The herald., 1897-12-20
A DAY WITH THE KAISER
Laborious Routine Of His Royal
Business

REMARK. III the pEeScHI SoHA~eA'AA'
however. the remark must be taken to
imply that some much nearer approach
tothe accomplished athlete than the av-
erage person can supply appears to be
required to put in an hour-for hour day
with the kaiser, albeit 1t would be ne.
and not the athlete. who had to carry the
weight of care. The feat was probably
not attempted even by the accomplished
French journalist who has just given US
his appreciation Of this interesting po-
tentate. NJ. Leudet's minds eye II was
10 doubt, that followed the imperial per-
former through his double circuit of
the clock, yet so graphic and intimes are
the details that our minds eye has no
difficulty in following NJ. Leudet's.
AS, then, the hands of the clock point
precisely to a. m., we are privileged TO
behold William Kaiser bounding from
his bed and preparing to propitlate the
English half of him with the cold tub OF
this country. BY 6 we meet him nxed up.
in the first uniform of the day and ready
to sit down to breakfast.
In half an hour that meal is dispatch
ed, and William Kaiser proceeds to MS
business room, there to take cognlzance
of the first batch Of letters and docu-
ments which have been delivered by
special service of couriers. At $3.50 the
aids on duty arrive and the general out
door program Of the day is discussed ana
decided on. At Z William Kaiser appears
as the family man among his offspring.
At 7:1O he Is in his second uniform.
ready to receive his nlarshals OF the em-
pire and a succession of superior func-
tionaries, each with his individual report
to make. These made, any important
function that may be in contemplation
the reception Of q distinguished visitor,
or visit somewhere on the part OF the
kaiser himself, for instances dis
cussed and an estimate OF the cost II
may involve arrived at. 1t Is here, too,
that the affairs Of the imperial household
are gone into. and the bills OF yesterday
duly audited.
At s ministers begin to arrive. The
prefect of police makes his report, ana
a second lot Of functionaries hand In
theirs. In all cases verbal explanations
of the documents put before the kaiser
for signature must be forthcoming. To
get all this done in the time, one would
imagine some less long-winded form
than usual Of the German language must
be employed.
At 9 william Kaiser drives out, if the
weather be propitious. If not, he takes
three quarters OF an hour In the man
ege. Dismounting, In the latter case. at
9:45, he is In a new and appropriate
costume for the consideration OF docu-
ments by 10. A matter Of fifty minutes
is apportioned to this work. Precisely at
II William Kaiser appears IN his audi
ence chamber, costumed for a confer
ence. The conference is followed by the
reception of various officers, who come to
pay their respects on promotion or for
some other reasons These receptions
sometimes entail one or more OF those
quick changes for which William aKiser
has established a worldwide reputa-
tion. 1t is a delicate attention he Is ac-
customed to pay to officers in the uni
form OF the service to which the visitor
belongs, or of the particular arm there
Of. Contingencies are presumably pro-
vided against, otherwise the appear
ance of, say, the British military at
tache, followed by the Austrian, and
succeeded by the naval attaches OF Italy
and Russia, might be too much even for
William Kaiser's agility. This portion of
the days work is appointed to terminate
at 2 D. m. At that hour his majesty re-
verts once more to domesticity and pre-
sides at the family luncheon. Half an
hour suffiees for this rejection, and at
2:45 he Is habited to go a-yisltlng. He
visits generals, ministers and few of
the public offices. This lasts till 4.
William KaSier has then to assume
the costume in which he proposes to be
photographed, or in which he may hap
pen to be sitting for his bust, or his por
trait in oils.
AT the termination Of the sitting he
resumes his usual outdoor habiliment,
and takes carriage exercise until the
hour Of 6. At $50 he holds a further
reception, and hands back the docu-
ments which he has taken the day to
consider before signing. He then dresses
for dinner and assumes the head Of the
table as the clock is striking 7. He re-
mains the family man until 8, when
he is due, of course in costume, in his
fencing room. The penultimate change
takes place at 9:45 At 10 his majesty
takes light refreshments" which is
not unsuggestive Of wellearned
whisky-and- soda, rings for his valet,
and retires to rest. But by his bedside
even Is a business table, and what Mr..
Pecksniff described as "every facility
for jotting down crude notions, even
here
This, 1t must be borne in mind, is
simply William Kaiser's regular days
work. When the visit of distinguished
parsonage takes place, and half the day
has to be spent in ceremonials of all
sorts, the indefatigable host lengthens
out the day more. So, too, when
maneuvers are in progress or inspec-
tions being made. Then the Kasier is
good for half a day in the saddle, and
no sleep at all. On all his journeys, by
sea or land, his work goes with him,
Land is never allowed to leave him. Yet
at the journeys end there he Is, this
extraordinary man, always with the
speech to be spoken, the toast to be
given, ready to come trippingly off his
tongue And all this restlessness Is to
some purpose and all this expenditure
of energy to some end. William Kasier
is not disquiet thus in vain. That is
what makes him disquieting to so many
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