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The Private Life of the Kaiser
PROM THE PAPERS AND DIARIES OP
THE BARONESS VON LARISCH-REDDERN
The Kaiser aad Kalacrim'a Late Major Doaao, Chief of the Royal
Household at Berlin and Potadam.
Baroneaa Tan Lartarh-Reddern la the TBl'E name'of the Berlin
Oaift Lady **ho (are the atery of tho Kalaer to Henry William
Piaher, Crania. Ceaateaa eon KeplnffhoTen helna a nom de guerre,
heretofore naed to shield her.
Thompson Feature Service, 1919, Copyright
[Continued l'roni Yesterday]
"Why this is not 'the Court my!
faiher and uncles have been telling 1
me about," said tho Emperor of]
Russia, then Czarovitc'li, to the Duke I
of Schleswig, when he visited Ber- j
lin a year before C/ar Alexandet's 1
death.
"At home." continued Kicholas,
"they talked quite enthusiastically
of beauties that basked in the shad
ow of the Prussian throne, and
wiiom the old Queen and Princesses
were generous enough to counte
nance."
"Yes, yes," laughed His Highness,
the tall gunthcr, "that is one of
Dona's weak points. She will not
suffer a handsome face within ten
miles of her house. It has always
been a wonder to me why she keeps
.Bnssewitz."
"Perhaps to prove the rule," sug
gested Nicholas, and the Kaiserin'si
big brother, who is not en-i
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dowed with a surplus of sense,
| thought the remark brilliant enough
to circulate it among all his inii
j mates.
j 'Have you ever seen a richer
i appareled and homelier lot of women
j than-the ■entourage of Her Majesty
of Germany?" asked a celebrated
Moscow surgeon at a dinner given to
visiting foreign physician*. None of
them had.
At last a little man with coal-blacl:
eyes and a scraggy, shoe-string
moustache spoke up. "Yes," he said,
in choice pigeon English—"at the
drawing room of the Queen of
Corea. They were dirtier, too."
The speaker was a Japanese.
When this story came to Kaiser
William's cars, he hawked it about
for many days at second breakfast,
dinner and supper, in the adjutant's
room, in tho parlor and audience
ichamber, pronouncing it the clev- j
•erest thing out —under his breath, of
course, for it was to be kept from
the Empress.
Is Tills German "Kultur?"
This is a sample of tho treatment
the Kaiser moted out to his wife's
ladies. He seemed to take a fiend
ish delight in teasing the "old
guard," and only occasionally had n
good word to say to Countess Ba3s>e
witz. Frauloln von Gersdorft, who
grew stouter as she grew old •
ten served as a target for the
nerot's wit. So he insisted, at tho
decoration of the Christmas trees,
that the Gersdorff moun^_^ r
ladder and fusten a
chel angel on top of the tree, a
ally, my fat friend offered many'
cuses with her profo un de stco urte si e s
but the Kaiser cut her short with a
brusque "I know you are bow-legged,
i valet climb up." . , ,
(We present these epis ? d ( *® °
to show tho true nature of J; , f rn A
"kultur"— they are the str °"*®. N
nosiire of coarseness in disguise ol
culture. There was no refinement in
the German court clique.)
On another occasion (it was oe
fore the advent of Countess Basse
witz) the Kalserin said 0110
when the Court was assembled in
the Tassen Zimmer to kill the ll "u>"s
that intervened between after sup
per and bedtime with the usual
dreary conversation: I wonde V v^
none of my ladies marry, **> ap
they do not go out enough. a\ hat do
you think. Willie. '
"Pshaw!" answered the Kmporoi
gruffly, "X think these ladies ha vo
all the freedom they want. Why
cannot they get husbands? Ask the
next best looking glass.
William's Ideals of \\ omftiuiood.
(These glimpses into the German
Court will reveal to the world the
real Kuiser—he whose army slauglit-'
I ored women and children through
| four years of the great war.)
| When I llrst entered the German
Court I found Madame von Kots.e
[ was the favorite. William tlrst took
I her up in the beginning of the eight
ies, when his marriage to Auguste
Victoria "mode him hungry for the
society of a and audacious
woman," as Count Herbert Bls
i marck once expressed himself.
"He has engaged a Marechale do
Prusso for his awkward better-half,"
continued His Excellency with a
sneering allusion to the bargain on
acted between Du Barii and Mad
ame La Marechale de Mircpoix (who
for a consideration of a hundred
thousand francs per annum, taught
the gorgeous woman the ways of po
lite society), "and the Countess does
it all for the love of Christ, or pour
le roi de Prussc, which is the same
think. Likewise he wants somebody
to make him forget the ennui hat
reigns in his palace."
It was to Madame von Kotzo that
Auguste Victoria often referred
when she charged His Majesty with
a weakness for brunettes. They
fought the "Hungarian pork raiser's
daughter," as some one had dubbed
her, in the salon, the menage, on the
slippery parquet of the royal ball
room, wherever she showed her
saucy, piquant face. Ah, that face!
It was not broad and placid; her
line, white shoulders were not quite
fleshy enough to suit the Teuton fe
male critic. And she had black,
curly hair, the Kaiser's favorite that
Was! That is almost a crime; for
are not Her Majesty and her friends
blondes, and was he himself not
rather carroty and therefore natur
ally inclined to brunettes.
'lliis Is Iloyal family Life!
However, the royal lady's contemp
tuous treatment of the object of her
Jealousy, the scenes the Kaiserin
f? 6 or William, and the pin
thrusts of coroneted envy were alike
powerless to bring about a change
in the friendship between Madame
ton Kotze and the sovereign, though
the battle raged for ten years or
longer.
Majesty made it plain that he
liked Madame Von Kotze, and she
was, consequently, a conspicuous
figure at all entertainments, stately
or of a semi-private nature. Be
ing tne wife of one of the high Court
functionaries, the "pork-raiser's
daughter ' sat at the same table with
crowned heads and the proud pos
sessors of sixteen or thirty-two
quarterings of nobility.
More than once the Emperor him
self took her in to dinner, and at
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informal suppers, alter musicalca
or similar excuses for organized en
nui, His Majesty never failed to
"command" Her Kxcellency to his
table. On such occasions the Em
peror and Empress invited their
company by sending a page to the
favored ones. Her Majesty selecting
the men, and the Kaiser the ladies
most to their liking.
At the Court balls Her Ladyship
was likewise much in evidence. Be
ing rich in her own right, and hav
ing Increased her fortune enormous
ly by marriage, madame ranked as
one of the smartest dressers. She
was a good talker, quick at repartee,
and full of Gallic wit.
Aiul Tills Is Court Relincincnt!
"Your Royal Highness's inspoc
teuse des jatnbes reports for duty."
With these words, Madame von
Kotze greeted William at the begin
ning of the second carnival ball as
he stood conversing with some dow
agers on the steps of the throne in
the White Hall. .
I should not believe it possible had
I not heard the words myself; still I
confess the jolly mockery of the
woman's voice, the innocent look on
her face took away much of the (
coarseness of the expression.
William had seemingly not been
in the 1 happiest of moods until then.
At the approach of Madame von
Kotze, his face lit up, and, taking
the pretty woman's arm, he bowed
with a little sneer before the eldv
ladies as he withdrew with his fain
escort.
Intellect of "Divine Ruler"
And so they strolled along, he in |
his gold-braided Hussar uniform,
the fur-edged attila over his shoul
der to hide his poor left hand; the
woman, who set herself the task ot
amusing the King, walking briskly
by his side, laughing and gesticulat
ing.
"An oriental face." said the Prince
von Salm-Horstmar, and dozen
people seconded His Grace's re
marks. It was all over the brilliant
hall, with its crystal chandeliers and
purple and gold hangings, lit up by
thousands of wax candles. "An ori
ental face—but So was that of Cleo
patra." The simile was far-fetched.
Where was the Caesar, and where
was Antony, not to mention Caesar
Junior?
During the war this same Salus-
Horstmar distinguished himself by
advocating utter ruin of Belgium and
France. Likewise the ruin ot Eng
land by invasion.
The couple walked through oil the
rooms quite alone, for His Royal
Highness had hinted to his adju
tants that they were de trop. At
supper, in the Koniginnen Zimmer.!
I was seated at the table yeservedj
for the Princess Imperial, who, how
ever, had decided to go home at the .
last moment. Near by was Prince!
William's table, at which Madame
von Kotzo presided, and where all
the Princes and "bloods" present en
joyed the heir presumptive's hospi
tality.
How they laughed and joked!
"Why don't you dance?" asked oije
of the cavaliers.
"Because it gives me palpitations."
And then somebody told the anec
dote of Marie Antoinette, who. one
evening, when waltzing at Petit Tri
anon with Count Diiion, the beauti
ful Dillon, as he was called, stood
still and said: "You should feel my
heart."
"Pst! not so loud," said Frau
von Kotze, with a side glance to
another part of the room, where
Baroness von Reiseliach, nee Prin
cess Ratibor, was supping with the
Countess of Hidveg, both stars of
many tableaux vivants.
"But your report, Madame inspec
teuse," began Prince of Ratibor,
now dead, the same who turned
housebreaker for the love of an Em
peror's daughter, "we insist upon a
report, and a minute one."
"Well." replied Madame von Kotza
with comic grandezza, "we were not
overpleascd with the new fashion,
were we, Y'our Royal Highness?"
William nodded. "Your ladyship
will proceed," he said; "do not keep
these studious young men waiting.'
(It is deemed advisable to expur
gate the rest of this royal conversa
tion. ••*••*•••)
You may be sure Auguste-Victofia
learned all about this talk, and per
haps a little more than was actually
spoken, but to no other purpose than
to Instil impotent rage in the un
happy mother, and make her even
more suspicious of and disagreeable
to good-looking women in and out
of the palace.
Low Intrigues
One of the chief agitators against
Madame von Kotze, and every oth
er handsome face, for that matter,
was the grand-mistress, Countess
Brockdorff, who once betrayed her
practices to the amusement of tho
whole Court. Shortly after we had
moved from Potsdam to Berlin
Sell I oss; an informal note addressed
by the Countess to Her Majesty fel!
into the hands of of one of the
house maids. It happened in this
way: Her Majesty, as I have ex
plained, was in the habit of writing
orders and complaints, intended for
the officials, on small bits of paper
which she tears from a block. Now,
Her Excellency's note happened to
be written on a similar sheet, and so
it got mixed with the rest.
The note contained the names of
persons who had handed in requests
for audience. Last on the list was
the name of Madame von Kotze,
and opposite it the remark, three
times underlined: "Refused." Then
followed this sentence: "All's well
that ends well." (Signed) Theresa
Brockdorff. ,
Of course, this note. Indicating
exactly how the wind was blowing
in the upper regions, had no sooner
been read in the marshal's office
than its contents were on every
body's lips. Most of the courtiers
were honest enough 1o see the point
of (he attack (for, after all, the mix
ing up of papers was not wholly ac
cidental) : but the Sclirader faction,
that is, the friends of Master of Cer
emony von Sehrader, the same who
was afterward shot and killed by
von Kotze, would not have it so.
They insisted that there was some
mysterious connection between the
refusal of an audience and tho an
onymous letters.
Kniscr's Favorites Not Intellectual
It took the camarilla ten years to
dislodge Madame von Kotze, a long
space of time even for Gerinanv,
but ft must be remembered that Her
Ladyship was not the only favorite.
There were more thorns, so that the
efforts of Auguste Victoria's cham
pions were necessarily divided.
Charlotte, Countess von Holienau,
was second on the list of charmers
who boasted of William's friendship
without fear of compromising her
position.
(This next escapade is but an
other witness to (he chimera of Ger
man upper-class "kullur"— and the
type of unrefined social aspirants,
who gathered about the Kaiser
from his own choice.)
Royaly Soundly Thrashed
The young noblewoman, (he
daughter of a rich land-owner, Herr
von dor Decken, became the Kaiser's
cousino-german by her marriage to
the son ot' his great uncle, Prince
Albert of Prussia. Prince Albert'si
first wife was Marianne of the Neth- i
erlands, who brought him an enoi- i
mous fortune, and whom he divorc
ed because of lier riding master. :
This latter was a brute, and.Mari
anne never had a quiet moment dur
ing his life. After the divorce the
unequal pair resided at Her High
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ness's Castle, Kamcntz, In Silesia,
and tho ex-hostler used to whip his
royal mistress mercilessly, while she i
fed him on the l'at of tho land.
When at last lie succumbed, poor
Marianne look another lease of life.
Four years after his divorce,
| Prince Albert j married Rosalie dp
Itauch, by whom he had two soni
Willium and Fritz, who were createi
Counts von Hohenau, and enterei
Berlin high life.
[To be Continued To-morrow.]
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