South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-20

1.-THE disappointment in consequence
when the crown princess, after hav-
ing had one daughter, died year
later Her husband mouned her
sincerely. but state reasons prevailed
and after a few years he married
again. but this union remained a
childless one and the beautiful Char
lOtte OF Schamburg-L ippe, TO whom
he wss united in 1856, did not give
TO wurtemberg the heirs which il
needed.
Whether this was the reason or
not this second marriage Of the
king did not turn out we'll and he
never could get on with his consort.
So long as his uncle lived things
pulled somehow. but after the latter
passed away, and especially after
the death of the Dowager Queen
Olga, who was very fond OF both
her nephew and niece by marriage,
J the couple. though they did not sep
arate officially yet managed TO see
very little Of each other.
The queen is a splendid musician
and a highly cultivated and we'll
read woman. which is more than can
be said OF her husband, who has re-
tanned in spite of his 20 years some
/ Of the unpleasant habits which
caused him TO be SO much talked
about at Potsdam in his young days
| He had been a handsome man in his
youth and he kept his good looks
Notwithstanding the different excess
es in which he INDUCED. But his
tastes were anything bur refined.
and IL is useless. 10 deny that he
never succeeded in making himself
popular with his subjects. His con-
sort. on the contrary. secured for
herself much consideration and even
affection from the population Of
Wurtemberg. and in particular from
that of Stuttgart. where she was al
ways tremendously cheered when
ever she showed herself in public,
which. by the way. did not happen
very often, because she preferred
/ the country to the great palace
which looks more like a barn than
anything else. and where she had in
one OF the different castles which be
long 10 her husband, and where he
seldom went.
The Kings Daughter.
The only daughter Of the king by
/ his first wife. the Princess Pauline.
[ is married TO the prince of Wied. the
! brother of that prince OF Wied who
occupied for short time the atten-
tion OF the world when he tried TO
! esta blish himself in Albania. and 20
found there a dynasty of his own.
/ She is a very nice woman this WED
] princess, but a fierce enemy of ev-
erything that is Prussian. which has
not helped her 10 obtain a position
of her own at Berlin, where she was
very badly treated, indeed. when she
lived there. which she did for some
thing like eight or nine years before
her husband had succeeded his
father in the family estates.
She was very punctillious in re-
gard to etiquette, and always in
sisted on being awarded the preced-
ence due 10 her rank as a kings
daughter.
The kaiser. who hated her. some
times tried to ignore it, and 10 con-
slider her only as the wife of the
hereditary prince of Wied. and it is
said that one day when she had been
asked 10 dinner at Potsdam. she
| brushed aside in a most energetic
manner a lady who had been put in
the place which she thought she was
entitled TO herself. saying as she did
so, stand back, this is my chair"
and seating herself in il. 10 the dis
may Of the masters of the ceremon-
les, who could not prevail upon her
TO submit to their decisions This
assertion OF the Independent prin-
cess, however, put an end TO all the
attempts which had been made to
deprive her Of her rank. and the
latter was never challenged any
longer while she remained in Berlin.