The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-12-30

affairs cf state. He visits the artists
and poses for a portrait of a bust. He
inspects the barracks and the offices OF
the public administration, and, IL the
weather permits. he closes the day
with a long carriage ride.
AT half past he receives again the
people who have any communications
to make or who come to consult him i'm
regard to military or political affairs.
He takes I'm the detailed reports and
papers that were presented to him in
the morning, and, after having read
them carefully signs them Then at
O'Clock he dimes with his family.
FAMILY LIFE.
when he rises from table the en-
peror passes a certain time with his
children who have devoted their day
to studies or to bodily exercia $. Then
he returns to work. In the evening
the emperor fences. Then, at about 10
o'clock, he partakcs of a light repast
and retires to his bedchamber. \ lit
tie after 10 o'clock he calls his servant,
who assists him to undress. On
table placed beside his bed there are
always pencils and paper, so that the
sovereign may be able to write the
I
to sleep.
Such Is the days work of the en-
peror in ordinary circumstances In
extraordinary circumstances William
H. undertakes a still heavier task. one
may easily imagine the additional la
Dor that is imposed upon the emperor
10y the visit of king or a prince.
All thu current affairs are attended
e., I,yr q, he hn
some great parsonage compels him to
! spend half day in feasts prOmenades
! and ceremonies His time is so meas
ured i'm such cases that it is only at IL
o'clock i'm the morning that he is able
to go into his study, to glance at the
! journals or read some new book of
scientific, political or literary Charac-
| ter. He never can sleep before 10
| o'clock p. m. Nevertheless, he often
| rises at o'clock in the morning to
recummence his work in eXpediting af-
| fars of state. Moreover, visits, man.
| ocuvres OF troops and military inspec-
! tiuns outside of Berlin absorb a great
portion OF the sovereigns time. Dur
| ing the travelling tne he never re-
mains an instant unJccupied. He eX-
! amines reports, signs documents, etc.
! When evening comes, after oil the
solemnities at which he is obliged to
! be present. after the harangues and
the toasts that he must listen to and
| to which it is necessary for him to re-
! ply, one would fancy that he ought to
! be worn out by fatigue; but as soon
! as he reaches his room after midnight
he begins again to examine papers and
! tO sign them. When absent from Ber-
lin, the seat Of all the great admins
tration. he is obliged to deal with af-
fairs more promptly ana with more
than ordinary disCCrnment.
| During the manOeuvres and inspec-
tions the emperor is in the saddle from
half past in the morning, and he re-
| mains i'm the saddle until o'clock in
the afternoon. He has hardly time to
eat; and after hasty meal he COM
menCes again to study the affairs of
the government. He holds q reception
IN the afternoon and is present at more
| ceremonies. II" never manifests the
| least fatigue. He eXCels in the art of
| saying pleasant things to each one of
his visitors. In these circumstances
the emperor has rarely more than thre q
nours for rest; but the next day he is
| in the saddle at the regular hour.
He is paSsiOnatcly fond of the sea,
and admres the natural beauties Of
the coast of Norway. EN en- on his
! pleasure trips he deVOtoS a great pOr-
tion &C his time To labor. Wherever he
| stops he always finds dispatches, let
tcrs and documents addressed to him,
and even on board his yacht his active
mind is always investigating and read
| ing. No douDt ha goes upon voyages
of some length, especially during the
summer months, when the administra-
tiOns have their vacations. but the
government machine never stops, and
William II. always attends to business
of an urgent nature.
Notwithstanding all the work that
the emperor has imposed upon himself,
he still finds time to read the greater
portion of the important books that
appear i'm Europe on literary, scienti-
fiC, religious, ana philosophical sub
Jects. \ distinguished linguist, pos
sessing thoroughly and admirably
the French and English languages,
he reads all these books not
in the translation. but in the
original text. In this way he is
rarely taken at disadvantage in a
conversation which some new question
or new book is discussed.
To accomplish all this work William
II. follows the idea that nothing but
the most absolute regularity in the em-
plOyment of his time can permit him
10 solve the problem, i'm appearance
impossible, of acquiring a clear light
upon everything that tempts human
observation. He was prepared for this
WClk by a severe education. He was
raised i'm Il hard school, in which he
seldom had more than half an hour tO
satisfy his tastes. knowing the value
of time he rarely pOstpunCs any ser
iuuS affair. Somewhat theatrical in
his mannCr-indced we might almost
say cabOtin-hn is nevertheless con-
Ninced that the head of n state should
be not only the representative" of au-
tEurity, but also the most active coll
| labOratOr in tn" life Of the country
over which he rules. His mystic ideas
have brought him To the point of be-
lieving that his authority comes from
divinity itself. He is c9e, of the last
believers in the divine right Of kings. as
the COmte de Chlmbord was the last
representative in France
No BEATING ABOUT THE bush.
. - see, according to recent statistics
that marriages are decreasing rapidly IN
number hr said, as he looked at her
Soulfully.
Are they" she asked, without much
/ -hpW Of interest