Show AN IMPERIAL YACHTSWOMAN < > c J c < i iDllIt J I w ht1 r < c I 1 I I k f rqviit 2f i 1 j I I TheGermanempress is an excellent horsewoman and is said to have a hankering after the bicycle but this exrarcI eJ1er lord and master considers most undignified for a woman of her position As he always enjoys however how-ever seeIng his empress in picturesque and becoming tableaux he has this summer given her a splendid schooner yacht theIduna The Iduna Is a swift and handsome American built boat of I about the same proportions as the AmerIcan boat Yampa Though splendid I splen-did enough in all her fittings when the emperor bought her he ordered with impeilal i extravagance that her inter t I AN EMERESS YACHT ior decorations be done anew and in the favorite colors of the empress pale blue and white On the decks of her pleasure pleas-ure boats this royal lady Is absolute mistress Her sailors are uniformed in white the shirts barred with blue bands while the empress prIvate signal sig-nal with that of the KIel Yacht club Is embroidered on their Gaps and shIrt vests Whether or no the empress cares for yachting is a question she has never I settled but with her usual admirable I I complaisance with all her husbands I wishes she is igorously studying under i I un-der a most accomplished sailing mas I I I I ter to steer the yacht and to direct the I handling of her sails When the annual an-nual races at Kiel were sailed this sumner sum-ner the Iduna was one in the string of schooner yachts contesting for cups or J I honors and the empress stood at the helm More than this she has taken I actively to the social side of yachting I gIves dinners and luncheons aboard her i boat and ventured out on a two days I cruise This was scarcely a venture however since two powerful steam tugs followed close In the Idunas wake in order to rush In to the rescue should I Neptune attempt any familiarities with German royalty I |