The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-11

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enoe Blsm arck has profvssed IN the Reicbstnx
a sele.com nlacsnt len oranea Ia h fond ~ rad.
ins nov hissorieni !, orka amons which Taine's
aeeou NJ Of ths Irst Preoch revoiutioo h partie.
ularv mentioned. "In the m after NJ ba,iss letres
he socords the pslm 70 Ooethe and shnkss.
mon a desert island With soms Of 0oethe's
works for his sols com lons. Schiller n less
avn pathstic 70 him. probably bv roason OF I'M
pronounced disiiko 70 n nom pous and decIama.
tory style. . Modern 0erman literature
IN atm less 10 bis tasts. he prefer. the Rnsliah
and French uovelisss OF the present DAY "a tho
German writer's OF romance" send mo q
French novel. he wrote Ia his vife during the
campaign in Bohemia, but only ona at time"
Mr.. Busch finds It impossible to define with
precision tho Ohancellor's attitude toward the
pictorial and plastic arts." apparently because
he cares mxt TO nothing about them. In
Frankfort he assooiated . god deal with
painters and scuptors. but romem-
Dor nothing In his letters referring to these
matters. and have but seldom heard him mon
tion artistic subjects or personases.
His apartments In Berlin. Varzln. and Soho
enhausen bv NO means abound In artistic
adornmont. unless photographs. Autographs,
aud steel engravlngs may pass for such. .
I infer from these facts that he does not
take any vsry great pleasure In painting,
sculpture. and architectural" Naturally Mr..
Busch. being Boswell, opines that this does
not signify much. and undertakes to defend
his masters lack Of sesthetlv recsptiyeness BY
tho example OF Stein, who, 1t seems. regarded
Faust a story book. For dramatic xrt tho
Chancellor showed somo liking In his callow
days whom no was green in Judgment, but OF
late years he seldom attends o theatre or opera,
Il cannot recall. " SAYS Nc, Busch. that during
the French war. or since he has once referred
to the stage or its celebrities In conversation"
On the other hand, Prince Bismarck feels
keen interest In music, whom It 10 dissociated
from tho stage, "the classical composers. With
Beethoven at their head. being his fayorites."
Durins the riner period of his liss Bismarch
has esohew gambling. even in the most elias.
tic sense Of the word, though this dictum
should perhaps be qualified by admitting that
In his duel with Austrin no sot O great stake on
a single card. We arc assured. however. that
he. unlike most mon occupying positions OF
great power and unrlyalled opportunities of
gaining information. has never participated In
any operations on Change, For years no has
not touched card. Whom a young man, how.
ever, ne was fond Of whist. having once played
games OF pure chance also had some
charm for him. But" he remarked once
to Mr.. Busch. they only Interested mo
when played for high stakes which was not
the thing for father OF family" As late.
nevertheless. a. 1865 he took part In game Of
Q,iinze but It was exclusively for political pur-
pose. 1t was" 90 he told the biographer,
when concluded the treaty OF Gasteln with
Blome. played so rashly that oil the others
were lost In amszement; but I knew we'll
enough what wanted. Blome had been told
that Quinze Afforded the best possible oppor-
tunity for judging mons characters. and
wished to try the experiment said to myself.
You shall fnd out all about IT. so lost Q
couple OF hundred thalers. But led Blome
astray; he deemed me rash and venturesome.
and gave way" in the subsequent negotiations.
Bismarck. II seems. as Prussian Primo Min.
lister. has drawn NO salary. and a. Chancellor
OF the German empire he only receives
S1S.6OO year. The rest Of his income is de.
rived from his private estates. and regarded az
Prince he Is but moderately we'll of. Up to
1867 he only owned tho choenhausen estate
in the Old Mark Of Brandenbure. but In that
year no purchased the varzin property in
Neither Pomeranla, with tho endowment OF
100000 granted him by the Prussisn
Diet. He has since added TO varzin the
adjacent lands OF Sc ilitz and Thorow.
but the whole tract Is mainly unpro-
ductive soil. In 1871 the Emperor. in his en-.
pacty Of sovereign Duke of I.aue nburc. DO.
slowed upon the Chancellor the sacbsenwsld
domain, AUDITING on the Elbo. near Hamburg,
with which tho dones has subsequently, united
tho contiguous estates of schoenou and SILK a.
we'll as large farm. The sschsenwald. with
the Incorporated properties ia worth a little
over three. quarters Of million dollars. and
yields ut present about S25. 900 year,
Bismarck's dislike Of sbnms and bumbup.
Is exempli6ed in mnnv anecdotas IN. ~ thom