Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-05
EMPEROR WILLIAM AT HOME.
The New Daily Program which Has
Been Prescribed by His Physicians.

From the Berlin Tagbatt
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 physicians prescribed for him
new program for the employment OF his waking
hours and It is said to have been adopted with
great benefit.
AT O'Clock In the morning a valet enters the
emperors bedroom with small cup OF tea, which
his majesty drinks before he rises. In former
years IL was his custom to rise when he felt that
dressing-room but OF late upon the recommended
ton OF his physicians he has made IL his habit
to lie in bed for an hour and half after waking.
At $50 the emperor quits his bed and, with very
little assistance, dresses himself. He has three
personal attendants who take turns In waiting
are his wardrobe-man EpgeL and his two valets
Ukermarker and krauSe.
At 9 O'Clock the kaiser goes to his library, where
he breakfasts, usually on tea and toast. ON Tues
days and Fridays, however breakfast is served
about twenty minutes earlier than usual, and by o
receives the report OF the president of police on
other days the emperor does not begin work until
900. His first business is TO open letters and sign
Wilmowski, the chief of the civil cabinet arrives
for a brief interview, and from that hour audience
succeeds audience until II 80, when the emperor
takes his second breakfast. This invariably con-
sists OF basin of plain soup and some meat OF an
easily-digested kind. The menu for breakfast and
d
ton with the cook, and then submitted TO the
emperor, who generally makes some slight altera-
ton. but there is no foundation for the stories that
have been told OF his tnordinate fondnesS for hot
boiled HOLSTERS and crabs. The doctors have
ordered the kaiser to drink glass OF good old Bor
deaux with his breakfast, as well as with his din
ner, but the emperor cares little for wine and CON-
promises the matter by deluging the Chateau
Margaux with natural settler water. When the
appear at the well-known window OF his palace
TO return the SalutatiOnS OF the crowd which Is
always assembled without. After the second
breakfast there are more audiences and inter-
views, until IL Is time for the emperor to take his
daily drive. He usually returns at about 8 O'Clock
and resumes work. Between 3 and 5 the higher
officials OF the empire have audience and at din
ner is ANNOUNCED. II lasts one hour, and.immedt-
ately afterward the emperor goes back to his
study, where for an hour he reads the newspapers
OF the day or has passages from them read TO him.
AT he orders his carriage, and, II he has nothing
more important to DO goes either TO the theater OF
the drama, and he is very unwilling to ALLOW
anything TO interfere with his evenings enjoy
ment OF 1t, yet he has Tor many years made IL a
rule never TO 60 to the theater while the body OF
one OF the leaders OF his armies or OF any old
political servant lies unburied. When the EN-,
perOr returns from the theater tea IS served and
some time Is spent in social conversation, but at
about 10 O'Clock his maj sly 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, and at
O'Clock the valet OF the day leaves him, taking
away the lamp and leaving lighted nightlight on
the table by the bedside. The emperor sleeps un-
commonly WELL and the tinkle OF the electro bell,
which rings in the neighbortng room in which sits
the valet on duty, is very seldom heard during the
night.
The kaiser likes to have a vase filled with corn
flowers on his study table, and declares that II
there be no c0rn-fiOwerS there Will be no work
done. Flowers for this therefore specially
grown in forcing house at POtSdam all the year
round. For making marginal notes upon public
documents the emperor uses along and very thick
pencil. This also has TO be specially prepared for
him: but for years he used an ordinary carpenters
pencil, and he only reiinquished it when It was
represented TO him that the SoftneSS OF the lead
caused his writing TO smear and become indie
cipherable. His majesty neither smokes nor taxes
snuif. and any spare moments that may be at his
disposal during the day are spent with the enn-
press, in whose presence he is always most pune
tOuS and attentive. AT the time OF the at
tempted assassination OF the emperor at Nobling
in 1878, the empress was In very bad health, and
she Was unable 10 go to her husbands room until
some days after the event. At last She dragged
herself down stairs to his apartments calculating.
:" How happy shall be 10 see thee again. The
kaiser, whose room was full OF officers. and whose
door was open, heard her, and laughingly shouted,
well, come along wife. come along" and when
the empress appeared, both burst into tears.