The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

khaki uniform that we Americans wear.
He claimed ii was no good for Germany,
but might be good for China or the United
States or South Africa. He insistent
in his opinions and is argumentative as
sophomore.
He is fond of joke too. Like his uncle
Edward, King of England, he laughed a
lot at some of our stories. Corbin had
some good ones but none of them made the
hit of that one he told the King of Eng
land at Buckingham. why, King Edward"
General Young chucKled again for minute.
1T was about man. he said. Then he
stopped.
THE ST. LOUIS JOKE.
why, bless me. 1 was talking about the
Kaiser. wasn't I? Well. it was at this din
ner that made that old st. Louis Milwau-
kee joke that was cabled all over the world.
The Kaiser said to me: Young, have you
ever been in Germany before?'
"You see he called us Young and Corbin
and Wood without any prefixes at all. So
did King Edward.
Young he asked, have you ever been
in Germany before"
mo answered, solemn owl, not
| in this part but have been in st. Louis,
Milwaukee and Cincinnati
1.-THE Kaiser saw the point and laughed
heartily. He thought the joke was so good
| that he told IT to all corners and 1T was
| cabled to England next day and printed in
| the papers there i suppose it got over
here also. Now, 1 was innocent enough.
heard that gag many times; ana II rea a,ay
| wasn't my fault that nobody had ever tried
| it the Emperor of Germany before.
However, the one Corbin told King Ed
| ward was the one that made the impress
| sion. You see, King Edward
| But / want to tell you about the most
| serious conversation with the Kaiser. 1t
w snow you sne range OF dr niS
to potato alcohol 1 knew something about
| 1t. l found he knew all about Ii. He was
personally experimenting experiments on
| one of his farms in the making of alcohol
| from potatoes. He took me out into the
| corridor and showed me a row of lights
| around the gallery. They were lights made
| from this alcohol. He spoke with great en-
| thusiasm of the traction engine he had
which used potato alcohol to generate the
fbe res iSr %Sieb is used for a feed for
| cattle, and before he finished on this sub
| ject 1 had increased my knowledge of the
| product as much as could from long study
| of book.
ut was so with about every other topic.
| He knew something about everything 1t
| seemed Naturally we discussed military
| science. / found he was a past master in
| everything pertaining to the army and
| navy from the defenses of the border to
the number OF ounces there should De In
| soldiers rations. 1t was marvellous. If
| there any topic of Importance in this
| country that he did not bring up at that
conversation or at the other conversation
| I had with him / can't remember ii nocy.
| 1.-THE maneuvers were great. They have
| been described so often that il would be
/ foolish for me to go into them.
| THE thing that impressed us all, how
| ever. was the wonderful efficiency of the
/ general staff.
| Has England the general STATE" General
| Young was asked.
| No" replied General Young 'but Eng
| land will have one. You see, King Edward
but, speaking of King Edward. L can't
help laughing bit at that story Corbn
told him. Your Majesty. said Corbin in his
| best storytelling tone L remember a man
Mho,Ibut IN, no matter tier l must 1s tel you Of
| He was away shooting when We got
| there, but when he got back he asked US TO
luncheon. IL he wasn't King you would say
| on meeting him that he was one of the
| decentest. whitest chaps imaginable He is
| thoroughly unaffected, so far as / saw him,
and We had fine time with him:
| He knows a joke. too. / was introduced
| 20 him when he was a boy before the civil
| war. 7 didn't mention that fact to him
when was talking to him. but did men
| ton Il to one of the other English gentle
| men in the room. That gentleman told
| the King, and when / had my next chat
| with him the King said: Young, L under
| stand you met me when / was in the
| United States
Yes, your Majesty replied. I met
| you I'm Cincinnati
, You see he had read that St. Louis joke
| that the Kaiser thought was so good and
| he knew enough about the population of
| Cincinnati TO fre IL back at me when he
| had a chance.
| IT got even. though. He chatted for a
minute or two more. and then he asked
| me: When were you in England before?
| Three hundred and fifty years ago.
| said. and the King laughed until Corbin
| came up. Corbin asked what the joke was,
| and the King told him. Then Corbin said:
| Your Majesty, that reminds me of the
| man. The King beckoned for everybody
| TO come up. and when Corbin finished that
| story they all exploded. That reminds me
| of the man. said Cs6bin. but let me tell
| you about the EnprcA Eugene
| There's wonderful woman. Mrs.
| Young Mrs Corbin. Mrs. Wood and nv
| self went TO see her. General Wood and
General Corbiu could not so. so gathered