Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-21

property, but forms part of Ger
many's navy.
His Majesty had spoken so Sc
verely and with such excessive cm-
phasis that the little Prince became
frightened and had to be conducted
from the room, while the small as
scmblage of officials and guests sat
about dispirited, n feeling of unrest
having replaced the previous Jov-
iaIity.
There were always much pickering
and tattle and petty disputes in the
royal family. l recall william ID.
Howell's preface to the memoirs Of
| Frederick the Greats little sister,
Wilhelmina, whom the American au-
thor styles Princess Royal of Prus-
sia being one of the strongholds OF
Salic law. Howell tells us that the
poor Margravine's father, Though
rich and powerful, was coarse and
mean in most things, and buIIicd the
Queen quite like II King in panto-
mine Does he. really suppose that
the ignoble practice of browbeating
a sovereign lady begins and ends
with the first Frederick William and
the king-popinjays of mimicry?
SympathizerS of the monarchial
| system, who write of royal life un-
der the direct influence of the au-
gust persons alleged to be portrayed,
| and litterateurs never permitted to
| invade the palaces sacred precincts,
may agree with Howells, and it is
certainly pleasant to do SO, but can
| dor compels me to destroy that
cheerful illusion so far as it may ap-
| ply to the Imperial Court of Berlin.
willie" and "Dona" have their lit
| q aln II.
rows like any ordinary couple, and,
what was quite sclf-evident i'll the
Fatherland, the man always got
the better of the weaker sex, Will
helms superior intellect, his im-
pctuosity and mcquivocaI bluntness
of speech, making his asccndency Il
forcgonc conclusion.
| Besides, the Empress is deadly
afraid of her lord, and readily capit-
| ulateS whenever and wherever His
Majesty signifies dIsapproval. And
here the eternal sameness of royal
and common folks is again empha-
siZed-most of the quarrels between
the imperial couple are occasioned
| by questions of dress, or the diff
culties of paying for the same, which
seemed destined, at one time, to be-
come the source of really serious
lIOuDle III our menaSe.
Her Majesty frequently took an
| hour to prepare for the night, only
to find willie" snoring softly when
she came to bed. And, oh, the tears
the imperial lady shed over her
hands which, though proportionate
to her body, cannot be coaXed to
come up to the Kaiser's standard of
beauty. # those tears were collect
! ed, as was the Saltish sympathy of
paid weepers at the ancient Roman
| funerals, marry! they would fill quite
as many bottles as are on Her Ma
| jesty's. dresser.
/ have had occasion to speak OF
! Her Majesty's jealousy before this
| When the Hoflager moved to the
Marble Palace, where Princess
| Louise was born, the household had
to get along without its official head,
Baroness Won Larisch, because my
| self happens to have beautiful
hands and arms and, on that ac-
/ count, was much admired by His
Majesty.
And a still more petty thing: Au-
guste Victoria confisCated a photo
! graph of Queen Emma of the Meth
erlands which stood on the Emper-
or's desk. The Queen-Dowager was a
most estimable lady, but it would
! be folly to call her pretty. Still, she
| mad fine hands and everybody and
! everything liable to interest His Ma
| Jesty had to go. At about this time
the Kaiserin ordered the seam
| stresses. who occupied a little room
overlooking the courtyard, to be
! dislodged. She trembled lest heI
husband, who was about to return
from his Northland journey, should
! see one of the women at the window
So great was Her Majesty's conf.
! dence in Herr Won der Knesebeck
that, If at all possible, she submitted
to him every little matter. either
verbally or in writing. In the course
OF year, Empress and chamber
lain exchanged hundreds of letters
some of the Kaiserins being five
| and six pages long.
Bodo Knesebeck saved the En.
press from making herself ridic.
ulous, and from seriously compro.
missing her husband and the govern.
ment during the Berlin riots somt
| years ago. incidentally the cham.
Derlaln saved our mistress from hei
lords lasting displeasure on that oc.
casion, which probably counts NOR,
with her than anything else. Fo,
weeks we had prepared for the great
carnival ball when the invited
| gentlemen were to appear for tho
first time in English Court-dress. an
event William fooked forward to n,
less eagerly than a girl does to he,
debut in long frocks.
! For the ball. the late Kings ia.
Vorite, premiere ballerina Marie
koebiSch-W Wolden, had arranged 3
gorgeous revival of that most grace
ful dance, menuet a la refine. whicI
was to be tripped before the thron,
when the evenings festivities wer,
| at their height My mistress mean
/ 10 surpass all her previous effort!
in the matter of personal adorn
ment.
At last the festive day had come
Early in the morning the entir,
Stock OF crown jewels, all exceptint
the crown itself were brought tC
the royal dressing-room, and He,
Majesty Countess Brockdorff. anr
Frau Won Haake spent hours makint
and remaking new combinations O
the stones and ornaments, most %
! which can be put to various uses
as pins, buttons, buckles, brooches
etc. Then, all of sudden, the or,
ran through the Schloss' chambers
Berlin is i'm rcvOIt!"
There will be no menuet, rathe,
a Carmagnole," lamented the any
lous; instead of beribonned and oe
laced silk coats, the blouse; in plac,
OF honeyed words and pretty to,
swords, pipe in cheek. loaded cane
on thigh as in the days when the,
sang 'ViVe lie son du canon"