New-York tribune., 1902-04-22
infantile Guignol theatre makes all grow up
to be insl hnrdiraate nd rehelunus

infantile Guignol theatre make, us all grow up
to be insubordinate and rebellious
Moreover, one very weak point In mill
tary organization is the lack of the proper su-
preme command On paper, to be sure, it is all
right. We have a generalissmo in theory, but
not in fact. One day 1 asked General De Cis-
sey After ALL who is the head of the army?'
NJ. Thiers. the answer.
When Colonel Stoffel was asked If he mad
known Bismarck, the reply was: Il a great
deal Of him. In private life he a frank.
jovial companion, always bright witty and good
natured. When King William Paris
with Bismarck and Moltke in 1867. General de
Faiy was selected by the Emperor to act as
the Kings aide-de-camp. and I designated
to act as his orderly officer. One morning Bis
marck came into my room and remarked Say.
Colonel. Moltke and I want to go to the theatre
TO La Grande Duchesse de Cierolstein.' - >
All right will send you box Thanks. but
can't you manage to go with u.s.? ] went.
1T should be explained that on the morning
of the performance the Emperor with Bismarck
and Moltke in his suite. had gone Menilmon-
tant to open a new reservoir The engineers had
offered them glasses OF Menilmontant water
which they drank l had been with them all
day. AT last were seated In the box al the
Theatre des Varieties Bismarck in front;
Motke stood in the rear OF the box leaving
place for beside Bismarck. AS I hesitated
TO accept the honored seat Bismarck bent tow
ard and said. Lassen sic NAL, hat die
Ruhr,' CLet him alone he has got a belly
acher) and then he added It's the water they
made him drink this morning; he is not used
to it
During the performance Bismarck high
ly amused and delighted to those little Ger
man courts ridiculed which he already dreamed
Of destroying. He burst into fits Of laughter,
and kept saying Motke Das ist ganz SOL
CThat is just the way it really isID After the
theatre Motke left Bismarck asked Now
don't you know of some nice quiet place where
we can go and drink some good beer?' I took
him to Fantas. behind the Opera. which in those
days the best place for German beer. Bis
marck drank highly respectable number of
double books. and after a while he walked home
with me at about 9 O'Clock in the morning.
When the King of Prussia left Paris he went
to Brussels. | accompanied the royal party to
the frontier Princess Julie Bonaparte had
quested to ask Bismarck TO write his name
in her album. The album elaborate one,
we'll filed with famous autographs Bismarck
turned over the leaves of the daintiIy bound
book, and read carefully little poem in the
handwriting of Theophile Gautier, evoking a
procession OF glorious feats of and r1eroic
deeds of the First Empire in commemoration OF
the Vendome Column. That is awfully good
CC'est joliment bienD. he said. and. taking a
pen. he wrote: Otto de Bismarck, qui regrette de
navoir pas ecrt cette superbe poesie COtto
Won Bismarck. who regrets not having written
this superb poetry.D
AT the Belgian frontier the members of the
royal party, who had been travelling In civil
dress. went into the station to put their uni
forms Bismarck the first to appear. He
his white Cuirassier uniform. 'EIullo,' /
said, you have not put your great gala
boots? Oh no. Belgium is small replied
Bismarck. with of his genial smiles"
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