Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-28

IT'S tragic end oc- i''''>' ''''' '''' " '''
cured at Heidelberg. the other historic town
sprcs that shall no longer attract tourists
~ they have done In the buried past, which
seems now 20 far away from us all
TUE HEROINE
rs heroine was little princess. who also
had golden hair and blue eyes aud WI" nae
hoped 10 escape from the tedious life 10
which she had been born aud for which she
f"lt that she was not made She loved the
ibcrtv 60 20 about and to do what she liked
with nor existence, ana she could not resign
herself 10 see It now IN tn" same even
stream In which that of her mother aud OF
all her kindred had been spent. Her heart
hunxered after Independence and ihe ilgnt ,..
TO live and love- which was dched To her u!
the eNigencies Of her rank.
She was a rehelllous little princess, and
she was TO pay the penalty 50 sadly and so
cruelty. that one cannot help pitying her
instead OF blaming her as her royal relatives
did when they found Themselves faced BY a
scandal such az had never before ruftied Inc
peace of their naughty house. she was a
miserable little princess also, so miserable
that she lacked the courage to assert herseii
and to break through the barriers whigh
irnplacably prcjudices had erected all around
her and that. finding herself poWerless to
fight her way through them, she lay down
and died when she had at last convinced
herself OF the hopelessneS9 OF the struggle.
PARENTAL DIFFICULTIES
This poor girl, whose death caused such a
sensation among all the royal ana imperial
circles Of Germany, was the Princess Sophy
OF SAKE Weimar n cousin OF tho reigninF
Grand Duke OF that name. Her father was
younger. scion Of the iilustrious rouse az oI
wor5hlped. and her mother Princess or
Nselnbourg BudinEeu. The bluest blood IL
Eurone flowed in her veins and she seemed
10 be destined 20 unite herself i'll marriage
with some German prince whose duarterings
wern ~ unilnpeschable as her own But
alas in our matter-of-faCt twentieth cen-
fury Il is not enough even Tor princess 20
be able to boast Of a long line OF famous
ancestors to find q suitable husband. Some
wealth is also required in order to sustain
the dignity Of ones rank And the parents
OF pretty little Sophy were, SO badly or III
able 10 go on living at Welmar and had
10 retire TO the relative Obscurity Of Heidel-
berg. where they could at least .conomEe
without it's being too much noticed.
Prince William of SaXe Weimar had
bought a modest villa IN the Old university
town. where hls high birth made him a
quite cxceptionabe treatment from the local
society. without imposing upon linn any
extra expenses he could not very Wen have
Incurred Whenever ball was given or "A
reception took place at the house of some one
or other of the few people whom he con-
descended to,frcqueut. the best carriage OUT
! OF the best livery stables in Heidelberg was
hired TO take him together with his Mie
70 the entertainment The rest OF the time
democratic way, the street cars whenever
she visited her friends. \ local dressmaker
made her gowns and those OF her ds1Ghtel. .I
often allowed 10 acCumuldt" to "a consider
| able amount before they wer" settled with
many sighs and Erumbiiugs on the part oi
| the Prince. II was a narrow, harassiug eN-
istence, that was led by the family. one III
which tn" question Of money played the
| were taught before everything else the neces-
| sty TO be economical, which, by the way,
| neither the Princess Sophy nor her two
| brothers were inclined TO accept.
The former was the one upon which this