Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-19

or's, after much travelling, and Will
liam repeated it to "Dona" on the
occasion of a domestic row.
AS this anecdote indicates, the
Empress has little notion of the
suitableness of colors. She wears
all in rotation.
Her FondnesS For Millinery
In the matter of hats, Auguste Vic
toria was easily the best-dressed
woman in Europe. AS Princess viii
liam, Princess Imperial, and during
her early years as Empress, the Kai-
serin patronized Berlin milliners ex-
! cluslVely, and the result was not en-
/ couraging.
Here is what the Princess of Mcin-
1nSen said when her mother, the
Empress Frederick, engaged upon
that dangerous journey TO Paris: 'Ir
you love Auguste dnd myself. bring
us hats, hats, hats, hats! They make
beautiful millinery ornaments in
this town, but don't know how to
put them together. To me a Ger
man bonnet always looks like next
OF KIN TO recruits fatigue-cap,
elaborate, seem to be fashioned a la
/ Pickelhaube."
he same idea pervaded the un-
usually blunt speech of the Princess
Phlllp OF Coburg, who had not vet
olsgraced herself with her Colonel
OF Hussars. when, at the close of his
vienna visit, the Kaiser, while talk
ing leave of Her Royal Highness. in
cidentally remarked that he was un-
apie to decide what to bring his
wife. @-''
Get her some hats; she needs
mem, poor thing" cried King Leo
polds eldest daughter, who is cred
ited with having inherited all his
wicked traits; "a mere private wom-
an as l am, l would not exchange
my coronet for the German diadem
II at the same time 1 were compelled
to wear the monstrous head-cear
your Berliners turn out"
The sally struck home, the more
so as William has always entertained
hlgh opinion of this Princess, who.
IL must not be forgotten, is the elder
sister of Stephanie, widow of the
late Crown Prince Rudolph.
Kaiser Slightly Embarrassed
His Majesty" said Grandmaster
Count Eulenburg. "reddened at first
and seemed inclined to answer
sharply. but, after u little reflection.
confessed complete Ignorance of the
subject, though all present knew
that he made it his business to or
der the kaiserin about in matters
of toilet as well as in other respects.
! Admitting, cousin, that YOU are cor
rect in what you say His Majesty
! finally remarked, what am 1 going
to do about it? I have not the time
to run around millinery shops at the
moment of leaving, and if 1 order a
number of bonnets to be sent to the
Burg, the bills will be CT such mag
nitude as to break by treasurer's
heart, and perhaps my own, too
|. we all laughed at this sugges-
| tion," continued His Excellency,
| Her Royal Highness fairly shook
with merriment as she exclaimed,
semi-tra gically: For the Lords
/ sake, William, do not become to us
in Bienna what the Tecks are to the
Prince of Wales in London, orr"
! (this with fine sarcasm) 1.-THE Lip
! pes to a certain King of Prussia!
To forestall such a calamity, let me
offer my humble services. With
Your Majesty's permission, I will
drive with one of your gentlemen
| (here Her Royal Highness's eyes lit
upon the stalwart form of our
| friend Moltke) Ito my own purvey-
ors, buy what is pretty and not too
! eXtrayagant in price, and bring my
| finds in triumph to the station,
where we will meet an hour from
snow in our waiting room. Is that a
bargain?
The Kaiser" Eulenburg wound
up his story, sealed the agreement
I by kissing Her Royal Highness's s
white hands and arms; but she took
| him by the head and applied three
! right royal smacks upon his mouth,
those to reconcile to. him for the
oscillations of state that he would
have to give and endure later in the
day, as Her Royal Highness put it,"
What time we had at the Neues
Palais, when the Kaiser arrived
with six bandboXes filled with that
woman's' selections of ffnery! Par
don: it is that woman" no longer:
we have discovered her name, and
without consulting the Almanach de
! Gotha, at that. Perish the memory
of Stephaine's treachery: Her Row
al Highness, the Princess Philip"
| of all women, has the sweetest taste
and kindliest disposition! All-high-
st lips uttered these honeyed senti-
ments. and soon the whole Schloss.
metaphorically speaking. was at the
feet of the august Viennese. who. an
hour before. had been considered
! too fFivole for even casual mention.
! Regulations arc quickly made and
! lost at court. Play into their Majcs
ties hands. contribute TO their char
tiles. sfawr upon their little weak
ncsses, and YOU are persona grata in
"a iiHy: exhibit the slightest bit Of
originality conflicting with the mad
dcning huIndruni of accented no.
tions, seek soiacc from the drcary