THE FUTURE EMPEROR OF GERMANY’S BRIDE.
It is well known that Princess Augusta Victoria, prospective bride of the Crown Prince of Germany’s eldest son, is not a rich Princess. Her dowry will be smaller than that of many a city merchant’s daughter. But “the money question ” w r as left out of consideration when the Crown Princess looked about for a fitting helpmate for her son. Like the Vicar of Wakefield, she has chosen a young lady with qualities that will wear well. Clever, and yet sensible, all who know the bride admit her to be. Spiritually, she was nourished on rationalism of the kind which the Crown Princess inherited from her father. Her charitable qualities, the burgerlichkeit with which she cuts bread-and-butter for the little boys and girls of Potsdam and Charlottenburgh, her engaging manner, and her soft Teutonic cast of beauty, will endear her to the Vaterland. As a German is no German if not intensely patriotic, it is not surprising that the trousseau of Prince William’s bride is to be made entirely in Germany, and of German materials. The silk will be manufactured near the Rhine, and the lace in Silesia. The Emperor’s presents will, as usual, be supplied from Berlin.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 932, 6 April 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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204THE FUTURE EMPEROR OF GERMANY’S BRIDE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 932, 6 April 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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