The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

ever heard the name OIL Inyra
4 Adelheid Won Kienitz?
She was a funny little deformed
person, aged, perhaps, seventy, widow
of the great General Won Kienitz, who
had served in the Franco-German cam
paign, and who, before his death, had
been acknowledged to be as great
strategist as Lord Roberts.
Countess Won Kienitz was the daugh-
ter of certain Countess Won Borcke,
and after living for many years in re-
tirement in her picturesque old schloss,
perched on a rock not far from the
famous wine district of Berncastel, on
the Mosel river, became suddenly
seized with an idea to re-enter Berlin
society.
With this view she rented a fine
house not far from the Leichtenstein
bridge and early in 1911 commenced
a series of wildly extravagant enter
tainments with view, as it seemed to
me, to attract the more modern and go
ahead section of Berlin society.
One afternoon, seated by the crown
prince as he drove recklessly his great
Mercedes car along the Bismarckallee
in the direction of Potsdam, we passed
an overdressed old woman, very artifi-
cial, with yellow hair and short stat
ure.
Look, Heltzendorffi Is she not like
Won Kienitz?"
Eyes, her figure is very similar" I
admitted.
'Ahl The old woman was introduced
to me the other night at Bismarck
Bohlen's house. Himmell What a
freak! Have you seen her wigT
1 replied that I had visited once or
twice at the Stulerstrasse and that the
company had met there were certain
ly amusing. mentioned some of their
names, among them that of young Won
Ratibor, Major Gersdorff of the Deaths
Head Hussars, Van Heynitz of the
Konigsjager, well-known man about
town, his friend Winterfeld, together
with number of ladies of the very
ultra go-ahead set. At this his high
ness seemed highly interested.
"She certainly seems very curious
old person." he laughed. "Fancies that
she's but twenty-five, and actually haC
the audacity to dance at Bismarck
Bohlen'S."
New Arrival at Court.
Judge my great surprise when
about six weeks later, Frau Won Alven
sleben, the pretty grand maitresse o
the court of the crown princess, stop
ped me in one of the corridors of thu
aE,,,,,,c,. ,,oIaoo apd 1rax vino mo q side
whispered:
II have news for you, my dea
count. We have a new arrival q
court-Frau Yellow-Wig."
She saw that 1 did not follow her.
countess Won Kienitz-a friend o
yours, believe"
"Friend of miner 1 echoed. "Tv
only been in her house three or fou
times, Just in a crowd, and out of Gu
riOsity.n
"Oh. la lal Well, she has told tn
crown princess that you are her frien
and, in brief, has entirely fascinate
her imperial highness."
What the grand maitresse had toll
me was perfectly correct, for tire
Gays ldteT uduSS was ASiu' "AAo 80
entered the room saw amid that ga
assemblage the widow of the long-fol
gotten military hero talking quite fl
military with her imperial highnes
To my utter amazement, also, his mi
jesty the emperor, in the gay uniforl
of the Third regiment of Uhlans
Saxony, advanced and smiled gracious
ly upon her as she bowed as low q
rheumatism and old age allowed.
The fascination which the shril
voiced old woman exercised owe
"Cnn" 1.-THE crown princessl was quic
ly remarked. and, of cor b b