Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-27

acquisced in the new order of things
/ quite gracefully, it is said. but in
| sisted upon being given a place
! where she could watch His Majesty
and the Countess, and listen TO the
general run of their conversation.
That this arrangement, which all
thought natural enough at the time
was atterward turned into an argu-
, ment for Herr Won kotz's incrimi-
nauon, Will be narrated later.
While these rivals for royal favors
saSte dfsporting their anger and
Jealousies under Her Majesty's nose.
| so to speak, William basked in the
smiles of very elegant lady quite
unknown to the Court, which affects
to Know everything. She was Mad
| anne, the Countess de Panaflel, wife
OF the Portuguese Secretary of Le-
cation in Berlin, a grandee of his
own country, who did not amount
to much in kaiserin Augusta Strasse.
We of the royal service were fav-
ored with glimpses of Madame de
Panatiels great beauty only at rare
| intervals, when state occasions or
other festivities neccssltated her at
tendance at Court. -Oftener she WIS
seen at the opera, dangerously reclin-
ing In her gilded arm chair over
which she had thrown her mantle OF
ermine-a queenly woman. queenty
OF the style eXemplifled by the EN-
press of Russia and Queen Margue-
rite, for, with these two exceptions,
all the women on the thrones of
Europe We're either homely, coarse,
passe, or too old to be considered.
Madame de Panaflel was not so
| INN hat aI
in the highest degree the charm OF
fgure which constituted Auguste
only claim to beauty in the past
/ a neck and shoulders that seemed
modelled by an artists hand to sup
| port the burden of crown jewels.
Add to this splendid endowment lus-
trous black eyes and arched brows,
a fine Greek face, a noble carriage,
arms like those sheNenus of Milo lost
and the most tristocratic hands,
! and you have faint counterfeit OF
| this grand dame, who, besides, was
! famous for her red blonde hair.
Again the Kaiserin Wins in Strategy.
The relations between Madame de
Panfiel and the Kaiser lasted four
years until her husband was sud
denly recalled to Lisbon. There was
no one more surprised at this than
the Emperor, who had already lost
Madame Won KotZe, and even before
that had been obliged to sever
the ties which bound him to Coun
tess Fritz. We were at the Neues
Palais when the news reached my
mistress.
| 'T wonder what the Kaiser will
say to this? Send out to ask wheth-
er he is in the VortragsZimmer," she
remarked unconcernedly. though the
red blood mounted to her cheeks.
! Unhappy Majesty, thou vert
| cheated out of jealous womans
pleasure to rejoice in hated rivals
! downfall to feast thine eyes on a
straying husbands disappointment,
when he finds himself outgeneraled.
On receiving a telephone message
of Panafiels recall, the Emperor had
! fastened to Berlin to inquire into
the meaning of the act. The Portu-
guese Ambassador could give him no
satisfaction. Beyond the simple
| notification by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, he had received no
information from his capital.
However, before nightfall n report
that Her Majesty was ut the bottom
of the affair spread in the palace.
Queens Mcddling
Auguste Victoria, it was said, had
stated her grievance to the Queen
of Italy, and the latter, a truly SYM
! pathetic woman, had promised re-
lief; a letter to that effect from Her
Italian Majesty, had been seen by
some one in the Kaiserin's conf
dence. Through the late King Um-
berto, the Empress's wish had finally
been communicated to Queen Maria
Pia, who caused her son to name
Count Panafieps successor.
Madame Won Leipziger, the wife of
the former Court cotillion leader,
retained the royal favor q little
longer than the ladies named; but
she was homely-a Madame de
Stael, on a small, very tiny scale,
rathern than a Ninon de rEnclos.
Short, with irregular features and
bad complexion, this woman gained
her ascendency over William by
means similar to those employed by
Talleyrand to secure a reputation as
a wit and inventor of bonmots.
How a "World ConQueror' Occupies
His Hours.
AS the ex-bishop of Autun was new
er long without his "breviary," the
''Improvisateur francais," a many
volumed collection of anecdotes and
smart sayings, so was Madame Won
Leipziger, while at Court, forever
brooding over old and new volumes
of magazines, devoted to charades,
puzzles, and riddles. She made His
Majesty's acquaintance at an early
age, when he was a student at Bonn.
her birthplace, and knew and ap-
preciated his passion for those gen.
tie gymnastics that are liable to give
conversation a sheen of esprit.
The Kaiser-Impostor
The Kaiser, you know, wants to