We
coined in Berlin. but nevertheless did
not succeed in max ng friends there
II was related that when she found
out 10 What sorry parsonage she had
linked her fate she Withdrew into q
kind ~ naughty reserve. from which
she has new emerged"
There was q time when the En-
perur William had his eye upon n oi
the daughters Of tho Gar of Russia
as IA member Of his family. But any
such thought has long since been
abandoned. To quote from the book:
1T !s pretty certain that once the
, war IL over {; will he extremely dill
cult for German royalties to marry
outside their own country, and this
vii, most certainly exercise some in
fiuenCe on the fate of the girls %,
royal origin and Tcuton blood. Almost
ccirpinly thcy will find themselves
compelled TO look for husbands among
common mortals, and this will not he
easy. ns they are mostly endowed with
insufficient wealth and overwhelming
~pretensions.
The dowry OF a German princess Is
seldom more than modest. For in
stance, when the daughters OF the late
Prince Frederick Charles OF Prussia
were married they received 10000
az a wedding portion from the State
and tho same thing happened with
tho sisters OF the present Emperor.
The Princess RadziwiII's reference &c
inferior marriages reminds her of "ths
W sisters Of the present Grand Duke
of Mccklenburg-S trelitZ who were men.
toned AT one time as possible brides
for the son OF the Emperor William
They were pretty girls and NIGH
have made excellent matches, but thu
elder one, the Princess Mari. for rea,
SON ii is better not to enter into here
married a Frenchman, the Comte dt
Jametcl, from whom she obtained 6
divorce a few years ago. Now she |.
remarked to a Prince OF Lippe, a.
poor as he is proud, and seems to ge'
on very well with him, or, at least
as well as it IL possible under tn.
peculiar circumstances that made heI
position So very delicate at the tim,
she married the Comte de Jame,el."
Turning her y to Russia, tn,
Princess Radziwill pays her compli,
ments to the wife Of the Car, VIII,
would have been tho wife OF hi,
brother had the Grand Duke Nichola.
lived:
1T IL not for me here TO say wha
her marriage has been, nor all tn,
blessings which it brought to her hus
band and to the imperial family, n,
we'll as to the whole of the vast Rus
sian Empire. over which she was /,
reign for such a short time. No con
sort Of a sovereign has ever beer
more popular. She brought into IN,
court owe which she presided an at
mosphere Of purity, Of moral beauty
which made it absolutely differcn
from any other in Europe.
And she succeeded In shaking tn,
German influence which up to hel
time had prevailed at Petersburg. ant