The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-16
TRADITIONAL WHITE LADY OF
 HOHENzOLLERNS DEATH HERALD

Appeared Before Members
 of Royal Family Several
 Times, When Fatalities
 Followed = Other Ruling
 Houses Have Their
 Ghosts.
 There are few royal families in Hu- rope which have not at one time or another been visited by supernatural beings or experienced weird occurren- ces. says Chambers Journal.
 One of the most notable of these is the White Lady of the Hohenzollerns, who has appeared before the death of members of that family for several centuries. It is stated that quite late U this spectre has been seen again portending disaster to, the present family.
 The White Lady dates back to the rgth century, and Is said to be the shost of Lady Bertha von Rosenberg, who was born in Bohemia in the year of 1425. Her father was Ulrfch von Rosenberg, Governor of Bohemia and commander-in-chief of the Ro- man Catholic troops against the Illus sttee: and her mother was Catherine of Wurtemberg.
 Lady Bertha died at the end of the 18th century after an unhappy life. Her portra1t is to be seen in several of tho old Bohemian castles, and she is represented as wearing a white dress with a white veil, and 1t IS Tn this costume that the specter appears.
 Those who have seen the White Lady have stated that there was notn- ing terrifying about the apparition, which had a sad, gentle face and calm stately mien. She appears before the doomed members of her family for the purpose of warning them to re- fleet and repent before their passing into the next world.
 Although she has been seen so of- ten, only twice has she been known to speak. In December, TIPS, she ap- peared in the palace at Barelin. and acclaimed in a loud, clear voice: "veni, udica vivos ct mortuos! Judi cium mini adhuc superest." ('Come. judge ye the quick and the deadA wait for judgment-")
 On another occasion she appeared in the Castle of Neuhaus, and spoke to a certain princess, who was In h0 bedroom trying on dress bef0fe mirror, when suddenly the White Lady appeared from behind a screen and said: f'Zehn uhr ist hs, ihr Leb- chen" cert is 10 o'clock, your dearest Highness"). The princess fell i'll soon after, and died 10 days later.
 The apparition has frequently been seen in the Castles of Bayreuth, Ber- lin and Karlsruhe: also at the ugly many widowed palace of Mannheim. On one occasion the Ann Frau Gas she was caI1ed) appeared by the dying bed of the Margarine Amelia of Ba- den, mother of the wife of Alexan- der of Russia, in one of the great rooms of the ancient palace of Bruch- sal She was then seen knee1ing in an attitude of prayer by the bed.
 Napoleon Announced Own Death
 An apparition called the Red Man has been connected with the rulers of France for ages. This Red Man is said to have always appeared before any great calamity to France. and be- fore the death of the Kings. It Is g. historical fact that the apparition vis- itad Henry " on the night before he was assasinated, and appeared to Louis XVI immediately prior to the outbreak of the French Revolution, also to certain members of the Im- uerial family before the Franco-Prus- sian war.
 Just before he was murdered Presi- dent Carnot saw the Red Man, and took 1t as a warning of disaster or deaths and, though every precaution was taken. he was unable to avert the tragedy.
 Napoleon saw the apparition sever al times, and' appears to have been quite intimate with it. The best known instance occurred on Jan. 1. 1874 Three months later the Emper- or abdicated. Count Montholon re- 1ates that Napoleon when on his deathbed, told him that he had been warned of his approaching end by this same strange being.
 It is also alleged that Josephine ap- peared to Napoleon shortly before his death, and informed him that he would soon be with her.
 1t Is not generally known that the ghost of Napoleon appeared to his mother, Madame Letitia, just after his death at St. Helena, but the inci- dent is recorded ir Mrs. Ffazer's work. "A piplomatists Wife in Many Lands.n
 Madame Ietitia, generally known in France as Madame Mere, was ths last to bid Napoleon farewell on his emharking for St. Helena, his "Adieu, ma mere!" being answered by her Italian "Addio. figlio mio,"
 About six years after that last pa- fhettc parting, Madame Mere was sit- ting one morning in the draWing-room of the Palazzo Buonaparte Git was 9th of May 1S21). when the man-servant announced a visitor who wished to see Madame Mere alone. and immediate ly. as she had come with important news of the exiled emporer.
 He was wrapped In a voluminous cloak. and had his hat drawn low down over his eyes: but on entering tho room and as the servant with drew. he removed his hat and drew back the cloak, which partly conceal cd his face. and revealed himself as none other than the Great Napoleon. her dearly beloved son.
 The awful chill of contact with forces of the Unseen fell. upon her. sGnd she stopped as though suddenly paralyzed, as the being before her re- garded her with poignant solemnity, and said gravely, May the fifth, 1S21 -today!" It was not till six weeks 1axaf---a1fC71 vvara fTa Aoioxyv of +1,ce,