The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-08

hold is changed. An acquaintance OF mine.
Tor pays q marks a year. winch
Is equivalent TO IS. and holds sickness poll
cies for her cook and three housemaids.
Medical attendance is free. and. II neces-
sary. they can be sent TO the hospital with
out expense to herself. All contracts be-
tween househoIders and their servants re-
quire them TO provide that the latter shall
be taken care of and shall receive proper
medical attention In case OF sickness.
. KAISER WILLIAMS WARDROBE.
have heard a good story on Kaiser VIII
liam. which l am assured has never been
published, and which could not be published
in Germany without sending somebody to
Jail. as it relates to an incident which
caused mis- Majesty much modification. He
has a large number and variety OF cos
tunes. He is the honorary commander or
a dozen different regiments in his own
army and as many more in the other armies
of Europe. He holds several actual and
honorary commissions in different fleets.
and belongs TO numerous orders Of military
and civil distinction. and to other orsaniza-
tions which have regalias that must De
worn on ceremonial occasions. Hence.
when the War Lord visits a foreign
country. or Is travelling about his own do
mains. he never knows what uniforms and
resaites he may need. and therefore must
carry d large amount of baggage. He has
tWo tONlpIttt OUtiiIf u every III uiIN "a
which is usually kept Oh the imperial yacht
Hohenzoliern. and the other In a baggage
or wardrobe car. built especially for tho
purpose. and a part CT his private railway
train.
This train was built after his own designs,
and is very conveniently arranged FOR a
man of his habits. 1t is always kept ready
for his USE, because he never knows when
he Is going TO start on a journey. some
times the railway officials have only a Few
moments notice. They vii receive notice
by messenger Or by telephone from the pal
ace that the Emperor will leave at once ior
a certain place. and are expected TO have
things ready by the time he reaches the
station. AZ His Majesty becomes very I'M
patient when delayed. the railway officials
always hustle and seldom disappoint him
The master O. robes. assisted by several
Wallets. has charge Of the t.Inperors ward
robe. and when the train Is in motion can
produce at an lnstant's notice any uniform
or resalia in which he may desire to appear
at the next station. II he happens to ne
passing through q garrison town where one
OF his ~favorite regiments is Stationed: II
pleases them and it pleases him TO greet
the officers and men from the platform OF
his car In the same uniform they are wear
ing. II he crosses the border OF another
country It Is considered a compliment FOR
hin to dress in the uniform Of the army OF
Eavy Of that country. Hence 1t Il important
to have his wardrobe car with ain on AL
his journeys.
TAKEN FOR THEATRICAL FRoPER-
TIES.
Not long ago. however. while making a |
trip around the German boundaries. some
thing happened to the trucks which made 1t
necessary to cut the wardrobe car Gus Oh
the train. There was no time to make 2 |
change. and the master Of the robes Anu
the Wallets were commanded to transfer IL
contents to the most convenient car meg
could find and follow by the next train. by
some complications, which have never been
explained. much to the anxiety and anguish
Of the master Of the robes and his ASSIST
ants, the car in which the Emperor's cloth
ing had been placed was 0hunted on to .
side track during the night. and when they
arrived at their destination they were nor
rined to find It missing. Nor could they get
any trace of it. Messengers and kilograms
were sent in every direction: the entire rail- ]
road system of Europe was turned bottom I
side up. but the car could not be found. Tho
Emperor had to wear borrowed plumage and
make the most of IT.
Some days later the Collector OF Customs
at the boundary reported to his superior Of ]
ncer that 4 car containing . lot Of UNI .
marked theatrical properties had arrived az
that place and asked for instructions. This
solved the mystery. The Kaiser was glad
to recover his fns garments. but did not
enjoy having them described as theatrical
properties. particularly when his Intimate
friends teased him about 1t.
SOLDIERS FIGHT CATERPILLARS.
I suppose the funniest thing the Kaiser
ever did vas to order TIVE regiments Of In
from the garrison at Konigsbefg to
his game preserve At Rominjen. where 200
Officers and men were kept for three
weeks h~shting-not the Russians, nor the
French. not even the Socialists. WHO are the
1erce>t foes Of German authority, but mere
ly q lot Of little caterpillars which happened
to swarm upon his Majesty's trees and
like the locusts in Egypt
The fact was not published In the news
papers; and the duty which thip detail was
called upon to perform did not appear in
The orders. but It did not tax long for the
story to slit through the army. and the Of
hcers and men OF those two regiments had
to endure a great deal of chatting from
their comrades during the next few months.
In fact. they will never be allowed to for