The Washington times., 1905-07-02
KA|SER'S GIFTS
COST VAST SUNS
Imperial Splendor Swallows
Up His Income.
KEEPS ROYAL RELATIVES
Even Borrows Money From Millionaire
Manufacturers to Maintain the
Glory of His Reign.

LONDON, July 1.-No figure is more
outstanding than the German Empefof. !
His faults as well known as~his
virtues. There has never been any at |
tempt on his part to hide his light unaer |
a bushei There is something fasclnat-
Ing about this figure in the strong hme'
light. and his court and encourage are
an interesting study
The Kaiser owns eighty-three landed
estates comprising total OF 2ooooo
acres He is the greatest landowner in
Germany. and these estates swallow up
vast amount Of his otherwise vast in
come His workmen are paid abnormal
w high wages and his employees receive
liberal pensions.
He provides for the widows and the
orphan children out OF his private purse
His royal income is about 9sOooO. pu-
although he has no personal extraVa-
gances, the imperial splendor which he
maintains in his court Is certainly ex-
ceptional.
He also provided for the courts of four
royal relatives, and now the young
crown prince and princess must be sur
rounded by a court of their own, OF
which the Emperor must necessarily
bear the expense
The Kaiser's travelling expenses are
also large item In the imperial budget.
He takes with him his own carriages,
his own horses. coachmen, grooms.
stablemen, saddlers and smiths. ard his
entire stud is transported from place to
place.
Gifts of Jewelry.
Recently in the Mediterranean the Kali
ser gave away eighty diamond rings.
hundred and fifty diamond pins, thirty
three necklaces. thirty gold watches, a
hundred gold cigarette cases. and TWEEN
ty other articles of jewelry. and the trip
Is estimated TO have cost 100000.
It Is no wonder, therefore, that 1t Is
said that the Kaiser has been Obliged TO
resort to the disagreeable expedient OF
borrowing money from great commercial
maenates and millionaire manufacture
ers.
The little crown princess, whose we'd
ding was recent celebrated, resembles
nothing SO much as one OF the char
acters from Hans -Andefsen's charming
stories, ana the account OF the whole
pageant might have been taken from
page of Grimm or Of Andersen.
Greeted by butchers on horseback, by
chimney sweeps in evening dress, &C.
claimed and adored by the people; ciac
in cloth of silver-what more delightful
fairy story could be set In prosaic TWEEN
tieth century?
No Minor Part
The Kaiser. however, could not ever
for day play minor part. tn
crown prince is lectured and preached
to- the crown princess receives the i'm
perial blessing and is told that he
duty is to submit and to obey To sub
NIT and obey will not only be her duty
1t Will be the portion OF the heir ap
parent to the throne. so long as tn
dominant figure of his father remain
upon this planet.
London has never seen more pftifr
sight than the voorhees, army from Lei
cester which marched from the midland
to the metropolis in the hope Of layin
Its grievances before the King Ind tn
war Office, a distance of over 2Oo miles
through rain and slush.
They attained, however, none OF the
objects but succeeded in rousing til
compassion of multitudes and arres
ing the thought Of many as to tn
conditions of the laboring classes In TIL
country.
It is a blessing, however, that sue
regiments OF the distressed march peac
fully with a priest of the church at the
head, and receive sympathy and he'll
instead OF being as was the case
stances, mown down by soldiery.
Radium for Rabies.
A professor of Bouiogne Universal
has presented the scientific acaden
there with the results OF his long exp
rience In the cure of hydrophobia by Il
rays of radium. He repeatedly inoc
lated several rabbits with the most vi
lent hydrophobia virus and then su
United them to radium rays. ALI Il
animals recovered within six days
The doctor has left for Rome, to a
nounce TO the King the result of h
studies.
We certainly live in an age of ligf
more light.
A celebrated doctor in the Fren
Academy has been giving special ate
ton to the eyes of automobiles a.
cyclists
He finds that the curved position
the sitter Is very prejudicial to the sigl
and the microbes of dust which are
be met with, the constant pressure
air and wind caused by the rapid mo,
ment, induce Kaleidoscope confusiG
which ends sometimes in moment
blindness, and goes far to account
some of the accidents which ocur E
protectors, insists this scientific m:
should invariably be worn
Togo in His Cabin.
An interesting picture of Admiral To
in his cabin has been sent by one Of
special artists with the Japanese arm
In a prominent place are the two she
which had nearly cost the admiral
life
One burst OH board the Mikasa G
the fragments were collected and piet
together with cement. The other wa,
shell-sealed shot. which also came
board the same vessel, but did Iii
damage.
On the admiral's table are two beal
full little dwarf trees many humid
years old, presented 10 him by Co
Okufna
There is something almost weird in
gnarled and twisted trunks that HI
seen so many generations of human
and still spread their pigmy branches
The twentieth display of the Lone