The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-12-18
KAISER WILHELM.
He Is Fond OF the Girls and Likes to
Play Practical Jokes.

In spite of the fact that the Young
German emperor has n Shriyeled arm.
necesSItating the use of an instrument,
which is in reality a combined knife
and fork, or fork sharpened on one
edge for cutting purposes, he is, among
his inlimates, jolly good fellow, fond
OF all the pleasures of life and much
given to practical joking and nonsense
in general, says correspondent of the
y. !. Sun. His left arm the shriveled
one is not only considerably shorter
than the other. but is almost absolute
IL without strength. The only use he
can put it to is to remove his cigar or
cigarette. However the right arm is
endowed with extraordinary strength
and vigOr, and this youthful monarch
is not averse to putting it to a very no.
bic use at times-tO-wi encircling n
taper waist. Daring the trip to Nor
way last summer he took great pleas
urc in ranging about incOg., and one
day an oilicerof the imperial yacht had
the misfortune to come face to face
with The young emperor when the lat
ter had very pretty girl by his side.
What was to be done? 1t was too late
L.
salute would put the youthful monarch
in bad fix. Under these circumstances
the officer turned his back and pre-
tended to be gazing into a shop win
dow. Suddenly he felt a sharp pinch
on his arm and heard a voice whisper
ING. You did that very nicely. Try
to find as pretty girl as | have. You
have leave of absence until tomorrow
morning
The emperor's special chum is Count
Gutenberg. and the two friends. at
tired in the style of well-to-do citizens,
take great delight in knocking about
the streets of Berlin, arm in arm, smok-
ing cigarettes and ogling the girls.
Nor is he above the indscretion of
coming to halt and having friend
~ chat when he hears a cocotte cry
out: "Oh, look at that handsome
blOnder'
The young German emperor is fond
of practical Il joke, and scarcely day
passes that some member of his per-
sonal household doesn't fall a victim
to this penchant for harmless mischief.
As the emperor is a great lover of art
being Il painter of no mean ability,
as is attested by the many excellent
pictures which adOrn the cabin of the
imperia yacht Hohcnzollern, one and
all his own work-he never neglects to
have some artist of acknowledged
ability on board when out on Il cruise.
The business of this artist is to make
sketches of places visited. and, above
all, of fetes, reviews, triumphal entries,
etc, in which the young emperor
figures rs the bright particular star.
One morning while the imperial yacht
was at anchor the emperor summoned
his artist and expressed a desire for a
sketch of the landscape. The artist
pleaded indisposition for work. The
emperor, however. insisted on one
half-hour But no sooner had the
artist settled down in his task than
William gave the signal to get under
Roadway. At first the artist was too
intent upon his canvas to notice his
landscape was slipping away from him,
but suddenly he realized the position
he was i'll. and, turning suddenly about,
found his royal tormentor with group
of choice spirits all convulsed with
mirth. The painter made motion as
if to stop, but William called out:
No, no; one half-hour was the time
set
But the landscape, your majesty?"
'Will be a panorama" cried Will
liam, amid shouts of laughter.