The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
CHILDREN IGNORE
 .LU|SE IF TASCANA
Woman Who Deserted Illus band As He Ascended |,
 Throne Now Broken

BERLIN, Dec. S.-Two of the most lonely and unhappy persons in Europe are Luise of Toscana, once arch duchess of Austria and crown princess of Saxony, and her former husband, ex-King Frederick William of Saxony. Luise, who deserted her husband, then crown prince of Saxony, and their children just one year before Fred erick William became King of Saxony. lives in Brussels suburb, where she supplements her shrunken allowance teaching French and German. Fred erick William. who never remarried, lives alone In his Silesian castle only a few miles from the Oels estate of former Crown Prince Frederick Will liam of Germany.
 It is said hat-neither Luise nor the former King ever complain of their situation. There seems to be no indi- tion that Luise has repented her elopement with and marriage to En- rico Toselli, an Italian musician, from whom she long has been sepa- rated. Luise was nurse In Belgium during the period of German occupa- tion, but her sons, officers in the
 
 mother, although they often were in Belgium during the war. She never has seen her daughters since they were taken from her by court decree.
 Luise is a broken, tired woman of 53, who has tried to support herself as a childrenis nurse and secretary, but has been compelled to fall back on needle work and language lessons for support. Her children are all well married and living in luxury. The former King of Saxony is living the life of recluse, seldom seeing visitors.
 Goethe Was seismograpb.
 Goethe was a human seismog graph. He represtned one of the many nota- ble cases on record where parsons are sensitive to approaching earthquakes. These statements are made on the authority of an Austrian professor, Hans von Hentig, who has just pub lished a book on earthquakes, in which he devotes much space to the strange effects seismic disturbances have on many persons.
 Von Hentig asserts that Goethe, who was at Weimar, was greatly elated several hours before the earthquake which destroyed Messina in 17S3, but that short time before the actual quake was experienced the poet became nauseated and terri bly depressed. According to Won Hentig many similar cases have been noted prior to great disturbances and there is indisputable proof that cer- tain individuals are. especially sus- ceptible to conditions which precede such cataclysms.
 May Lombard Planets.
 ! The suggestion of Prof. Robert Goddard, an American, that means might be devised for shooting a rocket to the moon attracted much attention in Germany some time ago. But a German engineer, Herr Oberth, has gone pr. Goddard one better hY. discussing with technicians actual plans for the construction of rockets which he thinks would be capable of reaching the planets. As motive power for the rockets Herr Oberth would use either, alcohol or hydro gen in a fluid state to be burned with oxygen. Herr Oberth also be- lives airplanes driven by power, like rockets, can be sent to extreme heights with chsarvers in them. rocket capable of ascending to the border of the terrestrial field of gravity can be constructed for 5000, Fin the opinion of Her Oberth. The German engineer estimates that such rocket, but capable of earring two observers. would cost s25o.000
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