The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-09
|l KAISER WILHELM Il.
EY0 GROWING POPULARITY AND .sss sssI HIS FIERCE M USTACHE.

v rcsecN lions of Late for Offeuses y Y 2inst Spirit of His Realm-Bar- NY recent letter to the Chicago Re- 5Sfd sfIeralds, w. E. Curtis writes: i9S1 have been comparatively few R:is Scutions for 'leze majesty of late. liXSe were only six convictions in l9oo FIT narts of Germany, and thus far in 7yi nYIw two have attracted public at- 1p SYSSsa m the newspapers. There may SsX sbfefa more, for the exact number S sS3Snf Be known until returns for the easr have been made out. Prosecu- 613a for this crime, which is peculiar to XfTaauy. for know of no other coun-
 aghere people are sent to jail for
 El4iE disrespectfully of their sov- " n. are likely to grow less for seve- " fHR Teaspns. In the first place, the Ie are getting better acquainted f& William IT., and their respect for sHS IaelS noticeably increased since l 3fH 4Sst in Germany in 1897. They un- XK9eHuQ nm DeLIef, dppIecldte HID Po fftittsrn and overlook his eccentricltles. S3Sps developed in every way and eX-
 ed his influence at home ana 6saSd. He is no longer regarded as
 HTS and irresponsible, dare devil.
 lA Yecognize a depth of sincerity in SyS lacts and purposes. At the same
 Sk& has toned down considerably,
 altea not give such frequent oppor-
 tjSS tor ridicule; the public are for- TIT the serene, dignified and con- live behavior of his grandfather, S} SHich his conduct offered so start
 4rOntrast when he first came upon Throne, and, finally, the police of1l-
 \ rs more tolerant than formerly. 3 fS Nemperor himself and those Of 2691er circle very seldom complain
 6svs of criticisms and caricatures, %i34i kh his majesty is still exceeding x hSitive to ridicule and unfavoraple Hiaents. Nearly all are arrests TOT
 1f1Sdeety are due to the excessive & s,f The police and petty magis- 43Tyhu feel responsible for the good 4y1ff1 happiness of their sovereign.
 8Slxsl this class of imperial protec- 1zgs ina become more conservative
 " and q new practice has been lfssH X private preliminary hear 73S N }S now had in all complaints for ss4s4 4nsty. When man is arrested S3Ys kaken before some discreet mag I'll who after discovering the mo- SEf1d the circumstances of the or efther orders his discharge or him to the open court for trial f3fyyS Y, admonition is sufficient dis " \ and the culprit is thereafter
 nareful in his language. It is only
 i.S6l offenders, generally sociallsts'
 ~ 2Suire severe penalties
 # Shtirnes, however, the police do R 4kfi1xs. For example, they confis-
 Ind suppressed an entire edition @ S3eeixly newspaper that published M pictures Illustrating the varl-
 3jS fYl1astaches seen upon the streets 2 < sr,fn. Some idiotic&soficial con- Fd it as an act of disreepect to the 5 ~ lT3Ss& \ Sel4s started the craze. Fortu- E33Fs4tYe newspapers were forbidden
 &ffoY1 the fact, so that the folly ot
 Ssfca was not fully known to the z I8 x 3kaiser's mustache has been a iSfs subject of discussion ever since 2I9f6ted the extraordinary fashion m liyBdiA now wears it--turning sharp \ inward at the ends of his upper
 ld running parallel with his nose
 alt +eacI,es his eyelashes. It was SS77SSisWffnn of a barber named Haby yr,,s \ time was an object of almost 5ish curiosity as the emperor him III 1S8S7 Adjutant von Hullen, one H..
 SlAce with the ends of his mus FYX {Srned upward in fam shape style @ TIE did it?" inquired the emperor 2 Xby. a barber on Behren strasse, Y tfle reply.
 3!lF Nr0sl5er if he could fix mine tha' x II ShAye no doubt, your majesty"
 a9s3 5zs,A him to me- said the kaiser lIsxs, ftie following day all Berlin was "a 9fSId over a startling change in thu 1]aif sA enect of the sovereign. HabN NSs famous. like the gourd tha' S4 I'll night, and everybody fol 2|H 4ffe new fashion, from the f1elt 6fixle of the army to the laborer' NSs highways. Ninety per cent. O. S sft1ale population endeavored tt 1Ss stl,eir mustaches so that they would 8ff3f to the stars like the horns or SXst steer. Haby made the most O. iS ppportnities. He enlarged his 9&Ds which is in the center of the cat' iItftet. and hired dozen additiona sbers, whose chief business was t' If9 Is4s z the must aches of military men XiBv himself spent most of his time ff hls imperial patron, accompany 5K him upon all his journeys, becaus S4uroperly train mustache in the wa! siioU1d go requires assiduous atten I{3ils He accompanied the 1mper1a fo the Holy Land and visited nSiand, Russia, Austria and Constan 3Y4sDple in the imperial retinue. He re ssbsfved several decorations which mad { ;1Yii1 dizzy, and when he got the 'pl' fisefiN the emperor dismissed nm ', Haby is still living upon his forme &lory. and his mustache Ia la empe fAllr'' still survives. He has adopted IiS a trademark, and the motto upon Ill H SsclItcheon, as it were, is the remarl 3asEde by his imperial master when h Sfoge from the barber's chair an looked in the glass: ..
 Ns ist erreicht" Cit is accom-