Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
A HUSTLING EMPEROR.
Murat Halstead Finds Nothing on
Which to Criticise Wilhelm.
CULTURE OF THE CITY OF BERLIN.
The Struggling. American Girls Are no
Longer Frowned Upen.
BAD TOBACCO OF THE CONTINENT
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.I

One canno. say that the climate of Berlin
is special delight The attractions of the
imperial German city are those consistent
with a rapidly variable temperature, high
winds, extremes of heat and cold, and
great deal of rain. 1t is much Is Chicago
would be if there was small river instead
of great lake for the American city. This
winter has been exceptionally wet, but it is
hard to say when it rains. This popularity
is very Scotch. Seeing that the streets are
quite wet is not convincing that there has
been rain. The stones are condensing the
water from the moist air. Then there is
mist that resembles the rain, but is not the
thing
The showers do come, however, and you
can tell them by the rain-drops splashing in
the places that are little wetter than usual.
The winds blow chill and raw and two or
three times 1 have heard them squeal
around the corners, and they could, no
doubt, be heard on the telegraph and tele-
phone wires if these were not so high as to
be mere skeins of iron thread woven across
the low and dreary sky.
Emperor William in = Storm.
The young Emperor has, no doubt, made
an extraordinary impression upon the Ger
man people. He is more kinds of a smart
man than has appeared among the royalties
|. for some time, and that his career will pos
sess a considerable interest for mankind is
proposition that does not admit of much
discussion. am reminded of the Emperor
by the fact that during the most lnclement
day of my stay in Berlin, the air
full of snow and the ground COW
cred with it in sloppy state, the Emperor
was in the Tier Garten, the great, damp,
gloomy park, attended by single officer,
walking at slashing pace. The wind was
wailing among the trees, whose trunks were
green with moss while the boughs were
bare, and the master of 81 army corps was
taking long walk in the snow, and even
those disposed to disparage him say he has
splendid legs There is a notion. gone
abroad that he is in a precarious state of
health, subject to direful maladies, and that
his activity is the effect of mortal disease.
This is nonsense. He is exceptionally
strong. He has deficiency in his left arm,
which is little shorter, while the hand is a
shade smaller than the right. But the right
arm makes up for any deficiency. His grip
is terror. Much has been made of some
slight ear trouble, an affection that makes it
prudent for him when exposed to cutting
wind to wear cotton in one ear.
He Is Great Hustler.
He is full of health and strength, and he
and the Empress are habitually early risers.
They are often galloping in the park before
the average business man of Berlin has had
his coffee. When in Berlin he is nearly
every day in the park, often walking, more
k1 -.
ing. He keeps things humming, but there
is no disease spurring him to the e1ertions
of a morbib sensibility. He is very fond of
his wife and children, and takes himself as
an Emperor in earnest. His face is bright;
clearly that of a strong, keen, alert man.
l am. told that the exact fact of his
relations with Bismarck is that he would be
glad to be on friendly terms with the great
Chancellor, but he is intensely in conceit of
Caprivi, and there is no sign of the return
of the mighty man of blood and
iron to the supreme direction of affairs.
The truth, suppose, is that the Emperor
has tested personal power, and will not con-
sent to be subordinated. If he would come
to the conclusion that no man could be too
great to serve him, that would be a solution.
Bismarck will probably not appear in the
German Parliament. 1t would not be con-
sistent with his history to be the leader of
faction. He could agitate the world with
his speech, but his strongest express
sion is silence. 1t is far from true that he
has been forgotten. He remains an impress
sive fact. His retirement has not barred
him from history. The empire of which he
is the architect stands, and the proof is that
his work was good.
In Evidence at Museum.
There are many anecdotes in Berlin about
the imperial children. One is that the little
fellows prefer soldier toys and array them
for war. The Crown Prince, of course, sees
to it when handling his armies that the
French are speedily put to flight. The
third of the six little boys has the reputa-
tion of possessing the most warlike spirit
that hns been developed in the group Of
Princes, and he has even ventured to dis
pute the authority of the Crown Prince.
The pranks of the young gentlemen are
sometimes played upon illustrious guests,
and there is a tale Of venerable and ma
jestic lady being not long ago deprived of
her shoes when at dinner in the palace by
the princely mischief-makers, who had con-
trived to hide themselves under the table.
The Imperial family of Germany-the
Hohenzollern-are in evidence, in an ami
able way, in museum that bears their
name and occupies one Of the palaces. The
display is of articles identified with the old
Emperor William, his ancestors, close rela-
tions and descendants, and it is interesting to
note the extent to which the people have been
taken into the royal and imperial confidence.
The furniture and clothing Of the father and
mother of the old Emperor are freely dis
played. He adored his mother, and the
precious relics of her are gathered in one
room, including the bedroom furnishing, the
bed, mirrors clock, her jewelry, rings,
bracelets, her watch, embroidery she made,
laces she wore, dresses, wheel with the
thread on it she was using when overtaken
by her last illness, the cradle in which Will
liam was rocked when a baby, the worn
hand-wagon in which he was trundled
around when a child. The people are
museum, but the palaces were deprived Of
The City's Musical Culture.
There is one thing pretty certain about
Berlin, and it is that it is the musical as
we'll as the political center. 1t is the place,
too, where the best German is spoken, and
the center of the highest cultivation in
musical science and art Americans largely
90 to England for business, to France for
pleasure, to Spain and Italy out of curiosity,
to Austria and Russia and the East for love
of travel and study of the scenes of
ancient history; but they go to Germany for
educational advantages. 1t is stated that
the American colony in Berlin numbers
nearly 5000, and'of these the greater num-
Der are women and very large proportion
OF them very young and musical.
The American girls in Europe studying
music have the respect of everybody, Though
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