The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-06
EMPEROR WILLIAM AT HOME.

The New Daily Programme Which Has
Been Prescribed by His Physicians.
Berlin Tageblatt.
The Emperor is now able to devote fourteen
hours out of every twenty-four to the various
duties of his exalted position. During the
whole of that time he wears his uniform and
his military boots. Quite recently his physi-
clans prescribed for him new programme for
the employment of his waking hours, and it is
said to have been adopted with great benefit.
At o'clock in the morning valet enters
the Emperor's bedroom with a small cup of
tea, which his Majesty drinks before he rises
In former years it was his custom to rise when
he felt that he had slept long enough, and to go
at once to his dressingroom but of late, upon
the recommendation of his physicians, he has
made it his habit TO lie in bed for an hour and a
half after waking AT $50 the Emperor quits
his ted, and, with very little assistance dresses
take turns in waiting upon him for tweney-four
hours at time These are his wardrobe-mau,
Engel. and his two Wallets. Ukermarker and
Krause.
Al o'clock the Kaiser goes to his library,
where he breakfasts. usually tea aud toast.
On Tuesdays and Fridays, however, breakfast
is served about twenty minutes earlier than
usual, and by o'clock his Majesty is in his
study, where he receives the report of the presi-
dent OF police. On other day days the Emperor
ness is to open letters and sign documents.
Punctually at 10 o'clock Herr Won Wilmowski,
the chief of the Civil Cabinet, arrives for brief
interview. and from that hour audience sue
ceeds audience until 1890, when the Emperor
takes his second breakfast. This invariably
consists of basin of plain soup and some meat
of an easily digested kind. The menu for
breakfast and for dinner is drawn up by physi-
clan in consultation with the cook and then
submitted to the Emperor, who generally makes
some slight alteration, but there is no founda-
ton for the stories that have been told
or his inordinate fondness for hot boiled
Holsters and crabs. The doctors have ordered
the Kaiser 20 drink glass of good old Bor-
deaux with his breakfast, we'll with his
dinner, bat the Emperor cares little for wine
and compromises the matter by deluging the
Chateau MargauX with natural Seltzer water.
When the guard is changed the Emperor sell
dom fails to appear at the well-known window
of his palace to return the sautations of the
crowd which is always assembled without. At
ter the second breakfast there are more audi
enees and interviews. until it is time for the
Emperor to take his daily drive. He usually re-
turns at about o'clock and resumes work. Be-
tween and the higher officials of the Empire
have audience, and at dinner is announced
1t lasts one hour and immediately afterwards
the Emperor goes back TO his study. where for
an hour he reads the newspapers Of the day or
has passages frors Athem read to him. At {
he orders his carriage and, If he has nothing
more important to do, goes either TO the theater
or to the opera He has always been a great
lover of the drama and he is very unwilling to
allow anything to interfere with his evenings
enjoyment of it, yet he has for many years
made il a rule never TO go to the theater while
the body of one of the leaders of his armies
OF any old political servant lies unburied. When
the Emperor returns from the theater tea is
served and some time is spent in social con-
versaton. but at about 10 o'clock his Majesty
goes once more To his study to give attention to
any pressing matters that may have come up
during the day. When he has dealt with these
he goes to his room. aud at Ii o'clock the valet
OF the day leaves him, talking away the lamp
and leaving lighted nignt-Iight on the table by
the bedside. Tue Emperor sleeps. uncommonly
well, and the tinkle of the electric bell which
rings In the neighboring room in which sits tho
valet on duty is very seldom heard during the
night
The Kaiser likes 20 have a vase filed with
eorn-dowers his study-tabIe, and declares
4 that 1t there be rn-dowers there will be no
work done Flowers for this vase are therefore
specially grown in forcing house at PotsdAm