6
ihe Private Life of the Kaiser
KROU THE PAPERS AMD DIARIES OF
THE BARONESS VON LARISCH-REDDERN
The Kaiser aad Kalaerla's Lnte Majsr Domo, Chief of the KXI
Hsuseheld at Berlla and Potsdam.
Raroness Tsn Larlvh-Reddera Is the TRI'E name of the Berlin
Ceir* Lady nho care the story at the Kaiser to Henry William
Fisher, I rsula. Conatess voa Epplnshovea being a nom de rnerre,
heretofore nsed to shield her.
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Thompson Feature Service, 1919, Copyright
(Continued From Friday)
"Wheez!" goes the speaking-tube. I
The Kannnerdiener of His Majesty j
nnnounces to the Kannnerdiener oil
Her Majesty that his master lias;
been pleased to enter the breakfast- i
room, or to step down to the Apollo |
llall on the first floor, where some
limes the early repast is served.
His Majesty Must Be Obeyed!
The effect the message invariably
produced would be amusing if the.
poor maids were not the scapegoats.
Empress, Princes, and domestics all
fled and fluttered about like so many ;
frightened chicks; the children were
instantly dismissed, and Iter Ma
jesty's sharp reprimands spurred the ;
anxious woman to hasty effort.
"Tllo Kaiser is waiting!'' It sounds
to those wlio know him host almost
like news of a serious ailment or
misfortune threatening the head of
the government.
At any rate, the Empress usually [
managed to catch up with her au
gust lord within five or six minutes j
at the very latest, and the Father- i
land Is once more safe.
Even their worst enemy, the;
Prince of Itenss-Greitz-Kranichfeld-;
GcraLobenstein. etc., Henry XXII, he j
of the Elder Branch, cannot charge
Hie Emperor and Empress of Ger-i
many with being gourmets. Though 1
the breakfast consists of four or five
courses, including meats, eggs, dif
ferent kinds of breads and cakes,'
stewed fruits and marmalades, re-1
fined taste would find little of it ■
palatable, grease and the
being too much in evidence.
Unless the Emperor was free to!
take her for a walk or drive, the'
Kaiserin devoted herself to her chil
dren after breakfast. They prome
nade In the park together or amuse i
themselves fn-doors with readings or
games, and romance-spinning being.
one of Her Majesty's strong points. I
She be beautiful
I but for that rash
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MONDAY EVENING,
the boys and tfie little daughter nev
|er grow weary listening to the old.
I tales of Grimm and Andersen,
i But soon, only too soon for the!
| youngsters, the various governors of'
I the puny Royal Highnesses sent ■
| it is time to begin with the lessons.!
j Expressions of regret all round, I
I prayers for just one more glimpse j
) injo fairy-land, for permission to 1
; take a spin oil the bicycle or look 1
'after the ponies—all chattering at!
once, kisses, embraces, tears even; '
but a word from the Kaiserin's lips i
settles the whole litter; "I will tell!
papa.'' And the striplings that ex- 1
j pected to command battles in a doz- j
'en years or so, scattered after a i
; hasty good-bye.
The Kaiser's Bedroom
How often have I be.en importuned
; to allow- visitors just one peep Into j
j this sanctum saticl9rum of the;
! Kaiser and his frait —their bedroom.)
; But, of course, no such requests
J could be granted, even were it ac- j
I companied by the offer of the rich-j
| est diamond in the world,
i (But now that the Emperor and his j
j Empress are plain Mr. and Mrs. "Wil
liam Hohenzoliern it may be permts- j
sible to describe their more intimate I
relationship when they resided in j
! the palace—ir fact called some fifty;
) palaces their home.
Xapoleon, the first of modern,
kings, insisted upon keeping infpe-'
rial Marie Louise under lock and
, key after she liad retired; the only
entrance to her room was through
; a chamber in which the first lady
in-waiting slept, whose bed, more
toier, had to be curtainless, so that
! the Emperor, when passing, might )
I see whether she was alone; but in !
Potsdam and Berlin the heads of a
mighty nation slept together as tin- ;
ceremoniously and as comfortably, |
i let us hope, as any Herr and Fran i
Burgomaster or citizen of even lesser)
| importance in the Fatherland,
i I will take vou into tlieir Majes-!
ties" bedroom. It opened by n richly
ornamental folding door into t" e
Kuiserin's study on the second floor
of the Neues Palais. It has two nigh
windows, and is lofty and spacious,
but sadly lacks the harmony in color
and general furnishings that is the
main charm of a really beautiful
apartment, such as this is intended
I to be - ... i <•
Indeed, the Kaiserin tired of it
! long ago, and would gladly have ex
changed its treasures, one and all,
for new things, though the room
was titted up entirely at her own:
suggestion. What first upset the;
Empress was the ultra graceful and i
exquisite style of Neu-Glienecke, the
[ propertv of her brother-in-law and
' sister. Prince and Princess Frederick
!• I.eopold of Prussia, the richest of the
i Hohenzollerns.
I This castle, situated near Potsdam,
I was rebuilt soon after William s en-
I thronement, and, having thoroughly
| redecorated and refitted the pa'ace j
'in the latest and most sumptuous!
.manner, their llojal Highnesses
! gave a house-warming. From this
I Her Majesty returned in high dud-|
! geon, and, on entering her own bed i
' room, where I was busy arranging
| some flowers, she exclaimed: "How
! pauvre it all looks! If one Judged
' mine and Louise's positions from our
; surroundings 1 might be taken for
a mere appanaged princess, whi.e
my sister would easily pass for the
Kaiserin. She has everything of the
1 latest —the German Empress must
! content herself with the remnant
' of centuries scattered among Berlln
' made show-pieces."
Glimpse* Behind the Scenes.
A right royal couch was that in
i which, during the tlrst years of their
1 reign, the Emperor and Empress
• slept—magnificent and stately, a flt
] ting companion-piece, with its can
' opy and curtains, to that world
j famed four-poster, the Red of Ware,
j which could be enclosed on all sides
by tapestries, and whereto tho King
I and Queen retired in full sight of
I all their retainers lying around on the
I straw-covered floor with doublets
j and petticoats for pillows, and "full
( of good wino each mother's son and
I daughter of them."
How the Kaiser liked this old bed.
with its heraldic designs, and uphol
stered side-pieces, whereon he eonld
sit comfortably, smoking a cigarette
and reading a novel by the light of
I the single wax candle standing on a
j little table near his end of the couch!
| Rut, lo! 'Those Frederick Leopolds'*
! acquired modern English bedsteads,
! and. womanlike, Auguste Victoria
| would not allow her sister to eclipse
i her in being up to date,
i So one line day the Lying-in beds
were ordered home from Charlotten
i burg castle, their usual storage
-1 place, and. the antique couch being
1 sent up-stairs, these things of brass
'and"the mode were put up near the
j windows, to the intense alarm of the
| physicians, who feared they had
made another miscalculation, and of
relatives and friends who antici
pated a catastrophe like that follow -
I ing the Pasewallt review. Of course,
it was a false alarm, and our pretty
Princess Louise was "regularly
I born" on September 13, 1592.
Cradle of Rings Wlio Are Commoners
Xow
That the Emperor, at the bottom,
of his heart, had his doubts as to
the propriety of using a common
factory-made bedstead as the cradle
j of kings, is evident from the fact
that for some time these brass affairs
j had to be removed every morning, j
; while in their place the Elizabethan
couch was set up; but the order,
which evoked no end of dissalisfac
| tion among the servants, gradually
fell into disuse, and in later days
the triumph of brass over stately
splendor was complete.
As every domestic arrangement In
the palace was fashioned with a view
to insure the preservation of the
Kaiser's health, the doors and win
dows near the imperial bed are
doubly screened by heavy portieres,
summer and winter: for the faintest
i possibility of draughts was dreaded,
i and even the down quilts and blank
; ets were so fastened at the bottom
j and sides that their Majesties must
! needs crawl into bed one leg at a
I time, there being only a breadth of
i about twenty inches left open.
Before the imperiarl couple retlr
led our household went through a
series of routine work. Above all.
HAREUSBURG TELEGRAPH
His Majesty's nickel warming-pan]
must bo heated to the proper degree
and placed at his, the right, sldo of
the bed. That was done all the year
round, except in July and August.
Next, folding screens were so placed
as to surround the bed on all sides',
and woe to the chamber-woman who
forgot to draw any of the numerous
curtains, portieres and other devices
for excluding a breath of air. For
cases of emergency, a pair of long
woolen stockings, white cloth knick
erbockers. jack-boots, a flannel-lined
pea-jacket, soft hat, and gloves must
be placed ready on one corner of
the lounge that is at the foot of the
bed, and a similar "accident toilet"
was provided for Her Majesty.
A Good Joke On ttic Kaiser
I recall an amusing experience
which shows that Queens are very
human after all. The Kaiser was
absent at the manoeuvres with the
King of Saxony. Her Majesty, to kill
time, which never hangs more heav
ily upon her hands than when her
lord is away from home, conceived
tlie idea of painting the basket set
tees in the Kaiser's bedroom a
bright lilac. It was to be a sur
prise for William upon his return.
"Before we go to bed, 1 will ask
tlie Kaiser to sit down in his favorite
seat for a moment, and then I will
suddenly turn up the lamps, exhib
iting my work. Won't he be pleas
ed?" Her Majesty liail remarked to
Fraulein von Gersdorff.
The latter acquiesced, as a matter
of course, and both ladies started in
upon the task at once, spoiling many
pairs of gloves, besides their dresses
and a carpet worth a whole regi
ment of wicker chaits. But (his mat
tered little, seeing that, after sev
eral cans of mixed paint and a bot
tle of turpentine had been consumed,
the chef-d'oeuvre was complete. It.
was the day before William was ex
pected back.
"But will they be dry in time?"
asked the Dame of the Court, Orafln
Keller, when all the ladies of Her
Majesty had been called together to
view this first attempt at household
decoration.
"Certainly." said the Kaiserin,
with a laugh: "Kantmerdiener Luck
made inquiries for nie at the paint
store, and T followed the directions
to the letter."
Next evening their Majesties re
tired. The Empress's little program
seems to have worked to perfection
till—but let Her Majesty tell her own
story.
"No sooner were the lights on,"
reported Augusta Victoria to her
first Lady, Countess Broekdorff. the
j following day, "and while I myself
was settling down in the second
I chair then X saw the Emperor start
up half surprised, half angry, with
his hands and other portions of his
body thickly besmeared with pig
ment that. I felt to my horror, also
adherr.d to my body.
"This is a sorry joke." he shouted
in high temper. And neither expla
nations nor excuses were of the
slightest avail.
Why Kaiser Needed Turpentine
" 'Ring for turpentine.' That is
all he would say.
j "I awakened Haake, and told he
to order Madame von Larisch to
send up a bottle of the stuff; but,
needless to say, she had none on
hand. Then the Emperor demanded
that one of the body gendarmes ride
into town and fetch a bottle. Like
a simpleton, he awakened the
apothecary only to be told that he
must go to a drug store. Drug
stores, as you know, have no night
bells, and are not obliged to serve
customers after the ordinary closing
time. It took the gendarme a full
hour to get what he wanted, and
even thpn he was obliged to invoke
aid from a military patrol.
"The next thirty or forty minutes
I spent in cleansing my lord's legs,
arms, and hands, and afterward poor
Haake had to do the same for me.
It was the most miserable night I
ever experienced."
These intimate little glimpses give
us a true view of the real William
Hohenzollern. I higlit go on end
lessly with 'humorous relations of
his conceit and his bravado "at
home." But let us give his wife,
Auguste Victoria (now Mrs. Hohen
zollern) the first chance of her life.
(The next articles will bo devoted
to her.)
[To Be Continued To-morrow.]
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convention of the National Woman
Suffrage Association was opened
informally here last night with the
reception of delegated by the direc
tors. The convention will continue
through the week, with three ses
sions daily.
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TARIFF CHANGES 1
LOOM IN SIGHT
Republican Control of New
Congress Promises Re
vision / ;
Washington, March 24. Beginning
with the passage of several minor 1
amendments to the Underwood tariff j
law at the extra session of Congress j
to begin in June, for the purpose j
of protecting some American in- 1
dustrics developed during the war, j
the Republicans expect in the next j
i two years to put the tariff rates j
; back to a scale approaching tlie old
; Payne tariff law.
j This will mean an average increase
i in all import duties of about 15 per '
J cent at valorem. The Underwood j
I bill, passed in 1913, levies an import i
j duty of übout 5 per cent ad valorem, j
The Payne tariff law, passed in 1909,
levied an average of lSife per cent.
That was a reduction of about 25
per cent, in the rates imposed by the
Dingley bill, passed in 1897, which
it succeeded.
The war-profits taxes and tlie ex
cess-profits taxes in the new war
revenue bill, which impose a very
| heavy burden on numerous big busi
ness concerns, may be repealed by
the Republicans at the extra session.
This intention is clearly indicated
in statements made by the Republi
can leaders In the House since ad
journment of Congress. Such men
at Representative Joseph W. Ford
ney, of Michigan, chairman-elect of
the Ways and Means Committee,
and Representatives J. Hampton
Moore, of Pennsylvania, and Nicho
las Longworth, of Ohio, the ranking
members on the committee, have ex
pressed their firm opinion that the
tariff will be raised all along the
line. •
Amendment Not
Needed to Cover
the Monroe Doctrine
Paris, Saturday, March 22.
Thomas W. Gregory, former attorney
general of the United States, who is
advising the peace conference com
mission on the League of Nations
with reference to legal phases of
amendments which have been pro
posed to the covenant, takes the
view that it is not necessary to in
troduce a specific amendment affirm
ing tha Monroe doctrine. He holds
that the doctrine is sufficiently pro
tected by the instrument as it stands,
but as a matter of expediency lie
sees no objection to Introducing a
general proviso which would safe
guard the doctrine without specifical
ly mentioning it, as a specific men
tion would introduce a controversy
over the specific wants of various
states.
Such a proviso has been drawn
but it is not yet known whether its
incorporation in the covenant will
be urged.
Wealthy Brewer
Back From Germany
First Time Since War
Newark, N. J., March 24.—Gott
fried Krueger, millionaire brewer of
this city, who after going to Ger
many in 1914 at first refused to re
turn to America because he be
lieved the United States would not
serve relations with Germany, and
who later was detained there by ill
health, arrived at his home yester
day. He returned' to this country
on the Holland-American liner Noor
dam, which docked at Hoboken this
morning.
During the absence of Krueger,
who is 82 years old, all his property
was taken over by the Alien Prop
erty Custodian.
Poles of Alberta
Wish to Become
Canadian Citizens
Edmonton, Alta., March 24. —The
Poles of Alberta wish to ge recog
nized as good Canadian citizens. A
delegation representing 3,000 Poles
in the province waited upon Premier
Stewart and presented a petition
asking that they be counted as citi
zens and not as aliens.
They pointed out that the Poles
had been consistently on the side
of the Allies throughout the war and
that the new government in Poland
was recognized by all the world as
aligned with the Allies in all their
ideals and puVposes.
Freight Service to
Belgium Is Resumed
Philadelphia, March 24. The
Philadelphia-Antwerp service of the
Lloyd Royal Belgium Steamship
Company was inaugurated Saturday
with the sailing of the Belgian
steamship Persicr from the Inter
national Mercantile Company's pier,
foot of Washington avenue. This
vessel, the iirst to leave this port
for nearly live years with a general
cargo of merchandise, will go out
with nearly 7500 tons. She is in
command of Captain Arfsten.
.Foodstuffs intended directly for
Belgium make up most of the cargo.
Prominent on the list as filed at the
Custom House Friday is lard, pork
products, canned fruits and sdlmon,
pickled beef, evaporated fruit, lin
seed oil cake, lubricating oil, leather,
canned tripe, cocoanut oil and other
American manufactured goods.
Shiremanstown Boy Tells
of His Work in France
Luther A. Gher, serving in France
with the American forces, presents
some interesting occurrences in a
recent letter to his mother, Mrs.
Robert Wentz of Shiremanstown.
He says:
"I sleep on the fourth floor in the
corner on the floor, I have three
blankets: one I lie on and with the
other two I cover myself. I use
my coat and a couple pairs of socks
for a pillow. It ia not like the bed
I had at home. I rest good on it
but I don't think it will be long
until I can rest in the good old bed
I had at ljome. t
I have lots of nice souvenirs I
am going to give you when I get
home. I would send them \only I
am afraid they would get lost, so
I have decided to carry them with
me.
"I would not give a cigar box full
of old Shiremanstown Soil for all
of France."
Private Kaley Writes of '
Sightseeing in France
Private William B. Kaley located I
at Nice, France, tel's of some of
the interesting sights ho is seeing!
in a letter to his mother, Mrs. Ru
j dolph "Kaley, 107 North York street '
MechnniOßburg. He says in part:
"The city of Nice is beautiful and
i has many large and tine large build
| ings. The Cast no that is being used
[by the Y. M. C. A. is u very large
' and magnificent building. It in
cludes a large reading and writing
, roeni, a moving picture and vaude
| ville theater, a pool room, a restau
i rant, a dancing floor and other
! amusements. There is also aY. M.
jo. A. Canteen in the building at
i which they sell Hershey's Chocolate.
I Wrigley's Chewing Gum. Cakes and
i tobacco. During the day tbere are
j band and orchestra concerts and in
[the evening vaudeville, moving pic-
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MARCH 24, 1919.
I tures and dancing, always some-
I thing going on. This Casino ex
i tends out over the sea on a pier and
1 was used for a gambling house be
ifore the wur. Just outside of this
building is a very beautiful park
called the Massenu Place.
I "The scenery is very beautiful. It
: took about an hour and a half to
get to Monte-Carlo. The first thing
we visited there was tlie gymnasium
and swimming pools. The interior
of this building was of marble and
the floors of tlie gymnasium are of
polished wood. It contained all
kim'-. of mechanism for exercising
various parts of the body.
"We passed down through the
town of Monaco and ascended to
the Prince c Monaco's Palace on
the top of the hill. This building
is very old, the foundations having
been laid in tlie year 1192. We
then went over along tlie sea wall
where tlie guide pointed out what
is known as tbo "Snictd** T.cnn" end
am sure that if anyone leaped dow
on the rocks in the sea below tin
there would bo little chance of the
not being killed.
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