20 TH3S FBAKOISOO CALL, SUNDAY, MAT .7, 1899. c,OOOOOOfiOO«OOOOQCK!»OftODflflOC(O000Ofl 5 PLAIN AMERICAN GIRL \u25a0 PRINCESS SALM-SALM, iPLAIN AMERICAN GIRL \u25a0 « i Was a Circus Performer, g Now Vlsitlna This Country. Was a Soldier, « » | THEN A PRINCESS. 1 SERVED UNDER THREE FLAGS AND EARNED THE GERMAN IRON CROSS 3 NURSE AND DIPLOMAT odoooooooBQooooooooooooo»oo»ofieaoooa

plans to force his way through the en- emy's lines. But one night his favorite staff officer, Lopez, a second Iscariot, who often . embraced the Emperor i!i public— a man Carlotta had so honored and trust- ed as to make him colonel of the "Em- press Regiment," which she recruited and— equipped with her own private funds betrayed the camp to the Mexicans for a price, and Maximilian was overpowered, lighting desperately. Soon after he reached Maximilian's camp Salm-Salm volunteered on a scout- ing trip to the interior. Hia wife also volunteered, and appealed to the com- mandant of the detachment, a gallant Belgian colonel. He agreed to take her along, providing she could keep cool, carry a revolver and not use it until the troops camo to close quarters. To this severe test of coolness sue proved equal, and rode at the front with the leaders as ready and self-possessed in the tire of battle as she had been in the councils of diplomacy. When Maximilian personally abandoned the City of Mexico and retired to the in- terior town of (jueretaro, the Princess was left behind with the German garri- son. This separation from Maximilian's suite led to several startling and dra- matic adventures, which displayed both physical courage and diplomatic nerve. It was plain to every one that the Emperor was lost after the desertion of his French allies, but the Princess, fearing that her husband might have to share the fate of Maximilian, set about the most desperate plan to ward off the impending peril. City of each. gan Queretaro and the of Mexico wera cess Salm-Salm made the most In the summer of 1P62. after he had both besieged -by overwhelming numbers The Prince lacked the diplomacy neces- borne himself gallantly at the battle of of Mexicans. She first proposed to tho sary to make headway In the circles of Cross Keys and fully year. German him lasted a When Mexican commander that the capital intriguers. Fortunately for jthe order for muster out, or so-called dls- garrison in the City of should entirely different char- Mexico his wife was of an |missal, was hanging ovei his head, liable surrender without fighting and Maximil- acter. She had been educated under the to strike his name from the army roll at ian in consequence, to go free. guidance of a Cabinet official, was thor- any be. allowed moment, his wife hurried the In passing back and forth through the y schooled in the secrets of official from our Government, recalled Bazain© ; front to Washington, upon securing and lines, bent on this errand, the Princess life and she recognized the possibilities of bent his troops. But important act , his appointment to a permanent before this !several" times exposeu her life to danger. her power, by her husband's title. com- took place misled shielded mand. The Princess made a personal ap- Bazaine had Maximilian Once she was detained in the city until peal Into a step which sealed his doom. The Proud of Her Diplomacy. to Senator Ira Harris of New York. after( dark, and on approaching the senti- Princess was proud of He declared the case hopeless. French Marshal represented that his ,nel the besiegers she answered the Salm-Salm her arms had of • said that she saved dispersed the champions of re- \challenge. "Who goes with the Mplomacy and always Successful Intervention. , there?" publlcanism; that Juarez, the head of the word "enemigo" (enemy), inadvertently the Prince from threatened dismissal from "Governor Morgan," he said, "is a whole battalion accompanied her to New !' duration of the punishment, and he only cause, was a fugitive beyond the , York. Balm-Salm duly commissioned could counteract that order. The culprit liberal spoken for "amigo" (friend). The senti- the army. General Blenker was relieved stern woman-hater. Your was border, and that only outlaws and rob- fired, blandishments. colonel, and he took the regiment to the suffering cruelly, and the Princess :nel but missed his mark. if his command after the battle of Cross smiles and entreaties was bers were in arms against the empire. vrill be wasted upon West, where it served in the field until severed the cords which bound him, fed After the verdict of death had been pro- Keys, in 1882, owing to a disagreement him: you Bazaine demanded an enactment declar- nounced Princess permitted had better not take the trouble." the wax i him from the colonel's mess and sent him the was to with General Fremont, his superior ofli- courageous ended. ing all rebels outlaws and acted up to its , Maximilian and husband in ' But the wife hastened to the In New York j to his quarters. Salm-Salm never heard see her cer. The removal of the general left the executive Society. of the until after the war was provisions before it became a law. The prison, and she at once began to plot for military family chamber at Albany. She an- During ! incident Emperor opposed it, members of his without the winter uf 1563-64 the Prince ; over, for the adjutant was afraid to re- and after four vic- their rescue. A bribe was arranged, but itlon. and an order was issued to nounced her intention of sitting down and and his consort tims had been shot virtually rescinded it. I waiting became most conspicuous veal the truth, and the poor fellow was there was no cash to meet the demand. muster them out. according to the rules until the Governor found a Ger- in New York Bocial life. They gTaced all When the French withdrew Maximilian Incited by her tireless exhortations Maxi- visit of Princess Salm-Salm. dismissal, man regiment so grateful to the Princess that he of the army. This was not a without a commander and military functions. No ball, reception or order, informed Juarez,- chief claimant to the | milian gave two one hundred thousand- who arrived In New York last \u25a0..I ' promptly obeyed the obnoxious and Wednesday, to the United States, and all of them re-entered the service. delivered into her hands In sword presentation was a success without the colonel supposed that the punishment disputed Presidency, that he would aban- j idollar notes upon the imperial house of Prince Salm-Salm chief of staff to a command unique mission, re- was for Prince Salm-Salm their company. He was the lion and she brought him to don the empire if Juarez would promise .Austria. Had there been $1000 in cash the as well as her as colonel that regiment. bad terms. only an in- General Blenker and held the rank of of the belle of the hour. One of their diver- amnesty to the imperialist leaders in plan might have been carried through. calls to Americans not Through Her tactics prevailed. A few Adventures In Mexico. tensely interesting personality but colonel.. the efforts of his wife hours later sions was spiritual seances, which attract- Mexico. Juarez refused. Maximilian de- .As it was, the notes were too dangerous THE to she had the Before coming to America the Prince he retained that rank and was assigned desired commission and ed attention at that cided to remain and protect his adher- ias evidence. Salm-Salm and the Empe- a^so a chain of unusual and exciting Pnncr wide time. Amedium had been soldier lady. the colonelcy of the Eighth New York. Salm-Salm resigned honorably, to celebrated among the non-prof a In his native apuntry ents. A strong conservative party, repre- iror were hopeless of escape, but the keen events connected with the muster again essional Prussia— also In army of General Blenker's original command. in as colonel of the Eighth. spiritual ' the Austria. senting church, urged him stay. witted woman, who was for a time free Th" regiment communicants with the world The enterprise of the Prince, the to Who Is the Princess P Blanker s staff officers were deeply in- was one of the few enlisted embraced in her circle the Princpss Salm- Austrian He put himself at the head of the army !to approach officers and guards, knew for years, Maximilian, in Mexico at height She baa been a circus rider. ted in ilt> love romance of their royal two and In 1«63 was discharged Salm. The manifestations were purely was it? and centered all his energy to carry on that gold, and gold only, would open the from service. a when the war in the United States 'i. She has been a rope dancer. ule. whom they familiarly spoke of The Prince was again with- matter of scientific study. Before the end< the war. Carlotta, his spouse, went to Mexican prison bars. In the end Esco- out any and Salm-Salm offered his She has been a soldier in three wars. as "Salm," pronouncing the word as emmand. The colonelcy of the winter ended the Prince West sword to the jEurdpe to plead with the powers, with bedo suspected her Intrigue, and sent her Sixty-eighth, was ordered imperial cause. His Bervices were ac- Juarez, She was r»-guiarly commissioned a cap- though it were spelled "Sam." When the another German regiment with his command and the Princess was | Napoleon and with the Pope, and to se- I away under guard to the Presi- was to l cepted, and he was appointed on the staff tain In the War of the Rebellion. li vers first met the German division was offered him. But the ranks were lost New York society from that time. sure her own vast private fortune to sup- dent, whose party had fought against army spy. encamped at Chapel. Virginia, short of several to uf the Emperor. The Princess joined him reign. She was an nurse and a Hunter's hundred men. Prince However, the good wishes of a host of Mexico, port her husband's cause. The French Maximilian's Common have in her arms, about seven miles jouth of Salm-Salm was offered the position in the City of ready to sharp the soldiers died Washlni If he friends followed her during all her fateful tires jhad alienated the people. The volunteers Saved Her Husband's Life. by kings, \u25a0 true, said, recruit enough trials and advent of her husband and but her hands have been kissed li was fit" the Princess that could men to complete th-> wanderings. In the West she joined the • wire inferior, the strongest Juarez was so impressed by the speak Eng- the hapless Emperor to the end. ' characters brave She was the friend of President Lin- Colonel Salm-Salm could not zatlon. Several of his plans failed. corps of army nurses and gave the suffer- Mexico, hastening to the uplifted standard of little American woman that he promised coln, the friend of the Emperor Maxi- lish. Whenever General Blenker and his But he did not give up. He in the sixties, as the world had a wife ing boys in blue the of her skill knows, literally "gone Juarez, who permitted promiscuous to spare her husband in any event, and of old Kaiser staff rode about the ramp to city Ingenious contriving, benefit was to the dogs." milian of Mexico, the friend or the and and he appealed in diplomacy. If there were any supplies represented plunder of the people. A few foreign resi- granted a respite of Washington occasions ceremony to her. It among me nations noth- he to Maximilian Wilhelm. of on of lit- irrepressible j hearing Princess, She to had the nurse cut red ing but hopeless d( bts. broken pledges dents that chose to remain were all that two weeks for the of counsel in She has worn the soldiers' uniform of the who was a brilliant horse- found in Washington a couple of and secured them, law count upon. Bribes and his behalf. The Princess collected and woman, galloped the head of hundred unasslgned tape or no law. and a long, black list of unaveng. d op- Maximilian could throe countries. at the cav- recruits. After a long ''I-,.- threats impaired the fidelity of disbursed funds for the alcade diplomatic day she broke down the rules of pressions, persecutions and cruelties. the na- incidental ex- She has been wounded twice In war. by the side of the Prince and the battle of dexterity she secured discipline fixed by the Prince himself. tives. • penses of the trial, and waa recognized She rode through the rebel lines the general. The peculiar beauty of them. One hundred of these Every State in the realm was torn by in the Prin- belonged to Sitting in his tent while he was absent, Moody revolution. There was chief, Maximilian's End. by all as the factotum of the doomed South on the cowcatcher of an engine. cess, h°r warm Southern complexion and Illinois, and the Governor of that State, no she heard sounds of distress Issuing from no order, no justice. people ruled The end came with awful man. Although the foreign representa- She stopped a troop train because she vivacious temperament gave currency to "Dick" fates, said he was willingto The suddenness. let tin- guardhouse near by. She soon traced themselves. An army s.jiit by Napoleon Kazaine, on withdrawing, gave the tives in Mexico could demand admission had forgotten to bring her lapdog. the rumor that she was a daughter of his men go to a New York regiment mon- pro- the cries to a soldier who had been to protect French subjects had scattered archy a stab by sounding vivas for to the Emperor and exert great influence She kissed President Lincoln at a public Mexico. She was always spokf-n of in vided it was fed by a man who was not a tapved with a bayonet in his mouth. His the Mexican Boldlery. Juarez, the Juarez. Maximilian abandoned the capital if so disposed, they were panic stricken banquet in Washington, and ever after- ramp in Washington, as well as in New New York \u25a0bumpkin." as he pleased to latest Offense was his refusal to obey an order dictator, was a fugitive: and brought up at where, with and afraid to raise a finger. The Empe- ward Mrs. referred to her as society, as Mex- term it. The Princess Marshal Bazaine Queretaro. Lincoln fork Prince Salm-Salm's i assured him that of in command of Trance was at the head of thousand, ror said to the Princess, when Eaeobedo wife, at nnv that happen Colonel Salm-Salm. then affairs and six thousand against thirty he "that Mrs. Salm-Salm." ican but that "Mexican" was ! would not even if she had to of the brigade. The in possession of the capital weeks, finally ordered her to leave the country: She obtained reprieve for the Em- a term quite synonymous, with Spanish. me charge of troops Prim-els demanded the City stood siege for his men living on a the herself. The from the adjutant general that the man ..i Mi xlco, horse flesh. He led "You are the only person who has really peror and but secured his The Princess was American born, but had jidea struck his fancy, sorties in person; he Maximilian all and Governor be released, but the official, of course, During the second year of thickest; done anything for me. If you go Iam escape] lived for some years In Havana. Yates acted upon the hint. He appointed Maximilian's Irode where shots were he de- said that the colonel's order alone could reign th»- Civil War in the United States to use bribes to himself. utterly forsaken." But she had no gold, She was pensioned and publicly thanked Colonel Salm-Salm s otiiclal trials be- tier captain on a regular salary, and the be obeyed. He had fixed i clined protect and could get no gold, and the the nature and ended and Napoleon, at the request of ;His generals deserted him and he laid drama by the Austrian Government for her aid ended in the execution of Maximilian. to the ill-fated Maximilian. Juarez kept his promise and spared Salm- She has Been many tragedies and many Salm. He returned to Prussia and re- has lost her cheerful exhibited. The Fakers announce that this sorrows. She never year they will present the winner entered the army as major in the Grena- philosophy. She is the "soldier princess," of the Shaw prize with an "unkissed portrait of dier Guards. but she is the "laughing princess." too. FUNNY The Princess entered Ger- CANVASES Hobson." To the prize Miss Salm-Salm a Shaw Zella RARE Princess, as many old New BOOKS The Yorkers WORTH man hospital to study nursing for Milhau adds a prize $5 field will remember, is the widow of Prince consolation of 03 June, 1870, and a mince pie for the least service. From Aprilto she ap- Felix Constantine Alexander John Nepo- meritorious assiduously from 8 o'clock in BY fake. The winner of the prize Is obliged plied herself mucene Salm-Salm of Anhalt. FUNNY INGOLD the morning until 6 at night, and at the ARTISTS to eat pie and the is the money for THEIR present this, her doctor WEIGHT While on this visit to fees. of end of that time the surgeon in attend- country, the Princess will seize Burlesque Picture Exhibit or) the Prize Winners of the Art Some the First. Volumes Printed in England and Tr;is Country gave proof native League of the funny features ance her a certificate as of opportunity to restore to the Eighth One of each year's Are surgeon the Depicted by the Society Fakers' show is the Now Worth of Dollars. her ability. The was appointed and Sixty-eighth New York volunteer as of American Fakers. catalogue. Its feat- Thousands the Eighth Army Corps, ures are highly The first to Rhenish and regiments six regimental battle flags ,all miscellaneous. cata- printing press was brought "Doctrina by Juan promised to take her along, so that TS not grind at the Art Stu- painted on, are paper monstrosities fas- logue of the show opens into England Christiana." Crom- he presented to the colonel. Prince Salm- League. which to-mor- by a merchant named berger in the City of Mexico in 1559. So she might be her husband. But that dents' The Society of Amer- tened to the canvas. row contains, of course, a burlesque far as copy near Balm, during the War of the Rebellion. ican Fakers, on Caxton. who forsook his trade to known there is not a in ex- a woman should go into the field as nurse composed of league stu- Besides the fake on Mr. Yolk's painting. that of the Society of American enjoy the favor of istence. The second was "Doctrina Princess Salm-Salm has many titles to dents, looks out for that. Just as Artists. the Duchess of Breve," by Juan Zumarraga. was something unheard of in the Prus- her royal alliance. the same hand has a burlesque on one of It begins with the "Can't-Be-Built Gal- Burgundy, sister of IV of the first consideration besides soon as the Society of American Ar- portraits lery" THE Edward Bishop of Mexico, it was printed by sian army. the by (Vanderbilt Gallery). Throughout War served as IT exhibited Miss Adelaide A few quo- England, and in 1476 Imported Cromberger 1543, copies met opposition the Civil she tists, in the same building as the Chase, from in and have sold She on all sides. After nurse, her pay captain to Coleman a blue ribbon is con- tations from the list will illustrate Its Germany a printing outfit, which as high as $2200. yon Steinmetz, and devoted as league, opens Its exhibition the fakers >;\u25a0\u25a0• he es- an interview with General wounded soldiers. \u25a0•oiis in the original. The fake playful spirit: "Bogus, George H.—345, tablished in a building adjoining West- The first book printed in ue the relief of sick and prowl through It, seeking what they may shows a curiously distorted female head s United then commander of the First Army Corps, went Mex- S.'pt ember— Morning, Afternoon or Even- minster Abbey, especially for the States was an almanac at Cambridge in German, Her husband subsequently to devour—that Is to say, burlesque. Having and is #ntitled "The Blue Ribbon, by purpose 1639 by Stephen Daye, who carried on in broken he sent for ico, he served on staff of Max- A. ing. Any Old Where.' Whiulemore, of publishing his of the His- established the the and placed her request where the selected, with Instinct born of youthful Cold Chase." Miss Lucia Fairchild Jay— 'l,ooklng W. translation first printing press in this country. The quartermaster imilian, sharing that unfortunate mon- Ful- Anywhere— Meet Me at 4:30, tory of Troy (Recueil de second publication him, asking if it could be granted. Irreverence, the prize pictures of the exhi- dcs Histoires was a slip containing before # his ler's "Girl with a Hand Glass" has also Blue Bench on the Right— Confidential.' Troyes). It was the English a poem entitled, your arch's downfall. Through talented bition and other striking canvases, they come in for a fake. ItIs very first book "The Freeman's Oath." "It can, if Excellency *so com- life was clever and Whlshtler, Jimmy Neil—33s, 'The ever printed, and in a copy The next book was a version of yon wife's diplomacy the Prince's straightway proceed to paint fakes or tall, " Music 1886 was sold metrical mands," was the reply. General efforts were un- shows a white robed woman with a Room Puzzle— Find the by the Earl of Jersey to Bernard the Psalms called the "Bay State Psalm drew spared, but her utmost burlesque variations of them. in hand and looking-glass Music' Those Quar- Book," in 1640. Copies very It Steinmetz at once out the desired Her devo- razor one a in familiar with the of the Society itch, In London, for $9100. arc rare. she got to availing to save the Emperor. of the most enthusiastic members large exhibition is one of the most valuable books in permission, and ready join tha \ tion, however, was recognized by the Era- One the other. A canvas by Albert Her- of American Artists will at once recognize The the wagon. But of the Society of American Fakers is its ter of kissing young the next book printed in England was world. hospital Salm-Salm would-^ Austria, who granted her a pen- a man a woman has names of the painters and the pic- "The of that, and she had to satisfy peror of president. Lewis Buddy Jr. The other of- also been burlesqued under tures referred to in the burlesque Game and Playe of Ye Chesse." The first edition of "The Canterbury not hear sion. Altogether life of such titles cata- Copies have been Tales," printed by Caxton, which only herself with doing camp work. She waa the this American ficers are Will \V. Clarke, Carl Jaeger hs "He Hurt Her," and, referring to the logue. sold as high as $1300. of rose from circus performer L. two copies are known, has sold for $5000. depressed at this, girl, who to R. Stetson. This year's ex- dim light of picture. There is Just one serious note In the The first English book both written and $5100 much because she had Princess, in every way and Thomas the "A Bite at Twi- symphony of fun in and $9400. that her husband would is remarkable. hlbitlon opens to-morrow In one of th<> light." which the Fakers in- printed in England(l4B9l was "Dictes and The first edition of Robinson Cruaoe a presentiment dulge. The money arising from the an- Sayings of the Philosophers," his death during the war. At the Created Sensation in New York. leaejup's rooms. Doupla? Yolk Is an in- are, nual of which (1719) sells for $225. ; Tin- first editions of meet All the fakers of course, on the qul exhibition and sale of fakes is to be only four copies Izaak Compleat (1653) battle of Weissenburg the Princess waa structor in the leagup, a fact which, used to an are known. One of Walton's Angler Prince Salm-Salm and his youthfulbride vive abom the award of the Shaw prize institute annual scholarship. them sold for j'he of as chief of a corps of army coupled with his having won the show Therefore, besides contributing to the was sold last year by the Earl of Ash- have 52075. first edition on the field were the nsation here In New York for which Samuel T. Shaw every year pre- the Vicar of Wakefield, printed in 1766, The report came that her hus- with nis "Woodland Maid," has gayety of the art season, the Fakers ac- burnham for $7600. nurses. a few seasons during the Civil War times. prize sents to the painter of the funnießt fake complish another go<. sold for $300; the llrst eaition of Paradise hastened to him, caused that canvas 1 object. The first booK printed in America was Lost for $450; the first edition of Milton's band was wounded. She Many stories were told at the time about but arrived too late to see him alive. He obßCure origin, unconventional career to be the fakers' complete works con- her taining a presenta- died within three hours after the bullet and of the first meeting and wooing which special prey. One him. Princess continued in fakes of tion Inscription on a struck The united the fortun"Sj>f the fair American of the best fly leaf in hla hand- the service until the war ended, and waa girl and her royal lover. The Princess Mr. Yolk's prise writing. $1150. decorated by the German Kaiser with was silent when questioned about her picture is called '. The highest price rd< r of the Iron Cross. This heroine birth, never refuted any stories the "Woodland Old paid for a book last and which year was $10,500, by of three wars was then— lß7l—but 23 years came to her ears. Maid—No Man In Pickering & Chatto old. Love at first fight and a heart given Sight." of London, for The Princess now shows but few effects through the language of the eyes to a Kehyon Cox'b large Raoul le Fevro's "A of her trying and adventurous life. She flaxi-n-halred, for thp Boke of the Hooj young, slender, blue-eyed Orman Prince decoration of Jason," stUl looks remarkably is wearing begin- i a 1 Courts Lyf of medium height and with hair more thf Union blue marked the Crlm n printed by Caxton gray. ning of a life for Agnes Le- building is another black let- auburn than She will visit many 'romance in 1490 in old friends during her stay in America. elercQ. She was an unconventional, fear- exhibit In the So- ter. It is one of the less circus rider and a born actress, flut- ciety of American earliest books in the gay English language Lemon Bath as a tering in th«» circles of the capital In Artists Btriking and formerly be- Refresher the parly days of the wax. Miss Leclercq enough to have at- longed to Bishop At a recent reception of the Pro- was one of a party of visitors who tracted Some fessional Woman's League a well-known went the Fakers. Heber. blo- some, the rounds of the camp to see the sights Among the several graphical details on actress was telling of her asso- the fly leaves in his ciates in the profession the luxury of a one afternoon. Handsome and gallant burlesques of it is handwriting greatly lemon bath which she tried while on a Prince Salm-Salm 6erved on the staff of one showing as the increases its value. recent trip to the West Indies. She said his fellow countryman. General Luis Blen- central feature a A copy of Captain that it imparted a sense of cleanliness ker. The army lay Infront of Washington burly policeman oc- John Smith's '"True and freshness to the skin that made a afternoon, and was among the throne ition," printed Turkish bath look like thirty cents. sev- that the Prince cupying in 1608, sold for $1425. eral lemons or limes are sliced and al- the notables Introduced to the independent of Justice. Another The highest price lowed to soak in the bath water for an little American girl. Though he was of the fakee hits a paid for an Ameri- hour until all the juice is extracted. A handicapped by his slight knowledge of capital persiflage on can book last year handful of bran or two, and the prepa- English, he found the language of the eyes "In the Garden." was $1000 for a copy j' rations for an unsurpassable refresher of the Rev. Mr. are complete. more expressive than tongue. The sub-title of this Cushman's sermon ! A brief camp courtship led to the altar, Jolly little skit is on "The Danger of rider, -Love," "Give me liberty," howled the Filipino, and Miss Leclercq, the sprightly "Little B rlgh t which arrow, was made the was preached at as he brandished his bow and "or Princess Salm-Salm. Such shortly give a marriage would not necessarily Involve sents a pot-eyed Boston after me death." a career, but a the settlement of "Acting under instructions from my remarkable when soldier child holding some that place. ItIs Government," replied the American ts a stock are pos- flowers, these, " copy the troop- Prince of stoical there and only known of er, of sibilities in the situation. And the Prln- Instead of beln« A Quartet of Characteristic Canvases" From the Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Fakers. the \u25a0'•\u25a0 first sermon turning the crank his Gatliug, "I nrintad in America. willendeavor to give you both."