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The Washington times., 1922-09-24
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And then, to crown his sorrows, came
the tragic assassination Of the heir to the
throne, Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo,
the incident that started the World War.
II was some time before the death of
Rudolph that Katherine Schratt entered
the Emperor's life.
Francis Joseph had established a pecu-
liar custom by which he kept in touch
with his subjects regarding their personal
welfare. He made himself accessible once
week, by appointment, to any who
vice, or pour into his willing ears their
grievances.
Katherine Schratt, in the bloom of her
twcnty-six years, seductive woman of
the stage, charming dancer and accom-
plished actress, found herself pinched for
money to pay the dressmakers who had
supplied her costumes at the Burg The
atre, which was at that time under the
personal patronage of the Emperor.
She owed nearly $4,000. To find a
way out Of her difficulties she determined
to call on the Emperor. What happened
at that momentous meeting is best told
In her own words
"When finally | stood before our En-
peror l became so overawed l forgot my
beautiful set speech, and even the rank
Of the august person whom was address
ing. heard the Emperor asking: But
Gnadige Frau, what do you want to leave
US forr Whereupon replied: 4 can't
dress my parts With the salary you pay,
Excellency, hence l must seek my fortune
elsewhere The Emperor laughed when
l called him Excellency, but I wasn't
aware Of my mistake, and continued to so
address him. He listened very kindly, en-
couraged me, and promised that all would
be settled and that would have no
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tanned from the government rationing sta
tions
A dilapidated shawl, originally of fine
texture, and satin dress of ancient vim
tage, badly tattered by wear, drew the
eyes of the food rationers to an old lady
who silently took whatever was offered and
as silently stole away. Patiently she
awaited her turn and so obvious was her
desire to remain unknown that one kind
hearted gentleman undertook to find out
her story.
Then the startling truth was revealed.
exercise out of the life of the aged En-
peror had struck back at her in turn.
Few there are who have not heard of
the Hapsburg curse-that evil influence
which followed Francis Joseph throughout
his life. But just what the Hapsburg
curse was, how it was raised, and by
whom, nobody seems to know. It was
judged by its terrible results.
Of these, the death of mad King Lud-
wig Of Bavaria, his cousin, and Of Maxi
milan, his brother, shot in Mexico, may
be recalled. Then there was the sad case
of Johann Orth, his nephew, who ran
away to sea as a common sailor and was
never heard of again. But this did not
prevent many spurious Johann Orths as
piring to the throne. And the death of
the young daughter of Archduke Albrecht
Cher dress caught fire from the cigarette
she was smoking), and that of the Ouch
ess d'Alencon in the Charity Ball fire in
Paris.
Such events in his immediate family
circle crushed the heart of the Emperor,
but none so badly as the suicide Of his
son, Rudolph, in Meyerling, in 1889; to
be followed by the assassination of his
wife, Elizabeth, at Geneva, nine years
later.
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Elizabeth, now grown tolerant Of his pc
culiar ideas, to the stars dressing room.
After this meeting Katharine Schratt
took up her residence near the Emperor,
and until the day of his death lived not
far from him.
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trouble with m y
creditors. When / left
he allowed me to kiss
his hand and said
l had given His Ex-
cellency a very pleas
ant half hour"
A week later an
official of the EN-
peror's b a n k 10 o X
charge Of Katherine
Schratt's affairs and
paid what she owed.
Shortly after this,
Empress Elizabeth,
whose h 1t h was
rather delicate, de-
cided t h It trav
would renew h e r
strength, but she hesi-
tated to leave the
Emperor alone in her
absence.
Several ladies who
could be trusted, and
would entertain the
Emperor without in
fiuencing him, were
considered as possible
candidates to console
the imperial grass
widower W h ii e she
was away, but after
due con s | d e ration
they were all turned
down.
Then was contriveo
luton 10 the difficulty.
his consort happened
burg Theatre for a
Katherine Schratt was
the show was over he
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VIENNA, Sept. l2.
EVERYBODY has heard of Katherine
=. Schratt, the morganatic wife of
Francis Joseph, last Emperor of the
Austrians.
Almost since the moment the Emperor
fell under the spell of her bewitching
eyes, her relations within the imperial
family circle have been no secret.
For her he built little villa right by
the gates of the royal palace, and the popu-
lace of Vienna learned to time their mon
arch's visits to his inamorata by the lights
that blazed or grew dim within the villa
windows.
For thirty-ive years, from the bloom of
youth until middle age bent her shoulders,
Katherine Schratt upheld the traditions of
her kind, catering to the whims of her
royal master and virtually ruling Austria
through her influence over him.
But she never took the place at court
that was hers by right Of example set by
other petticoat courtesans. No Pompadour
life for her. She remained even to the
end a simple hausfrau and in that, so it
seems, lay her power.
When the Emperor died IN 1916 princes
and people alike were not surprised to
learn that Francis Joseph in his will had
given $250,0o0 to care for her declining
years.
But now it is all gone.
Her jewels and fine dresses are sold.
She has found her place In the bread
line.
Her compatriots, who once spoke to her
as "By your grace" now point to her as
a horrible example.
And the Hapsburg curse has struck It's
last blow.
Vienna to-day is such place of amaz-
ing contrasts that the bent shoulders of
Katherine Schratt in the breadline are
easily understood. The nobility, govern
ment officials, professional men and the
formerly well-to-do are suffering more
from the pangs Of hunger than those who
can work with their hands or have be-
come accustomed by years Of hardship to
rough fare. .
As money has little value the rich have
become poor and the poor even poorer,
so that, unashaned, the high and the lowly
willingly seek whatever relief may be OBJ
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home in Elizabeth strasse that he had fur
nished for her. She was to pursue the
dual role of court jester and bosom friend,
mind as much as possible from the infu-
ences of the tragic fate that seemed to
overshadow his life.
In those early days she never wished to
become a Madame Montespan, or Pom
padour or Nell Gwynn, those petticoat
rulers of soft-minded kings. It was
only after she had gained an ascendancy
over the Emperor's mind through many
years of association that the chancellors of
Europe sent their ambassadors to Kath-
erina Schratt in order that they might
curry favor with the Emperor.
Here was their daily life: The EN-
peror usually took supper at Frau Kath-
erina's house, remaining until after mid
night, but very rarely over night; If
balls or receptions took place at the Hoff-
burg, or he was obliged to attend evening
entertainments at other palaces, he went
to Katherina's house for breakfast
1t was the Emperor's habit to rise every
day at five o'clock, and then to visit Kath-
erina for his morning coffee and perhaps
a stroll. When his work was over for the
day, after hours spent at his desk or at
tending receptions or court functions, he
WeHI DdCh W ulIe very SIMPLY, uTlnklnR
Pilsner beer at the Schratt villa.
Not until the last years of their friend
ship did she leave the stage, chiefly be-
cause in those days the Emperor was very
stingy and never gave, or she would not
accept from him, an income.
Here is how she got some of her jewels:
She was exceedingly fond of game, and
a young wild boar was killed for her 1t
was presented on a tray made of the bark
of trees, garnished with garlands of cones,
acorns and branches of juniper pine and
larch. This was not an unusual way of
preparing game in Austria, but Frau
Schratt's lucky little pig had big solitaire
diamond earrings in its black ears, six
diamond hairpins, cresccnts, true lovers
knots in interlaced hearts and mistletoe
branches stuck in its rounded back.
Of her tenderness of heart there are
many good stories. Hundreds of needy
and crafty persons got pensions from her.
1t is not difficult to see how Katharine
Schratt spent large part of the income
she received while she was the Emperor's
favorite, and why she was always in debt.
BY another ironical twist of fate new
generation will look once more across the
footlights at the famous Schratt Jewels,
for their scintillating brilliance that once
adorned the old Emperor's sweetheart's
beauty will blaze from the lovely should
ers and dainty fingers of Eudja Mgoul,
favorite theatrical star of the present day
Austria and Germany.
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--Mt What a contrast
-T from the old days of
tkt luxury and ease. The
bread line, with its
v mesgre dole of daily
food and the hungry,
starved outcasts of Vienna jostling her
for a place"
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By JOSEPHUS DANIEL S.
(Secretary of the Macy in President Wilson's CabinetJ
the Progressive Party Due for Party is Dead
as Dona But the Present ReaOnay Policy Has Brought
Rebfh of ProgeSSiVSmFarm Bloc Has Been ChorOfomed.

but It has the seeds Of dissolution
and another year may make the
Ballinger outbreak seem small.
Borah has the brains and the
courage to have done to, the
Fordney tax bill what Dolliver
did to the Aldrich bill. He
could have made Republicans see
that 1t is iniquitous in schedules
and q menace to returning pros
perity. But he has been en-
crossed otherwise. He compelled
the calling Of the reduction Of
armament conference. and is en-
titled to nine-tenths Of the credit
for whatever good was accom-
plished. He did a good service
also when he forced the State
Department to end the recognition
of Bakhmeteff, who still lived
here as representing Russia with
out even the claim of having
any government Of any character
back of him in Russid.
OLD GUARD CAPTURES
McCumber and Fordney have
been shrewder than Payne and
Aldricb. They know that a high
tariff on wheat and Gotten and
other agricultural products, whose
price Is fixed by foreign markets.
can do the farmer not the re-
motest good. But the Republican
branch Of "the farmers bloc" In
Congress has been brought into
camp by Incorporating into the
bill the highest tariff rates ever
levied on products Of the farm.
Instead of exposing the sham.
the Republican farm bloc" or
some Of them, are telling their
constituents that they won q
victory by compelling the Eastern
manufacturers to give just as
much protection to the farmers
as they took for themselves.
Another reason why the nomina-
tion of Beveridge and Pinchot
does not presage a return to the
Progressive party Is, first, that
Beveridge has not an ounce Of
true progressive principles In his
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Of anything else. Il has taken a
long. long time for the human race
to become aware Of anything else.
Nevertheless, much else exists: and
a new chapters new volume-in
science is opening. for the study Of
what this something else" may
be, and all its multifarious impli-
cations.
We have only as yet nown that
portion Of the human organism
which is composed Of matter. We
have tried to attribute to this mat.
ter functions and properties which
belong to something else"
We have tried to attribute
thought to the brain. love to the
heart. compassion to the bowels,
and some other emotion to the
spleen. We have been led to do
this because II anything goes
wrong with those organs. and they
function badly, we are aware Of
certain consequences.
REASON FOR FANH. ? s.H
Materialists have, of course, had
good reason for their faith. for
they were very able people and
knew a lot, but they didn't know
quite enough. There was a whole
realm Of which they were ignorant,
and they did not think with quite
sufficient clearness. or they would
have realized that the brain cannot
really think. nor the eye really see,
but that these beautiful and elab-
crate instruments. although In
themselves well worthy of a life
study, are after all instruments and
mechanisrns constructed and en-
ployed by Something else"
This is the truth which is dawn
ing on humanity. This IL the truth
which, when the materialist has
more fully grasped II. he win drive
home with his unexampled skill
and pertinacity- namely. that the
world OF matter with which we
and other animals are so obtrusive-
iy familiar, is not the only world.
that a study OF II is necessary and
absorbing. but is necessarily very
incomplete, that there are regions
beyond It and intermixed with 81.
dominating and utilizing tire
gions which our senses, cannot
penetrate, OF which they give us
no direct information, and to which
therefore we are blind and deaf,
as we are to so much that goes on
around us. merely because our ma
teriai instrument 10 90 limited In
its scope. So
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Flapper Dress Held AS
Appeal To Sex Instinct

the fiapper b an appeal to the
ser instinct. The flappsrs are
simply ranging through the Jungle
after the beast there Il in men.
Az . result many Of them wni
marry those who IRE less than
men.
''one reason FOR the fiapper Is
cowardice IN the pulpit. Ministers
are afraid to speak out and ten
the truth.
Another reason Il the ex.
ploitstion Of immoralsty IN 1the
movies. 1t b impossibls 10 pic.
turs before the younger genera.
ten infidslity. nudity In drsss and
succsss In crime.
"A merosnary literature which
paints IN attractive iisht the
foiblss and even the sins = %
cisks y anethsr o&uss--
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
AIRFARES i'm GERMANY
MAKE FLYING r. !.
TRIPS CHEAP TRAVEL
BY JOHN GoLDsTRoM.

Univer.aI Service staff Correspondent.
A MERICAN tourists who
"A visit Germany this sum-
"A mer can fly from Berlin
to Hamburg for about s2.2S-less
than a third Of the fare from
Washington to New York. a CONF
parable distance. A single trip
ticket costs $50 marks. The
value of the German mark at
this writing is about one-third Of
an American cent.
The rate includes the carriage
of a moderate amount of bag
gage, according to consular re-
ports. - There IL now a daily pas
senger, mail and freight service
between. Hamburg. Dresden.
Leipzig, Bremen. Hanover and
Magdeburg. The trip from Ber-
lin to Hamburg takes about four
and a half hours, including stops.
You can go from Berlin to
Dresden, about the distance from
Washington to Philadelphia, for
500 marks, the present value Of
which Is about $l.75 In American
money. A service from Dresden
to Prague is to be established
this month.
Railroad fares are about one
sixth of what they are in the
United States. computed in Amer
lean value. Airplane passenger
rates are about one-third higher
than railway rates. Fares on all
the routes have been reduced to
attract tourists this summer.
AIR MAIL SAFETY RECORD.
The American air mail has
passed the million and q half mark
in mileage without the loss Of a
life. This includes daily flying
on Q regular schedule over the
Rocky and Sierra Nevada noun
tains. the toughest flying coun-
try in the world.
From July 1 Of last year to the
end Of May this year mail was
carried by air from New, York
to San Francisco. moro than l.
s0o, 900 miles, without Q fatality
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political makeup. He went into
the Progressive party. first, be-
cause the Old Guard in Indiana
had laid him on the shelf and,
second, because he believed In
Roosevelt's star and attached
himself to 1t. Give him control
Of the machine and q soft seat
in the Senate and he will
nightly take his ease" and
jeopardize nothing for the causes
that inspired the sconscience Re-
publicans to fight privilege.
AN ANTI.BOSS CAMPAIGN.
Pinchot 10 a Progressive. was
q warm friend and admirer OF
Roosevelt, a sincere and able
disciple Of conservation, and is
not wanting in independence. But
his homie is in Pennsylvania. He
won on an attack on a despotic.
and sordid political machine which
had just lost its chauffeur. 1t
was demoralized. Pinchot hit it
hip and thigh when its running
gear was not in order. Good men
and good women. and some am
bilious machine men. who had a
grudge against the men strutting
around In Penrose's clothes, came
to Pinchot's help. He won in q
campaign against bossism In
Pennsylvania politics. 1t had no
connection with national policies.
No. The Progressive party Is
dead, AZ dead as a door nail. The
world war swallowed up for the
time all domestic questions. The
men and women, who went into 1t
to secure real reforms. will this
year do what they did in 1910
administer q rebuke to the party
in power.
And in 1924 millions Of them
will vote for tho candidates they
believe win carry out policies that
will best promote the common
veal.
The Progressive party is dead.
But belief in Progressiveism n
having Q new birth concurrent
with hostility to machine politics.
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CHICAGO. Juno II.

ChICAOO. Juno ~.
THHRD - not much about the
fiapper that meets with the ap-
provsi Of Rev. Charles 9. stevens.
pastor o. the rhird Presbyterian
Church OF Chicago.
In q recent sermon Rev. Stevens
made II plain that he regards the
flapper a. . menace. q symptom
Of An irrational era and an In
dication Of . pSriod OF anarchy
and irreligion.
"A young woman has . psrfsct
right TO dress sttractivsfy and 70
use al the legitimate aids TO
bsauty." said DIR. Stevens. hut
shs has no right 10 destroy the
sense Of modesty of her own heart
- n the minds Of others.
-rhs prsssnt vogue IN drsss q
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Wears Silk Top Hat
and White Trousers

London, June 17.-.London Is suf-
fering from q series Of shocks.
Following the return Of the side
whisker and the threatened coiored
derby hat, John Dcrbyshire. forty
five. appeared IN the Bow County,
Court dressed IN silk top hat.
white flannel trousers and sandals.
An army Of small boys followed
him IN the court. cheering. Derby
shire was not m the least abashed.
-crown me Queen Of the Mag ne
cried They put him In the ssyiu1>
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Early In that period-on July 10
a pilot was "ferrying" an empty
plane from Reno to San Fran
cisco and was killed in landing.
Since that time there has been
no loss of life for any reason in
the air mail.
The service is striving to com.
plete a whole year without a fatal.
ity. and seems likely to accom-
pllsh this remarkable feat. for the
worst flying weather Of the year
is over and mild weather is in
prospect from now until July 16.
The air mail service was four
years old on May 18, and it's pres
ent performance average IL around
SO per cent. or comparable with
that Of the best railroads.
Few figures for commercial fly
ing for a recent period are avail
able. but the Santa Maria, flying
boat in service between New
York and Atlantic City, has flown
more than $4,000 miles--a distance
equal to the circumference Of the
earth-wtthout an accident.
So that figures generally sup
port the contention Of the Ma
tional Aeronautical Association
that flying Is not merely becor1-
ing a safe means Of transporta-
ton but has already become so.
Aviation interests complain that
airplane wrecks are given pub
licity out Of proportion to their oc-
currence when the number of pas
sengers carried and miles flown
is considered. After the recent
wreck between Paris and London
the illustrated London News re-
called that in 1921 only three pas
sengers out of 1850. carried 49,
900 miles, had been killed. For
each :. fatality the commercial
planes had travelled q distance
equal to six times around the
world.
FTLRINOS TAKE TO FLYING.
American army aviators at the
now Clark Field. at Rial. p. l.. re-
port that after their first wonder
over the airplane the Fflipinos in
that part OF the islands began to
clamor for rides, and now hardly q
day passes without one or more
applicants. Some Of them want
jobs. A letter to Major A. H.
Gilkeson, the commandant, read:
Dear Sir--I have inforrne that
you are going to decided to estab-
lish the Stationary for the Air
plane In San Isidro, Pangasiman.
and in connection with this object
in view you need to appoint some
young man to clean the airplane.
'I desire to apply for the posi-
ton In this date.
Experience and Training. three
years clerk In accounting depart
ment in my town, Pan Tran Co..
at a salary Of $1,000 q month.
II possess some special qualffi-
cations. Stenography and Type
writing.
Hoping to receive you favor
able reply at an early date, I re-
main,
Yours respectfully.
"TEoDoRIcA B. ESTRADA
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Copyright, 1899. by Authors Syndicate.
Boston, Mass.)
~ URELY no apostle ever de-
sired his disciples to follow
~ him blindly in every partic-
ular. 1t IL human and natural
to err, for Homer to nod, and for
even a manifestly inspired writer
like st. Paul to perpetrate oc-
casionally sentences quite un-
worthy Of him. We might cite his
diatribe on women's hats as an
example.
1t Is the fault Of disciples and
illiterate readers to press un-
duly every utterancc Of . great
man, as Il they were all Of equal
value. To mono among the sons
Of man Is such privilege given.
This illiterate pressing Of every
word and every opinion was
mistake against which Matthew
Arnold was never tired of in
Weighing. And all that he said
in Literature and Dogma" Is
well worthy Of the attention of
those who are earnestly seeking
and striving for higher education;
remembering always that the
same measure must be meted out
to him az he meted out to others.
i People may arrive at the same
conclusion by different paths, and
quit q false position for different
reasons; but to me the founda-
tions Of materialism are not much
injured-they are supplemented
without being destroyed, but they
do not support any rational
materiaiistio philosophy.
CAN AVOID MISTAKES.
It Is the philosophic, structure
which has been badly built and
Is crumbling; the foundations seem
to me as good as they ever were.
But in the reconstruction which
every age must more or less un.
dertake, we can avoid some Of
the mistakes Of our predecessors.
and erect a philosophy less hastily.
more cautiously, with more in
formation, and on q broader basis
of fact. y,
The material facts remain. but
they are not exhaustive; they do
not cover all the ground. There
are great gaps; there is much to
be added to them before they
afford a foundation for A con-
sistent and satisfactory philos.
ophy.
But because the facts now as
certained about matter. and
energy. and ether. and motion.
are variants on what was
previously known. I would not
have people be too much per.
turbed by the new points Of
view. =
Il h not sasy 10 define the