| Show IT Tie The German Crown Cron Princes Prince s Clever Fiancee The Young Y Dung Woman Who Why Will Be Empress of Germany iF tEN the engagement nt nto Sri of nr o the airman crown A 1 1 in e Frederick Frederek k Wll dm tue to 10 Duchess Co Ceo Ceoilia Ills niu Augusta Maria of oC oCr l r k In burr n Ala lilt first announced It ItI I name at lit once nee the 11 II tense utie peculation on oni onu u Ii i i I a r who rho were not familiar familiari liar liarI I I i Ii i fl polio oll which directs Im 01 II r n a it wee was WI a matter of ot i I in my that thai R II prince endowed ul 1 i t r of person and es cc esi I hI Rho i j 1 to 10 the heir to the trel I become the that kiln 1 Din in nil Iril i i r i z of ot the comparatively l i lac 11 grind grand gran dm al house of t o J ara f Her here In effect was wall a am 1 am m m man who in point fon Old mid van UR MI the must most ft Mmble da Ir ble h ii Iii Europe No court courtn n un i pun Mena H I In negotiate o 11 could have hao fl loIr to 11 than a It j mat milt nuI ilL ii Il with this Ihl manly and uirl vJ li mid According to Jill cal IIi I u II Ina iun it of nine cord tI I J li It II sla M III to a choice among ale Ih tf h brat f t The ine r he daughters of kings but Lut buts buti s clad hl hie saying E i a s II mm HI II nf of hla hl III choice Is Ic not 1101 even 1 Is i i if t f i r king The In iI v h I tin are anI u not even most moat 1 bong Iii Ih numerous Teutonic r I s I i MI vs f di Ir 1 moat t serene among iv t 1 I t in III v They fey are a II simple and andla la r 1 r n a family and their J 4 i i hy by a R humdrum r i i Liv quits unknown to lo most moat I 1 t H 11 r yd v il households lIu of the n i ii n i i n rh fh lire ii u not rich fish On I y P hev ar art obliged lo 10 exor exer Ile I r 1 r i economy Hoin mv in the main I te r IL f t their at pretty little 11 I If o Ii I in fit i at i n t were 1 fl f KI it l auty the secret I f II I 11 I future might be re re reis 1 n h he is la I known to be highly lm pr i bus hua Iu more snore than Ihan once S i 1 I i fj N 1 L iI i ir in I TE r n ca J Jr JI I r v CROWN FREDERICK WILLIAM Ills his devotion to The rh Duchess Cecilia although an on attractive and looking young oung woman has hag no claim to tho ho title of beauty She Sho has hall the charm of youth and good health and more macro enduring than either a II good nature that la in royal even een through though her sereno serene highness falls n a trifle trine short of that distinction She In IH only about eighteen years yearn cars of or age Rge and has hus of Into been living a IL very ten aulet quirt life at Rt her brothers capital Practically all allor of or her early childhood waa spent on the tho Riviera whelo her grandfather r the Duke Franz HI 11 who was WR n a confirmed Invalid were obliged to 10 live He lie selected Cannes UN as a R residence re and anel built the famous Villa Wendon Wendom Wend on Cecilias vere wera an nn III lit o sort 1 couple utmost constantly con w In public and Ignoring each Moh other In vale Her lieI mother mothel was u II Muscovite princess and detested detected everything Oar Cler man Seven Seen years yean eara ago 1110 the unfortunate grand duke dulle driven to desperation by IJ household differences and other trou iron troubles bias bles threw himself from an upper tipper window In the Villa VIII Wenden Wend en and WM waa killed Instantly The Th widowed grand duchess still occupies the tho villa V 1111 After her fathers fl death Cecilia went to live with her brother brothel the reigning grand crand duk at III Schwerin In diplomatic circles the reason of thee the crown princes choice Is not shrouded In mystery It u Is III only another Instance of prudence and foresight The danger of nil nn entangling alliance will never Uneaten threaten No foreign and alien Influence will have barn an nn opportunity to 10 creep In The rime Germans Germane are particularly hostile toward lira tho products of other nations they are arc especially so 80 solicitous that rulers shAll be homo grown gronn arc oro willing to furnish consorts for all oil time the sovereigns of ot Ku l U rope but they prefer also ulso to supply their own market In the eyes oyes of the German people there thero are 1110 Indeed fair maidens of or every clime but the fairest of nil ore arc from the tho various federated states of the fatherland Aa Au long as all there was WM a Teutonic princess In the matrimonial market no foreigner could have been perfectly acceptable Since Ida his boyhood the future of tho the crown prince has hns been a n subject of ot national solicitude He lie was wu known to be bc un unusually unusually usually susceptible to feminine charms and It was wall understood that he Ire wits was possessed sed of u a I will st or of his hIli oun ona t It was realised realized that these the e characteristics brought Into combination frequently mean trouble The sorry matrimonial fortunes fortune of the tho neighboring were an mi unpleasant reminder remainder of what hat was s HII possible Hut Bul the and the tho Haps burgs are as aa unlike HH HII any Imy two families possibly can be bt The personal equation Is III a 0 prominent factor In the Iho latter lutters s composition The sacrifice of self for tor the good of oC the tho fatherland Is III not to ro strongly developed State and dynastic influences Influence do not nol always prevail Aus Austrian Austrian trian royal marriages have hay contributed little toward the preservation of the empire on the time con conary ary they Ih have love hastened It its disintegration It Is la l a groat relief reller to the Ile Ih promoters of ot German national unity that ha the th crown cro n prince has hili shown himself to 10 be bea b bea a II true In Ihla delicate Clients matter Ina It er The young man nun could have done clone nothing which would be more likely to add alt to his hll already wolf well established halted popularity The first Intimation of the engagement was wal received In Her lter with universal expressions of ap rip approval prom I from all classes 01 The rhe r e T Ti Y I i I I F 1 S I rt I If f l li 1 r DUCHESS CECILIA announcement was waa Wit the occasion of or an outburst of ot national enthusiasm Al AI Although Although though the wedding I is riot not to 10 be cele celebrated celebrated bral lJ for several months month the young duchess la II already the most moot popular woman In the empire The fortunate have hav achieved a sudden end and most moat unmistakable elevation In tho the social cale and anti tho the modest little court courtat at has hal become the temporary cantor of the th empire While she he was Will still a very ery young girl the relatives of oC the Duchess Villa Cecilia I determined to remove li her r front from her mothers Influence The grand made no objection lIon to the plan and was waa perfectly willing that her daughter should live at al Her liar relatives relative however howver made mastic up tip theli minds Ind that she should not be con converted converted Into A typical German Carman The Tho best but they could do toward the prevention of this thle wa was to provide her with an tea English governess This they thoy did selecting tar far that purpose a 11 oung young ho had lived for some sOllie sometime time line In St Rt Petersburg nail and nIl lad hat made friends there thore The rhe governess accepted the trust and went to 10 Schwerin From J the first alto sho ho made modI a B favorable Impression and In time she obtained a great Influence over the fire little duchess Instead of acquiring a fondness for the manners manner and anti litera literature ture of the tits and slid In spite of ot the Ito fact that the time conscientious govern governess ass ess saw caw to It that site she was wa taught laught how to speak and read the he Russian lan Ian gaage Cecilia became l Infatuated with the l She Insisted upon adopt In tog ways of or living and nd turned her Ir back ulick on the time tnie honored honore ways WA of which obtained In the modest Ill et at al the grand ducal dual capital She becam e an indent ardent devotee of o t the tho outdoor life lit and In time learned horse horseback horseback back riding rifle rille shooting shunting anti and row ran rowing Ing In When airs went to the Riviera to live llva tho Englishwoman J accompanied her alel slue she continued to perfect herself In inthe he the study of ot her liar ment 0 WOODSON |
