Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-17

German wife, she feared her hus-
band and bowed to his will.
kaiscrn Neither Pretty Nor
Graceful
The Empress is not a pretty wo-
man; not even among daughters of
Germany is she entitled to that dis
tinction. The once awakened girl
has developed into a large Frau,
strong-limbed square-footed, and
Droad-shouldered, as we meet them
by the hundred in the capital, or
IN any town in the Fatherland, for
that matter.
She has small grayish-blue eyes,
with light, scanty lashes and brows
-slncerest fiattery could not call
them beautiful, or even pleasing, es-
peclally as, for some reason or 9TH
er, they appear slightly swollen
three days out of four. Her arms
are beautifully modelled, and white
as alabaster, the hands we'll taken
care of, but too large, and given
10 pufnness. n condition which con-
slant massage forestalls to some ex-
tent, but not wholly.
II not under the surveillance of
the multitude, Her Majesty walks
III
times she prefers to lean on some
oody's arm, or on a piece of furni-
ture, which tendency gives one an
ldea that her neither limbs are weak
despite their superb outward de-
velopment.
That fine figure. so universally ad-
mlred, was indeed very far from
being at that time product of stays
ana powder, as some ladies of the
arlStocracy gave out, but a lumin-
Gus reality to which the Kaiser was
strongly attracted. During the first
four or five years of her imperial
life, Auguste Victoria might have
adopted Queen Louise's corSetless
costume without fear of offending
the most artistic eye.
In the early nineties, however, she
became very fat. And alas that van
ity should have induced her to spoil
her figure, and complexion as well,
by submitting to various kinds of
fiesh-reducing treatment, and by
using all known sorts of cosmetics.
i dare say some chance observers
viii endeavor to correct my esti-
mate of Her Majesty's feet, but in
doing so these critics really COM
pliment the royal shoemakers' per-
feet art; there are two of these
functionaires, both natives of. vi
emma. AS to the shoemakers of the
Fatherland, Her Majesty would no
sooner think of employing any of
them than she would eat peas with
her knife.
While a mans number seven,
American measure, might give the
Empress supremest comfort, her
special artists build for the imperial
lady foot-gear intended to defy nor
NAL conclusions as to dimensions.
Her Majesty pays from a hundred
to hundred and fifty fiorins for
these works of art, which are the
only items of toilet she hates to cast
off, and, indeed, wears until brushes
and creams of all sorts fail to bring
back waning luster.
They are beautiful to look at (the
very envious must admit that), but,
oh. the pains they give their vain
owner!
Frecklcs and Red Nose!
The Empress broad face, though
at times slightly disfigured by freck-
les, would not be displeasing except
for the very red nose. conspicuous
whenever she appears in public. And
that red nose is only one of the ugly
results of feet screwed out of all
original resemblance. I am con-
vinced of it, because I never saw
Her Majesty with a red nose at
home, even at periods when she was
suffering from cold.
That additional blot appears only
when least wanted, at the theater,
on the throne, on horseback, though
there is really small excuse for
wearing the tightest of boots-we
call them Scotch boots" in COM
memoration of a pleasant custom
they had in the land of kits and
bagpfpes to promote confessions in
criminal proceedings - under the
long-fowing robe. Still, in mount
ing or dismounting, the royal feet
might show, and Her Majesty de-
sires to be on the safe side with re-
spect to physical charms and short
comings.
To sum up: Her Majesty is a tall
woman of imposing carriage, with a
face that is weak rather than in
tellectual. Having learned how to
and ever mindful of the desirad and