Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-13
How He Sat a Horse for Hours at she
Last Review.

A letter from Nuremburg, Of q late date, tell
| Ing Of the imperial review held at Riesa,
| between Chemnits and Berlin, In the fall, says
The Emperor, with his family and suite, and
| the king Of Saxony and suite, together with
representatives Of the royal families Of England,
| Austria, Russia and Italy, were present, when
| OF an old man, with white hair and white whis-
kers, riding toward the head Of the llne con-
trolling with one hand proud and spirited
| black horse. and grasping his sword with the
Other giving orders to his aids and making
suggestions to his generals; moving about with
| the activity of a man Of 90, and displaying not
| only wonderful tact in the management Of the
soldiers, but admirable hOrsemanship and cool
ness.-when the thousands recognized the we'll
known face and form of the wel-beloved
Emperor OF Germany, at the age of IS, doing
all this. the enthusiasm began to border upon
the insane.
For four long hours the Emperor sat in his
| saddle. directing the troops here, correcting
| them there, and watching their movements with
| Keen eye everywhere. At his age-and but
few attain his age at all-ordnary men are
either buried in or are sinking into second child
hood. "sans sight, sans teeth sans everything"
but there were few more active men on the pa
rade field than William was that day.
The enthusiasm with which his son, Unser
EitL, WAS received was Only briue less nearly
| than that which greeted the aged emperor.
Fritz is himself an old man In years now.
| and a grandfather but as young looking
grandfather as ever / beheld. He Is, like his
father. tall, well-built, muscular. soldier-like
man, with a pleasant, even benevolent face and
bright and cheerful eye. He rode by his father
during the day. and the two made a handsome
picture as they galloped over the plain.
The enthusiastic cheering broke out
afresh when the daughter of Queen
Victoria. the crown princess Of Germany,
at the head and in command of a detachment of
troops. She is 42 years of age, grandmother.
and as 1ull of life as girl of Is. In every re-
view held during the autumn she took an active
part. being in the saddle at Breslau with her
imperial father-in-law for over five hours. She
has the bearing of a princess. and no matter
how 1t may shock my democratic American
readers, l must say there is something in the
appearance of the imperial family of Germany
don't pretend to know or to say what it is
which raises them above the level of ordinary
people
1t is sheer nonsense to say that the people of
Germany are not pleased with the present order
OF things. Why. it was only three months ago
That the WOrkingmen of Dresden gave the EN-
perOr one OF the grandest Ovatons he ever had
They took the horses from his carriage. should
cred the vehicle and bore it through the streets,
while 500 600 people yelled and cheered for Will
liam until exhaustion compelled them to keep
quiet. This was in the capital city of the king
dom which. in the past, has been less friendly
than any OF the others to Prussia and where
evidence of dlsloyalty would be most likely to
appear If any dislOyaty existed. When the
wOrkingmen, so called, are satisfied in any
country, with any form Of government, what
more could be asked?