Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-27
OESERET EVENING NEWS.
Saturday. December -. 1850.
An EMPEROR'S LIFE.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE GEgMAN
KAIsER-S DAILY ROUTINE, FUN
AND ALL

Emperor William III. o! Germany
has the iron industry Of his grand
father. He rises every morning
while tine clock. is striking seven,
after having lain just seven hours
in bed. He takes n cold shower
bath, is shaved and shampooed, aud
then gels into his uniform with all
the expedition OF a tartiy Office boy.
At 100 O'Clock he and the Empress
eat breakfast together. The meal
is not made of the fiimsy stuff that
the usual German breakfast is made
OF, but includes tea, rolls, omeleites,
beefsteak or cutlets. and fowl.
The emperor goes from the table
to his workroom, where huge pack
ages of sorted letters await his at
tention. Six hundred letters are
his usual mail. He giances at
every one OF them, sends the petit
tons, which constitute the vast ma
iority OF all, to the Civil Cabinet
and indicates the replies to be made
to the more important part Of the
correspondence. However bulky
the mail may be, the emperor
never varies from this routine.
After discussing the programme
Of the day with an adjutant the
Emperor goes TO the children, kisses
them once each and ge:s a general
idea of what their lessons for the day
will be. BE returns TO his work
room TO hear the court martial re-
view the condition and prospects OF
the imperial housekeeping ami to
listen TO the reports and comments
OF the cabinet ministers and tine
President Of Police. He then goes
walking or riding in the street IL the
weather Is fine; in the riding hall If
it rains. Only on days OF military
reviews, when the Emperor must
sit five or six hours in the saddle,
are these rides or walks omitted from
his programme.
At2 O'Clock the Emperor, En-
essaDd little Hohenz0llerns take 4
second breakfast Of soup, boiled
meat, with vegetables, a roast and
pudding. After the meal the En-
peror makes calls or rides again. The
rest of the afternoon is devoted to
audiences and the preparation of
State papers.
Ate O'Clock dinner is served, not
only to the Emperor's immediate
family, but also 10 all the sisters and
cousins and aunts of HohenZollern
extraction who happen to be at the
palace After this general reunion
the Emperor plays with the chill
dren and exercises with the broad
sword and foil.
AT 1870 O'Clock he takes supper,
consisting Of salad, JOINT, or fish
and sweets. Allied O'Clock he re-
tires to his study. He works there
till midnight, when he retires to bed.
Even then he does not resign him.
self entirely to rest. He keeps at
hand pencil and paper, and often
awakes in the night to iot down
memoranda of plans for the next
day. Even when visiting the Car
or the Queen, or other fellow sover-
eigns, the Emperor does not rest
from the routine Of his State labors.
By telegraph he keeps himself in
the closest communication with all
his cabinet officers aud directs the
of all matters Of i'm
portance. Besides his few minutes
with his children, the Emperor's
emily other intervals OF recreation
are devoted to the reading Of con-
Temporary military literature in
English, French, Italian, Spanish
and Germau.-Nel0 Yort Sun.