The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-07
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EMPEROR SHAVING.
Mueller, The Hamburg's Barber, Tells
of the Work.

From the New York World.
To the squeamish stomach of Herr
Francois Haby, Adolph Mueller of Will
ster, Holstein owes the fame that is his.
1t is a fame that will be handed down
to his children and to their children S
children. Mueller for two weeks or so
shaved the German Emperor.
The regular imperial tonsor is Herr
Haby but he has such an unruly stom-
ach that it refuses to go to sea, so to
speak, and the Emperor had to get an
other barber-a sea barber.
Mueller Is the regular barber of the
Hamburg American steamship Hamburg
which conveyed the Kaiser to Lisbon,
Morocco and Naples. So the superintend-
ing director of the company sent for the
Hamburg's barber and told him he must
shave the Emperor every morning be-
tween 7:30 and o'clock. Director Won
Grumme tutored Mueller in the etiquette
and technique of shaving emperors.
when you enter his suite you may say
Good morning. your majesty Thereafter
you must not speak to the Emperor I'M
less he addresses you first. instructed
the director, thereby gently but effective
ly gagging the possibly loauacious bar
Der.
Razor must be sharp continued the
director ''You are to go over his maj
w. Be as quick as you can. The whole
operation must not occupy more than 10
minutes. for the Emperor is very busy
man.
In his shop on board the white and gold
Hamburg, now In Hoboken waters Muel-
Ter yesterday demonstrated how he now
ed the Kaiser's face. stiffened and fresh
ened up his moustaehe and eombed the
royal head.
"The Emperor is not hard to please"
remarked Mueller. He's easy to shave.
His beard is not very stiff. During the
, shave which takes only very few
minutes. he lays his head back. closes
his eyes and keeps still. Sometimes he
says A little more quickly. please: I'm
in hurry this morning; or Part that
little lower. please
"But when the time comes to put the
compress on the moustache the Emperor
works with his hands full of kilograms.
He looks quickly at telegram, scribbles
something on l. with big pencil and
hands 1t to Kammerdiener Schulze, who
has been his personal attendant for many
wears. Here. boy. take this to the min
ister' he will say and back will come
the boy for another telegram.
''Haby is the inventor of the compress
which is bound around the Emperor $
moustache only five minutes every morn
ing. 1t is made OF fine wire gauze and
SILK and ruDDer. ttaDy dlSo invented the
special cream, the hair tonic and the
soap, which are furnished by the EN-
peror, but | used my own razors-the
same, sir, with which | am now shaving
yourself.
"The shave takes place in the imperial
suite. There is a good BARRIERS chair.
The shave comes after the bath Every
morning the Emperor dresses himself In
the uniform of the German navy.
ut Lisbon / had to
go every morning 10 the palace When
we were at Naples the Emperor had me
cross the pier and board the Hohenzoi-
lern. the imperial yacht He won't have
any sailor shave him. When he Is at sea,
on the Hohenzollern, Schulze goes over
his face with a safety razor"
Mueller is proud of the gifts which the
Kaiser presented to him personally. One
Is a scarfpin of gold. the imperial eagle
studded with large translucent wine
stone. set about with IL little diamonds
The other gift is the gold medal and rib
hon Of the Order Of the Crown. The
Emperor told him he was good barber.