DANCING WITH A PRINCESS.

Evening Star, Issue 3651, 4 November 1874, Page 3

DANCING WITH A PRINCESS.

The celebrated Vienna painter Herr Von Angley has been stopping in Berlin and occnping himself with taking the portraits of several members of the Imperial family. He received many marks of Royal favor, and was invited to the festivities and receptions at Court. At one of the balls where he was present a cavalier attached to the suite of the Crown Princess Victoria stepped up to him with the message that her Imperial Highness wished to dance with him. Angley started back at the intelligence, and, pointing to the floor, said to the cavalier in the peculiar Vienna accent; “ On such a slippery floor I dare not undertake to dance, more especially with her Imperial Highness. “ Please,” said the courtier, smiling, “to follow me into the next apartment, and there you can have the soles of your boots chalked by one of the lacqueys.” Angley obeyed the direction of her Highness’ messenger, and after having taken these measures to ensure his not falling he stepped into the saloon where the dancing was I going on, The Crown Prince waa

being conducted through the mazes of the dance by a tall and distinguished courtier, who out of respect to his partner held her, as the etiquette at Court prescribes, at arm’s length. After her Highness had been led back to her seat by the cavalier, Augley stepped up, and making a low reverence, said, “Your Imperial Highness has deigned to express a wish to dance with me j but excuse [my saying that I cannot dance like the gentleman who has just had that honor. I only understand the Vienna way to dance that is, by clasping my partner round the waist.” Smiling at this the Grown Princess answered, “ Dance with me, Her Von Angley, as you choose, just as you have been accustomed to dance in Vienna." Angley now knew what he was about, °and clasping his distinguished partner round the waist, he danced three or four times round the saloon at a rate enough to make one giddy to look at it. When being conducted back to her seat by Angley her Imperial Highness turned to him and said, “ So that is the way you dance in Vienna—well, I must say I never found so much pleasure in dancing.”