The Private Life of the Kaiser FROM THE PAPERS AND DIARIES OF THE BARONESS VON LARISCH-REDDERN The Kaiser anil liaiscrin's iJitc Major Domo, Cliicf of the Royal Household at Berlin aiul Potsdam Baroness von 1-arlseh-Roddem is the TRUE name of tlie Berlin Court Ijidy, who save the story of the Kaiser to llenry William I'islier. Ursula, Countess von Eppiiigliovcii being a until tie guerre, heretofore used to shield her. i-'ourtly Manners That Smack of a Cheap Vaudeville Green Room—A Royal "Lady" Who Would Be Blackballed in a Theatrical Boarding House — Kaiser Mistakes Friend"s House For a Speakeasy —lnsulting Story Told to Innocent Young Girl—Transparent Royal Affections—Wil lam"s Blood • Lust—How He Treats the People Whom He Casts Out of House and Home The Indian Royal Man-Hunter and the Kaiser Imitating Him Royalty itself caricatures tlio Kaiser and Kaiserin and royal scrtants show decided disrespect on occasion "The Alliiiglicst" busy all the time proclaiming himself a glutton, browbeating egotist, cruel master ami as atliirst for blood, white the Kaiserin cannot conceal the pettiness of her mind and the vuliicrubleness of her claim to bcing-bcttci-thnn-thoii Business of State must wait while Kaiser enjoys himself. Fate of legislation and of an Empire de cided at vaudeville show. When the Royal Butcher is disappointed he assaults friend and foe alike. Kaiser's killings in peace and war. How one Englishwoman treated Kaiser's photos. The cook that ruled "the mightiest monarch on earth." (Continued Horn Yesterday) "Courtly manners," they say— Well, look at these: The riding-school of the Berlin royal stables was gay with the wom en of our Court and society. His Majesty proposed to make the Hu bertus hunt the event of the sea son, hence the preparations. Some of us had to become used to fresh horses, others had to learn anew the intricacies of the various bugle calls. Quite unexpectedly the Hereditary Princess of Meiningen (the Kaiser's sister) walked in with her lady-in waiting. Baroness Ram in. I saw at once that Her Royal Highness had indulged in "a lively breakfast," for Iter face was flushed, and she ad dressed pleasantries to everybody— even promised to ride a la Florence Dixey if somebody would lend her a pair of breeches. "Nonsense!" cried the Princess of Hohenzollern. "Bottchen is brag ging, I assure you; everybody knows that she wears the trousers." "The real article, the r-e-a-1 ar ticle," retorted Charlotte, adding with a shrug of the shoulders: "What suffices for the menage will not do at all for the manege." Kaiser's Sister Caricatures the Kaiserin Then turning to Ramln, she con tinued: "Now I will show you how my sweet sister-in-law" (meaning the Empress) "mounts." She had her horse brought round to a platform reached by three steps, and, ascending laboriously, raised herself on tiptoe and let herself fall into the saddle with a thud that; caused the horse to stagger. "Just like a majestic sack of flour, eh?" she cried. "The more pity for the beast." Then she rode off, i..g ing the chestnut to all sorts of capri- . oles and fancy steps. Princess Therese was at Her Roy- I al Higliness's side like a flash, and i as they cantered about, each trying to outdo the other in feats of dur- ! ing, both laughed boisterously. But if courtiers have long ears, j Nemesis has of corresponding ; calibre. Indeed, in this case the i dread goddess must have worn ! seven-league boots, for twelve hours I after the impertinent words had fal- J len from privileged lips word was; sent around that ladies were not j wanted at the forthcoming outing— j neither Ladyships, nor Princesses of ! the blood royal! It being the first time that the | Meiningen, Hohenzollern, and Holi- . enou coterie were turned down pub- i licly, the sensation in polite circles [ was tremendous. Next day attended Her Majesty at j Schloss Stern, in Grunewald. Was | it the English hunting-costume that! proved so becoming, or was it Wilt I helm in his red coat and silk hat. or I the recollection of the victory just I won? Auguste Victoria looked fresh I and rosy and resplendent as she gal-' loped over the frozen ground. Of course, royal hunts are ar- j ranged with a view to fatigue their | Majesties as little as possible, and, accordingly, the boar was set free at a point where he could be brought to bay within a quarter of an hour. However, one must not run away with the idea that in our sphere promises are always kept or com mands always obeyed. As a matter of record, royalty employs in its army or retainers scores of laggards, and while I ad mit that the all-highest boast no special virtues entitling them to a higher standard of ethics than Mr. Smith or Mrs. Brown. I will not disguise the fact that they are sub ject to the same routine of annoy ances as yourself and neighbors. Nurse-Girl Defies Her Majesty I remember that on the occasion of a visit to the Neues Palais by the late William Walter Phelps, of New York, who was American Minister in Berlin in the early nineties, Her Majesty offered to show him the baby, and I was requested to fetch the child. "May it please Your Majesty," I said, "unless I am very much mis taken, the Prince drove out with his nurse a couple of minutes ago." "That is impossible. Baroness," said the Kaiserin. "I distinctly told Mrs. Matcham she must not leave before lunch." To make sure, I repaired to the nursery, where I found that my sur mise was correct. "But why did nurse disobey?" exclaimed Her Majesty. "Begging Your Majesty's pardon, she told Countess Brockdorff she knew herself when it was best to take out the youngster." t had naturally hesitated to say so; but the Kaiserin, turning to Mr. Phelps, with a smile, said: "You perceive, Mr. Minister, we are all in the same boat with respect to serv ants. They are the real masters of every household. If you want to j see that baby, I shall have to tern- | porize with Mrs. Matcham." To return to the royal pig-trot. When Their Majesties Hunted Their Majesties followed with the well-peopled "field"—that is to say, the latter kept together during the first mile or two, but, later, redcoats began to drop out, until at the finish scarcely a baker's dozen re ported, among them, on his high English hunter, the Kaiser, very ; proud of his achievement. Wilhelm felt, I suppose, that for him to engage in such violent exer- d rise was tempting fate, considering J that, while his right arm only is of 3 practical use in the management of | ' JA ' ' FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 28 1919 Thompson Feature Service, 1919, Copyright the horse, exceptional care must be exercised for the protection of the other— not an easy undertaking while galloping among trees and through thickets. A Typical "Ijidy" of the Court I As usual, Kaiser and Kaiserin missed the best part of the fun, which followed in the wake of Therese Trani, the wife of the Here- Prince of Hohenzollern. If Therese Hohenzollern had been born Therese White or Black she would be considered vulgar and no American woman, who respects her self, would address her a second time, but in royal princesses a fishwife's tongue and hanker ing for chorus-girl's high jinks • passes for "chic"' and a pretty wit. As it happened Madame Therese was the life of every party, particu larly when she interpolated her | speech with risque German phrases, affecting not to know their meaning; whether she took pot-luck in the mess-room of some Potsdam regi- I ment, or encouraged her husband's | young comrades to drag her along | the lawn by her feet, a sport some times carried on in the garden of | the villa in Augusta Strasse, Pots |dam; whether she came to Court j and maddened "IJona" by coquet j ting with Wilhelm, or entertained | her neighbors at a state dinner with 1 an account of her first confinement, | which unexpectedly occurred at a j one-horse Mecklenburg watering- I place, while the layette, ordered from England, was in the keeping | of the custom house; whether she | danced, played cards, smoked cigars, or attended a "churching" | there was always something to re- J member of one's meeting with this | More Hohcnxollcrn "HcHiiemcnt" They say Theresa's zrother-in-law, Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, had to leave Postdam by night and in a fog, the Kaiser having granted him six-weeks' furlough in order that her husband's just wrath might cool. Afterward lovesick Karl Anton was sent into exile at Cassel. They also say Karl Anton married Josephine! of Plunders, an unhappy creature, I hardly able to speak a sentence con- I nectedly. in order to get leave to return to Potsdam and occasionally catch a glimpse of jolly Therese— there are no end of rumors, yet Her Itoyal Highness is certainly the last person to care. And her husband? He exhibited some fine passion once, but has I settled down to a philosophical sort I of life. The Princesse he put in charge' of Colonel von Bachmaycr, an elder- I ly man of great energy, who attend ed Her Royal Highness wherever she went and kept her out of trouble to the best of his ability. Bachmayer rode in Madame Therese's train, too, after that ob stinate pig. Titer* were, besides Ktirl Anton, a host of cavalrymen and sports. As Therese had the best horse, a start of fifty paces and rode like mad, she was bound to get to Span dau before their Majesties of she kept* it up. Her horse did, but not Her Royal Highness. Her Highness Hanging on a Tree To Create Strength After Sickness I any doctor will tell you there is nothing better I n Because it contains S Cod Li?r and Beef Peptone#, Iron and I ■ Manganese Peptonates, Iron and Ammonium Citrates, Lime and Soda I ■ Glycero-phoiphatu, Cascarin. Contains no oiL Pleasant taste I I THE MOST RELIABLE TONIC I All Druggists 'l'l Save tAeleatheiaci/ [; i|[l KeepyourShoes Neat fhj F™ LIQUIDS AND PASTES * j FOR BLACK,WHITE,TAN AND OX-BLOOD (DARK BROWN) SHOES I ■ TXE r.F.PAULK.V CORPORATIONS UD, BUPPALO, I When Therese wag urging her steed through a clump of trees with overhanging branches, the tragedy of the forest of Ephraim was prob ably most foreign to her mind. But history repeats itself. Her skirt caught in the branches as did Absa lom's hair, and she was left suspend ed, while her hunter pressed on. The men witnessed the bloodless accident with delighted wonderment, hut before they could reach the un happy King's daughter, sho was on her hands and knees, and a wide rent showed in the seat of her rid ing trousers, while the skirt still hung overhead. At once a dozen cavaliers drew rein and dismounting assisted Ther ese to her feet. She struggled. "No, no: don't you see I must sit down?" "Stop," said Bachmayer in tones of authority, "A'our Highness will stand with your back to the tree, while we will re-arrange your skirt in front." Sound advice this. "Now will Your Highness gaze at the tree for a while?" suggested the Colonel. "I'm so ashamed!" faltered the Princess between giggles. "All unmarried men turn about face!" commanded Bachmayer. Ours used to he a well-disciplined army, and the officers obeyed while Ther ese turned around, and, standing in the attitude of Hie Venus de Medici, allowed Karl Anton to draw enough hair-pins from her head to fasten what was left of the skirt onto her waist. Meanwhile, one of the re serve horses had been fetched and the merry crowd started off again. llow liUdicrous Is Royalty! Her Majesty's horses were select ed more with reference to handsome appearance and strength than to juvenile lire. Indeed, Auguste Vic toria seldom rode one under the i age of twelve, although, as a general | rule, a decade was the age-limit for animals in the Kaiser's stables. Moreover, her horses were so per- I fectly trained and of such lamb-like j disposition that, to quote once more j the Princess of Meiningen, "they ! will not wink an eye or move an I ear except on most gracious, all highest command." Her Royal Highness's bit of comedy, depicting [the Kaiserin in the act of mounting, ! was likewise founded on fact: a j porta hie platform was kept in all ; the royal courtyards and parks. Yet these august personages j never dream that their nlTcctationx i are transparent to tin- people ulmut them. 1 was told by the Emperor's Adjutant, Count Moltke, that when, on the occasion of a family cxcur- I sion on horseback, he pointed out i Prince William, praising him for his I steady scat. Her Majesty said: "Ah, he inherited his horsemanship from me." a remark which caused the Kaiser to sniff with impatience. Still, the truth of their mere hutnan ness was occasionally brought home to the King and Queen. Here are a couple of anecdotes to the'point from Hubertusstock. The Kaiserin accompanied Wilhclnt to an evening's rut-of-hart-shooting in a certain section of the forest, where j the imperial Nimrod was certain of making r a hig haul, j The pair drove off with high cx- How Thin Folks Can Put On Flesh If you are weak, thin and emaci ated and can't put on flesh or get strong, no matter how much you eat, go to tlco. A. Uorgas and get enough Blood-Iron Phosphate for a three weeks' treatment and take as direct ed. if at the end of three weeks you don't feel stronger and better than you have for months: if your eyes aren't brighter and your nerves steadier: if you don't sleep better, and your vim, vigor and vitality aren't more than double, or if you haven't put on several pounds of good stay-there flesh, you can have I your money back for the asking and Blood-Iron Phosphate will cost you nothing. IMPORTANT Blood-Iron Phos phate is sold only in original pack ages, containing enough for three weeks' treatment, at 51.50 per pack age—only 50c a week. Pcctations. the Kaiser in his new hunt uniform," the Kaiserin wear ing a gown of white clotli, silver braided. But though conditions seemed favorable—moon discreetly hidden behind clouds, wind blowing out of eminently correct quarters— something managed to -frighten the stags away and out of reach as often irVt-i',- c P n ' r °r antlers came before William s barrel. The Kaiser allowed himself to be fooled in this fashion three long hours, until finally, losing palience, he ordered the horses brought around. Getting into the carriage, lie noticed an old gamekeeper, who stared at lhe Kaiserin in a rather disrespectful manner. <i A! 18 ! 1 ' s '*■ m - v nan?" inquired the Kaiser, who was beginning to suspect: "perhaps you can tell us why no confounded deer would come within range 'his evening." Wise Peasant Tells the Truth lo be sure, Majesty, plain as daylight, that. Any fool knows that animals are skeered of white." )' e , i' c mark was so apropos that \v I I helm overlooked its rudeness, and, turnipg to his wife with a mock bow. exclaimed: "That settles your bacon. Dona. In future I shall know better than to take a fashion-plate hunting with me." J he disgruntled couple arrived at the chalet after midnight, and the Kaiser told me he would take sup per alone, i. e., with liis gentlemen. Accordingly Auguste wus in a fear ful temper, though the cook had provided potatoes in their lackets and cold pork. Everything and everybody was in the wrong and was scolded. "Of course, none of you ladies knew enough to remind me that I possess not one garment lit for the cliase. Witli these words thai Kaiserin wound up a long series of complaints, adding: "Order I.ampe to get up a full-skirted hunting -cos- I tumo of the usual material, with green velvet trimmings, within for ty-eight hours." I But His Majesty being so par | ticular as to color," X ventured to "Harrisburg's Dependable Store" THERE are many reasons why the young men of Harrisburg flock to Wm. Strouse & Co. for their clothing, but the one we like to hear most is, "I come here because you have the right styles and fabrics at lowest )hJ3p^s prices," and we hear it time and time ■ again. We are proud to say to the men /fim. of Harrisburg that we sell STRATFORD \ VI CLOTHES, for the name means all that ) v \ V M Wm. Strouse has incorporated into his /^^3iYr A\v\\M business —integrity, honor and style. \\lM These principles have made our store what it is to-day, ' 'The dependable men's I store of Harrisburg. " There are quarter /MW//^/) silk trimmed, silk sleeve lined garments ,M mllufsJ /// that are the wonder of every man who ilmJ/mi\jL I////* buys them, and the envy of every man I ffl / :/ Wmj\ 11/}/// \\Y^|r who doesn't. For they won't last long /f M II /;//^WwiIW at Wm. Strouse prices. •' ' ' ffJI ! 1 s2s—s3o—s3s The most fastidious dressers can't help l\ / f \||\ f I lj/i/i n||m\\ m W\\\ saying that our Stratford and Adler- /| i. \|\ V I Jlj/fjh ljf|]||mß Rochester Clothes are "par excellence" to I|l / \wj 1/ HjJ] |||ll\\\\\\\\\\\\ anything they've yet seen this season I lln uIW • v Jill ''""'||||\\ | We won't go into details for a Wm. 1 ll| \vM ' jAr | Strouse guarantee means they're real Adler-Rochester Clothes l|| I' (For the conservative man) jj (For the smart young man) ~~i _ s4o—s4s— sso "Rainbow Tints"-Neckwear $1 Wm. Slrouse Hals Don't Stay Here Long 0 c There's a New Shipment just in . . w A Metric Shirts— The Nation's Best $2 to $lO Boys! There's a Big Surprise At Wm. Strouse's waiting for you. That's what all the Boys of Harris burg are coming to our store for—Mothers appreciate the qualities of our suits, the courtesies we extend to them, and the pleasing surprise we have "Li Bo y s an d they ve told all their friends about The New Store Harrisburg's Dependable Store"— Boys' Suits, $7.50 to $15.00 Hm. i>trnor 310 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. suggest, "would it not be better to send a sample of cloth?" "A good idea," cried our mistress, her face lighting up. "After His Majesty has retired, get the valet to cut a sample from one of tlie turnings of liis suit and enclose that to Lampe. And be sure to use an envelope with the imprint: 'On His Majesty's Service.' That will carry it through by noon tomorrow." While His Majesty indicted his costly presence upon the nobles and rich officials of Berlin and Potsdam according to his whims and prefer ences for society, his visits to the hunting-grounds of friends in all parts of Germany were matters of routine, as he looked upon the use of the country's preserves in the old feudal sense: as his sovereign right. AVlioever, prince or private, enter tained the Kaiser to d slioot'ng once, was sure to receive, at the opening of the next season, a letter from the Court-marshal announc ing that His Majesty will be gra | ciously pleased to decimate his game j on such and such days—this if the first hunt was entirely satisfactory. When His Majesty went to a shooting, he seldom stayed longer than two days, the cost of his enter tainment being between forty and fifty thousand marks (eight to ten thousand dollars), and one need but glance at the preparations on cost of the outlay, which, more over, was vastly larger at the first visit. iTo Be Continued To-morrow) Blinded by Rain Man Drives to Death in River t'nlontowa, Pa., March 2S.—Evi dently blinded by a heavy rain storm, Robert P. Kefover, aged sixty-two, a well-known farmer of Higli House, drove his horse into the Mononga heia river and was drowned. The horse was also drowned. Kefover, in a buggy, was on his | way from Masontown to Hig House. Dosing liis way,' supposedly, he took a road that lead him away from Xligh House, Instead of toward it. The horse went to edge of the Mononga -1 hela River, drew the buggy up the j gangplank for a ferryboat, and then Complexion Rosy. Headache Gone. Tongue Clean. /HFA Breath Right. /rill m Stomach, Liver and J / < it\ 2 More Days to Wait, Then You'll See "The Kaiser's Finish" stumbled off into ten feet of water at the other end of the boat. Kofov er's body was found 400 yards down stream. The horse and buggy were completely submerged. DEAR FOLKS: THINGS run in Cycles <>ffl Six in the Wilson & CO4J organization. "Six" plays an important part the business. There are six letters in the word | WILSON. There are six vice i presidents—first aids to . Mr* Wilson. That started the "Six** idea three years ago this montH when Mr. Wilson gave his namej and himself to the business. The workers considered it a good omen. And one of the first things dondt after Mr., Wilson took hold was' to adopt a slogan that would mean something and that would, keep everybody on their toes tcrf live up to it. The slogan select-J ed was: "The Wilson Label Your Table." J'lcase note'that there arc si*. - words in this slogan. They are very important words. The next thing on the program was to develop a fine working spirit in the organization in which all should take part workers and officials. That was done at once. Please note that there are six letters in the word "spirit." Now you liavc had six letters from me thus far in which I have dwelt mainly on the "spirit" that exists in the Wilson & Company organization. I think I have proved to you that the real foundation of a successful business must be built 011 the heart, the happiness, the loyalty, the in tegrity, the enthusiasm and the pride of its workers —coupled with the honest appreciation, recognition and co-operation of the head of the business and his official family. The foundation of the Wilson & Co. business is built on these six princi ples, and that is why its slogan, "The Wilson Label Protects Your Table," means so much to the peoples of the world. What would this slogan amount to if it did not have hack of it the hon est and sincere efforts of the official family and its twenty-five thousand loyal, earnest workers? It would be a scrap of paper only—and the world has had enough of "scraps of paper." People want the real thing now. In food products they are get ting it under the Wilson label. I am starting another series of six letters to-day in which I will treat on other angles of the Wilson & Co. business. 1 propose to stick to the "Six" idea. Please note that the word "angles" also consists of six letters. What I mean by "angles" is this: I propose to show you, for instance, tlint the workers consider that their own honor is involved in producing foodstuffs that will justify the Com pany's slogan—which should IK- very reassuring to you when it comes to buying Wilson & Co. products. I think it is great, myself, that the good, pure things to cat supplied by Wilson & Co. are backed up in their production by twenty-five thousand workers who recognise their indi vidual responsibility and who would not, under any circumstances, either willfully or deliberately take part in sending out to their fellow human beings in all parts of the world, im perfect or impure food products. They would not have it on their con sciences to do such a thing, and I know, for I have talked with hun dreds of them —many in every de partment of the business —and they are imbued with the spirit to give to the Company all they have of skill and caro and loyalty and hon or. Take as an illustration what a ltussian workman employed in the Sausage Department said to me. I noticed his enthusiasm and the swiftness and skill with which he worked and asked him why he wa so interested. "Oh, I like to help make good things to eat," said lie in broken Knglish. "I eat 'em myself. I have wife and eight children, and I giv'em good food. Wil son things good eating. My wife and children they keep very well because they eat pure food. So do X. I like to work here. My boss there very good to me and to everybody. He makes us proud of our work. Nothing goes wrong here. We all very careful. We stand by Wilson name. Sausages that go out under Wilson label are fine very best. I know. I eat 'em. They very, very good." Then he turned to me and taking a lead pencil and a piec9 of brown pa per out of his pocket he wrote his name, the last name of which is the proverbial long ltussian name. Then lie drew his pencil through the last few letters and said: "Just lose 'em. Too many letters. Now have short American name. Soon going to he American citizen, too"—and he smil ed and went back to his work. The true test in the production of food is when the worker is willing to cat what he produces. I saw with my own eyes how sausages are made and I want to tell you that I now have a very much keener desire than ever before to eat sausages and griddle cakes for my Sunday morning breakfast. Sincerely, William C. Kreeman, 131 K. 23rd S., New Xorit City*' 11
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