Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1896 — A PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.

She Was Recently Thrashed by Her Ueige Lord for Going Skating. If Prince Frederick Leopold were just a common man instead of a prince, his wife, who is a princess of Prussia and a sister to the German Empress, would have had him arraigned in tt police court for beating her. The fact is that he was arraigned by Emperor William, who tried him, sentenced him to imprisonment in his room and placed guards at the door to see that bis brother-in-law served out the term. The Prince is a cavalry colonel and not long ago told his wife to stay In her room all day. The wife didn’t like that sort of thing, or, at all events, did like skating, and with a young woman of her household left the room for an hour’s whirl on the ice. The ice broke, the Princess got wet and was rubbed down and put to bed. When the Prince returned and heard the tale he sought out his lady and gave her a thorough drubbing, like a plain, blunt man, with his riding whip. Then he went to his study, fell in a fit and

PRINCESS FREDERICK LEOPOLD.