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


view Of his soldiers while they marched past. one
day an exalted parsonage, who happened TO be In
conversation with the emperor when the sound OF
preach OF .grand guards," his majesty hurriedfy
went Through the above described ''rapid act, '
Soos heart O. grace and asked the kaiser why me
OF his uniform before showing himself TO MS
guards "As the head OF the army ! am bound TO
| way OF tenue. They have never seen me with my
coat unouttoned, and 90 not intend they snaIi.
For let me tell you, it IS the one button left un
buttOned that is the ruin OF an army"
NO other German emperor lived as long as
IA Kaiser Wilhelm Next TO him comes Frederick
| III, VINO died In 1893, aged seventy -eight
HIS LOVE AFFAIR.
When a little more than thirty years OF age
Prince William fell in love with one OF the ladies'
OF the Russian court-Prncess Elizabeth Radzi-
well AS she was not OF royal birth marital
union with her was impossible, particularly as the
prince was the heir presumptive to the throne.
Inc lovers took sensible view Of the matter and
parted with the warmest protestatlons Of lasting
the naughty daughter OF the Grand Duke OF SAKE
Memar. For the empress who now survives him,
William, never felt genuine affection. There was
never any pretenSe OF love between the royal
pair but by degrees came liberation and with later
years the regard of constant companionsnip.
dead monarch and his wife. Princess
Augusta was brought up with all the &C.
GGT COMP OF the most refined court OF
Europe, while William, at best, WAS the type OF
ms soldier countrymen. nothing more. The palace
1haer the lindens,' where the imperial pair re-
| sided, contained two households that OF the EN-
press, with the luxtires OF sy barfte and that OF
tne emperor, with the simplicity or ordinary
cltlzen. HIS bedroom and the two adjoining rooms
FORMING his suite were furnished with the skins Of
various animals killed in the chase and with a
plain single bedstead, desk or two. and a few
orninaIy chairs. only since his eighty nth brit
day did the hardy old man permit an armchair to
DC Drought in The vicinity or his writing desk, but
his @ aGa II the last new on1hS Of
nam. Sauer-krlut the bread and Wine peculiar to
Germany, and plenty or lager beer, were an that
he demanded, and al state Dlnquets, When the re-
sources OF the empress French COOKS were called
INTO request, he frequently dined only on bread,
soup, and fruit.
HIS DOMESTIC LIFE.
The federation OF the empress and emperor for
each other was maintained entirely by the tact OF
the emperor. She Is woman OF imperious temper
and strong disikeS, and her antipathy 10 her Eng
lsh daughter-in-laW has always been marked.
The traditions OF the Hohenzollerns make the
authority OF the head OF the family icred prtnci
pie and the crown princess had at all times 10 be
subject to her mother in-law. She could not even
engage governess or servant without consulta-
llon with the empress. and with equally jealous
care the emperor superlntended the personal mat
ters or his son. the crown prince. The emperor's
Mnrs bnTh aslae from military aIairs wnen
aSsiduous attendance at the theater. always fol-
lowed by visit 10 the greenroom. II has not in
frequently happened that the emperor has taken Il
seat on wooden bench, and has been surrounded
with premieres ana corypheeS and like characters,
all or whom laughed and chatted with their august
visitor.
otherwise the emperor's private life appears to
have been as regular as clOckwork. Mrs. Lucy
Hooper. writing from Berlin four years ago, SAID:
"fhe emperor controls all the details OF the i'm
perlal household, and the masters OF ceremonies
receive their Instructions almost every day from
his majesty. Economy is practiced, but, OF course,
royal style Is observed in all things. Whenever
great state festivities to be held or royal guests
are TO be received, the emperor gives personal III
strctonS about The lodgings or his august visitors,
whlie the empress herself inSpectS the rooms held
In readiness to see that the linen, &C., Is all n ght
and IN place before the guests arrival.
when anyone Is presented TO the emperor
continued the correspondent, ''hls first glance
scans the newcomer from head To foot. You see
before you superb cuirasSier, clothed In close
hitting uniform OF black with scarlet Tacipgs. lie
Is neither clumsy nor bowed by age. The Berlin
public are apt to imagine that the sovereign has
preserved hlS uprlghtncsS or bearing owing 10 a
corset. The emperor wears nothing OF the kind;
his only cuiraSS Is the constant custom Of military
discipline ana parade. His face Is remarkably
worn and wrinkled. his eyes seem dimmed by sur
fering, but his mouth is smiling and the gesture
with which he twiris hts white mustace Is neither
anectedly Off-hand nor yet senile."
The New Emperor.
Friedrich Wilhelm the new emperor was born
October IL, 1881 He is a fied-marshal in the Ger
man army, and took leading part in the cam.
paign In France. His wife is the eldest daughter
OF Queen Victoria, the princess royal Of Great Brit
ain, to whom he was married January D. 1853.
They have six children The eldest, Friedrich
Wilhelm, born January -, 1859. was married Feb
H0lstein Auglstenburg, and their son is the fourth
In the series OF flour kings" as the patrarchui
emperor expressed IL on Sunday, June f. 1888. when
photograph OF a unique character was taken at
the Marble Palace in POtsdam, Germany. The
principal figures in 1t were the Emperor Wilhelm
the crown prince, Prince william and the infant
prince, whom the imperial great grandfather bore
In his arms thus presenting the frst four genera
IONS or the new Imperial house OF Germany In o