THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE PEOPLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9082, 16 June 1888, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE PEOPLE.

A PRETTY STORY. An interesting incident took place on a recent Sunday, when many thousands who were out for their Sunday holiday had assembled in front of the Charlottenburg Palace. A lady in the crowd proposed to buy up all the violets which the vendors were selling there and make a bouquet of them to send in to the Emperor as a greeting from his people. This was no sooner said than done. Tho Emperor was much moved by this hearty proof of sympathy, and wrote on a slip of paper: " Does the Empress know about it ? If not, I request her to go and speak to the lady." The Empress, however, had been informed of the circumstanco, and sent for the lady, who was a dctor's wife from Frankfort. Her Majesty, who was much moved, expressed her thanks, and paid tho Emperor was greatly pleased, and had pressed the flowers to his heart, saying he wished the people to receive his most hearty thanks for tho proof of their love they had given him, and which had caused him so much gratification. With this answer the lady went out to the crowd. She held in her hand, as a precious memento, the slip of paper. It is difficult to describe the scene which took place, how she was surrounded and followed by thousands who wanted to hear the words over and over again, and displayed the greatest enthusiasm.