THE KAISER'S BARBER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 11

THE KAISER'S BARBER.

A- man; cam© down Castle Hill. Windsor j recently, ';-whose- likeness to the' Kaiser was so 'remarkable i that; the sentries would' have. presented arms.had they not known linperial Majesty was out shooting. People in ; the street .stopped, turned round, and stared at the short figure in the dark blue overcoat- and bftwler hat,' the fiercn moustaches turned up in.the familiar fashion, and the firm, stern, face.. 1 " It. is the Kaiser,'said a lady admiringly. But it- was not.■' TK'a gontleman wh6 is'the Kaiser's dduble is.M. Francois Haby. He is one of the most famous''nlen in' Germany. ) - He is'the Hof-friseur, the Kaiser's barber, ■who goes with" his Majesty everywhere,- and* • who has shared him for the.last decide or nl'ore. . N- . . ■. : ; But,'for M; Haby the Kaiser moustache would bo unknown in Germany. Ho invented >fl ' it,-and achieved immortality at a bound.. ' ;. Years ago ,he perfected a toilet water called : ",-Es 'ist Erreicht"—which is/a Ger-- 1 man way of saying'" Eureka ".' and intfo-. . cliiced' i? to the Kaiser. It, is .this special. . water'which keeps."'the' ends of the Imperial -;-' moustache iii their upright position. ' "Es ist' Erreicht ", has' become 'a German' proverb :■ - how. •. •, !. ' ■ 1 Every evening M. Haby goes; to the Castle ;' arid, sh'ayes/his. Majesty. '■ The work is-.'donev. •iii; absolute .silence—the. Prince; of Barbers never so , much as-mentions tho sta.te pf the weather;'' The'' Kaiser reads • correspondence. # during "the shaving, aiid' sometimes- signs a V document, or two., .' . .. ;: Onc'e his Majesty suggested- that too.much time was wasted by the lathering, whereupon 1 M.. Habyi weht;.away and locked himself.-..up-;'-in a room. When' he canw out hejhad'per- . fected ' a '•preparation which makes lathering unnecessary.. .The Kaiser is shaved without - soap to.this day. . ;.' v :