Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — GERMANS BUY PRINCESS’ HAT [ARTICLE]

GERMANS BUY PRINCESS’ HAT

Women Fight With Police to Buy Clothing Pawned by Louise of Belgium. • Munich, Bavaria. —There was a remarkable scene here when hundreds of women fought the police for a chance to buy clothing pawned by Princess Louise of Belgium. The center of attraction was 90 hats. Other items included 27 robes, 58 umbrellas, 21 opera cloaks, 68 veils and 32 aigrettes. The princess is the daughter of the late King Leopold of Belgium and the divorced wlfe-of Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. j