American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03
The Crown Princes
Amazing Adventure

VI SUPPOSE that none Of you have
ever heard the name of Thyra
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-G German cam
paign, and who, before his death, had
been acknowledged to be as great a
strategist as Lord Roberts.
Countess Won Kienitz was the daugh-
ter of q certain Countess Won Borcke,
and after living for many years in re-
tirement in her picturesque old schloss,
.Cefched on a rock not far from the
famous wine district of B%erncastel, 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 e~xtravagant enter
tainments with a view, as it seemed to
me, to ittract 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 artih-
cial, with yellow hair and short stat
ure.
"Look, H~eltzendorffi Is she not like
Won KienitzF"
Eyes, her figure is very similar"
admitted.
"Ah The old woman vas introduced
TO me the other night at Bismarck
Bohlen's house. Himmel! What q
freak Have you seer her wig2"
l replied that l had visited once OF
&wice at the Stulerstrasse and that the
company l had met there We're certain
Iy amusing. l mentioned some of theil
names, among them that Of young Nor
Ratibor. Major GersdOrff of the Death''
Head Hussars, Van Heynitz of th'
KOnigsiager, a welI-knOwn man abOu
town, his friend Winterfeld, together
with Il number Of ladies of the yer!
ultra go-ahead set. At this his high
ness seemed highly interested.
"She certainly seems a very curious
old person" he laughed. "Fancies tina
she's but twenty-five, and actually ha'
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 crow princess, STOP
ped me in n of the corridors of tn
Marmor palace and, drawing me aside
whispered:
IL have news for you, my dea
. count. We have a new arrival q
court-Frau Yellow-Wig."
She saw that l did not follow her.
Countess Won Kienitz-a friend q
yours, l believe"
"Friend of mine" 1 echoed. "Iv
only been in her house three or fOU
times. just in a crowd, and out Of CT
riosity."
"Oh. la lai Well. she has told tn
crown princess that you are her frien
and, il brief, has entirely fascinate
her imperial highness."
What the grand maitresse had tOl
me was perfectly correct, for thre
days later a dance was held, and as
entered the room / saw amid that 81
assemblage the widow Of the long-fo
gotten military hero talking quite f
military with her imperial highnes
To my utter amazement, also, his m
jesty the emperor, in the gay unifor
OF the Third regiment Of Uhlans
saxony, advanced and smiled graciou
ly upon her as she bowed as low
rheumatism and old age allowed.
The fascination which the shri
voiced old woman exercised ov
-CiIn" (the crown p~rincess) was quic
IL remarked, and, Of course, gossip B