The Private Life of the Kaiser FROM TBI PAPERS AND DIARIES OF THE BARONESS VON LARISCH-REDDERN Tie Kaiser aid Kalaerln'a Late Majar Dene, Chief at the Raral Houaehald at Berlin and Potsdam. Bareness Tan Larlach-Reddern Is the TRIE name af the Berlin Catarf Lady who care the story of the Kaiser to Henry William Fisher. L'rsnla. Conateas tea EpplnaheTca helas a nam de (aerre, heeetefare used ta shield her. Thompson Feature Service, I?J9, Copyright The Kaiser as a Military Despot—Ridiculous as a Gen eral, But a Good Enough Clotheshorse—His Stores, After William Ran Away, Full of Uniforms and "Cits" Clothes—The "Reds" Dressed Up in the Latter, Sold the Uniforms —William Didn't Know That His Grandmother Was Queen of Great Britain—Why the Army Didn't Care For the Cheating Warlord —Sponging on Army Officers—Kaiser's Fool * ishness on the Field--Scolding the Empress in Public—Kaiser Drove Officer to Suicide After the Latter Had Whipped Him —When the Kaiser Drank to Forget (Continued From Saturday) I Borrowing (lie simile from another reference of his, the Kaiser used to | say he would like "to see the entire military force of the Fatherland personified in one being, tlmt he might practice on it as on a lay lig urc." march, turn about face, take the ditch, prostrate yourself, stand ( on your head. But considering that the Reich stag has a voice in the matter of COLDS Head or chest— are best treated •"externally" with MffL \^CK'sVLpOßUfrfj "YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30f. 60"7r20 Spring Announcement If you have a home or even a room to furnish this Spring, then you should read this article. \\ c arc not making - a lot of noise this Spring - along - the lines of advertising for one reason only, and that is that the first three months of this year, January, February and March, have been the three largest months' business we have ever had. It has seemed to us as though people from all sections of the city came to our store with the special purpose to deal here. Our business has increased wonderfully, notwithstanding the fact that many workers are idle and no doubt others have been, and are restrained even now from purchasing on account of a fear that their working activities might necessarily be curtailed somewhat in the near future. We have been busy enough to suit us and to please us. and for this reason our advertisements have not appeared lately as regularly in the newspapers as heretofore. We, however, feel the I necessity of using the newspapers occasionally as a means of keeping our name before the peo ple and telling them what we are doing, and we just want to say now that this store is bigger and better to-day than it has ever been before. If you are not using it or visiting it as a means of supplying your home needs, or even as a means of keeping yourself informed as to values, though you may buy elsewhere, you are doing yourself an injury. We expect to be busy this entire year. \\ e believe that the present retrenchment in industries wrs but a temporary affair and is prac tically over now. and will be quickly changed into an era of prosperity for everyone. We are working along these lines ourselves, are buying and selling more goods than ever before, and have really been compelled within the past three months to materially increase our own force of help. \\ e think there must be one big special reason for our own prosperous business and wc attribute this condition to our fixed, unalterable policy to always try to give our customers the very best values for their money that we can find in the market in Home Furnishings. \on may not see our advertisement in the newspapers for some time. If you do not. we want you to remember that when Furniture or Home Furnishings come into your mind, that you should not omit from your consideration the large stock to be found in this store. \\ e sell either way—Cash or Credit. We believe we are the cheapest for cash also the cheapest for credit. I EASTER PICTURES Our store is continuing to show the largest, the best, and the most complete collection of pictures to lie seen in any store in Central Pennsylvania. This fact is not only recognized by the customers who visit our store for pictures, but is now recognized by the largest and most exclusive makers of pictures in this country. In fact our store has brought to this city lines of pictures of a character never before shown by any Harrisburg dealer. If you are a picture lover, and most people are, and have never seen our display of pictures, we invite you to visit our store and positively guarantee you a treat of this kind far beyond any expecta tion you may have. This store is reallv the art gallerv of this city. Be sure to come in to see our line of EASTER PICTURES! I Special Display of a Famous Picture At the solicitation of the owner, we have just placed in our Xo. 1215 window for display and sale, the famous picture entitled "Mary, Queen of Scots," showing the Scottish Queen as she listens to the reading of her death warrant. This large picture is a wonderful work in silk tapestry and required five years to complete it. It drew, one of the principal prizes at the \\ orld s hair at Chicago in 1892. and the artist was awarded a premium of $500.00 at that time and place. The owner of this picture has decided to dispose of it and has asked us to arrange sale for her. The artist refused an offer of $2,500.00 for the picture at the Chicago Fair. It will be placed on sale for a limited time only for $1,500.00. Whether you want "to buv it or not, it will be worth your while to make a trip to our store and see it in our window, as it is something that Harrisburgers rarely get the opportunity to see in this city. I BROWN & CO. I 1215, 1217, 1219 North Third Street The Big Up-Town Home Furnishers MONDAY EVENING, public expenditure. His Majesty was j forced to be content to keep but I two adjutants continuously employ- ! ed. These gentlemen, together with 1 the .members of the military house- ] hold, including representatives of all arms and of the navy, rarely left his presence. Their office adjoined Hits Majesty's wherever the court was established. In the Xeues Palais it was situated on the ground floor, facing the bar racks, —a not very spacious but dull room covered by a gray carpet and furnished with a number of red damask armchair placed in front of writing, desks. The Kaiser always loved the pano ply of pretense and the parade of war. As everybody knows, he never tired of arraying himself in full regi mentals several different times per day so he might admire himself i dolled up in military style. During the early days of the Ber lin revolution, the anarchists sold the Kaiser's uniforms to an enter prising Hebrew His Cits' clothes they stole for themselves. There were enough to tit out hundreds of these ragamuffins. Wore 300 Military Uniforms The ltalscr owned a set of uni forms for eaeli of the three hundred and odd ITusslnn regiments, horse, foot, and artillery. Besides the ones appurtenant to the Bavarian, Wurtenberg, and Sax ony contingents, also those of the Austrian, English. Russian, Ruman ian. Bulgarian, Spanish, Turkish, and Swedish armies that enrolled his name as colonel, general, or fle'd-marshal. the proprietor of such an official wardrobe needed, of course, most extensive store-rooms for the multicolored, tasselled, and goldlaced treasures, and they that were magnificently cared for goes without saying. Vanity Makes Him a Tyrant He was supremely happy when strutting about in any one of these gorgeous uniforms. Space forbids minute description of the interesting 1 collection, which, moreover, could 1 never be complete, as the European military Minotaur, feeding on seven I millions of men annually,—the ori ginal in the Cretan labyrinth was ; satisfied with seven youths and an eipial number of virgins.—kept on expanding; in other words, as new types of uniforms and arms were constantly invented and added. And" when I say that the Em peror owned uniforms of all Prus sian and almost an equal number of foreign regiments, don't forget that he was lord of the sea in Germany, Great Britain. Russia, and Sweden, —dignities that carry with them cocked hats, broadswords and daggers, blue clottl. and silver and go'd lace galore.—l do not refer to the garments alone, but include all the ornaments, badges, sashes, side arms. caps, helmets, czakos. hushies, i ozapkns. burganets. sabres, cuirasses shoulder-points, knots and epaulet tes. silver cords, belts, cartridge | cases, laces, etc.. belonging to gala. ' full, and fatigue accoutrements. A'l these innumerable and expen sive accessories—a single pair of shoulder-knots often cost more than , the uniform itself—must always be' , on hand and readv for use at any i given time, as bright and as good I as new. Real Art Shuns Warlord's A real warlord's, the great Fred- I erick's entire wardrobe was "sold to a Jew for three hundred Thalers," HAKRISBURG TEUEGKAJPEC and among the lot were the identical coat, breeches and boots he wore at Rossbach. When, to come down to our own period, the late William the First desired to be photographed in the uniform of his bodyguards, one of his officers had to lend him a cuirass. His Majesty refusing to go to the expense of buying one. And these monarchs won more battles than the present Kaiser earned, or | even offered, racing-cups, fake and j otherwise. As Lafayette raised a frigate and crew at his own expense to assist j the young Americun republic, so could William have equipped the j j marines of a first-class battleship. | ; or the officers of ten army corps, j . from his wardrobe without being j ] reduced to nakedness. 1 The imperial peacock owned like- j l wise scores of costumes adapted to , i various sports, numberless uniforms j ' of yacht clubs in Germany and Eng- j land, and last, but not least, an ; astounding array of plain clothes, j with accompaniments of huts, gloves. | ties, canes, shoes, buttons, and scurf pins, which for each suit were espe- I daily selected, forming part of the i , garment, as it were. A Megalomaniac on PariuJe But this overabundance of tilings was far from embarrassing tlic meg- , alonuuiiac. who. quite to the con trary, enriched this rainbow been- | tomb of organized vanity, tinselled j i in spots and real in others, where j ' the lion's skin edges the fox's and i the hare's, by a new and original | | effort, called "bunt uniform." hid-! i i>aus in cut and color, and which I was occasionally bestowed by royal ' warrant upon some much-envied i nobleman as a mark of special favor. A valet and two dressers were j constant attendants in the uniform room from early morning till night, 1 so that the Kaiser was able to change j his uniforms with the same celerity | as his mind. I I recall how a certain young Eng -1 lisli Princess brought up the ques j tion of the Kaiser s inaptitude for the military with a vengeance. | The widow of the Red Prince, [ the late Frederick Charles, of Metz fame, was saying: ... "If William has ever been able to resist a sudden impulse to any deed, no one in or out of his family licard of it. ~ I "Some years ago he made his wife i chief of ruirassiers. and designed a uniform for her. As proprietress of I this crack regiment. Auguste \ ic toria is entitled to the insignia of a general: but the Emperor, unthink ing as he is. bestowed upon her lieu tenant's epaulettes. Think of it. — a lieutenant leading a regiment be for the war-lord in parade, a lieu tenant presiding at the state ban quets in the officers' mess! "On another occasion, when the Russian craze had hold of hint, he issued an order compelling the of ficers of the General Staff to attend I desk-work in riding-boots. They did so for a day or two: but, find i ing it impossible to continue their | studies in this heavy accoutrement. I combined among themselves to dis obey the command and resumed or- ! j dinar.v foot-gear, j Military Blunders a Mockery j "But the most thoughtless of all i | his military blunders was his cabinet • j order creating your grandmother" i | (and the old Princess bowed with a I I mock courtesy toward the English- j I woman), "Queen Victoria, Chief of j the First Dragoons." - "Young Mrs. Aribert." as Ixiuise lof Anhalt was familiarly called at ' | Court, started up. and seemed to be ; ; struggling for words, j "Tut. tut!" appensed Her Royal I j Highness the little firebrand, plac- j | ing one hand on Louise's knee, "no | disrespect to Her Majesty, I assure 1 you. The stupidity was all on my i I srandnephew's part. He named the j ! First Dragoons 'Queen of England ; j Dragoons' Just one hundred and! I eighty-two years, less two months I and twenty-nine days, after the I union between England and Scot-j land went into effect and the realm ] became officially known as Great | Britain." Everybody in the room sat speechless for a while, until Prin cess Aribert said, half-pleadingly: "But, dear aunt, the change in the nomenclature that eventually had to be made caused no great havoc, X trust." "Oh. no!" replied the Princess, "His Majesty did not suffer the least inconvenience on account of that error; but the taxpayers who had to pay double for the initials attached to the shoulder-straps and on |the helmets doubtless felt greatly edified by the blunder, and so did the officers who for similar reasons were several thousand marks out of pocket." | Cheating Army Officers Like Ser vant Girls The Kaiser's invitations to the festivities in honor of the late Kai ' ser Wilhelm's one hundredth birth day prescribed costumes of the end . of the eighteenth century, for 400 young army officers, and during a I reception at the Schloss, Princess j Radziwill spoke of the Kr<*ut (lifli | cultics that many army men ex-! ! pcrlcnccd to procure the necessary costumes. | "These gentlemen have had a | month's time to prepare for my J pageant, and 1 would advise none |to be laggard in complying with I my commands." said (he Kaiser, | haughtily. "If there are not enough | tailors and embroiderers in Berlin, I the work can be sent elsewhere." "With Your Majesty's permission, |it is not the lack of hands and ' | needles, but the scarcity of 'spon- j | dulieks,' that interferes. A great many of the younger officers, es- i pecially, can ill afford to spend six 1 to_seven hundred marks ($l5O to! $1751 on a uniform that becomes useless after a few hours' wear." "And where did Your Grace ac- i j quire all this valuable information,"' j resumed the Kaiser, bowing and ac-! centuating each word with a sneer.; "Anywhere, everywhere. They talk ' | of nothing else at the clubs." Prin | cess Marie's French blood was up.! "I felt like repeating to him what j j Pauline Metternich told the Em-j press Eugenie: 'I was born a grand I I dame, and 1 allow no one to ironyze | me,' " she said afterward, j The Kaiser shrugged disdainfully ! "If it is necessary to clothe my j guests, as well as to feed them, I i will appropriate twenty thousand I marks to help your impecunious] friends to pay for their costumes," I ! he said, and at once changed the! j subject. i The promise had, however, been ( j heard by everybody in the assem-1 i blage, and as all of us numbered at | least one poor relative or friend j I among the four hundred officers, it 1 . is not strange that the affair gained j ] wide publicity. • The news seemed to spread | throughout Berlin and Potsdam like I a piece of local intelligence. On | the strength of it, the young roues j'of the Union Club doubled tiie.ii I stakes, and, the same night, "YVil j iinni-thc-BouiitifulV' health was ] drunk in iuimb ( 'rless mess-rooms j and beer-halls by youthful members of the aristocracy and army • men whose greatest care had suddenly ] and unexpectedly been lifted off | their shoulders by the Kaiser's words, —lifted to descend again, its weight doubled by chagrin and dis- I appointment, in the course of a few weeks, for, to quote one of Wil helm's nephews. "The twenty thou- I sand marks' pledge proved to be an illusion, if not something worse, — a snare!" ] Kniser Drives Army Men Bankrupt "With reimbursement guaranteed, as they thought, the officers com manded to the tableaux vivants spared no expense in their costum ing. The most magnificent silks and | velvets, the costliest gold and sil ver embroidery, were worn by j everybody, rich and poor. "We don't mind paying a couple of hun dred marks ourselves in excess of the Kaiser's allowance,' argued these whole-souled young men. "The result was the happiest— for William: a display gorgeous and ! luxurious far above expectations. | And when it was over, the Emperor ! expressed his all-highest satisfac tion, and went —hunting. Ho had seemingly forgotten about the twen- I ty thousand marks, and no one dared remind him of his promise." As Lord Burghley said to Queen Elizabeth: "Those who would make tools of Princes are the tools them selves!" Court and society had not yot ceased talking of this exhibition of ( bad faith, when the Kaiser startled I the whole country by another incl- I dent. As his brother Henry was about I to embark for England in the man ] of-war Koenig Wilhelm, the Kaiser sent him a despatch expressing re gret that he had no better ship to give him, "because those unpatriotic scamps in the Hciclistag refused me the necessary funds." There was a great deal of specu lation in the public prints and in political circles as to the authen ticity of the despatch quoted, and the majority of courtiers even in clined at first to the belief that Princ-e Henry had overstepped his authority when he read the imperial message before his officers, for the Prince, though tolerably good-na tured and not bright, has the repu tation of a mischief-maker, and it would be just like him to set par liament by the ears at his brother's expense if there was the slightest warrant for doing so. I I (T* Be Contiaaed.) i Pierced 13 Times in Same Wound With Bayonet, Says Report London, April 14. Reports of Bolshevik atrocities in the Perm dis trict which have dealt largely in generalities now have been supple mented by statements of results of an investigation by Siberian authori ties which British officials regard as authentic. They deal with 123 spe cific cases of death and torture and the examination of 52 bodies of per sons alleged to have been killed by Bolsheviki. One, of the worst cases described is that of a girl 19 years who was charged in December. 1918, with es pionage. She was tortured by being pierced thirteen times in the same wound with a bayonet. She lived, however, and has made an affidavit to these details. One group of twenty-two were killed at Irbit hy Letts and after wards the Bolsheviki continued to I Our Idea of j A. Motor j Car 1 | SAQr Y e i a 7Tf-flr Lisht four sftQC l W Overland Thrift Car—a roomy, X t/wV efficient, economical, depend- t/ww f. o. b. Toledo able, good-looking motor car. t. o. b. Toledo Si OERVICE is the most abused term in the motor car business, and H != ! the poorer the car the harder the salesman works to give the ini- j§ H pression that it means something for nothing. 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"The changes that have been made in the league of nations cove nant," said Senator Hitchcock, "are very satisfactory and are conclusive answers to all the objections that have been made to the plan. 1 think i they remove most of the objections that have been raised by senators. Where the constitution had been a little indefinite it has been made definite and certain. It is material ly Improved In form and language. Fresident Wilson has won a great victory." For Skin Tortures V .i i .. V Don't worry about eczema or other skin troubles. You can have a dear, healthy skin by using Zemo, obtained at any drug store for 35c, or extra large bottle at SI.OO. Zemo generally removes pimple* blackheads, blotches, eczema and ring worm and makes the skin clear and healthy. Zemo is a clean, penetrating, antiseptic liquid, neither sticky nor greasy and stains nothing. It is easily applied and costs a mere trifle for each application. It is always dependable. The E. W. Rose Co., Cleveland, Q. 7
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