Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
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tTemDle lest the wOrld may
! condemn me-" she wrote to her sick
daughter a few days afterward-
| you, my dear, in sorest need of a
mother's care, and l seemingly en-
Joying myself at this ever jolly Court.
5ut what could l do? His Majesty
would not offer me bed ut your
present home, though, understand,
one hundred and fifty of the cham
bers in the Stadt Scllloss are unoc-
cupicd.'
Kaiser TOO Poor to Be Decent
such brutality seems almost in
creditable, but Marshal Eulenburg
offered very lucid explanation. IF
Her Royal Highness had been lodged
at the Stadt SchloSs, it would have
been necessary to give accommoda-
tions to her maid of honor and to
! two or three maids at the very least.
That" said the Count, meant the
feeding of four or five persons, which
we could i'll afford"
Duchess Calma, the best-looking
or the four AuguStenburg sisters
very pretty woman with large blue
eyes. marvelously fine pleXion
of pink and white, and luxurious
blonde hair often stayed with us
during the Kaisers long absences,
and was kind and approachable, but
painfully embarrassed with stran-
gers. She had very little education,
and was not naturally bright. The
same may be said of her husband.
Duke Frederick, who was really lit
tie more than good-natured Ounce,
subject to fits of disagreeableness.
To. eXemplify the penury prevail
ing in the ducal household. l need
but mention. that. when His High
ness was invited to fetch away his
wife and little girls. he sent his
regrets, eXcusing himself with hav-
ing nothing to wear.
TrouScr-lcSs Duke
The Kaiser's order, that all visit
ing Princes must appear in uni
FORM" he wrote, makes it impoSsi-
bic for me to comply with your gra-
cious request. My uniform coat and
attila are still in good condition,
but my breeches are sadly in need
of new silver braid, and l cannot
afford to have them done up this
year"
Starved Royal IIighncsscs
The couple had four lovely chill
dren, only little too ethereal were
these thin-limbed, narrow -chested
youngsters. have often heard them
crying with hunger in the nursery,
There is a rumor that Her Royal
and once spoke to the Duchess about
it.
"Ah," said Her Highness, they
get more than at home. 1 leave
it entirely to their governess. When
l demonstrate with her about under
feeding my little girls, she makes
answer: L want them to be fine and
English looking, not like fat German
children. Those are detestable'."
So this senseless mother, who mis-
trusted her own judgment in all
things, allowed her poor youngsters
TO be half starved, that a spleeny
governess might have her way. To
see these little Highnesses stealthily
MUNICH bread and sausage, the gift
OF good-hearted chamber-women
and lackeys,-for they begged food
of every one they caught hold Of
was one of the parodies on royalty
encountered in the German Emper-
or's palace.
The pretty youngsters with the
thin legs and hungry eyes appealed
TO every ones sympathy, save that
of their stupid mother and the kai-
ser but as they were not his chill
dren. William woundn't say the word
hat would have brought instant re-
lief to the poor youngsters. What
was it to him whether, or not, one
or more of his poor relations died,
~. Uas doomed to consumption?
4 royal person aforementioned in
these memoirs is the Duke of Schles-
wig.
Years the kaiserins efforts to get
her brother settled. She dearly
loved this good hearted but wild
boy ' hose sins against propriety she
shielded more than once with her
own royal person when Gunther held
forth in the Palais Pourtales and
the air was thick with rumors OF
orgies held at that doubtful estab-
lishment.
At such times Her Majesty used to
invite herself to breakfast at Gun
theirs, and the announcement, duly
published in the newspapers, mad a
tendency to stop the tongues Of
irreverent babblers. surely, Her Ma
jesty would not visit house where
dancing girls were served for dessert
on shell platters, swimming In Col
ogne water, and where champagne
was drunk out of slippers.
Finally, Gunther engaged himself
to the only daughter of Philip of
Coburg, Princess Dol othy, then a lit
tie over fifteen yeals of age. She
looked like a school miss, so in
nocent and petite" reported Baron
Windheim to Her Majesty. He had
seen tn young lady at dinner given
in her and Duke Gunther'S honor
by our Paris Ambassador. Others
who attended the banquet say the
Jewish blood of the koharys is per-
ceptible in her features, and to no
great advantage, either.
While Count MINISTER'S guests were
listening to a concert, Princess Dor
othy was rolling on the floor with
a couple of big hounds.
The Kings Hated William
Meanwhile Williams unpopularity
with his royal brethren was on the
increase. At the English Court, it
is true, he was tolerated as the
grandson of Queen Victoria" but
the English public revelled in King
Edwards dictum: that William was
not, and could never be gentleman,
or even initiate one.
Hence his aversion to King
George, as displayed during the war,
and the cruelty OF his air raids on
London and English watering
places, that had so often greeted
and entertained him.
Russia mistrusted William. The
reasons were obvious, but the Kaiser
refused to see them. In the early
months of 1914, accordingly, he was
forever talking of furnishing Nicky."
He could have saved ''Nicky's" life
and that of the Czarina and her