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spirit, and Von Moltke the idol of the hour.
It was a rough awakening for one who had lived in the gentler Fatherland of Schiller and of Schubert.
“August 31, Berlin. Up early, and with carriage to see the review.... A great military display.
The Emperor punctual at 10. “Guten Morgen!”
shouted the troops when he came.
The Crown Princess on horseback with a blue badge, Hussar cap. The kettle-drum man had his reins hitched, one on either foot, guiding his horse in this way, and beating his drums with both hands... .”
The Crown Princess, later the Empress Frederick, daughter of Queen Victoria, and mother of the present German Emperor, was the honorary colonel of the hussar regiment whose uniform she wore, with the addition of a plain black riding-skirt.
Civilization owes this lady a debt that cannot be paid save in grateful remembrance.
During the Franco-Prussian War she frequently telegraphed to the German officers commanding in France, urging them to spare the works of art in the conquered country.
Through her efforts the studios of Rosa Bonheur and other famous painters escaped destruction.
The early part of September was spent in Switzerland.
Chamounix filled the travellers with delight.
They walked up the Brevant, rode to the Mer de Glace on muleback.
The great feature, however, of this visit to Switzerland was the Geneva Congress,
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