4 lUflB fir^raen d it was plain that she had been suffering consider able pain and los 3 of sleep. She had a handsome flgui e and was stately in her carriagb, but he crowning glory was a profusion of white heir. She was then fifty-four year 3 old. but her hair had turned white many years before. It was said, indeed, that the change had been brought about rather suddenly as a result of cer tain drugs she had taken in an effort to avert a tendency to avoir dupois which had developed. I know that the Kaiser loathed fat women. On more than one oc casion he had said to me as he bade me farewell: "Well, Davis, you have kept me here talking so long you have almost spoiled my morn ing walk, but I'll take a walk through the Tiergarten just the same," and then ho would add dis gustedly, "where I presume I will have to greet all the fat Jewesses in the park!" But to return to the Kaiserin. The Daily Dot Puzzle •'& • 18 • 14 'fN "'3 /"X *l2 5 44# •!! ** *4 , "jo K 7. Z ° • * ? !■ 4)* 7 22 >24 38* |. " 4o 8 Z ? 2 ✓ 25 *39 281, & 27 ' t -gsj v * A struts on the shore When you have traced to forty-four. Draw from one to two and so on to the end. \ Kaiserin's physician joined us, and there were several maids —very su perior young women—iri attendance upon their royal mistress. After I had examined the Empress and had given my advice, the physi cian explained to me in a low voice that it was necessary to be cautious and not do much, its he was afraid of her physical condition. "Anything you do for her Maj esty," he explained, "would require giving an anaesthetic. She is not in condition to stand pain without. The only anaesthetic her Majesty will take is chloroform. I've ad ministered it to her eleven times and I know just what it means. I'm afraid of her heart at this time. In deed, just as soon as I can get her into condition I want her to go to Nauheim for the cure." His alarming words caused quite a flurry among the maids and they crowded around the Empress and begged her to have nothing done that day, but to endure her suffer ing a little longer in the hope that relief would como without the neces sity of an operation at that time. Their pleadings prevayed upon the patient to postpone the treatment. This made the Kaiser very angry, and he walked up and down the room impatiently. "Here," he said, 'Tve got Dr. Davis to come on a Sunday after noon, and you want to be in shape for the ball on Tuesday, and now you won't have anything done! That's the way with the women!" Then he turned to me and said: "Well. Davis, I'm sorry to have spoiled your day." And he dashed out of the room, apparently much provoked. I felt I had almost wit nessed a family quarrel, but the in cident indicated to me that what ever hopes the Kaiser might enter tain of one day dominating the world, he had not yet acquired un disputed dominion in his own house hold! I did not see the Kaiserin again for nearly a year, when she came to my office with a lady-in-waiting. She arrived in her own car. Its approach was heralded by the im perial "Tadi-Tada" without the con cluding "TaTa," which latter was reserved exclusively for the Kaiser, and not even the Kaiserin was al lowed to use. The Kaiser's "Tadi- Tada-Ta-Ta" was the subject of much sarcasm among the proletariat, who satirically put it to the words, "Cel erie-Salat-TaTa," an illusion to the Ivurytss of the royal table which contrasted most unfavorably with the simple meals to which they were accustomed; while the Socialists showed their sentiments very plainly by improvising the wordd: "Von Un sern Geld-TaTa," referring to the royal immunity from taxation, which was one of their bitterest pills. It was not long after I had known the Kaiserin before she made clear to me that she possessed a most dic tatorial manner, which was quite in contrast with that of the Kaiser, at least when he was in my office. She objected strenuously to re moving her hat—and she usually wore a large one with a veil —but finally yielded when I explained that I could not accomplish my wotk sat isfactorily unless she did so. When I placed cotton-roils in her mouth, she insisted that as she did not like the sensation' of the cotton against her lips or tongue, I would have to encase the cotton in rubber. I told her politely but firmly that my work would be done in my own way, and she finally acquiesced, add ing: "Well, if you make such a point of it, doctor. I suppose I shall have to let you have your way." Evidently this incident was re peated in the royal family, for some few weeks later the Kaiserin's youngest son. Prince Joachim, called to see me professionally, and smil ingly remarked: "I hear you don't think very much of the cotton rolls with rubber around them which the Empress invented and which we named "The Imperial Cotton Roil," to which I promptlv agreed. There were a number of other incidents from time to time which revealed to me that whatever I said or did while treating th various members of the royal family was talked of among them, very often the most trivial re marks made to one member of the family being referred to by another later on. From that time on the Kaiserin came to me more or less regularly. Hr lackey usually followed her into the house carrying an artistic lunchbox or bag containing sand wiches and bouillon, of which the Empress partook in my office. The Princess Victoria Doulse, the Kai ser's only daughter. T may mention, usually came slmtlailv provided. No German ever lets nnvthing Inter fere with his second breakfast. The Empress never spoke on po litical subjects. She was not par ticularly brilliant and evidenced some reluctance to air her views on international affairs, as though she were not quite sure of herself. Cer tainly, she was not nearly as talka tive as the Kaisen- When she did unburden herself, it was usually in connection with domestic subjects. It was said in Germany her only interest in life was represented by the "three K's," Kinder, Kirche and Kuche —children, church and kitch en—and there is no question about it that she seldom spoke on other subjects when talking with me. The Kaiserin came to me after the war with America started, but apparently she had felt some hesita tion about doing so, because the Kaiser told me shortly before her visit that she intended coming, but pointed out that she had decided to do so only upon his recommenda tion. In June, 1917, I received a letter from the Kaiserin's physician, en closing one which he said had been written by the Kaiserin, but which was both unsigned and unaddressed. It requested me to visit the royal palace at Homburg v. d. Hohe, which, in connection with the ad- Joining town of Kreuznach, was then the location of the grcjjit army head quarters. I got in touch by long distance telephone with one of the Kaiserin's ladles-in-waiting at Homburg and I told her I could leave the following Friday for that town, but later a telegram came advißing me to post pone my trip to the following week. I arrived at Frankfort-on-the- Main, where it was necessary for me to stop off about midnight to catch an early train for Homburg. At tho hotel where I sought to engage a room for the night, the clerk asked me for my pass, and when he saw that I was an American refused to assign me a room until I had regis tered at the local station, which was some six blocks away. The streets were darkened as a precaution against air raids, and I found the police station with difficulty. When I finally came to it it was closed. (To Be Continued.) Advice to the Lovelorn BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX A CINDERELLA LETTER DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I am 17 and lost my mother a few months ago. I am keeping house for the rest of the family and am not at all satisfied, because, when I try to correct my younger sister, who is very wild, they stick up for her. Now, Miss Fairfax, I am fond of home and family, but I am treated like a mere servant and receive nothing for my work. I am going about with a young man a few years my senior, and he knows of all this and wishes to marry me. He has introduced mo to his family. Now what is your ad vice? MISS UNHAPPY. So many girls write me this type of letter that I am honestly puzzled. Is the little housekeeper unduly sen sitive as the result of overwrought nerves, work and the strain of the hot weather, and are things really as bad as they seem to her?. It is incredible in these days of labor famine to think of such work being unappreciated by one's family. In the present Instance, I wonder if It would not be better for some older member of the family to admonish the "Wild" younger sister. She might be Inclined to take It with better grace. And 17 seems "terribly" young to marry to escape from uncongenial surroundings. Why not talk the mat ter over with some tried older friend, or your priest, or minister; some one acquainted with you, personally, ought to have a better grasp of the situation. Sometimes things that seem so bit ter to youth are nothing more than the daily grind of life. Married or single, these things pursue one. SHE SEES HIM AT CHURCH DEAR MTSS FAIRFAX: I am 18 and should tike very much to make the acquaintance of a young Lemon Juice For Freckles Glrlel Make beauty lotion at home for a few cento. Try Itl Squeeze the Juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ouncea of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and com plexion beautlfler, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disap pear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes! It la harm less. SEPTEMBER 3, 1918. man who attends the same church as I do. The only place I see him is at the Sunday morning service, but as I am a stranger and know no one who could properly introduce me, I would like very much to have your advice. C. K. Since the war began the churches have been doing such splendid social work for the soldiers that it is a lit tle difficult to understand why mem bers of the same flock have any dif ficulty in meeting. There must sure ly be some guild or association con nected with your church that you could join and thus extend your ac quaintance among the church mem bers until you find some one who knows and will properly introduce you to your Prince Charming. SECRET MARRIAGE A MISTAKE DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: I- am 20 and in love with a girl two years my junior. About a week she promised to be my wife, but I thought it foolish to marry at our age. I also said if she would wait until Christmas I would make an engagement party and after a few months get married, but she. insists on a secret marriage because she says she loves me and is afraid to lose me. JOE T. I can never advise young people to i Clean*and Fluffy ') Wash them with 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips. W The Borax in the Chips takes out every particle of dirt f without rubbing; and leaves them like new. Will not ■hrink or injure woolens in any way. And the antiseptic properties of the Borax cleanse y MULE TEAM, BORAX SOARXHIPS should be used in this way 1 for best results:. Make a Soap iT-irri>iii Jelly by dissolving three L tablespoonfuls of 20 Mule Te am Borax Chips in a quart fin* of boiling water. Add this to w Hr JIB •> luke-warm wash water and gf jjW ills work the blankets in this & IH| solution without rubbing. |l IIUaE'TEJUf eMM < Rinse in warm water, pull out ft hAH*i* 'SO and shake well. An 8 oz. |r Wftl package of 20 Mule Borax !| Soap Chips worth £ Mi l °AT ALL DEALERS | N £^V.? C H tN H that d—t j* I' 1 -y Use Wood For Fall > TDOSTPONE the using of coal in your fur nace until the last possible, moment. On cool autumn days burn wood in your furnace. Let the fires go out when the x weather gets warm again, as happens in the early fall. President Wilson urges every householder / to conserve fuel.. Use a minimum amount of s coal at all times. United Ice and Coal Co. Forster and Cowden Streets J marry secretly, as it unfailingly lead# to misunderstandings on the part or every one concerned. I think your idea of having an announcement party, to be followed'by a wedding in/ a few months' time, is far more de sirable than a clandestine marriage, for which there seems to be no reason! but a girl's whim. 1 THE IDEAL WIFE One cf the most successful meai of this country recently wrote* "Whatever I am, and whatever suc cess I have attained, I owe it all to my wife. She has ever been an inspiration and the greatest help mate of my life." To be such a successful wife should be the ambi tion of every woman, but how im possible when dragged down' by headaches, backache, dragging-down pains, nervousness and "the blues." Every woman fn this condition should start at once to build up hef system by a tonic of specific pow ers, such as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which for three generations has been restor ing American women to health and consequent happiness.