THE KAISER AS HE IS.

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 20, 18 December 1906, Page 8

THE KAISER AS HE IS.

iMiWVttSr A FRENCHMAN ADMITS 1 p SEE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE 1 MOST SIMPLY. IS' -Aft English translation of "The B JP**** 1, * s I*” (Le Veritable 8 ijPyUume II.), by Henri de NousII Wf«*. has just been published by G. 1 Sons. The Frenchman lIM P* , * B, * S the Emperor in vivid colours, Ironi the French point of view, I Course. De Noussane fully recogBites the magnetism and fascination |r Of the Kaiser’s personality, but 1 ■f’; tharges him with a grave betrayal i of the lorg. r iiopes and needs of his ■jpSy Perhaps it is best to quote from 1 p Chapter 'Will lam ir. ns Husband I at; 'Bad Father," since he has been hus--1 band for a quarter of a century now. Ir Here are some extracts from the I | chapter, which seem to give intimate m details of the Kaiser’s home life: j I AT THE HEARTHSTONE. I 1 "The imperial couple usually arise Hj! J at 6 o’clock. In the morning the F.mfc/ peror wears the uniform of a general I k in fatigue dress. That is a family custom, William I. used to say : ‘Wo B|: Hohenzollens know nothing about E* dressing-gowns’ (Schlafroecke). Even BP*<\ the Empress in the morning wears a 1 street costume, never a dressing sacBU que. Hardly are they up when the I Empress herself prepares her hus--1 !*V band's coffee in their little salon. I This first meal of their Majesties they always ••at alone, conof tea. ••cr*' and cold meats. J ! Foot men remain outside in an antiI chamber and only present themselves [; , when rung for. j Toward 7 or 8 o’clock the j’oung j princes and Princess Victoria Louise | ||| are admitted to wish their parents Pj morning. At 8 o'clock work bei|ii. gins. The Emperor gefes into his study while the Empress busies bcrsdlf to giving orders such us are usual for a housewife to give, or she occupies herself with her dresses, or with her hospitals or the churches which are carried on under her patronuge. "At the end of an hour, in summer IT or wintor, the Emperor und the Empress go for a drive. A carriage us- . _ ually takes them through the Thier- ||«% v garten, and is generally out from 9 i; >mUl u quarter to 10. half-past i the Emperor and Kni|iros* sit down to the second meal of the duy, in the Hall of Columns. .. At this meal, which is always very |i simple, never lasting more than thir- £ ty minutes, there are present, twice 11 a week or so. certain high functions' itries of the court. The dinner consists of a soup, an entree, a roast und side dishes, with red or white table wine. With desert they have sparkling Moselle. "After dinner their Majesties have coJTin* in the Empress.s apartments |HfLand then go out driving, visiting the of painters and sculptors. "The evening is passed either at fgHbtf theatre or at a dinner party, at some friends—in which case Emperor has previously gone the list of guests—or at the palHATES TO LOSE AT CARDS. BSf "William 11. likes to play skat, which is at once the most complicatV ed and the most interesting of GerB man card games. Often when he loses. m > ho breaks out in ungovernable fits of 1 anger. and, if his partners have had the misfortune to have made a misB take, he overwhelms them with veheW inent reproaches. But when the spasm has passed lie is the first to laugh and endeavor to put everybody in good humour by his graciousness, which is exquisite. By midnight, as often as possible, everybody is asleep in the castle. The Imjjerial revenues now reach ar bout £700,000, a sum which in the estimation of the public, ia far from satisfying all the fancies of his Majesty. "Thu Emperor has a very, fine collection of plate. This treasure represents in the neighbourhood of £25, k 000. Wince Henry took part of it on hie trip to America in order to give n certain magnificence to the dinners he gave. l 'Tor her part the Empress has her ) casket of jewols, which if not th< richest in Europe—it is incomparably less magnificent than the Czarina’s—represents the pretty sum of 115,000. ’’The personal treasury of the EmUrSwi contains a large variety of genu, thirty rings of various values, brooches and bracelets, all set with diamonds. Her Majesty’s court dress, which ie trimmed with gems, has a train estimated to be worth £2,000, and ite trimming of gems is worth .Keee o, four times more. Her ball slippers ore set off with diamond buckles. "On ordinary occasions the Empress does not wear precious stones. ftom Emperor, it is said, likes this simple taste. One day, when the Empress had nothing on her finger but her wedding ring, he is reported to have said to her : 'Gustes (endearing diminutive for Augusta), this is how I tike to see you best.' ’’A* William lli is too busy to look after the primary education of i Ills children, or, owing to the fact that he has no definite ideas as to *■ wtbe methods-to be followed, the EmBmvsa or confidential instructors take of thrfr Brst lessons. It may easily be imagined, however, on account of his fantastic and changing spirit the Emperor very often gets ' the idea that things are not going as they should. CANNOT BULB HEBE. "One day he appeared to the school room, scolded the children and stormed about generally, until teafk began to flow. The Empress came to upon Km. Jii., hbt n atrtSa,

go with her father Enter den Linden. She is much amused by, the salutm tions of the crowd. Having great aP fection for her father, she likes to frolic with him, and ho graciously consents not to take these manifestations in bad humour, he has even been beard to say : < " ‘My daughter is very proud to be known as the daughter of the Kaiser but it never enters her head that her father is actually an Emperor.'