. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. , knew how to invest his house withgreat attractions. Bismarck also managed to keep on terms withCount Thuns successor, the well-known Freiherr Prokesch vonOsten, whose hatred of Prussia was so little a secret that his nom-ination to the office was regarded as a demonstration againstPrussia; and this Bismarck did without in the least lowering thedignity of Prussiaâa problem somewhat difficult, considering the 224 LIFE AT FRANKFURT. reputation of this entirely Eastern diplomatist. Of a much morefriendly character were his relations to Count Rechbe
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. , knew how to invest his house withgreat attractions. Bismarck also managed to keep on terms withCount Thuns successor, the well-known Freiherr Prokesch vonOsten, whose hatred of Prussia was so little a secret that his nom-ination to the office was regarded as a demonstration againstPrussia; and this Bismarck did without in the least lowering thedignity of Prussiaâa problem somewhat difficult, considering the 224 LIFE AT FRANKFURT. reputation of this entirely Eastern diplomatist. Of a much morefriendly character were his relations to Count Rechberg, who re-placed Prokesch. The other representatives with whom Bismarck came intomore intimate contact were, Von Scherff, who represented theKing of the Netherlands as Grand-duke of Luxemburg, VonFritsch (Grand-duke of Saxony), Von Billow (King of Denmarkas Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg), Von Oertzen (Mecklen-burg), and Von Eisendecher (Oldenburg). Bismarck farmedsome sporting in conjunction with the English Ambassador, SirAlexander Besides enjoying the society of the diplomatists, Bismarckliked to mingle with the Prussian and foreign higher militaryofficers; to his dinners, soirees, and balls, he also invited musi-cians, authors, and artistsâa fact not of very frequent occurrenceamong the chief diplomatists in Frankfurt, and one which cre-ated some notice. His intercourse with these circles was princi-pally conducted by the highly esteemed artist Professor Becker,who, with his wife and handsome daughters, belonged to the THE KINGS BIRTHDAY. 225 most intimate society of his house. The excellent portrait ofBismarck which hangs in the room of the Countess at Berlin, isby Professor Becker. Still more remarkable than this intercourse with painters andsculptors were certain domestic festivals, of which the people ofFrankfurt had never even dreamt before, and in which he wasimitated by no one. He used to give a feast to the domestics ofhis Pomeranian and Alt Mark property
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