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American Wives
Of German Royalty
Although American women, Willi tlii'lr
inlllliiiiH, have (iiiroirlntcil a K'xnl I y share
of Ktiropcuu tllli'H, imly otic woman Ih a
princess In Iii.t own right ami only one of
Undo Sam's iIiui1i(th ever wedded a kliiK-
Tlm Princess Wnlilcrsco, tin1 power behind
tho throne of (lorinany, Ih at prom-tit mni'li
to I In.' fori; In llio Chinese affair, or, more
properly speaking, her hUHlmnd, Field Mar
Hlial Count von WaldorHi'o, wlio Itt Just aliont
assuming supremo command of the allied
lorceH In China.
I'rlnci'HH von YVnldorxeo liad Intended vIh
llliiK her American frlcndH and her old home
IIiIh nutiinin, for the llrnt llini! Hlnee before
her marriage, had political alfalrH not
j 1 in 1 1 K''l her plans.
Sho wiih tho lieautlful MIhh Lea Mary
Ksthcr Leu daughter of David Lea, a rich
New York grocer, nnd one. of three very
lovely sisters, all of whom married Into
titled famllleH. Count von WaldcrHce Ih her
fecund liiiHliand. Shu Ih the I'Miicchh Fied
erlek von Nour, the tltlo being conferred
upon her by the einpetor of Austria after the
death of her II rut hUHhaml, who ndliiiUlHheil
the title of prince of SclllcHWlg-llnlHtcIn to
contract a marriage with her.
Ho wiih a prince of the royal line and on
thin licet nut olleied MIhh l.ea a morganatic
marihigc, for la marrying her otherwlHe he
would have to relinquish his tltleH. She re
fUHed other than a regular marriage, whero
tlpou the prince gallantly ahandoued li Ih
high Htatlou and wedded her. Six montliH
latei he died, leaving her nilntreHH of IiIh
$1,000,(11111.
Count von WaldiTHee Ih of an old PrtlHHiun
family and wiih a favorite of tho Kmperor
William.
The prlnccHH' lulluence In the present tier
man court, where hIio Ih called the power
behind the throne, came about through the
marriage of the kaiser, then Prince Wll
liclm of I'niHHla, which hIio Ih credited with
having brought about In face of the iingry
oppoHltlon of the prluce'H mother. The
hrlile wiih the prlnccHH' grnndnlcco by hur
llrHt marriage, tho PrlnccHH Augusta Vic
toria, to whom hIio proved u most kind and
JudlclouH rrlend when her tnnjcHty llrHt came
to llerlln, a Hlmple, country girl, with but
llttlo knowledge of the wayH of courts, Tho
I'rluceHH Frederick It wiih who Instructed
the future empress In tho devlotiH pullm of
I'riiHHl.in court etiquette, and Hhu wiih
nlwayn regarded by I'riuco and I'rluceHH
Wllliclin of l'rilHHla an their dcarcHt
and moHt valued friend. Tho friend
Hhlp Iiiih been held up to tho prcHcnl
(lay. Her noble traltH of character havo
luado her greatly beloved of all tho (Ionium
people. Tho prlnccHH rutaliiH her lovo for
her native country and celehrateH every
Fourth of July In numt patriotic faHlilou.
Olio of tho chaniiH of her Hummer home, hIio
Hays, Ih that hIio can see tho HtarH and Mrlpoa
im American ships piihh on their way aerosH
tho Atlantic. Tho prlnccHH Ih n beautiful
woman, with Hiiow-whlto hair and queenly
hearing.
Tho honored wife of a king wnH the counl
cfh of Fdlii, the only woman who over
reiiehed hucIi h lofty and royal eminence
She married in ISfi'.i inorgiiniitloally Furdl
mind of Portugal, who died in 1SS5. The
counteHH wiih originally Kllso IIoiih
ler of lloHton. Hhu went to ICuropo
to Htudy for the operatic Htage
Her ilebut wiih mado on tho night of
the birthday of tho king, at tho Royal Opera
Iiouho, Lisbon; tho king caw her and Inline
dlately fell In lovo with lior, proposed mar
lingo and wiih accepted. King Fcrdlnand'H
Hon, KIiik LouIh, wiih then tho actunl ruler
i f IN Nilgai. The latter'H wife, queen Marli,
I'la, attended her father-ln-luw'H wedding
ami klHHed the American bride. King Ferdi
nand obtained for IiIh wife the title of count
esH of I'M la. She might have been a queen
In reality the queen of Spain for In tho
year of her marriage tho crown of Spain was
offered to King Ferdinand by (leneralH
l'rlni and Serrano, but tho king preferred
IiIh peaceful life, and tho countesH Hhrank
from the dutlcH of a queen. The two were
devoted and lived an Idyllic exlHtenco at
1'ena eiiHtle, Hurrounded by n viint oHtute,
which wiih beautifully cultivated. Many
trees and Hhrulm were Imported from Miibhii
chtlHotta, the native dale of the counteHH, at
tho express wish of tho king, who wiih u
man of rollncil tiiHtcn In art, literature and
inuidc. Tho counteHH, hcHidcH rare beauty.
wiih pom-eased of many iiccoinpllHliluentH.
After the klng'H death the counteHH lived in
retirement at tho Chateau of Clntra, on In
timate terniH with all the royal family by
whom hIio wiih greatly beloved. She wan
tiealed exactly iih If die hnd been bom to
purple. liiHteud of In a little, cramped brick
Iiouho In PleiiHiint Htreet, HohIoii. Her two
hIhIith. resldentH of lloston, niake no boast
of being HlHterH-ln-law to a king, and. In
deed, but few Know that they are.
nays that they are very bountiful and hh a
rule cultured. She uilils:
"Didn't you know that many of your best
young men marry native glrln? Oh, yea, and
they are proud of It. And at our ballH, our
partloH, both the white nnd the nice 'brown
people' alwayH meet on an equal footing.
Tho old aristocratic native famllleH are
very line. Their daughter are beautiful
glrln, educated, and let me whisper It -eager
to marry an American. Tho Amerl-
iiiih, you know, ure looked upon an being
the greatest people In all the world. As n
rule, all of the foreigners there are' educated
and of u lino cIiihh, ho our society Ih veiv
line."
Mm. HlggliiH pays that the glrlH of Hawaii
have beautiful natures iih well as face and
form, and, like tho women of our own
southern HtatoH. develop very early and are
young women at the age of I.. In telling of
Homo of the wayH uud customs of tho people
of the country, die hiij'h:
"A favorite word of gtootlng Ih 'Alloha,'
that Ih used eoiiHlantly to nay goodby, good
morning, and. In fact, takes tho place of
all our words uud phniHCH In hucIi matters.
It Ih a very affectionate term. too. Or,
again, they say, 'Oul Nile," which means
'With deep affection I greet you.' The
lower dtthHoH of the natives are line. I'oor
they may be, but they aro JiiHt iih dean
and nleo iih they can be. Thoy are ho
grateful ami affectionate. You pass Home
old mini and say, 'Alloha,' and he responds
In kind and sweeps IiIh tattered old hat to
the very ground. They havo been ukoi! to
loyalty, uud they think all Americans aro
grand. No mutter how poor ft tit lowly tho
natives may be, they never beg or deal.
That Ih ii remarkable fact. In fact, stealing
or begging would he unknown to the iduud
had It not been Introduced by the For
tugueHo. There are Home Japanese and
Chinese there, too. Some of the natives have
them iih servants. Another thing I would
like to speak of, and that Ih the peculiar
grace of the native. They are always grace
ful and polite--ami In the ballroom such
dancerH."
Mr. and Mrs. HlggliiH lived In tho llttlo
village of Illlo, on the volcano road, only
Hoventeen iiiUch from the great volcanic
center of tho country, and hIio will return
to her old homo next year to take charge
of the Hiigar and coffee plantation left by her
liUHbaml. Ah tho HiiwailaiiH aro now u part
of uh, It Ih especially gratifying to read this
and other favorable iiccotiutH of them.
Woman Forester
MIhh Mini Lloyd Dock of Hat rlHburg, l'ns
Iiiih HiicccHHfully demonstrated the fact that
a woman may pursue a congenial occupation
with prollt and honor equal to that a man
may attain In tho same line of work, and
that It Ih not neccHsury In the choice of oc
cupation that any of tho traditional "truly
feminine" bo considered, for MIhh Dock has
chosen for her pursuit In life the somewhat
unusual vocation of forestry for whldi her
scleutlllc tastes and education have fitted
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inter falls lo main- them understand tin
die desires lo concerning the Hllbjeit die I i
presenting to them and there Is eldom an
Interval In her life In which she niu forg '
the wotk which absorbs so much (f i
At the recent meeting of tho Oeticr.il F d
oration of Women's Clubs at Milwauke
MisH.Dock was ono of the honored Hpcak
el'H.
".Sometimes 1 wish 1 had been Jus' a '
tie hearthstone woman." she said to tin
writer, "and that 1 had never lookc I
through a microscope ami didn't k iih n
phaoiiogiiin from n cryptogram and in vi t
had to tramp around In muddy boots Ioo!;nr!
for ii specimen, but that mood lasts jus'
while I am physically weary, nnd a fev
hours' sleep or a glass of milk will inn' e
me forget all about such foolishness and
I go back to my 'cultures' with rem we
Interest nnd appreciation, for tin re in no
field In tho world In which women will tin I
Hiieh fascinating work."
In tho bulletin Miss Dock pnyH "One of
the most Interesting features of tin
women's congress wiih the section of ugrl
culture and hortlctiltute, where mist of
the papers recounted the practical expil'l
ences, struggles nnd successes of wome
of Utah, California ami .Minnesota Ireland
Fngland, llelglum, Denmark. New Zealand
and New South Wales, In the fields of dairv
work, beekeeping, poultry-roaring, s'od.
breeding, silk culture, ostrich farming bulb
culture uud farming in general."
The account of the parks and the publ
grounds of Hnglatid and (iermany Ih parti
tilarly Interesting. In the prefatory line
MIhh Dock remarkH that "In America th'
work of the civic or village luiproveni 'ii'
societies usually begins with the effort to
have the streets clean and regulate the dis
posal of waste ami rubbish. Abroad Hi-
have fortunately leached a point when
clean streets are a matter of course, not
only main thoroughfares, but small ami ol
seuro streets as well."
Window Gardening
Nine-tenths of the windows used for
window gardening are too crowded for the
plants to look well or do well. Turn a new
leaf right now by throwing away every pool
or Insignificant growth. Better to buy new
Htock lu tho Hprlng than to turn your pre
cIoiih window Hpaco into a hospital ward for
sickly plants.
Keep tho foliage immaculately dean.
Wash the leaven once or twice every week.
A plant's lungs aro Its leaves. Showering
tho foliage washes the dust nut of the pores,
refreshes tho plant ami imparts vigor. He
sides this, clean plants do not harbor In
sects, the greatest foe of tho Indoor garden,
and the hardest to light.
Loosen the crusted earth at tho top' of the
pots. Tho roots need air and In soft, plia
ble earth they get It by capillary transmis
sion. A hard top crust seals tho soli up as
though In a jug. Neither air nor water
IIiuIh free entrance through It. Plants in
hnrd soli often suffer from lack of moisture
at tho roots though water has been given
every day.
Slide tho shades up to tho top of tho up
per sash, take down the curtains at the
plant windows and let Cod's Invigorating
sun shine in Sunshine to a plant Is what
gold ih to a Klondike minor
In extremely cold weather stay the water-
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lug pot. Plants need little water during
severe weather anil they chill or frie'.e
twice as quickly after n fresh drenching.
If wuterlng lavomes .ibs'd'it"1:' ticessary.
have it the temperature or the room nnd
give only in the morning. Watering in the
evening durlus a cold snap is to invite u
visit" from Jack Frost.
Pet your plants. Turn t:ie:n. tran ilium
Into shape as they grow, pick olf every dead
leaf or faded llower. Haphazard care does
Hot pay with house plants.
A Hunch of Short Stories
Colonel M. K. Denton of Missouri, a dis
tant blood relation of Colonel Thomas Hiirt
llditon, gives this ludicrous account of how
the newspapers some years ago gave MIs
soiirians the reputation of never bathing:
"At the Knights Templars' conclave held
in San Francisco." quoth Henton, "when
we reached the Missouri headquarters lit
the Palace Hotel Colonel Chris ICllerbe was
luting as master of ceremonies and doing
the registering act for the whole delega
tliti. A clerk, pompous as the grand
chamberlain of queen Victoria, was stand
ing behind the desk and In a megaphone
voice assigning guests to their rooms, or
dering bellboys about, etc. When Hllorbo
wrote on the register 'Ciosernor Robert A.
Vauiphcll of .Missouri' the clerk asked:
Koiun with bath?' 'No,' replied liovornor
Campbell, who was only stopping tempo
rarily ut the hotel, Intending to stay with
some Missouri relatives. The clerk, 111
stentorian tones said: 'Oovernor Campbell
of Missouri does not take a bath!' which
greatly amused the spectators, especially
the reporters. They did not have to change
it much so ns to make It read: 'MIssnuriatiH
don't bathe.' "
An Interesting little anecdote is told
about how "D.ivld Ilartun" enmo to bo
written, says a writer In tho Woman's
, Home Coni,ianion It is rather pathetic. It
seems that Mr Woscott the nuthor. was
Hie kind of a man who could do pretty
modi an thing paint a pit lure plan n
Girls
of Hawaii
Mrs. HlggliiH. a former resident of Kansas
City, who moved to Hawaii with her
husband some seven years ago and who
is now lu Dallas, Tex., on the sad errand of
closing up varloiiH matters pertaining tuber
dead husband's estate, says that t'ncle Sam
should bo very proud of hla new territory,
for It Is undoubtedly one nf the most beauti
ful countries lu the world ami as for the
natives, sho cannot say too much in their
praise. She says they call thu natives, the
llawallans. "brown people," and that they
are very much liked by the AmerlcaiiH and
the Knglldi. Of the glrln, Mrs. HlggliiH
her, nor Is there anything of tho amateur
jibout her work, in which hIio ontorH with
true professional ardor and nklll born of
experience,
UiHt year tho women of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Women's Clubs up
pointed Miss Dock to represent them at the
International congrcHH of women held lu
London and the Department of Agriculture
recognizing her special lltnesH for investlgu
Hon In landscape gardening and forestry
asked her to extend her trip through Kng
land and the continent and repori what die
observed along these lines, hep tig that it
might prove of henellt. The result of her
work Ih published by the Department of Ag
rlculturo as "Ilullotln Xo. (12, " mid cannot
help proving Interesting to those who may
be able to obtain It.
Miss Dock Is a slender little blue-eyed
woman, with the broad brow and thoughtful
o.xproHsluu of the scholar. In form and
font me representing the most rellned type
of woman. Her personality Is most attract
Ive. her quick, nervous movements at.d
pleasantly modulated voice always inspiring
nnd holding one's attention. When little
Miss Dock can bo persuaded to give an ac
count of some of her Invest Igatlons she
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Iimiso or ccnipcso n srnntn hut he had
never made much money; so when he be
i nine ill and realized that he might not
live long and would leave his family with
little or no money he was desperate.
"Write a book." suggested a friend nnd
neighbor to him one day when they were
talking over the situation.
"I did make an attempt at It once,"
answered Mr. Weseott ; "I tried n love
story, hut I couldn't make It go."
"Add a little local color to It," said tho
llrwt speaker: "take one of tho people
about here that you know and work him up
old . for instance," mentioning n
character familiar to them both; "he'd be
first-rate."
"That's a good Idea!" exclaimed Mr.
Weseott and the result of this conversation
was "David llartini;" and yet "David" was
never in the story nt all as It wna first
conceived.
The porch of the Hloemfnnteln club waH
a favorite meeting place for the notables
engaged in the South African war while
Lord Roberts' forces occupied the town.
Here many diHcussions and a few quarrels
took place. It was quite a sight to see tho
different little groups of men that as
sembled there every evening engaged ill
earnest conversation. One evening n group
of well known correspondents, among them
Ileiinett Ilurlelgh,' were talking together
when Winston Churchill suddenly appeared
on the Hcene nnd rushed up to Mr. Ilur
lelgh to congratulate him on that brilliant
stroke of his in getting away from Lndy
stnith Just at the right moment. He began
by saying:
"Mr. Ilurlelgh, that was tho finest thing
you have over dono In Journalism In the
whole of your life It waa simply great."
This was kindly nientit, but, unluckily, It
was one of thoso things that, ns Punch used
to say, "might havo been expressed differ
ently." Hy consequence It only nettled tho
great wnr correspondent, who replied:
"Hoy! It Is presumptuous In you to tell
tno what is tho greatest thing I have dono
in my life you, a lad, JiiHt Deglnnlns your
career!"
Coli nel A. K. McCluro has stood on many
platforms, Iiiih addressed assemblies, largo
and small, political, social and religious.
Ho is noted for his self-conunand under any
i Ircunist.incoH, but on one occasion ho wns
distinctly embarrassed and 111 nt easo.
On this occasion, rolutoH the Philadelphia
Pest. Colonel McClure was the chief
speaker at a largo assembly, the audience
being made up mainly of farmers or other
pi rsons who had driven to the place of
meeting. In the midst of an eloquent
speech It began to ruin. One after another
i f IiIh hearers Jumped up and hurried out,
until the speaker was left with an array of
empty benches heforo him.
Colonel MeClure's fnco flushed crimson.
He had said not a word that could give
offense and he naturally failed to under
stand the midden leave-tnklng, but hla em
barrassment was quickly changed to amuse
ment when tho chairman aroHo and said:
"It's all right, colonel; they're only going
out to look after the horses; they'll bo
Inn k pretty soon."
The orator sat down until the farmers
returned and then resumed his speech.
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