, 1881-05-31
BERLIN.
The Kaiser and the CroWn.Prince
Liked by the People;
But the Empress and the Crown
Princess Held in Dislike.
4 Visit from Ltszt, and Performance
Of Ills Oratorio, "Chrlstus."
Htraot-Uars That Do Not Rtart Early
Enough to Take Obildron to School.

Spfctn& Chrrypondenea of Tie CAfedco Trbuns.
l;l:1sI.ty, Prussia, April 9s.-Thc stranger
whn remains short t1lnc III Germany cannot
fall 10 be impressed with tho fact tllat tho
venerable Kaiser IL dearly beloved by Ills
people; s', riso Is the Crown-I'rncc; while,
OIL il.s other hnM. the l:lnnsess anti Growth
Princess nrc unpopular. The Emperor must,
NJ conrsr, be familiar 10 y0tl at home,
through Ills pictures, ~ n really handsome
old man,. lie is ccr.ntnly well preserved for
n man Ut his years, 81 last March. Illlsnors
begin to report Tint, though tho Kaiser at-
pears spry anl fresh In Itahlie, yet. When
frue from restraint III tho privacy OF Ills own
apartments. le SLOWS his nga plainly, md
that bnth mentally md physically no Is fall
linz. Tho Elnpcrnr has always hccn motler-
nto III llnbits. which doubtless llas lad m,lcl,
to do towards preserving Ills health.
LIE sIEEfs
OIL hard mattress, which rests OH n simple
brass hndstcnd; md his covering Il u sol
tltcr's blunket. It Is sail thnt this simple
bed is take, along wherever Ills Majesty
travels. And the story runs, tg!at, upon one
Of the EtnpcrOr's visits 10 st. Petersburg, his
servant 0f tho het1-chnnber found Iii tho
apartments assigned to lis Majesty M ele-
gnut bed, canopied, nt,d III all respects rs
]uxuriously comfortable us the most pain
1,ereu monarc!, conld desire. "Wllnt Is TINT
bed forr' exclaimed the servant. question.
ingly. "For his Majesty the Emperor Of
Germany" was The reply. "Tnka It right
away, tlIen," ordered tho servant; "thc Enl-
peror brings Ills own he'd with Him." And
the plain little bcslstcatt was put In the place
of tho magnificent onc which had been III
tended for his Majesty.
The Kutser Is said to be inord1natcly foud
LousrEtss.A1.AD.
But, as It did not aEreo with tho Royal
stomach any better than with many n
lIuulhlc fellows, lis physician forbade Its
free indulgence In 1t ,nnny years agn. telling
hin tint, IT lle did not INT 1t, fle might ivo
to be 10. Therefore, Of course, tho Emperor
| has lived to reach tho ngc Of ~. When 1lA
stjth birthday arrived, lie called his tnutlfcal
adviser to him and sald, "Therr, my dcar
| Doctor, have livelto be 50, anil now today
| I ai,l going to cat NJ mitch l0bstGr-salnl rs
| want" 4 rncsu Of one Of the dinners given
| during the recent Royal wcldlng-fcstivftics
| llaugs III the slluw-wtntow otNn eisgruver In
| Charlntten straSsc, md from tlnIt 1t Is to be
Inferred that tho lobster -salnd-lovtng Kaiser
| once again ran tho risks Of indigestion md
sIeeplrss night. But, II distressed, he must
hayc been ashamed Of Ills weakness mil
| kept Ills suifcrtngs to himself, for the .En!ly
papers lundU no mention Of tho Important
fact.
! Another weakness OF the nbsteml0us old
monarch Is the ballet; MID, In consequence,
that of tho Imperial Theatre here is of TN
rivnled bcnuty and sp!e1,doE,-is not even
surpassed by the ballet III tho Russian or
Austrian Capitals.
/
THE cl'owS-'NlSGE. .
old: has a fine, soiticr.liks carrIase. and 4
kin S'aole express'on' anu na 5aas ni oE nukes
for 'SJ s,ari 1S iu.nu tnnu M w.
tellectnnl qualities. as 4 Gcrlnun suil to
mc. "Oht everybody knows ho did not In
v"nt @ gnnnow,lcr ftl,c ,s,njvolent for m iIo viii
mover set tic Thames nllre'l; hit he Is a
thorough soldier, mud wc hope le will root
out some of tic Vices thnt tho uiniablo
old Kaiser wInks nj. This latter
- aes H., ,,a,.,u;.,,.I,,
llau 1elefelee u NV ho,o''ons's 10:
coffupt management , Mio Me nl-
1nofa,ty OF tne NoSa' tnea1Ie n1lu oresa' res'
Of which will speak Mt another ttnie, Com
parel to that Of some members Of his father .
fa%Se|y e ts eo s 1 b1setIe ':e1S fis prSaid cal
cl.aracter OF tho Cr1,wl,-I Prince Is uuLte FREQ
from reproaeh. Sill, he is ,nccretlitel with a
few pcccnttltlOcS WllOsB nbsellca In NGyAlty
cXcites more wonder thar their presence.
1,,s+r w1,- r,tr ryr1,rss
=, ,,o,,,,ar " Va oa,,,,,t @ ~ M, aot,aro.,,o,,
nssrta ~ 80 a,t II s.nms Ia Y. ha @ IN 'nensra
wsassY she Is A "t yery sy1o't,e 'a,d',s ,"wall
o hn'seri in Ha IS ,.f, nGcry re"a. e1toi n "I II
innuEn nellSge WILL 'e;ss, IT, l;sn e.; .hos !. T.
tMt tie tMberia nnst M59 I,t nans'MR It,, ;s1
more innf1 iltty sssss q t WlMtsa NY " ,i1,. ,
Iloh!aI piss: ta at tnr w ,,',,,intty ~ rt
9afSs uaey 9nly cVlnce tnctr lag,l'ite'Hi.tty
py meyer oe1ns seSh ."semoa Ec H., .', ,,rls
s'an1 9,i. aS a ani,t,% Wnrtbcr r. o III AtlIis
Ii more :. hclltlng to lsoyal dignity,
ur whether it shows q decided
preference on the part of each for tils upl,l-
fnrr,Int,Ml cnfnvmrnt NJ hfs pr her avn 90
siatw I Ionx,; - mti,nrs to .iefrrn,ne. Hs wis
~ - r.,. ~ H., t"r ~ IN n,,,.nn ra,on ~
stAtt ~ t.'.1, ., S.e ,,,linr
tho impress " pan!o ua.IlS ~, IL Mguna W y. II
| festivities nf IGr GRANDSON Otchai'heA no ell
thuslasnl whatever III tho .popIlnce, Whilc
| tile Kaiser WIS greeted V0clfcrnuAiy, Upon
that nccaslnn tier hair presented sueh strlk'
| tllk E0}ttflHt Ill Nlt0 u LltAE GH(VClEl lTDlt