Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-04

charged of taking the place that Moham.
med held as the pretended mouthpiece Of
the Almighty. The old Gar of Russia. in
speaking of this sarcastically Said Der
Gott weisst allies. aber der kaiser weisst
allies besser.' Or, in other words, God
knows everything. but the German en-
peror knows everything little better
OF Simple Habits.
Both Mr.. Roosevelt and the kaiser are
plain in many ways and extravagant in
others. They both believe in physical de-
velopment. both like plain meals and both
can be satisfied with little. Roosevelt has
a plain breakfast with his family, the
kaiser eats with the empress, and is salts
fled with an egg, roll and cup of tea.
Their lunches are more generous and each
can sit down to a dinner of many courses
and enjoy it, 1 doubt whether either ever
had the dyspepsia, and If he should have
1t, he would not go to a doctor. but would
jump upon his horse and ride it off.
Both Roosevelt and the kaiser are fond
Of horses. Both ride often and ride hard.
Roosevelt keeps a number of saddle horses.
The emperor can AFFORD more ana mas
more. His saddle horses are carefully Sc
lected. They are noted for their speed and
staying powers. They must obey quickly
and they must be exercised daily in order
to stand any kind of a strain put upon
them.
The kaiser's children are brought up to
work. They have to mind their teachers.
They are trained in gymnastics sleep upon
hard beds and eat plain food. They are
made to mind as is evidenced by many Of
the stories which are told in Berlin. One
such relates to the crown prince. 1t hap
pened years ago when he was much
younger than he is now. He was drilling
his little brothers. and when one Of the
boys did not keep step he marched up to
him and wrung his ear. The kaiser saw
this and objected. The boy replied: 81 am
the crown prince and according to law my
oh Vax
that is true" said the kaiser. LAS crown
prince your brothers must obey you. but
you must also remember that l am the
kaiser and as such you have to obey me.
1 order you not to do that again"
The Kaiser and the Army.
This comparison holds good as to military
matters. Both the President and kaiser
are fond of the army. Either would rather
be combatted than rule peacefully. Both
believe in fighting and both are proud of
their association with their soldiers. The
kaiser is always counting his army. He
spends large part of his time at
the army parades and always attends
the maneuvers. He the uni
forms of the different regiments and has
official rank in many of them He is
never prouder than when attending re-
view He understands everything connect
ed with his soldiers from private to generak
He believes in the army, and wants to in
crease IT at any expense and at any cost.
The government has had to increase the
kaisers civil list on account of his social
expenditures. He has now about 5000, 600
a year, and this Notwithstanding he pays
no house rent and has many free lunches.
He has also large income from his private
estates. The Hohenzollern fortune, amount
ing, it is said, to about S25O00.000, has come
to him, and he has other estates, which
bring him in all told something like 81 0OO,-
600 year. FRANK G. CARPENTER.