Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
a somewhat curious manner.


In a somewhat curious manner.
[ CHANGED to be lunchlng at the Es-
planade in Berlin, chatting with La
: roque of the French embassy. Our
hostess was Frau Breitenbach, a
wealthy Jewess-a woman who came
from Dortmund-and who was spend
Ing money like water in order to
wriggle into Berlin society. As per-
sonal adjutant of the crown prince, 1
was, of course, one of the principal
guests, and suspected that she was
angling for a card of invitation to the
next ball at the Afarmor palace.
Frau Breitenbach was lunching with
sixteen guests at one big. round table,
her daughter Elise. a very smartly
dressed girl of nineteen, seated oppo-
= Ste to her. It was -Aerry party, in
Guiding. as It did. sVne of the most
renowned persons IN the empire, among
them being the imperial chancellor.
yBethmann-Hollweg. and that grand
seigneur, who was n favorite at court,
the multimllllOnaire serene hlghness,
Prince Macmillan Egon zu Fuersten-
berg. OF the latter it may be said that
no man riyaled his influence with the
emperor. What he said was law in
Germany.
Fuerstenberg was head of the IA
nous princes trust" now dissolved,
but at that time with its capital of
$500 100000, 1t was n great force in the
German commercial world. Indeed,
such boon companion was he Of the
kaiser's that an august but purely dec
.orative and ceremonial place was actu-
ally invented for him as colonel mar
shall of the Prussian court, an excuse
to wear a gay uniform and gorgeous
decorations, as befitted a man who,
possessing a hundred millions, was an
important asset to the emperor in his
deep-laid scheme for world power.
Young Man Across the Room.
That merry luncheon party was the
prologue Of a very curious drama. AS
we chatted I noticed that far across
the crowded room. at table set In a
window, there sat alone a dark-haired.
sallow, good-looking young civilian.
who was eating his lunch in rather
bored manner. yet his eyes were fixed
straight upon Elise Breitenbach, as
though she exercised over him some
strange fascination. /
Half a dozen times glanced across,
ana on each occasion saw that the
young man bad no eyes for the no.
fables around the table. his gaze being
- upon thu daughter Of the great
fnancier.
Somehow felt a distinct belief that
the young civilians face was familiar
to me. II was not the first time had
seen him, yet Gould not recall the cir.
cumstances In which we had met.
Two nights later I dined with the
Breitenbachs ut their fine house In the
Alsenstrasse. The only guest besides
myself was tho Countess Won Basse-
witt, and after dinner Frau Brelten-
bach took the countess aside to talk,
while I wandered with her daughter
Into the winter garden, with its high
palms and gorgeous exotlcs, that over
iopked the gardens of the Austrian em-
Missy.
fWhen the man had brought us cof-
Zee. the pretty Elise commenced to
Gnuestion me about life at the crown
princes court.
How intensely interesting II must
be 70 be personal adjutant to the
crown princel Mother is dying to get
p command to op9 Of the receptions at
Potsdan." the gid said. SOnly today
she was wondering whether you
could possibly us6 your influence Ia
Tint <iiracfionru
In an ipstfpf saw why had been
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