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Show GOSSIPS SAY EX-KAISER'S SECOND MARRIAGE TODAY WILL RE HAPPIER FIRST 1FE HAD NO FEELING FOR WAND SHOW Bride Described as Tall With Blond Hair and Rather Beautiful. THE HAGUE Nov. 4 Gossip in i.'frmnny hftS It that the marriage tomorrow to-morrow of former Emperor "William ... li.rm m jr.. I i " i n . e-s II- rmlne ot Reuss augurs a far more wise and workable union than that between William ond his Hrst wife. Ifcdncess I Augusta Victoria, which took place In lnM lFebruary. 1 8R1. and terminated just 40 ears and two months later, When the died an exile, from her beloved Potsdam There are many who arc able to D Ihiuch in romnon between the ox-cm-poror hnd his bride to be, despite the Idifferencc In thoir ages, while back in 1381, when the whole German empire was in festive aUiro to celebrate the I marriage of its heir apparent, even 'the most optimistic wore compelled to admit that the two royal scions could not bave been farther apart had they ,becn of different worlds. IJKED GAUD UNIFORMS Princess Attjrusta was shy, trustful. essentially feminine, a lover of ner home, and with no sympathy for I pomp and ceremony. For more than fia years of hex married life she was semi-invalid. . The brldegnroon on the other h ad ;was alroady feverishly active and possessed pos-sessed of Insatiable ambition. Ho loVed display, never tired of arraying hlmsell in gaudy uniforms, and was I happy only when he could play a l fling fl-ing part before the whole world t hese I were the differences that (ho world at I large saw. Those who were intimate with either or both of the principals, v however, knew that the private order (of their lives was even farther from 1 i lagreemcnt. In matters pertaining to love and marriage. Prince William had his own ideas, which he lived up to with al-H al-H (mOst noisy scrupulousness. He believed, believ-ed, first and always that a man, whether he be exalted or not, should l choose his wife as she would her gown i for qualities that would wear well I Intellectual strength or brilliancy, ' 1 I emotional vigor and pronounced char-Rt'fl char-Rt'fl nptur wore not amomr the oualltles he lookod for In a wife CAXJuS Jrt:it A "PEARL" Fortunately, St was many years af-ItSr af-ItSr her married life began before Prln-icess Prln-icess Augusta had any Important rols Ito perform, thus she managed to continue con-tinue with her simple habits without I provoking unfrlendb commi nt She 'had no experience with court life, and knew little If anything about cities itherefore. it was years before Mho mastered mas-tered the detal's of her royal so lal status. Yet, with all their disparity of temperaments tem-peraments those who had predicted an unhappy union fur the crov B prince were forced, as the year wore on, to admit that their judgment hud played them false. New r wore there any well founded rumors of a sepal atlon. or even of disagreenv nt The political wiseacre- Who usually are able to assign a reason for all royal utterances or actions, were l op. at sea. when one day William Issued a statement rhracterlzlnir Kniju.sh Augusta a "precious pearl, thl I i of all the virtues of a Germanic prln-. prln-. ess. To her I owe It that I am able to tackle and perform in a cheerful spirit the difficult duties of my po-i po-i sltion " REBUKES KAISER Docile and uninterested In afl of state. Empress Augusta nevertheless neverthe-less was supreme within the palace walls. The accounts tho orders, the supplies, the arrangement of the bill of fare, and the management of her seven children were under h r Immediate Imme-diate 8uperislon. Onco the femperoi told one of his officer that he want-rd want-rd the vounr princes o learn how to paddle a canoe. When the officer mentioned this to the empress, she re It r fused to hear of them taking BUi b risks. "But the kaiser has already given ! the order." said th- officer "That may be as you say," she replied, re-plied, smiling, "he Is the kaisi r oi Germany, but I am the kaiser of the I j nursery' " . ' .. Princess llermine. on thi other hand, is understood to enjo) and re-spect re-spect all the royal traditions which Princess Augusta abhorred While she is hardlv known beyond the German borders, and seldom If ever mentl even In the newspapers, of Germany, before hei engagement to the ex- m-pferor m-pferor was announced, still there are many households In central Europe which profess to have an intimate knowledge of her character, and in these the preponderance or opinion Is that she has all tho qualities to make her a valuable and sympathetic companion com-panion to tho Imperial exile of Doom. BEAl TIEVIj BLOND Princess llermine Is tall and has blond hair and is regarded as beautiful. beauti-ful. She Is known for her interest H In tho arts and outdoor pastimes She It) J lives in Castle Saabor In Oman Silesia ij The castle is extremely primitive, being be-ing without hot and cold water, stationary sta-tionary bathtubs, and modern sanl- '11 tary arrangements of even the most leme ntary character. She Is tho daughter of Prince Henry XXII of Reuss. an autocratic head of a tiny principality, constantly at loggerheads with the Hohenzollerns and Prince Bismarck. Ho ruled his i-,mall domain with an iron hand, refusing re-fusing to permit a house to be built or a tree to be cut down without his per- H uonal sanction He even Insisted that as "father of his country'." he had the Bole, right personally to administer ! i ' whippings to the publh school chil-drcn. chil-drcn. Tho father of Princess Hermlne died a year after her mother, Whose death has been aBerlbed to grief over an operation upon her only son. Prln-. Prln-. Hi; cess Hermine's brother, which made him blind and an imbecile In addition to being deaf and dumb. |
