Bismarck and His Wife.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 217, 27 August 1887, Page 2

Bismarck and His Wife.

The last perJorwi»nc& of- *« Patknoa" was* honoured by distinguished attendance. In the Royal box t noticed Prince Wiiliam.cmd his wife, and inn tfoe baiquefc saft thePrincess Bismark (I never saw hex 1 in anopera house) and the dau slitery theCountess Bautzan, with her husband. Ttie 1 Princess is a simple, matvoni^ -looking,* woman. Dressed in. plain blacky with an old- fashioned bonnet one might thinkher a good "burger fraa" or fai mar's wiferather than the "'better half" of the greatest statesman- in Europe.. Bho^ is- asgood as she loofca.> She is paiienti and helpful, though ste =di»like« hei» surroui>dings, does not care foveocioty J ancl;l<!wigs.for' tlie life of other days, wiien shai was. mistress of a country home and hori-'Otto'" was a simple di&e»ea,pfcain. TJiowgh long.years have passed, she had remained the same, and Bismarck too. He positively refuses to attend couri. . He<-ekaJ;s.-*gladljr,' with his old King. alone, , buift. the.. g>reab court dinners, court balls, and- couutirecaptions hungered foivand cherished by thenobles of high and law degree,,hbishuns-as-he does the crowded, streets. He acceptsno invitations. Even thft.Em^ec-orifaars-tO' refuse all invitations ; but this .autoorat — once only a " voniV— honouis. none withi acceptance. F'iWn receptions aiie*- given in. his own hous»— even the taofct famous > parliamentary dinners ,dwii> died- . down. > to . two or three during the ■ la&fei wiate-rs — " Berlin Letter."