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

resse en- titre, perhaps, chased
through Her Majesty's brain. And
when, half an hour later, 1 entered
her room to ask If the Wallets might
go TO the bed-chamber and remove
the Kaisers clothes-I found my
mistress in tears, bewailing a fate
tnat was as yet mystery.
DO you know why the Kaiser Is
golngF she said. l could not un-
dersland it at first. "Of course" 1
repl I'd, His Majesty has heard of
the death across the way, and, be-
ing SO near the Schoenburgs, he is
AFRAID that diphtheria might break
out in the palace"
perlal lady. She scarcely allowee
me to finish. rs the Hereditary
Frmce dead" she exclaimed, with
utmost ,,, joyful ring in her voio..-
Inen changing her attitude, she adS>-
ed: Why have l not been informed
OIL this! l might have been sparea
an unhappy half-hour, and, besides
should have sent my condolences
to Princess Lucie."
William was rs good as his word;
ms state papers published TINT very
day were dated "SchIoss. Berlin;
etc., ana ever since the Marble Pal
ace has ceased, as IL were, to figure
III contemporary history.
No Sanitary Arrangements
The Kaiser was right in surmising
tnat MS thousand-w -windowed palace
in the capital would afford him
lodgings of some sort; but as his own
apa rtments, as well as the majority
OF the other suites, were undergoing
alterations. he was obliged to make
MS quarters in the so-called Won
hlelst chambers, said to have been
once inhabited by Princess Amalia's
ilrst lady-in waiting, companion and
confidante, the Baroness Won Kleist.
Ihey are exceedingly beautiful, far
more so than any of the gilded mod
ern rooms that latter-day Berlin
taste mas furnished, yet at the same
time lack even the most Ordinary
conVeniences.
The White Lady-''No Lady,
l was at the Meiningen Villa, in
the Thiergarten, on some business
or Her Majesty's, when the Princess
brought the news. II have lust come
from my big brother,"-she always
speaks of the Kaiser thus,-"and
what do you think? 1 found him
installed in the Kleist apartments
at the kleist rooms, which the White
Lady is said to haunt"
t'ih 6iou <Au6dSle hdu ncT
baby l told the Kaiser" continued
Princess Charlotte, "for, as you
know, Won Kleist's child born in
this apartment was disfigured by
terrible birth mark on the nose, the
broom of The Sweeper"
And what may that be. Your
Royal Highness?"
The White Lady, of course, who
used to announce her coming by
vigorously sweeping the corridors.
On that account, Frederick the
Great dubbed her the sweeper or.
in his beloved French. La Balayeuse.
And that" continued the Princess
with loud laugh, as If some hilar-
ious bon mot had just seen the light
in her luminous brain,-"that was.
after ALL a fitting designation, for,
sub rosa. the White Lady of the
Hohenzollerns is no lady at all. 1
have just inspected her favorite
abode, and. i assure you, there is
neither bath-tub nor a toilet TO
be found there"
Although the Empress knew of
the Objectionable features of her
husbands temporary abode, she in
sisted upon following William with
in twice twenty-four hours. But the
Emperor, pretending to be very busy
with his speech for the opening of
the Reichstag on November %,
would not see her until the follow
ing day. Now everybody knows that
speeches from the throne are COM
posed by the Chancellor-hence it
was clear that William had some
other reason for absenting himself.
AS a matter of fact, he had heard
that Fraulein Won Gersdorff, Dame
of the court, was suffering from a
sore throat, and though her quar-
ters were not in the Marble Palace.
but in the gentlewomen's pavilion,
situated in the park, he evidently
feared that Her Majesty might have
come in contact with her. And not
until he was reassured by myself,
did he emerge from his seclusion.
After ] had withdrawn, Court
marshal Won Liebeau was sum-
moned.
Kaiscr's Indifference to Others
"No more cases of diphtheria in
Potsdam, / hope?" said the Kaiser,
in his most imperious style.
"None that / know of, Your Ma
jesty."
'"That you know of? My dear sir,
that means either that you are out
of touch with your department or
that cases of illness are secreted.
At any rate, you will be good enough
to telegraph to the Marble Palace
that all persons of the suite, or in
the royal service, who show any
signs of throat trouble must be re-
moved to a hospital at once, without
the slightest delay. These are my
strictest orders"
One of the Empress's favorite
wardrobewomen, Mrs. Schnase, fell
victim. to williams relentless an
Xiety on that occasion. Not being on
duty for several days, she had re-
manned in Potsdam, and, by the
Court physicians advice. had taken
perspiratory treatment to reduce
swelling of the glands, very COM
mon among certain classes in Ger
many, so that at IL o'clock that
night she was in the midst of
healthy sweat and sound sleep, when
the Major-domo awakened her to
say that by "all-highest order" she
must leave.
Protest being out of the question,
q four-wheeler was procured, and
the shivering patient was rolled off
to the nearest hospital through the
wintry streets.
mo room" reported the night
watch, when the driver summoned
him.
"But she is one of Her Majesty's
personal attendants"
OF course that made a difference.
and, after some more discussion,
Mrs. Schnase was given a cot in the
pauper's ward, third class, next to
one in which a poor creature was
just receiving extreme JUNCTION.
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