South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-17

WHICH, uA the way was not large
one by any means. one Of the prin-
ciples OF the Hohenzollerns being
that their daughters need not be too
much burdened in the way OF world
~ goods. They also were given the
villa Liegnitz, in POtsdam. 10 live
in. and il was furnished for them
with excellent taste and at great
expense. But the Princess Char
lOtte hated Potsdam and she very
soon persuaded her grandfather TO
transfer Prince Bernard OF Mein-
ingen to d regiment stationed in
Berlin and TO allow her 10 live in
the palace OF Charlottenburg. which
vas sta nding empty since the death
Of King Frederick William ".
This was the brilliant time OF the
princess life. She used to go out a
great deal in society and she enter
tanned in a brilliant manner her nu-
merous friends. BY and by. how
ever. the latter made themselves
scarce and the rumor arose that the
princess was not always upon good
terms with the Goddess Truth, which
brought her into trouble upon sew
eral occasions. And after a while
she got weary Of Germany and found
out that il was far pleasanter TO
live in Paris or on the Riviera,
where she could do more or less
what she liked and lead an existence
out of which the word etiquette"
had been entirely eliminated.
An Increased Fortune.
The death Of the Empress Fred
erick had added considerable to her
fortune, and she then bought and
furnished the villa which was con-
fscated by the French government
recently. Her father-in-law, the
reigning duke of Sake Meiningen.
with whom she had always man
aged 10 remain upon affectionate
terms, in spite OF the latter's NOR
ganatic marriage with the beauti-
full actress whom he had created
Baroness Heldburg. liked her and
she had succeeded in acquiring a
certain popularity in the small
duchy, of which she is today the
sovereign lady. so that upon the
whole, her life had been a comfOr-
table one. 1t might have remained
so if it had not happened that the
marriage of her only daughter had
Occasionsd her considerab BILE trouble
and brought her into difficulties
with her brother. the kaiser. He
did not approve Of the young man
for several reasons one of them be-
ing that Prince Henry of Reuss had
l.. -
youth, and found himself more than
once involved i'm scranes which
might have had unpleasant conse-
quences. William II considered that
fellow with such a past was not
at all the kind of husband 10 whom
his niece ought to have been we'd
ded. and he allowed his sister to see
that such was the case The lat
ter said nothing, but Prince Bern
ard had a violent quarrel on the
subject with his brother-in-law. aft
er which he left the military service.
gave up the command of the army
corps of which he was chief and re-
tired to Meiningen and to Cannes,
where most OF his winters were
spent and sometimes his summers.
too. and which his wife preferred to
any other spot in the world.
Prince Bernard EnIists.
When the war broke out Prince
Bernard offered his services to the
kaiser. who graciously accepted
them. and the breach was healed
for a time at least. In the mean
time the old duke of Meiningen had
died, and as the duchy required a
ruler, the Princess Charlotte was
appointed regent for the time her
husband was at the front That
was just what she liked, and per-
sons say that in her satisfaction she
seemed 10 have grown younger all at
once. Pretty she had always been,
and she had kept her good looks in
a wonderful manner, considering the
fact that she had done her best for
a good many years TO spoil her
health by taking any amount of
quack medicines to make herself
grow thinner and fight tendency
TO stoutness which she had exhibit
ed since her very youthful days.
This had at one time made her very
i'll. and, if we are TO believe all that
we hear. had interfered with any
prospects she may have had to give
heirs to the Meiningen duchy.
But today the princess has re-
nounced all that kind of nonsense.
and she looks a beautiful. stately
woman, who in appearance seems
p years younger than she really is.
and who understands to perfection
the art of dressing 10 the best ad-
vantage. Whether she will be able
to go on doing so in the future.
when it is probable that French
dressmakers will no longer care TO
make her clothes, is another ques-
ton, which need not however. be
touched upon now. as sufficient 10
the day is the evil thereof"
WHY BE STOUT?