New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-19

Ind last seen Prince Bismarck IN 1885, III 'he
Reichs.ar: and on various occasions before ti''
notably one evening in his palace in the Wilhelm
..rossn tho old one-of which have many memo
ios Pint meyer I'll now had | seen HIM except
!, u,iform whether in public or private, Ill
por,;.mont mr. in the street, or as Inquire IN
military parade ! don't know that he ever APP
neared or smoke, whether in the RUSSIAN Dle' OF
in the Rcichstag otherwise than In soldiers
dress Soldier he has always been, Nnd still is,
and nothing seems TO he deaIer to nm than the
military character; as lndeed, IL Is 10 mos'
p,nssi.rs The civilian in Prussia has ever
becn and still is, an inferior being; Minister
chancellor whatever he be. hc must be II
soldicr also if he Is to be on "a level with the
.o,d;.r and one of that military caste which IN
prussia is. in one sensc, the true aris'ocracy OF
A.. oountrv: if for no other reason than because
tho arstocrat belongs invariably 10 the profession
y, arms Prince Bismarck, when | first saw him
in 1866, was n major of cui1as,icrs. lie has
risen-slowly, inasmuch he had other things
than soldering 10 do--to be general, and that is
his rank in the army to-day.
lie was now in black from heal to foot; black
double froc coat, buttoned 10 tie throat
across the chest relieved by no order or dccora'
lion or any touch OF color except that he wore
round his neck yellow. pale yellow, or perhaps
cream coored, soft silk nccItcloth. something Ike
the cravat which prevailed in England in the
earlier part of the century, but less v0umlnons'
and tied carelessly. lie wore no collar. lie wore
his coat, as said. like a uniform II sc' OIL INC
breadth of the shoulders the depth oil the ch's''
and the whole huge framework and vast po1F
which Of Itself seemed to fill the ROOM wiie'her
he stood or sat. lie lowered far above every
body. His manner when he walked down ~"
room as we came in was, above everything ina.
of the host anxious to welcome his GUESTS
Almost his first word was regret that the CLOCKS
NJ Fricdricbsruh did not keep what he called
mid-Crrman railway time; an artificial sor' OIL
time. based on an average of differences for the
como in which il is observed, and extremely help
ful IN the punctuaity and smooth working OF the
cnrmon railway system Still" said he, here
IN Frielrichsruh we must have the real time
All his life long he has gone for realities. Inc
uakebelievc having no attraction for him nor
70 his mind, any validity in public or private
affairs.
There are more Prince Bismarcks than onc and
.bo one which the world knows best may not
no the most real Of all, nor quite Ike the one
who reveals himself in his own home TO MS
CHESTS. T. and were both. as we aft'rwara
AGREED. struck By the same thing at 1rst-pS the
kindliness the genallty of manner, the human
and friendly quality in him which came az once
IN the surface when it was the moment Tor the
expression Of this quality, just as dlherch'
side Of his character became evident Wneh t'c
circumstances were different 1t is fair IN Juag-
inc a man TO put aside. il one can, what one Has
heard, and TO Judge with ones own eyes 'n"
ears. The English courts have never liked hear
saw evidence or secondhand testimony. III every
body is TO base his belief on somebody eiS'
ohseryaton how is genuine impression 10 De
had The word which comes most frequently
TO ones mind. in thinking il all over IS si'n-
plicity or sincerity: that and, during the time
Won are with him. courtesy: courtesy not 10 u'
only, but TO everybody and You shall py anu W
see il shown in another and not less charhiins
way. To suppose that the first dipiolnatlst Oh
his time wears his heart on his sleeve. whether
of black coat uniform, - absurd 10
not mean anything so absurd WIiat 10 hcan
is that these amiabe and friendly. or, as called
them. human traits are just as true as those py
which he is more commonly known
The face and head which rose ont OF the
h,ack coat and soft pale-ycllow ncckcloth are
known to everybody by pictures and photographs.
md also by description. and Yet they are not
known. I have tried before now TO describe
them. Like others, l thought l knew them
well But every view is new view Inc
uower of the head and face Ia what II was
Acc has altered, not impaired it, The frmness
of outline remains The muscles OF The neck
have not lost their elasticity, the head rises aoi'
and alert in the carriage OF II something
naughty, something almost defiant ana Victorious
No NJ one who all lis life long has had enemies
20 deal with. and the habit Of overcoming 'hchl'
The line. and outlines are drawn with a free
hand and wide sweep with the brcadth 10
which nature more often attains when she works
nm great scale as in fashioning mountain
range or shaping "a continent. The actual meas
uremeuts of the skull must be extraordinary 1
do not know what they are, but no hgnres conid
express the sense Of intellectual force ana Iofcc
OF character.
Herr Leubach once spoke of the face as fault
lcss Nothing, he thought, could be added or
taken away without iniurins it: all the features
were perfect This is stating the matter TOO
strongly Herr Lcubach has painted ffince
Bismarck often and well no one else so wei :
the world of the hereafter will owe much to
him: for photographs may not last forever
nor do photographs always tell you what you
most want TO know about face. Perhaps, by
long study and admiration. Leubach has III HIS
own mind idcalized his sitter. lie does not
idolize him on canvas except in the sense
that he paints character as well as the eN'efn'i
facts of face and figure. If the features were,
as he said on that occasion. faultless' they wo"i'
be- in Tennyson's phrase, faulty faultiess. lncS
are nothing of the kind. They are not regular
not classic, not moulded to any known type oi
accepted standard, or not all OF them.
The face is the man: with all his ihoi'lu"-
ality, and the eyes are the man. lhey arc
deep bluc-the blue seems TO have grown oFpe'
with years-large, FULL wide apart, beautiful IN
repose, and capable Of expressing WITHOUT any
help from the other features. the most various
others The dry light of pure Intelligence seems
their natural expression till ii changes in'o
some other. and when they are turned upon aii
individual or Parliament in spirit OF III
Quiry, they look through and through the Ill
dividual or the Parliament. The power OF pchc-