The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-06-27

sine of the German imperial resi-
dence is notorious for it's inferiority.
The kaiser's cigars are not imported,
but are made in Germany, and cost a
| fraction less than four cents each.
The cigarets which the kaiser smokes
himself and offers to his guests are
equally inferior in quality. The
kaiser Is not a dandy and spends lit
tie on his clothes. The horses he
rides are not expensive. He is not a
gambler.
| Now that he is married, the crown
prince will be surrounded by his own
| court. comprising a marshal, a mas
| ter of ceremonies, a master of horses,
| a master of the hunt. lords in wait
! ing, gentlemen in waiting, aides de
camp. and so forth. The maintenance
of the crown princely court is ex-
pected to cost the kaiser at least
s250,000 per annum.
His other sons are growing up,
| and it will soon be necessary to pro-
vide for them in the same way There
are five of them, so that the pros
| pect can not be attractive to their
imperial father whose financial wor-
ries will be increased by the fact
that the number of Protestant prin-
cesses who would be desirable con-
sorts for his sons by reason of their
large dowries is extremely limited.
The kaiser has to maintain a separate
court for Prince Henry of Prussia,
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Prince Albrecht OF Prussia, and the
widowed Princess Frederick Karl of
Prussia.
His own court is an extremely ex-
pensive luxury. There is a minister
| of the imperial house. a director of
the imperial household. a director of
the royal archives, and four council
lors of the royal household. There is
president of heraldry. a senior lord
/ in-waiting, a court marshal, a master
of the hunt, a master of the Kitchen
master of the royal chambers. a
house marshal. master of the
| stables, a master of ceremonies, and
numerous councillors attached to all
these departments.
The emperor has over 20 resi-
dences. at each of which there Is a
commandant OF the palace and an
other STAFF of court officials. The
empress Is also surrounded by a
large suite of officials. In Berlin the
kaiser maintains three palaces. On
the outskirts of Berlin the kaiser
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burg castle. At Potsdam the kaiser
maintains his own residence. the new
palace: his summer residence. the
Marble palace, the Stadtschloss at
Potsdam, which will be the residence
of the crown prince, and Babelsberg
castle. which will be the summer
residence OF the crown prince. All
these households require an annual
expenditure of enormous sums,
The kaiser travels In the same
| splendor as he lives at home.
Wherever he goes he is accompanied
by large suite of officers and gen.
| tlemen and of household and court
officials. He takes his own carriages,
his own horses. his own coachman
and grooms his own stablemen. his
| saddlers. his smiths, and so forth.
with him.
Surprising the kaiser is in Berlin
and intends to journey to Wiesbaden.
one hour before his departure the
furniture of his study Is hastily
packed and conveyed to the station
to travel by the same special train
as the kaiser himself. Immediately
after the arrival at Wiesbaden the
| furniture is unpacked and taken as
rapidly as possible to the kaiser s
residence there. while he himself Is
exchanging civilities on the platform.