KAISER'S PRIVATE TRAIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 13

KAISER'S PRIVATE TRAIN.

:;' ;';^, : .f-.iTS:PTJKNISHINQS;;;>: \:^: like,; Edvraid, .the : JJiSserihaa•'.a private train", for .his .personal; uso. ilt is of quite recent construction, and is'gene : rally,made up of nine cars. -■ The Imperial: Baloon, sixlar feet• W-length,.is irituatod in tho middle of the train, and: is; entered' like • an' orilinary ■ corridor■. jraggon.;■ from either; end.};. :'.\ Passing, through, a.'narrow lobby at' one end, one walks straight into the- Kaiser's-.travelling- -study.',, It is quietly 'upholstered in : blue::damask, and. lighted by large'windows of bevelled glass in at night by electric candles set in massive-silver sconces .hung between the windows.'\The ceiling'.is, of carved maple; and- the floor is covered irith a - thick? pile : of ; dark' blue - Turkey, 'carpet;-'''; m'<*!'■:■: '■ Vv'"-: : :;; -'-:v'-'- : --'i'.-' ' The furniture; is as plain and scanty as possible, toi leave the --centre ■'■ ot 'the car free for movement, : since the■ Kaiser -.likes to pace up' and dowi' when-worHng'br' talking. ' ;In the' far - corner ia-.e. ■ grey maple. wood >. escritoire upon which .are a silver inkstand; .and photographs'of: the Empress l and some of the Imperiiil children.' . Behind it on the wall -'are? bookshelves' containing what the Emperor calls his miniatui'e library, a : few' standard works and books of reference. : The 'desk is mounted on springs eo that the' Kaiser can. write'on it irrespective of the jolting of, the; train. .Three, easy, chairs..and;',a table , 'against .the wall complete the 1 furniture. ."•■'■".' ,■>!','.':' ■'■."/:'.-■' .■;..,■'.',:.:■■'■'■ ■-

: ! Neit'the ciesk is a sliding door, iwhich gives accee3!:to'.the-Emperor's.bedroom,; which in-ton opens into the bathroom. The walls of, the bedroom are lined with., .blue satin.while the ceiling is of carved white maple-wood.": At the end of .this living-room is .another door which; leads •to the salooi; for the -suite, .'sleeping cars ,and ■ accommodation for the seryants. There are two vans for the luggage,' and a special locksmith's workshop for attending to any'damage, sustninod. by the Imperial baggage in transit/The exterior'of the car is handsomely enamelled in': blue and white, and .blazoned : .with . the ■ Ger-: man and Prussian'eagles.'; -J.- : -,.': ;: : 'f-'i'..-. :■'■;