Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-05

Kaiser Reindeer-Hunting.
Frederic, and Is a sort of kings messenger
service and every member has an ofdcer's
rank and pay. The chief qualifications
abilities as rider and crack shot to At
him for attending the emperor at the chase.
Like his cousin the Car. the kaiser Is
snd ntiizes his annual naval trips to pras
tice that special branch OF his vocation.
Perhaps he considers a bishopry good
worst. following the same train Of thought
that induced King Leopold to start the
Congo state as a refuge for himself and
family in the event of Belgium becoming
The Emperor His Own Chaplain.
His majesty. therefore. dispenses with the
services OF a chaplain aboard ship and per-
sonally conducts the prayer meetings held
every morning and twice on Sunday; They
even in the annals OF royal Prussian devo-
tional exercises.
Williams marine church services mainly
script sermons Of Court Chaplain Frommei.
sermons were published last year in book
form, and a number Of sensational news
papers made haste to impute their author
ly denied by his majesty, who was wild at
the idea that anybody thought him foolish
enough to waste time in threshing old
Weather permitting the prayer meeting
is held on deck. and all not otherwise ON
cially engaged must attend in full uni
form. ranged according to station and posi-
ton; after that roll is called. followed by a
review Of the marines and the reports Of
steps on the bridge until Enslis hs b Saase
fast" is announced by the court marshal,
who at the same time sends word to the
esty at table on that particular morning,
The other members of the suite must con-
tent themselves at the so-caiied marschall-
where they get the same menu and more OF
eater. and etiquette forbids that snybod yp In
MS company continues eating after his
majesty has exhausted q course. AS he Is
served first. those at the end Of the table
have little chance Of sampling the victuals
set before them, though they can do their
share Of drinking.
A Regular English Meal.
The fact that there is a menu seems to
be sufficient reason for designating the
morning meal on the Kaiser Adler" English
| sisting Of coffee and rolls only. in itself
precluding such extravaganza Fish. fresh
let's. and red beefsteak with fried pot u Ses
are the unalterable mainstays Of the
kaisers breakfast, which opens with tea
pant the choice Of a small bottle Of Rnr-
gondy or Madeira. With the coffee and
cognac. cigarettes are handed round. and
ASCGnQA
the deck for a brisk constitutional and In.
formal conversation. At 10 sharp the Kaiser
oismisses his guests, retires to his cabin,
and after exchanging his uniform FOR a
white linen jacket, cut military fashion.
with standing collar. such as the waters
II, nn,t sven oarrooms affect. sits down to work
| who accompany him. or perchance have
arrived from Berlin with dispatches. An
up I 70 date monarch-like William has ap-
Germs are so manifold. his duty 30 compii-
Gated, and his interests SO necessarily
and circumstances that he must he for.vas
on the alert to court success or foreata ii
evil
Business Aboard Shin,
The matters laid before the kaiser are. of
course all cut and dried, and he might dis
pose Of them by a stroke of the pen IF he
had a mind to. but that is not his mode oS
doing business. He wants to know the 8
ana of everything and his high ideas of
the responsibility Of his calling will NOT
| permit him to leave q stone unt1rned unt,i
he has sifted the subject under discussion
70 the bottom and downward up.
r,.nd s majesty "a treats the officials COM
the fashion the American criminal LAWYER
ls 50 Iond OF adopting toward witnesses,
| once said ministerial councillor to me
His tnterrogatory is as much Calculates
| 70 completely draw out the person under
| examination as to inform the lord high In
quisitor. who at the same time is chief tor
mentor" Foreign affairs. military and
| naval questions, matters Of the judiciary.
| OF school and church are examined into at
| the morning session; decisions are passed
ana dispatches prepared, which one of the
feldtaegers must carry to the next tele-
graph station reached or to the capital
| itself by one of the imperial dispatch boats,
| travelling In the wake Of the Kaiser Adler.
Our good ship. one OF the passenger
steamers plying between Christianasand,
the capital of Southwest Norway. and
Hammerfest the most northern town of
| Europe, sighted the Kaiser Adler off Skaa-
roe, Finland, on July Is last year, and ex-
| changed salutes with her. But when, an
| hour later, our vessel entered the harbor !
| learned that his majesty had already left
Tor days sport in the neighborhood Of the
| Ice sea on the Duncan Gray" q whaler
| belonging to the northern merchant Prince
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