Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1878 — German Court Etiquette. [ARTICLE]

German Court Etiquette.

The following anecdote is told to show the informal and domestic manners of the Crown Princess of Germany and the rigid etiquette of the German court: One day, at a ball in Potsdam, the Princess could not find the Prince, and, meeting the Empress, asked where her husband could possibly be. “I do not know where your husband is,” said the Empress, “but I can tell you where the Crown Prince is.” The Princess made no reply, but soon afterward, seeing her husband, she complained of the rebuke she had received. The Prince bit his lip, and, walking up to the Empress, said, “Mamma, will you be good enough to tell me where my wife is? ” Thebe was no audit of the City of Glasgow Bank, and yet Scotchmen have for the past fifty years been insisting on their “ admirable system of banking ” —admirable, no doubt, for those who run the machine in thejr qiyn intend, and are not found out.