New-York tribune., 1888-04-15
KAISER VILHELWS LAST DAYS.
HOW HE SPENT HIS TINE LESS THAN MONTH sE>
FORE HE DIED.
From Tho Berliner Tagcblatt, Feb 10.

From Tho Berliner Tageblatt, teo IL.
The Emperor pow able to devote fourteen h hoq r.
exalted position. During the whole OF that time no
wears his uniform and his military boots. oulte
programme for the employment OF his waking hours,
and It s said to have been adopted with great benefit
At o'clock in the morning valet enters the Em- &
perors bedroom with a small cup Of tea which HIS
Majesty drinks before he rises. In former years is
was his custom to rise when he felt that he had slept
long enough and 90 at once to his dres'ns-room'
but of late, upon tho recommendation OF his physl-
hour and half after waking; At half past tho
Emperor quits his bed and with very little assistance
who take turns in waiting upon him for twenty four
hours at a time These are his wardrobe man, Enseis
At O'Clock the Kaiser goes to his library, whers
he breakfasts usually tea and toast On TUESDAYS
and Fridays, however breakfast Is ssrved err oeSs s5Sgs
His Majesty Is in his study. where hc receives the
report Of the President OF Police on other DAYS,
ues after o. His first business IS to open ieteT Mer.
and sign PancISy ct at 10 srSss Hsss
for brief Interview, and from that hour audience
succeeds audience until half pat H. Ssep t9G
Consists of a basin of plain soup and some meat OF
an easily dIgestible hnd The menu for ,,s brcamss,e
taton with the cook and then submitted to the En-.
peror, who generally makes some slight alteration:
besn told OF his inordnate fondness for hot boiled
Holsters and crabs The doctors have ordered the the
s' his breakfast as we'll ss with his dinner but the
Emperor cares little for wine and compromises the mat,
ter by dSssns S tse rusrd changed tho
Emperor seldom fails to appear at the well, know2
dSS Crowd 81 wsh as swSs 70 without After
the second breakfast there were more audiences ana
ssT Sy un e usually s iGr asV at about ococ
and at resumes work between q and tne
SsneG s Sl ONE and
diaely afterwards the Emperor goes Dack 10 MS study
day or has passages from them read to him AZ
he orders his carriage, and II he has nothing moro
to DO gSs either Ss TO the a oSep or 70 the
drama. and he IS very unwilling to allow anything
has for many years made It rule never 80 go TO the
theatre while the body of Of the leaders OF hls
armies or Of any old political servant lies unburied.
when the Emperor returns from the theatre tea Is
served and some time IS spent I'm social conversation,
but at about 10 o'clock HIS Majesty goes once more
to his study to give attention 10 any pressing matters
that may have come up during the day. When he
has dealt with these he goes TO his room and at il
tho lamp and leaving lighted night light on tho
table by the bedside The Emperor sleep. uncom.
rings I'm the nelghbOring in which sits the valet
on duty is very seldom heard during the night
The Kaiser likes to have vase filed with coln-
flowers on his study table and declares that il there
be no corn-howes there will be no work done Flow.
crs for this vase therefore specially grown In
forcing house at Potsdam all the year round For
making marginal notes upon public documents the
6SE o 6o peSsS SnI oF hm but
years he used ordinary carpenters pencil, and 10
that the softncss of the lead caused his writing to
smear and become undcc pherable Hs Majesty
neither smokes nor takes snuff, and any spare mo-
ments that may be at his disposal during the day
arc spont with the Empress. in whose presence he IS
always most punctllious and attentive AZ the tins
of the attempted assassination Of the Emperor by
Noblng in 1879 the Empress in very bad health,
and she unable TO go to her husbands room until
some days after the event. At last she dragged her.
self downstairs TO his apartments, circulating How
happy L shall be TO see thee again" The Kaiser
whose room was full OF officers and whose door was
open. heard her and laughngly shouted, swell come
along wife come alongp And when the Empress
appeared both burst into tears.