Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-24

ties bedroom. 1t opened by richly
ornamental folding door into the
Kaiserin's study on the second moor
of the Neues Palais. 1t has TWO nlsh
windows. and is lofty and spacious
but sadly lacks the harmony in color
and general furnishings that is the
main charm of really beaulIul
apartmeut, such as this is intended
to be. :.
Indeed, the Kaiserin tired of 1t
long ago, and would gladly nave eN-
changed its treasures, one ana all
for new things, though the room
was fitted up entirely at her own
suggestion. What first upset the
Empress was the ultra graceful ana
exquisite style of Neu-Glienecke, the
nronerty of her brother-in-law and
sister. Prince and Princess FREDERICK
Ieonold of Prussia. the richest of the
HohenzollernS.
This castle, situated near Potsdam,
was rebuilt soon after williams en-
thronement, and, having Thoroughly
redecorated and refitted the pG'ace
in the latest and most sumptuous
manner, their Royal Highnesses
gave a warming. From inns
Her Majesty returned in high duu-
geon, and, on entering her own bed
room. where / was busy arranging
some flowers. she exclaimed: How
pauvre it all looks! If one judged
mine and Louise's positions from our
surroundings l might be taken lot
Il mere appanaged princess, Whlie
my sister would easily pass for the
Kaiserin. She has everything OF the
latest-the German Empress must
content herself with the remnant
n NM n
made show-pieces."
Glimpscs Behind the Scenes.
A right royal couch was that in
which, during the first years of their
reign, the Emperor and Empress
slept-magnificen and stately, fit
ting mpanion-piece, with its can
opy and curtains. to that world
famed our-poster. the Bed of Ware.
which could be enclosed on all sides
by tapestries, and whereto the King
and Queen retired in full sight of
all their retainers lying around on the
straw covered floor with doublets
and petticoats for pillows, and full
of good wine each mothers son and
daughter of them"
How the Kaiser liked this old bed.
with its heraldic designs, and uphol-
stored side-pieces, whereon he could
sit comfortably, smoking a cigarette
and reading Il novel by the light OF
the single wax candle standing on Il
little table near his end of the couch.
But, 10. chose Frederick Leopolds''
acquired modern English bedsteads,
and. womanlike. Auguste Victoria
would not allow her sister to eclipse
her in being up to date.
So one fine day the Lying-in beds
were ordered home from Charlotten-
burg castle, their usual storage
place, and, the antique couch being
sent upstairs. these things of brass
and the mode were put up near the
windows, to the intense alarm of the
physicians, who feared they had
made another miscalculation, and of
relatives and friends who antici-
pated a catastrophe like that follow
ing the Pasewalk review. OF course,
it was false alarm, and our pretty
Princess Louise was regularly
born" on September 13, 1892.
Cradle of Bings WHO Are Commoners
Now
That the Emperor. at the bottom
of his heart, had his doubts as TO
the propriety of using a common
factory made bedstead as the cradle
of kings, is evident from the fact
that for some time these brass affairs
had to be removed every morning,
while in their place the Elizabethan
couch was set up; but the order,
which evoked no end of dissatisfac-
tion among the servants, gradually
fell into disuse, and in later days
the triumph of brass over stately
splendor was complete.
AS every domestic arrangement in
the palace was fashioned with a view
to insure the preservation of the
Kaiser's health, the doors and win
dows near the imperial bed ara
doubly screened by heavy portieres,
and winter: for the faintest
possibility of draughts was dreaded,
and even the down quilts and blank
cts were so fastened at the bottom
and sides that their Majesties must
needs crawl into bed one leg at a
time, there being only a breadth Of
about twenty inches left open.
Before the imperial couple retir-
ed our household went through
series of routine work. Above all.