The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18
ANOTHER Story ABOUT
WILHfLM'S MUSIA(Hf
Court Barber Held His Position as Long
. He Kept a Preparation
Secret

rN HE feats at arms of the imperial
troops in China and the feats at
the table of Count Won Waldersee
have paled into insign,hcance as
topics OF popular interest before
the one startling story which has been
told and retoid in the clubs and cafes or
Berlin during the last week. Kaiser Will
helm has changed the style of wearing
his mustachei
That mustache of his. with its ends
brushed stifiy upward. has been world
famous for years. Every cartoontst In
every country except Germany who want
ed job has submitted as his credentials
a cartoon Of the emperor and his mus
tache. There never before was a mus
tache exactly like II. but within a week
after Its first appearance the army bios
somed with limitations. That's where
the trouble came in. That's why the kali
ser had to switch the styles on his de-
voted empire and spring a brand new
makeup on the folks this week. Accord
ing to the stories they tell Inter den LIN
den and in other popular resorts OF the
town, the mustache which made Kaiser
Wilhelm famous was the invention OF the
court barber, Herr SchIllenbach, and he
had patent on 1t which nobody could
touch. The method Of its production was
as deep mystery as that OF the Cohas-
scter PuhtHolt tue popuiar diinh Oh Der
lin.
When Herr Schlllenbach first showed
the new mustache to the emperor a few
years ago the kaiser was so delighted that
he made the court barber assistant ma ster
of the horse. deputy keeper OF the combs
and shaver in ordinary, positions which
draw an aggregate salary of 1900 marks
year. Schillenbach. however, could not
stand prosperity and turned out to be
more Of a mark than anything in the SAL
airy line. He assured the emperor at the
outset that no other barber could produce
the upright mustache. which was sub
stantially true. and the emperor had
habit OF laughing low. hoarse laugh of
pity when he saw some ambitious officer
struggling 10 make the renellious ends Of
his blonde mustache stand up as the en-
peror's did.
Cut It out" advised the emperor, when
he observed that Col. Won Dienhart was
attempting to get into the royal band
wagon. SO far as his mustache was con-
cerned. You're good ofYfcer von," said
the kaiser. hut your barber won't do.
You couldn't fasten your mustache IN
with hairpins."
The success which attended Herr schil-
lenbach's efforts at training the royal
mustachc finally led to his undoing one
me morning about fortnight ago the
strollsrs on Pelican strasse. where the
court schnurbart keeps his schopenhauer,
were startled to see large placard upon
the window setting forth in choice Ger
man that the court barber had for sale
within the magical preparation which
made the kaiser's mustacho bristle. There
was such q crush Of army ofllcers trying
to get into the shop that the windows
were broken before the day was an hour
Old. ana In short time the affair was
the talk OF Berlin. Everything else was
forgotten. People who had been keeping
tab on Won Walderses lost count ON the
number OF banquets he attended. The
press took up the matter. and In due
course II reached the august ears OF his
majesty.
Then there was plenty doing In Bertha
The kaiser had not been 90 incensed since
his hand-written play was openly crit
icised In one of the papers. He has al
ways given the public to understand In
an on-hand way that hts mustache bris-
tied upward because he told It, and that
II obeyed like everything else in his en-
pire, and here was a lowly barber tipping
OF the whole scheme with his vulgar mon
ey-making plans! Two regiments OF horse
and battalion OF the imperial infantry
were at once dispatched to bring In Herr
Schillenbach. and he was dragged trem-
bling into the presence.
Il have decided" said the emperor. ITO
advance you seventeen numbers. Your
hufhbNi INV ~ -j lou may nave tWelr5
hours TO leave town. and II you are
brought In again the fine will be enforced
and you will have TO work 1t out in the
brldewell barber shop" So saying the
kaiser turned away.
When Schillenbach had lost himself IN
the depths OF the Black forest the en-
peror inserted an advertisement In the
Berllner Fremdenblatt and Filereade
Blaetter for hrst-class barber, bring
tools. But although a dozen were tried
none had the mystery OF twirling the Inn
perial mustache In the way IL should CO.
They glued II and brushed II and tied n
up IN curl papers. hut after the third day
IL dropped 9isconsolately and refused 20
be comforted for Schillenbach's depart
ure. Meantime the ex-court barber. from
his fastness In the woods. was coming
money selling the secret through ennis
saries to the army officers. and after a
few days there WAS not a corporal In the
army who aid not have n sitter and more
brlstling mustache than the kaiser.
'Ha, iss it9@ said the emperor when
he was told this. I'VE shall see lie Is
making money--no? III fool him"
Thereupon he seized a comb ani brush
and set to work on his own rnustache ana
In ten minutes II was sticking straight
out at either end. not pointed like a CON-
mon mustache. but each particular hair
pursuing It's Individual way in the world.
Aa&AtAf& AAtf tAs@ " Astr tiHatutAt tobk it&t
n stencil dauber. when he appeared In
public with the new makeup there was
a sensation. The army officers who had
been luxuriating In the upright mustache
realized instantly tina; they we're out 81
style and set to work fiercely 20 get Into
tine by brushing their mustsches straight
at the ends And sehIllenbachs bust
ness went away up In the air and burst
with = loud report.
The change is welcomed by the army.
FOR anybody can make a mustache stand
straight out. while only schiisnhach can
make one hriztie But whoever thought
that one lonely barber could 80 affect the