4 The Private Life of the Kaiser I j , FROM THE PAPERS AND DIARIES OF THE BARONESS VON LARISCH-REDDERN The Kaiser and Kaiserln's lale Major Domo, Chief of the Royal Household at Berlin and Potsdam Baroness von larisch-Reddern is the TRUE name of the Berlin Court lady, who gave the story of tlie Kaiser to Henry William Fisher. Ursula, Countess von Eppiiighovcn being a nom dc guerre, heretofore used to shield her. J) JJnhappy Condition of the Kaiserin Her Fear of Her Husband Details of Family Life at Court —William's Lack of Interest in His Children How He Spent His Days His Consuming Jealousy of His Wife His Brutality Toward Her Court Scenes During the Berlin Riots The Royal Bedroom The Kaiser's Imperiousness How the Kaiserin Played an Unexpected Joke on Him r \ It is not a pleasant duty to nnearth faintly skeletons. The ITolienzollerns arc gone—but it is our duty to expose them so com pletely that the Herman people themselves would lie asliamed again to recognize the mas citizens, —tlx- hoped-for, war-reformed Ger mans, we mean. As to the pre-war male. German he was just as bad and detestable as the Kaiser, whom he admired, supported, im itated and even adored, while the pre-war German women was just as peevish, petty, tryannieal and small indeed as the Kaiserin. Baroness von I-arisoli, the Chicf-of-Househrtd in the former im perial Court, here relates her observations of family life among the lloheiizollems. It is a recital of jealousy, envy, conspiracy. It shows that even in his own family the Kaiser practiced deception and created discord. \ J Thompson Feature Service, 1919, Copyright [Continued from yesterday.] i The world has a right to know the j Hohenzollerns though I realize that I am treading on delicate | ground when I enter into the do-1 mestic relations in the Kaiser's j household. But my many years as , Chief of the Royal Household, qual- I ify me to speak with authority. 11 T have already mentioned that the ! Kaiser, in his brusque egotism, j showed very little respect fqr his | Play Any Record f n " The Rishell Records aren't responsible on the Rishell. And the box built on the same principal as a master's Allow us to demonstrate this fact to you. We know you'll be pleased. All styles in stock no waiting. $ 65.00t0 $225.00 Victor Talking Machines and Records. KgHMEBT 312 MARKET ST. ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce that we have opened a new and thoroughly modern branch house at 560 Woodbine Street Our motive is to offer the uptown public the benefit of our quick and excellent service. You will find us ready to serve you at a moment's notice. M. H. Baker & Co. 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He was heir to a mighty crown when he married her—she, the daughter of a penniless pretender who had to sign away his hereditary rights to the Dtchles of Schleswig and Holsteln before the engagement was ratified by the old Kaiser, and Prussia grant ed him the indemnity of $75,000 per year, on which the family was strug gling, and which the Schleswigs may lose bye and bye when the Allies put the financial screws on. The consciousness of this humili ating bargain on the one hand, and of William's overpowering egotism on the other, have sufficed to make a wife, constitutionally not without energy, like wax in his hand. Sitting one night in the Royal box at the Opera House with Duke Gun ther of Schlewig, I heard him laugh immoderately at the remark of a stage hero, who asked. "Do you ever quarrel?" briskly replied: "No, not if I have my own way." "It reminds me so much of my be loved brother-in-law and sister,' said His Highness; "they never fight, because he sees to it that his slight est whims are obeyed, nay, more an ticipated." f That fits the case exactly: William forever enforcing his own will, his notions, his idiosyncrasies, and downright crazes by sheer force >f sublime egomania; the Kaiscrin perpetually In a flutter to carry out his demands and moke everybody else dance to the imperial piper's tunc! Kaiscrin Jealous and Unhappy I remarked that the Empress is very jealous of her husband. One day when the Court was established in Berlin, I undertook to present to her Majesty "the all-submissive" compliments of the Countess Broek dorff, asking leave to be excused from second breakfast. "Tell Her Excellency that she has my permission, and with pleasure, and that nothing would suit me bet ter than to have her and the whole lot of them stay away from my table all the yea.r round," said Augusta '"ictoria, with a haughty shrug of the shoulders. Being one of the "lot," I was sur prised and vexed at this outburst. if that remark was intended seri ously, I beg to offer my resignation," I said, "and I am sure the Countess and other associates and all func tionaries will follow suit, seeing that, for some unknown reason, we have had the misfortune to incur your Imperial Majesty's displeasure." "No, no!" cried the Kaiserin; "I am very fond of you, and there is not one in the suite whom T dislike; but, Countess, can you not see that a woman even ail Empress wants hep husband to herself once in a while?" Implores Husband to Stay Home "I have begged His Majesty a thousand times to take at least one meal beside breakfast alone with me aiul tile children; I reminded ilini of the happy family life in his own father's house, where, except when guests were present, the Crown Prince and Princess and all the children occupied one table, while the suite sat at another. So both master and retinue enjoyed perfect freedom at this pleasantest of ren dezvous; but the Kaiser will not hear of it. To compare his Court with that of his parents is as ridic ulous as to liken the establishment of some petty contemporary prince to that of Louis XIV, he says." "According to the Duchess of Or leans, Charlotte Klizabeth of Ba varia, the Grand Monarque would have no one at his table but mem bers of the royal family," l ob served. The Empress rose excitedly. "Is that authentic?" she cried. "Your Majesty will find it in the Duchess's memoirs, and no doubt also, in some of her ietters to the first Queen of Prussia, kept in our archives." 1 am under great obligations to' you for these advices," said Her Majesty, holding out her hand, which I kissed; " my good knesebeck shall look the matter up today—at once. Do not fail to send for him, I beg of you, when going out. But," con tinued the royal lady, and the ex pression of her face fell, "will the Kaiser care one way or another'' You know he thinks it duo to his position to maintain a certain state at all times; and so our meals the few we have together—are made semi-public functions by the pres ence of officials and strangers, while my poor children are perpetually kept up-stairs and hardly see thei<- father." Kaiser's Lack of Real Interest in His Children "I am afraid the Kaiser wil'l never take interest in the children until they actually entei military service " said the Empress to me, after I had read to her an article reporting His Majesty's speech on the occasion of I-rince Adalbert's entry into the r -avy. Of course, I politely disagreed with Her Majesty on that point, but at the same time could not help thinking it would be a good thing <f these fears were realized. Imagine, a father taking his ten year-old stripling by the hand, and, after presenting him to a regiment of gray-beards, say to them: "Thii moment, when Prince Adalbert be comes one of you, is of the mist em ment importance to the entire his tory of the Fatherland." age, say to them: "This moment, when Prince Adalbert becomes one of you, is of the most eminent im portance to the entire history of the Fatherland." Who would blame a boy. after that, for overbearing conduct and disinclination for study? if, at the age of ten, he be a historic person age, to whom old and tried men must look up as to an idol, a mol der c: the nation's destinies, what is the use of further effort? Elag abalus became Roman Emperor at the age of fourteen, yet had to wait four years before he was recognized as a god. The Kaiser's Rnlly Program How did the Kaiser "spend" his time? I will quote a rough esti mate, gathered from the Kaiser's printed calendars published for the benefit of court officials, body-ser vants, and newspapers, minutely set ting forth how and where His Ma jesty spent his time, or was sup posed to spend it. This seems to in dicate that in the course of a year he is home about one hundred days —that is for one hundred days he lives with Her Majesty under the same roof; but this circumstance does not in any way indicate that their Majesties take their meals to gether, or even see each other daily except in bed and at breakfast, i | ■ , HXIUUSBURG TEtEGRSPH clip at random one of those daily programs: 9.15 a. m. Report by the chief of the military cabinet. 10.30 a. m. Report by the Chan cellor. 12.30 p. m. Audience to newly appointed army officers. Luncheon on the train. 2 p. m. Departure for hunt at Count Finkensteln's. At midnight, return to the Neues Palais. Or take another day: 9a. m. Review of the regi ment or, the Bomstedter Field. 1.30 p. m. Luncheon in the mess room. .6 p. m. Dinner with the officers of the Garde du Corps. Hour of re turn not stated.- The reader perceives an interval of several hours between luncheon and dinner, which might be devoted to wife and children; but it must not be forgotten that a person so continually on the move as the Em peror needs a corresponding amount of rest, repose, and freshening up, even though in the bright lexicon of William there may be no such word as knocking off. Unofficially, the Kaiser retired to his dressing room after luncheon, weqt to his lit tle bachelor bed, slept an hour and a half, and then jumped into a hot bath, followed by an ablution of cold sea-water. That, of course, put new vigor into him, and made him ready for the evening's campaign, but his family see him not in the interim. While not particularly loving to ward his wife, the Emperor honors her with excessive jealousy, and is beside himself with luge if a man servant, ever so innocently, looks at Her Majesty when she is dressed in a decollete costume. As Napoleon bounced M. Lcroy, the Worth of his times, for complimenting Marie Louise on her tine shoulders, so Wil liam dealt unmercifully with offi cials and servants who venture to look at his wife. Insanely Jealous of His Wife One day while the Kaiser was on the way to Dessau, Her Majesty went to bed early in the afternoon out of sheer chagrin because she had not been allowed to accompany her husband, and, while reading a novel by lamp-light, she was disturbed by a stealthy noise at the door. it made her sit up in eager ex pectation. Could it be possible that the Emperor had reconsidered his decision, and had returned to take her along as first promised? Auguste Victoria prepared to look extra charming; but who shall describe her terror, when, instead of the ex pected husband, the black curly head of a man-servant, bearing a load of fire-wood on his shoulder, appeared, and cautiously spied about to see if he might enter. The Empress gave a scream of rage and agony, while a crash, as if a hundred-weight of sticks had come to the ground, and hurrying footsteps, told the fate of the trans gressor. Several hours later the whole pal ace knew that Johann, the wood boy, had been instantly dismissed without compensation for his loss of pension, and a bad "character" into the bargain while next morning an autograph letter from His Majes ty arrived, commanding that hence forth no male servant should enter the joint bedroom or the Kaiserin's dressing-room, all the work, includ ing wood and water carrying, tak ing up of carpets, etc., being thrown upon the maids. This incident had a sequel, for, Her Majesty being as fastidious about girls in her room (when the Kaiser is present) as William was about man-servants, was then ob liged to make her own fire in the grate on chilly mornings whenever her husband was at home. What a parody on royal state this—the Em press-Queen getting up in the cold and damp, to liffht her own fire! Verily, truth is stranger by far than notion! The Kaiser detested his wife's relatives. He hated her mother— the usual "mother-in-law" situation, lie quarrelled with the Kulseri.i over lier kith and kin on frequent oc casions. One of these wrangles was over using, for family purposes, funds from the so-called "Imperial Dispo sition Fund," intended to afford re lief to Prussian and German veterans of the wars und in case of great na tional disasters. As its name implies the right of bestowing grants out of the three million marks, annually set aside for the specified is vested in the sovereign—reason enough for William who recognized no obligation that conflicted with his "all-highest" pleasure, to regard the money as a sort of augmentation of the civil list, in the same way as he took the navak phrases "His Majesty's cruiser," "His Majestv's torpedo," etc., literally. William's Sarcasm To convey a thorough understand ing of this matter, we shall have to go back to events which I well re call. It was my imperial mistress who, after the withdrawal of Count Zedlitz's common-school law, per suaded von Caprivi to remain in of fice. "Votre petite guerre est flni," said the Emperor to Her Majesty at sup- Its sjood shopping to buy the best" saysfficMff. —and when it comes to corn flakes, you shouldn't iU be satisfied y with ordinary corn flakes but you should / jft ask for j m PosiToAsrits i per, "and- you have not been luck-' ler than Madame Eugenie. Rest.as sured, though/ that I will not be in the market again for any of Uncle Christian's ultra-Christian plans. No, we will not go to Cum berland Lodge a second time." Her Majesty grew pale and blush ed violently in rapid succession, fler bosom heaved, and some of the wine in the glass she was raising to her lips spilled over her superb gown. "I do not quite understand, Wil lie." she said at last, lisping pain fully in her agitation. "Beg Your Majesty's pardon," was! the Kaiser's sarcastic reply: "I thought everybody knew by this time that I had to withdraw the Y olks " schulgesetz and turn Zcdlitz adrift. My government was fast becoming the laughing stock of Europe with this Augustenburg sort of legisla tion, as Bismarck styles it." "The old enemy of our house —" whimpered Auguste Victoria. "You are mistaken in your sur misal: I am not quoting from the Hamburger Naclirichtcn. The Prince expressed himself thus to ward your uftcle Waldersee, point ing out at the same time the risks I was running in advocating a law liable to be associated in public opinion with petticoat and family influences." I did not hear the •whole of this conversation, and lost the rest of it altogether, as, by the Empress's request, William lowered his voice after this last sally; but Her Ma jestey repeated it word for word when we ladies attended her in her dressing-room later on. 'The Kaiser choose to put all the blame for this failure upon myself and my family," she said, amid a flood of tears; "but, by all that is holy to me, I swear, neither my uncle, nor I personally, had any thing to do with the launching of the Volksscliulgesetz. Prince Chris tian, it is true, has endeavored to impress His Majesty with tho impor tance of his religious duties as sum mus episcopus, and the two gentle men have had conferences about the best ways and means to combat disbelief and atheism in Germany, but I am convinced that my uncle never ventured advice on matters of legislation. He merely tried to rouse my husband's interest in divine mat ters, as any ardent follower of the Lord should do. The Volksscliul gesetz as such was the Kaiser's own creation, though some of the ideas incorporated in it might have come from across the channel." "Your Majesty should not have minded tho Kaiser's ill-humor." 1 ventured to say; "the attitude of Parliament and the press naturally angered him and " [To Be Continued To-morrow.] Two New Towns May Join the Dauphin-Perry League This Season Newport, Duncannon, Marysville and Dauphin, four of the six towns represented in the Dauphin-Perry League in the three seasons of its existence, will again have teams in the field this year, their represen tatives promised at a meeting of the organization in the Shenk and Tittle sporting goods store last evening. The two others, Millefsburg and Halifax, were unrepresented at last evening's meeting, but sent letters telling that they will likely be. Two new towns, Reedsville and Mifflin, presented bids for berths in the or ganization. ' The makeup of the circuit will be definitely arranged at a second meeting of the organization which will be held at the Shenk and Tittle store next Tuesday evening. Per manent officers will be elected and other details pertaining to the com ing season, will be arranged. Stew art Duncan, of Duncannon, and D. B. Taylor, of Newport, were named at last evening's meeting to serve as president and secretary pro tern, until permanent officers are elected. Master Bakers Plan For Annual Convention Plans for the State convention to be held at Lancaster in June were outlined at a meeting of the execu tive committee of the Pennsylvania Master Bakers' Association held at the Penn-Harris hotel this morning. A number of prominent speakers are to be pcresent at the convention. Among events scheduled at the hotel to-morrow are: Dinner of lo cal freightjigents; American-Syrian relief dinner and banquet of super intendents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. A meeting and luncheon of the Philadelphia Charter committee will be held at the Penn-Harris Monday noon. Knights of Malta to Hold Banquet Tonight Several hundred members and ! friends are expected to be present I this evening at the first banquet of the Knights of MaMa in this ter ritory. The event, which will be attended by members from Harris burg, Carlisle and adjacent towns, will be held in the Chestnut Street Auditorium at 8 o'clock. Music, speeches and an attractive menu are promised. Added P. and R. Train Is Becoming Popular At the request of businessmen and business organizations along the Philadelphia and Reading and Cen tral Railroad lines, the new Harris burg Special, between Harrisburg 1 —————————————————————— „ —- 1 \TE would like to YY have every man fand young man in Harrisburg see just how our merchandise is >ought—how the patterns and quality of everything from suits to handkerchiefs are chosen with the greatest care. 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The train, which leaves Harrisburg at 4.30 in the afternoon, and returning leaves New York at 8.20 in the morning, has already become as popular as it was before the war. ROYAL FIVE BEATS ROSEWOOD In a well-played game the Royal five defeated the Rockwood five by the score of 30 to 9. Enney and Books played best for Royal. Here is what happened: Hoyal. Rockwood. Enney, f. Conley, f. Strine, f. Cahill, f. Shickley, c. Sc-hmitt, c. Books, g. Gougler, g. Rudy, g. ' Snyder, g. Field goals, Enney, 4; S trine, Shickley, 1; Books, B; Rudy, 1; Con ley, 1; Cahill, 2; Snyder, 1. Foul goals, Shickley, 4 . Gougler, 1. Rer eree, Boudman. MOTHERS Reduce your doctor's J3 \ACR'S^POR€^J I "YOUR BODYGUARD" - ZQf. 60^0
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