Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-04

with her about the great event in
Her poor Royal Highness." said
the old woman, was only two
months past eighteen years, and
very weak and nervous. You see,
with her 1t was not an ordinary
case of first motherhood; politics
were mixed up in 1t to a frightful
degree, and the poor young thing
felt the fate of Europe trembling in
her lap. for our king Frederick Will
nam Nv was as crazy as q March
mare, and twenty-one years had pas
sed since a midwife was called to
the Prince Regents house to bring
into the world little Louise, now
Grand Duchess of Baden.
our work had been divided as
, follows. DR.. Martin was to have
special care of Her Royal Highness,
inasmuch as he was treating her for
a nervous malady; the Court Physi-
cian had his ordinary duties, while
l was commanded to take the child.
But the moment the little one was
| born a despairing moan from the
mother pverthrew all these fine dis
4 positions.
"Stiil Born, by Heaven"
The Crown Princess is dying
whispered the doctors. while work
ing with blanched faces over Vic
toria's PROSTATE body. OF course,
1 had to abandon the child mo-
mentarily to help them, and when
the Crown Princess having re-
vived after a while-I knelt down
before the couch on which our heir
rested, imagine my fright: he had
not yet uttered a cry, nor did he
move muscle. 'Still-born, by
HaaNanD fhn1trIt cfttr
brought DIR. Martin to my side, and
together We labored over the newly
born, l do not know how long, eX-
hausting successfully every means
| ordained by medical books, or prac-
ticed in the nursery, to bring the
child to life
! will state here, that Miss Stahl
was very dignified woman, broad
| and short, and, of an excessively
grumpy disposition. Very seldom
did she smile. The old dame re-
counted her story to the point given,
always with the dignity becoming
to person of her worth. but. ss
she continued. her face broadened
with merriment, and her famous
/ basso resounded through the room
with a break here and there that
came very near laugh.
Spanked into Life
; When everything had been done
that in decency could be DONE" so
! ran her narrative, II took that roy
| al youngster under my left arm, and,
grabbing wet towel in my right
! began to belabor him in good home
ly fashion, though the doctors
groaned and everybody in the room
looked Mortified.
To the devil with etiquette l
thought, seeing their grimaces: this
is matter of life or death So l
spanked away, now lighter, now
harder, slap, slap, slap, until -
the cannons announcing the birth
had half finished their official quota
of hundred and one shots-until
at last a faint cry broke from the
young ones lips.
He was alive! / had snatched
our Prince from the grave for which
he seemed destined. The rest was
easy sailing; the doctors again had
their innings, and the simple mid
wife was showed aside"
Discovery or the Withered Arm
But what about the deformed
hand and arm"
, That was discovered only the
third or fourth day after" replied
Miss Stahl; you see, at first we
we're all so busy keeping life in
the Prince, after l put it there, that
no one thought of examining his
limbs. Even when, on January 2S,
the late Crown Prince showed his
son to his relatives, friends, and the
household, no one observed that
anything was wrong. But on the
last, or the last but one day of the
month, 1t was noticed that the child
did not move his left arm; an in
| Vestigation was made, and, in the
course of it, the surgeons discovered
that the elbow joint was dislocated.
That is nothing serious in a healthy
child. However, in the case of our
,, Prince, the surrounding soft parts
were so injured, and the muscles
attached in such a condition, that
no one dared attempt to set the
bone then and there, as should be
done in all cases"
Miss Stahl concluded her rema rks
with the statement: Il am well
aware that the present condition of
the kaiser'S arm is attributed to q
mistake made by the persons officiat
ing at the birth: but" and SAYING
this, the old maids face assumed its
most determined look, ''if that were
not falsehood, agreeable to the
Kaiser. do you suppose for one mo-
ment that 1 should be in this palace
nv" " Siippic itiOTe tlOnenZOllernS!
Saying this, Miss Stahl used to bring
down her fist forcibly and concluded: !:
MY opinion has always been that
the child's left forearm was not
properly made up by nature, as, in
deed, his whole left side was weak,
and is weak to this day.
Everyone ins the palace knows
that, though his walk is brisk, it is
his ever alert exertion that makes
it so; If, at any time, the Kaiser
ceased thinking of his shortcomings
for only moment, you would see
his left leg drag. All his aches and
pains. too, locate in his left ear and
the whole left side of his head. Now
remember what l told you about
the Crown Princess's condition. She
was agitated by fears and depressed
in spirits; great responsibilities
weighed upon her mind. Is it to
be wondered at, that her child was
affected?
The mother, poor girl. trans
fused her nervous ailments into
the child she was carrying, and all
concentrated in its left side. That
myself and the doctors were un-
able to prevent or forsee; besides
we were, as stated, far too busy
completing natures handiwork by
Initiating and keeping the Princes
respiratory organs going, to test the
inferior parts of his body separately.
II, on the other hand, the Prince
had been lusty boy, the dislocated
joint would, undoubtedly, have been
promptly discovered and nothing