Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-24
NUMBER 36.
A Pen Picture Of the Old Rero..EveYy
Inch q King.

al. AAeSsA ~AAOs
he An audience of the emperor, in
in cabinet, on the ground hoor of the pala,
N at Berlin, resembles no other royal q
1 dience. The emperor il clad in his lor
,e military frock coat with its two rows
l. buttons. He is marvelously neat, ver
is straight and rather stiff. One unde
It stands, in looking at him, that EXPIRE
) sion, I'm soiddt sous k havnais. His col
tour is still we'll preserved. His body
well made. His limbs are powerful. Hi
extremities indicate an old and good noc<
His face, more grave than severe, Ut
its beard cut in German fashion, IL
known. The smile which plays ON In
face is at times very young. When thi
tall old man speakA to the women who
during the summer months form hi
courts at Ems, he seems to date back L
the seventeenth century. The emperor
has the beautiful blue eyes of Frederick
the Great. But however large his eyes
they have not the extraordinary dimen.
sions of Frederick. The scant hairs, for
merly light brown, to-day ashen, are
parted low on the left, crossing, but not
covering the crown Of his head. William
seems to me to personify absolutely an
emperor of the olden time-large, strong,
handsome-a soldier. The faces of Alex-
ander and of Francis Joseph are those
Of modern emPerors The gaze of Will.
liam has a strange slowness. It is the
look of man who has the consciousness
of majesty. He believes, it is we'll
known, in his divine right. His tufted
eyebrows form q fine arch. His eyes
have not the vague mysteriousness of
those of Alexander, nor the invincible
melancholy of those of Francis Joseph,
nor the trouble of those of Queen Vic.
toria. However. / prefer the express
sion Of these last three to that Of the
Emperor William. They have more
personality.
His voice has strong tone Of COM
mand. The accent is slightly Beflinese.
The emperor thickens little, and dwells
somewhat on the vowels. He speaks
slowly and very correctly, ~ man who
has the habit of always being listened
to, without having his interlocutOr finish
his sentence. He chooses rather than
seeks his words. He would be able to
deliver from the tribune of the reichs-
rath an eloquent discourse. The en-
peror has the real memory Of SOW
ereign. He remembers every name and
every face, He knows most Of the off,
GERS of his army. At times, when wit
Messing review, one will hear him say
to modest officer: You resemble your
grandfather; q little lighter, perhaps.
He was brave soldier" He remembers
q conversation he has held years before.
Adored by those who surround him, he
is thoughtful of them. But never did
sovereign do 10 easily without the pres
ence of an officer whom death or advance
ment has taken from bis suite: He thinks
Of man. Look At him close BY. Every
face of old age is . revelation. The
Emperor William ia good. He i above
all, q religious man and q soldier. A
sword with cross on the hilt, which he
formerly used, might have served him
as crucifix.
One may we'll be astonished to zee
these religious sentiments in a sovereign
who more than any other, has for a dogma
force! But he believes that he exer-
cises an apostOlate. It il difficult
anomaly to explain. The emperor is q
pietist. At those hosrs which come,
even in the existence of conqueror,
when he does not know whether ne Is
going to retreat into gulf or advance
into an abyss, the Emperor William
prays to God, rs dues Alex ander II.
But Alexander goes publicly to the tomb
of his mother and his son, and prays by
the lips of his flown away angela
The Emperor William reads in little
bible, which he always carries with him
| when with the army. The book opens
of itself at certain page. ! would Ike
to tell the reader, as / did OF Queen Vic
toria, which are those preferred pages.
Perhaps the soldier whose life has been
4 combat, and the august woman whose
has been but one long love, read the
came sacred pages.
| A French chaplain told me that ths
Emperor William always interested him
self in knowing If the wounded prisoner
received the consolation of religion
He seemed to say to France, like Cthellt
before killing Desdemonis, "Have yot
prsyed tonight" ! am the more sen
| sibie TO this for the reason that livel,
J emotion wrested from the emperor q
1.-Two different times, when seeing Ou
troops charging in the midst OF tn
mitrailleuses, the words :" All! thos
, brave men" and he wrote them to th
empress.
The Emperor William sleeps on /
, small camp-bed, under large soldier
, cloak. At 8 o'clock A. y. he is workinl
. with his ministers. While he - at bc'
+ lin he goes almost every morning % a
Thiergarten, in an uncovered vict0fii
often alone, cnvdloped in his miiitar
cloak. and his helmet or cap ON his hcaf
He is not even preceded BY Outrider
Beside the coachman is seated tho TOO
mn. with his plumed hat and its trcss
: Of gold, and his short sword at his sid
: He responds gravely but :liehtiy 70 z
nlutations Tho passers-by who hAN
: nositions more or less official, stop, to
the eauipage, and make their salat
: The emperor il fond Of hunting. I
= eoes by preference to tho grounds (tvs'
!. y 5ooden) Of Wolmirstaet. There he dSosa
y like q country gentleman. In the eve
= ipx William sometimes takes hand
y rubber at whist. He plays with Z
u air of . man who is certain that !
~ mariner will have no fault to reproa
!. him with.
ne He has not been willing to tempt !.
- tune a second time, in spite q nc
q = vitation given by his coun:elor. On
4. the other day he remained calm q
~ withstanding the sound Ct the cannol
u y roar which the wind from the g
y brought to him. esteem mOre hien
T. u his majesty in calm than IN excttemei
y. can comprehend Michael Angelo, y
O ~ represented his Moses seAted ~ I
q 2. church Of San Pietro in Yincoli. y