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Show Talented German Empress. Empress Augusta Victoria is a thoroughly thor-oughly womanly woman, but she is by no means the mere hausfrau that she is often supposed to be. In fact, she has decidedly artistic tastes and la a sculptor and painter of no mean ability. In her husband's study at Potsdam there is a lifelike bust of the emperor in bronze and several of her sons have been portrayed by her In marble. Her majesty Is very fond of beautiful fans and she baa some valuable specimens of them. Many were gifts from the emperor, and one was made of feathers of the grouse that fell to his gun. Some others, beautifully painted, bear the signatures of great artiits. |