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, THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY . MORNING, DECEMBER IP, - J903 il mm m 'Hi, i' a. . ',"'' Wlhl'Lr . . '. V , :-- . . . : ., ih Wff 0 M&W)m TEX 'i ,'! ijyi ' .' i i ... . y -v , ,' at "a X". -V lit UV . .. - v '. Ill ;...,.. ' .. Th littl Duchess and th .fiflir Grand Duchesa became " fagl'THeim ttl "o'faceI"TE5yltlttn on a sofa. grandmother, Pifnoeaa Frederick Charles of Prussia,.' In Berlin, and was nearly bored to. death ay th ceremonial of the Emperor's stiff and formal court.,. , Every morrjng. afternoon and evening the young girl ; had to attend tiresome receptions or rids to parade or ' witness the Kaiser's own dramas,! v.-- " , ' No wonder she got sick of It all and had to be re ' minded' over and over again tiot to forgeCJuar grave re sponsibilities and the grand prospects In stors for her If his Majesty concluded that she would make an ac ceptable Prusston Prince, after alL" . ' . '. " One afternoon grandma and Lotta started on a tour of ofclal visits. Thr little Duchess donned her beat a beautiful whit silk gown, with a long train; ermine coat. . muff and picture hat. Their first stop was at the home ; of the Duchess of Courts nd, and as this lady, since dead, happened to be an old friend ' of Princess Frederick Charles, the pair entered Into an animated conversation on old times without paying much attention to Lotta, . . Princess Sophie yawned one or twice behind her , muff, then looffed a boat for something to pass away the time. : 1 'ii ; , l!LJlHi ff"'","t sslfta she fryir fi 1 """ it was licauig lis siuten pawa, ana v . ,.A JBreJJms A INCE the announcement, fecentlyr made, A that Prince Eitel Fritz, second and , V favorite son of the German Emperor, is soon to wed the Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg, Schleswig and Holstein, many interesting stories have been told of that lively and unconventional young woman.' m: Pretty, and yet with no talent for dress ing; hating Wagner and high opera delight-, ing in fishing and saving; turning s&mersaults in the nursery to amuse her younger brothers and sisters; this versatile and energetic young Duchess has been the despair of V those en gaged to teach her correct deportment, r" . " 1", , She is called the "tomboy" of German courts. Full of life and the enthusiasm of youth, she refuses to be bound by conventipn alities, and enjoys life in what may be termed an "uproarious,' ddshmg and happy-go-lucky have- been like, sisters ever since ; quarreling , occasion ally, of courts, but always making up, always one try ing to do a good turn to the other.. . : That : "the ' C-idenburgers ' , Md thc rpyii families of Eu rope love Lotta so well, and think so much of her and the diplomatics and good-natured stepmother. Is, to a con siderable ektent. due to the pleaesnt relations' between both young women. i , " Lotta is not only "good to her stepmother," but, ao- ' eording to har prospective father-in-law. the Kaiser, she Is an Tlall-around agreeable girl," save that he refusee te lt through six hours of "endless melody" at Bay xeuth, or even a leaser span of time at state dinners. "In this latter respect aha. will have to reform," says Emperor William. Some little time ago, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg gave a diplomatic dinner at his big feudal (arm. Lehn Mhn, and MiniKtere Plenipotentiary and diplomatic agents galore came from Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck and Cologne. . Lotta was seated opposite the wife of a British Con sul, whoso official domicile shall be nameless, and it took th little Duchess but a minute or two to discover that . . Excellency's Jet black locks were false and that one ui mem was coming on;. "w .tf the dinner proceeded, that wicked "hank of lnem";lv'.A,lto ".u, . ,u ...... tt.-l hair" silled lower end lowr. untu, at thi dessert. It fell . 1 hey would not be satisfied until "dear Lotta' cam Lotta thought the combination of whits fur and pink tongue "too cunning for anything." ,.., -She knelt down before the jsofa and made love to the 'pretty plaything, and when, -finally, th Duke cam to look after his wife's guest, he found her on th carpet, crawling on hands and knees after, th kitten and drag-, glng her ermine muff and boa beblpd, . : a'joy.to children At another time th young Duchess was rUilttng at Kiel, when an organ grinder stopped before th palace and began playing his tunes. , Lotta ordered all th servants Into tb big hall of th palac and organised a dance, leading off herself with the stately, but somewhat embarrassed, butter. ' ' ' ' ' - On winter evening two years ago th old Oldenburg palac was ablas with light and reeking with cere- raony. Several Russian Orand Duke and Duchesses and a number f German Princes were present, and the state hanquet given in their honor was a magnificent affair. Their Imperial and Royal Highnesses dined off gold plate, and mere lieutenants, even, were accorded silver platters. Imagine Orand Ducheea Elisateth s chsgrin when, in the midst of the festivities, she was informed that th children would not te quiet ana tnat tncy war crying With a falm swish Intn th nlat nf a whlK Mrs. Consul a-ss devoting her entire attention.' TIRED OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS Th young Duchess Charlotte, who had watched with glee the lock's descent from tho high co:ffure, and past ; a red, but powdered, nos to the crystal plate, broke out In a silvery laugh, and, quit forgetting where she was. Clapped her hands with Joy. . . - . J Noedless to say, that Mrs. Consul had to b carrl-d ' out "on acciunt of sudden Indisposition." and that Lotta quickly subsided, observing her fathers wrathful mion. Soon lafterward.. the Orand Duchesa gave the aigu to rise, nnd an adjutant appeared behind th little Duchess' - chair to Inform her that hla Royal Highness, her father, -was waiting for her In the library. There th Urand Duke spoke earnestly to his daughter, endeavoring to demonstrate to her the error of her ways; but soon he ascertained that he had been wasting hi breath, for Lotta broke out laughing again. . raus, any cricu, mat was one or tn runniest CC T HAVE DONE only what every jtrl should do -marrted the man I love, regardless of his financial con- dition or social standing." : V .'. Such' is the only explanation -vouchsafed by Miss Mabel Rose French, an heiress, of Great 'Harrington, Mass?, who recently govt ht hand, as she had given her heart, to Cor, poral Charles Palmer Champion, formerly of ; the United States-Army, and just from the Philippines. , ; ' ; . ,;- " p. Seven years had Champion served in the army the exact time that Jacob , of old waited for his bride.' Unlike Jacob, Cham pion, 'at the end of his seven years' service, won the maiden of his choice. ' ' It is whispered that the gallant bride groom wove into his wooing lurid word-pic tures of his army life and his experiences in to see them. .... t D),;),'A,'at J tUt tl.. 1 lotta went. The children aemanoea tnat an turn h wut , somersault for them. She protested that she was In a t. c r i evening dreca, but this appeal had no effect upon the influential IM Wtnntng his Wife. Such facts, cbi Finally, th young girt discarded her An vning oos- however, remain behind the sacred veil of turn. , , ... When she stood befor th children In a hrt -uf our tS htp. - - " . j- - pettlcoat and kicked off her whit slippers, they' clapped r tneir hands wun glee ana promisea to go to sieep imme diately a tier tne penormance. - 7. i - - inf luii ii inn, ijuiim m j aomersauiis are lor slants I ever witnessed, and It .was certainly th best part forbid you to mention what you of your wnoie dinner." . xrn v.n. i n . ji f iL . j . wn nuruBnu mien you menncrs, ir you ver again: ner Royal Highness la Way. . Repeatedly She Shocks COurt and SO- . catch me." said the Orand Dult, in utter desperation. "I littl " ones ar asleej , " . ,tt A. hi. 4ramtt '.. ' .- . vr up trying to reform you." Thii Is the eneriretlc, fun-1 Ciety by her pranRS. . , Last winter Lotta stopped for several weeks with her ' th Prlnc Eltel FrIU I to UDor was lb the habit of going acrobatic stunts for the 'little one and performed three somersaults In succession, while the children danced In their crib and shouted with mer riment. - . Just as Lotta finished her act, th door opened and on the threshold appeared, bewildered and amased. Bar ones von Toll, the little Duchess' grand dams. "What do I see, your Highness?" she cried In her most authoritative tone. "You shouldn't hsv seen anything at all, replied Lotta "My somersaults are for the children only, and I nave senn witnout per- will help m to dreaa anxious to know that th , loving young woman whom marry,.- , -. . ,., VERT lovely and engaging young woman Is th . youug Duchess Charlotte, or "Lotta," who- ie-to become th wlfs of th Kaiser's second son. in h wn Hlvhl" little realm of Oldenburg shajs sffectionately known as "our little Duchess." Par ly do the people love her, and their love la not leseeaea In any degree by th fact that sh Is generally regarded as a "tomboy." ' ''I A lively and lovely your girt, sh doea not car a - whit for etiquette; drea fashions do not appeal to Her- half as much si the best fishing ground or a chance to sail her pet boat In a regatta, .,... v.- Painting and drawing wer both Included in her edu cation, but she does both as execrably ss th majority of the "maleBtlea" or "highnesses" of Europe. Such accomplishments are not in ner line. - Eitel and "Lotta" hsve been lovers for a long ..while - their courtship resliy began wnen ta mnc wna a cautr at Castle Ploen and "our Duchewr" was In short dresses. - - Hu- the little girl had Inherited from her mother, later of th Dttcheas of Albsny, a weak constitution, and the Kalsertstlid; "Waltlet1 se whether she, eut groas It." . ' 1 . ' And Lotta did, thanks to Klselngen, prolonged ocean travel and sojourn! In health-glvlrfg climate. , , v. FROM SADNESS TO SMILES ; . t , 1 1 Kven to-day she Is not a robust beauty heno sh la prettier, by far, than other Oerman princesses. Lotta Is as tall as her cousin and sister-ln-law-to-b. Crown rTlnoess Cecelia, but more ethereal, and. It is whis pered, mors refined In appearance. t ' A iitn nsur. out recently teginnuia; snuw li CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PERSONS AND THINGS Sl Brtaln spend on tobacco and pip about 70,- OCO.000 every year. ... , . ' , . ' ' Of every man and woman living to-day at the ag of "? SP out of two will Uv. according to th tables, to , be 5 years of age. ; . -... ,,,,. Among tree the elm reaches an sg of 838 yes rs; !M lvyl 460 ; Ul" chestnut. u0; th cedar, 8U0; tb ouk, , VAN, and th yew, 2suu. . - -.- - tranrlnj curves; nsir are pare. small face and a On head of blond It was one said that the little Duchess was sad faced: . maybe ah wis at times before the affair with Eltel Frits was aetlled. ainc then ens has been all smile. Ix)tt lost hr mother ten venr see In 'tne J . father married a second time, with her Highness1 hearty approval,-fur the aiepmother, Kllinleth I mosuuuUi ( wt mmnn efl-r tlie young girl's beartt and there Kuig but tn ye;irs' dlffervnc In their ages. . ,A AbOUt tWO thousand VMiaela Of all klna IThannaee If, the aea everv year, .carrvlna ilnen u.m human hin. -and Involving a loss of about tluu,000,0U0 tn property. .. i Sheet Iron can now, be rolled so thin that It takes tt.OW sheet to make a air.gl Inch In thickness. Light shine as clearly through one of these sheets as through' ordinary , tissue paper. ,t . , v , t . , x Th Casplsn Se Is th loweet body of water on th , glob. Its level has been growing gradually lower for centuries, snd now rt ! i elghty-nv feet below th lvl of th neighboring Black Sea, i Tit ha ieen computed by geographers that If th sea were emptied of Its waters and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present floods Into th vacant space, allowing nothing for evaporation, 40,000 years would b required to bring th water of th ocean up to It present level. t. i - - . French .ships ar usually named after French prov inces or towns, victories. Mess or sentiment., hut no French names, -excepting the of the greatest men In their history, are made use of. .German ahlps bear th names of Oerman ' rivers, ports, poets, fttatcs and charac ters In Oerman literature; while Kpnnlsh ships are al . most Invariably named after cities or great commanders. English ships ar named after persons and towns, and , American vessels, of th first class after State and clUeev Tooth brushes and tooth powder ar to be supplied to all th Inmate of Austrian prisons. t( - Siberia could contain all Europe, except Russia, and ' there would still be room left for another country twlo , th sis of Germany. t .1 , . . . ,r . . ,, . ... t A million acre of forest land are cut down every year to supply European railway . companies with th sleepers on which th Una ar laid. - . -. ' 1 "he .- j - . Promotion In th Russian . army I exceedingly slow.. It takes sixteen to seventeen years for a captain to b ' com a lieutenant colonel, and fourteen years for a lieu tenant colonel to become a colonel. .. i .s , . -i ii -. i - ' - Japan children have th moat wonderful ' doll houses In th world. These ar most completely fur- , nlshed, have little cages for ehlrruptng Insects. Instead of birds, and even tiny bookcases filled with dolls' poetry Jxmk about th six of an ordinary postage stamp. A Jeweler of Turin, Italy, has mad a tiny boat 1 formed of a single peart. Ita sail la of beaten gold, stud ded with diamonds, and th binnacle light la perfect ruby. An emerald serve a Ita. rudder, and Ita stand la a slsb of Ivory. It weigh lees than half an ounce, and , Its prlcJ I 15000. , , ,. -. . f Th English language, according ta a Oerman stat istician, who ha msds a study of the compfyatlv wealth of lanciingea, heads the list with the enormous vocabulary , of ftO.oiiO words; German cornea next, with tO.nno words; then Itallsn, with 7&.UO0; French, 0,000; Turkish, tt.WO, and Spanish, 10,0O0i . , ' v- , , ;"- - v ' ; ' k.. . ' I fHB fact that Miss French was an heiress did not I deter th wooing of Corporal Champion in th ' X ' slightest degres. ' "Sh Is a lowly girl," h said. "Sh stilts' in, and t propos to lay my hand and heart at her feet-" H did so, with th happy result that now th two' . ar man arid wife. .... Champion -was born on a farm In th Berkshire HQla nearly forty years ago. For over thirty year he followed th prosalo work of a tiller of th soil, until hlsxountry's call for volunteers appealed to him. . . At the outbreak of th Spanlsh-Amertoan War h nllated In th army. ' . i j ' . ; " HI regiment. In coarse of time, was sent t th Phil ."ipplnea, and la aervlce there Champion won th stripe of a corporal. ;..' , . - Not long sine h returned Borne, -' Among the leading families of Great Harrington, Man, was that which for many years had proudly horn the nam of French. The French family, In, fact, was en roiled among the Four Hundred of that section. An Impasaable gulf appeared to yawn between th re- ; ; turned soldier and th young heiress of ' the French family. ... Chsmplon's parents lived upon a littl farm at Al ford, Mass., and were not especially well-to-do. accord ing to latter-day-estimate. But Champion fait that-, family connections had little to do with love. 1 The young soldier, nowever, wss of a retiring and rati, -cent disposition. He was not one to force hlmsolf Into a class that -did n.it appear to be his. How waa hla courtship to t advanced? Many time h met Mies- French, and sh seemed ' always willing to llstet to his stories of adveatur. - V THERE THE STORIES FIGURED Champion had many storle of adventur to relate, and. In a number of them, he was, whether h wished : to convey that Impression r not, th hero. - . Just how much effect th telling of thee Vtorle had ' In elevating Champion to heroic plane, or to what extent they touched the heart of th young woman, la ome thlng that only they can explain. It has been said that Corporal Champion's storle ef , adventure and army, life In th raillpplne won htm his bride. The happy, couple unit tn declaring that this t th business of nobody but themselves. Perhap they ar . right. - i Toung Mr. Champion, Ilk her husband, doe not car to talk about her marriage, and sav that It la enough that sh ha followed the choir of her own heart. This declaration seems to be beynml controversy. The fict that she ha m nov, the voung hrUe asserts, should not enter Into oonsMenulun of the ruse. "1 hav done only whst snv young yui shonM do." h says. "1 have married the tnun I love, rvnartlU'ss ot hi Ananalal condition or social aiamiing. Tho things do not appeal to m tn th least. Why; should thyr ' - "If w eonclud to marry, and feel that w can Tm happy, what business at it of any but ourselves T Corporal Champion la said to b Hearing Is) years of ag. whll hla brtd Is only M. ' Ha Is spoken of a a man of retiring dtsposltloa. and not given to undo puffing of hi own exploits. It was from his friends and associates ta th Srmy that stories of hi exploit lit th Philippine. It la said, ranched thi country. Whsn- these tele of prowess circulated In tb naujh- . borhood of Great Barrtngton, they reached th ears at ' Mis French, .' At any rata, h won hla bride. . What gallant oldlaa C-could do morT - JAMES WENT BROKE The Striking Measure Adopted to Inform ' His Father of the Fact RALPhoOWAN. a wealthy snerchant. amUad ooa. . tentedly tn th realisation that a duty, performed ' regularly for four years, wsa now ended. Els o Jam had graduated from college, and avnnthly check need no longer be forwarded. James, however, did not ear to asanas) buslus r- ponslblllties Immediately, and In a moat persuasive as. ' ner Induced hi father to let him tour the world with college chum. Th old man' waa pleased with hla son's persuasive powers It Indicated butines ability. H pe mitted th boy to go, " ' ; y Jam waa given a goodly wad of money-and a posk ; tlve warning that th sum must sumo. He waa further given to understand that be-4 have to eommunicate wltl) his father by postal card only, and that all atttera weuil remain unopened. "II has too much prtd to beg on a public postal card," ounnlngiy chuckled th father, "and, unsw)Uotiy will make his money last." Postal cards from Kurop cane regularly ta Ralph Oowan. He became Interested In hi sons travel Th cards wer pinned to tb library a all. with, a surt.of go graphical relationship. Many of tho postal wer works of art, and In a few weeks the exacting business man had contracted an acute mania for aouvenir poiial cards. A beautiful card was delivered to the merchant on morklng, and in a moment the air was split with sharp expletives. The card wis mutilated. A crack across th gtaxld surlac inulrsted gross carelessness on the part of the authorities. Mor card arrived, the beauty tf each marred by a crsase, t made, unqueatlonably, with malicious deliberation. "Look hare," ald Jowan. angrily, a he approached the pvVMmaaler and handed him one of the cards, "sil my postals are cracked like this on. ira on is to blame Here ar a doirn more like it." 1 he poatmasier calmly gaxed at the mutilated cril. Noticed a similarity of wording and Of creasing, and promised to Investigate. That Same day the postmaster called on Mr. Oow"H and, chiKk'Ing Immoderately, said: 'K-hiI those cams, and for even- crease substitute Ihe word lnk" - - The merchant pondered for a nvment, and trn t'i np a card and read: "I rtmuin aa ever broli-our l"V Ing son, Jam-a." Ooan meekly mailed a rl e. k Th-n t- srm t Viciously over his library wsil, n"1 ' a i- r - the atmosphere eel penmi-li J t:-. ' " ' " , paper, Turlsl In Weetml""'!- ' ' 11 , althimtth the soms e i ' ' " r'r fifty yea re .(.. rHinr'-fl on a sle i ', ' to (Ififrie. The r - I-i I, i , choir, t'ltl. ers, .
