Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-09

emperor went and came in Berlin without
restraint. The royal palace a small plain house
Of succeed brick, butt for him at the time OF his
marriage, was always his favOrlte residence There
he could often be seen at the windows of his study
room on the ground floor overlooking the street
No regiment ever passed that he did not lump uD
10 salute IL. AT times he would be atIr.cIed bv
nothing more singular than q skurry Of RAIN Il
street crowd, or contumacious beggar. on
afternoons he would receive In the court yard the
throng OF wretched people who had petitions 70
make, questioning each shrewdly, but kindly and
simply. Then he would go out for IA ride In an open
carriage, usually unattended, a stroll through the
Thiergarten, Invariably ia uniform, strict In ey-
pectiDg That every officer and soldier should salute
him, but never Directing to being addressed
by any one who had anything to saw.
To this -unrcStrained intercourse between the
emperor and all classes OF his subjects the at
telnpts upon his life In the early summer OF 1873
put an end. Within doors the palace speaks elo-
quenty OF its late occupant. Pictures In the vest-
lin; the reception-room is crammed with models
or arms AMI missiles and puppets clad In all the
uniforms OF the world; the ante-roOm To his study
Is the Highlander in which the banners OF the
guards are Kept, being taken thence whenever
regiment turns out. The study itself Is hung with
military maps and plans, and has two pictures
the emperor or GermanyS sister-the inkstand was
once shell. the paper weights are the hoofs OF
Unlan lances with which some valiant feat OF arms
was done, as the inscribed plates upon them
tell HIS other favorite residence was Babels-
berg, at PoIs1am In The midst OF a grand park,
where his bedroom Is the simplest room
In the building, without carpet, having for
furniture low single iron bedstea,d with a hard
mattress and plain curtains, a table with toilet
articles and garden. chair MADE by the crown
prince, and Tor Ornament bust OF The empress mod
elle1i by the crown princess. From hts early man.
hood the emperor has been a mighty hunter, as
testIneS his Schiessf1stc since 1872 on which are
chronicled the death OF 1000 OLA mead OF game,
nom an aurochs, bears, wolves boars anu deer
down TO hares, pheasants and cartridges. Add
tionai testimony was afforded by his missing fore
ringer. On the 10th OF December, 1915, while
hunting at Lauken Herr Won WulkniIz accidentally
shot his prlDcey companion in the right hand, and
the doctors had To amputaJe most OF the forennger
The late emperor invariably wore UNIFORM at
home, even when writing letters In his study.
While actually sitting at his writing Liable he was
accustomed 10 loosen three or four or the upper
buttons Of his Die-breasIed tunic, and to turn
BACK It's lapeis.l whenever, however, q body OF
troops small or large, was heard approaching the
palace, he rose from his seat hastily butt0ned up
ms UNIFORM 10 the throat, and adjusted his cross
of the Ordre pour e Merite" In siich sort that II
huns down over the coat collar exactly under the
chin. Ihis operation, which long practice en-
aoied him 10 perform N o Few seconds, concluded