Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-17
THE PALACE OF THE KING.
HOME OF EMPEROR WILLIAM AND THE
EMPRESS AUGUSTA, GERMANY.

The Royal stables-LibrarY-Wof
Echo Hall-Rooms Of the Kaiserin-
Portrait of the Kaiser.
Correspondence of the REcoRD-usIos.l
BERLIN, May 10, 1882.
On arriving at the German capital, late
in the month of April, we learned that the
Kaiser Wilhelm was at Weisbaden, but
would return on the following week also,
that during his absence the Royal Palace
was on exhibition. The next morning,
notwithstanding the copious April showers,
we armed ourselves with umbrellas and
proceeded to the home of the great EN-
peror, only to learn that, on account OF
important business, the gates were shut
for the day. The following morning, at
about the same hour, We presented our
selves again before the Palace gate, or side
entrance-for none but the nobility enter
the principal portal The gate. keeper-an
important looking individual, bearing signs
of royal politely informed us
that we must wait, as parties had already
gone in before us. We waited. Soon the
great iron gate swung on its hinges, and
lust as we felt sure that our time had come,
royal carriage clattered through. In the
back seat sat fine.looking man, in fine
suit, drawing on a fine pair of light kid
gloves. "Who is that?" we asked of the
German who accompanied US. "Oh, he is
only servant, but he feels bigger than
the Kaiser himself" was the reply. The
gate was shut, but still we waited IN the
rain. Slow but sure in the German motto.
Again the double gate was thrown open,
and this time we were allowed to walk up
the court as fa- as the door. But, alas, for
our hopes The head porter, in red stripes
and brass buttons, appeared quickly on the
scene, saying that visitors must enter In
parties Of twenty and as several parties
were then going the rounds of the palace
and another was sitting in the hall, we
must wait. So we waited again in the
ra.n-pstiently, cannot affirm but
WE WAITED,
Simply because we could not do otherwise.
Reinforcements kept continually adding
themselves to our party, till we numbered
between fifty and sixty. Through the win.
dow we could see the twenty. who were
apxiously waiting their turn in the hall.
As we stood with our umbrellas dripping
over each other, pretending to "grin and
bear it," we observed gentlemen coming
in at the gate, who marched by us straight
into the hall, and disappeared. This ex-
cited suspicion. An American standing
near then related anecdotes concerning the
magical effect of small coin in similar ex-
igencies. "Why," said he, 81 have
known franc 40 cents), rightly applied,
to cause an extra coach to be attached to
train and dedicated to the express use of
certain party" We mildly limited the
efficacy of gold to the German, who bristled
up, and wished us to understand that such
practices were not allowed, would avail
US nothing, and that we must wait our
turn. The door opened just at that mo-
ment, and tAe red cap of the head porter
appeared again, saying that twenty could
now be admitted and implored them not
to crowd But they did crowd and the
door was shut, and still we stood in the
rain. Concluding that we would be fore
most in the ranks at the next influx, we
stationed ourselves on the steps, when
"red cap" appeared again, saying, "You
must not crowd, and you must not
stand on the steps," One woman of i'm
meuse proportions, who, like ourselves,
had been left out, talked German to him
30 rapidly that we could not understand
but he did; FOR he looked at her, smiled
sorrowfully and replied, cit is no use to
swear, my good friend just wait patiently
for your turn; really cannot help you.
While he was uttering these words of con-
ISOLATION, big fat boy, in white apron,
entered the court, passed through the door,
bearing upon his head huge tray of sau-
sages. So we had ocular proof that the
oleaginous sausage is eaten in king palaces.
Some one suggested a visit to the stable,
and Immediately detachment Of us started
in that direction. We found it at the end
of the court. There might have been
THIRTY HORSES;
There might have been less, did not count
them; but all were fine, sleek, well-fed,
well. cared-for looking animals, each with
his card bearing his name over the head of
his stall. One horse possessed an especially
fine, long wavy tail, which the hostler, who
was in the act of combing and brushing it,
proudly displayed before our admiring
eyes. The stable is OF triangular form,
every nook and corner of which was scru-
pulously neat. The entrance is at one
extremity, and the wardrobe of the stable
men at the other. Just beyond the apex
of this triangle is a large stall, furnished
with stationary marble basin, running wa
ter aud comfortable seats. No sooner had
we entered than the Kaisers private
coachmap, in white pants and red velvet
jacket, came ambling down the passage,
and maiestically seated his about $50
pounds avoirdupois in one of these chairs
He then leveled his suspicious eyes upon
us and kept them there, in order to
assure himself that we did not steal a
horse OF blow up his Majesty's stable. a
little beyond this stall hangs tablet upon
which each days orders are written. This
stable contains only the family horses
! The Marshall, in another part of the city,
holds all the horses belonging to the crown.
We had Just reached our waiting quarters
again as the door openad. Having lost
that modest hanging back air, we made
plunge and a dive and landed in the mid
die of the hall. This is large square
room, with doors and stalrcases leading in
all directions, beautiful pieces Of statuary
and cosy inches holding vases and urns.
Around the central pillars are
SOFT, CUSHIONED SEATS.
Here we were now permitted to seat our
selves, and reflect upon the honor of actu-
ally breathing under the roof OF the great
and mighty Emperor. Aud here we must
continue to mediate, till one of the parties
meandering through the sacred halls should
issue forth. Red Cap oscillated between us
and the crowd clamoring at the outside
portal. 0ne impatient traveller yawned,
then stretched out his feet, and finally
assumed the air of man who had con-
cluded that interminable waiting afforded
him no saving grace. He drew the porter
aside, and they talked confidentially, like
men who understood each other. Their
elbows doubled, coins clinked family as
Red Cap, with furtive glance in our d.
rectiop, sought his pants pocket. That
Traveller then seated himself, with the ar
of man who knew why he was waiting.
Red Cap now had few words with the
man who guarded the head of the stair
case. Both smiled blandly. and with an
other furtive glance at US, Red Cap beck
oned, and the man and his friends quietly