The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30

on the street stops smiling and laugh
ing. all stand at attention. and every
lace takes on solemn, patriotic, almost
HShuhE look. as though each man
would consider it his hapDiest duty and
pleasure To walk right up 70 the mouth
OF a cannon and die in his tracks for his
pate-taced, haggard and loved emperor.
ana the emperor never smiles on his
SUBJECTS as he passes, but looks into
every eye on both sides of the beauti-
1ui street with an expression of agony
on his face, but a proud light in his
eye, as though ne would say. "Ach
Colt but they are daisies. and they
would fight for the Fatherland with the
last breath i'm their bodies"
me pride of the people in that mus
tached young man. with the look of
suffering. is only equaled by the pride
OF the emperor in every German in
Germany, OF anywhere on the face Of
the globe. There is none Of the Hello
Bill, such as we have i'm America when
the president drives through his peo-
pie; many Of them yell Hello Teddy"
while he shows his teeth and laughs
and stands up i'm his carriage and says
Hello Nike as he recognizes an ac-
uuaiutance- But these. same Hello
Bill Americans are probably Just as
loyal TO their chief wherever he may
he. and would fight as hard as the low
ing Germans would for their hereditary
emperor.
I suppose there is somebody working
I'm Berlin. but il seems to us that the
whole population, so far as can be seen,
IS bent on enjoying every minute, walk
ing the streets. in good clothes. giving
military saluteS, and drinking beer be-
tween meals, and talking about what
Germany would do To an enemy if the
ever present chip on the shoulder
should 5c knocked off. even accidental
iy- But they all seem 20 love America.
a ~ D. let.
from Milwaukee. Wis. L. =. A. citizens
began to gather around Us and ask
about relatives AT our home They seem
- think that every German who~has
settled in Milwaukee owns Il brewery,
ana that all are rich ana that some
day they VIII come back TO Germany
and spend the money and light for the
emperor.
We did not have the heart to tell
them that all the Germans in Milwau-
kee We're going to stay there and spend
their money, ard while their hearts
were still warm towards the Father
land, they loved the Stars and Stripes
and would fight for the American flag
against the world and that the younger
GermauS spoke the German language
IT ut ali with q Yankee accent. Gee.
but Wouldn't the people of Berlin he
bot under tho collar II they knew how
many Germans an America were uufa-
nlllar with the makeup of the German
flag. and that they only see it occasion
ally, when some celebration OF German
days takes place.
Wen. when dad saw the German en-
uerOT drive down the great street and
got q lOOk at mis- face, he said. Hen
merry, 1 have got TO see that young man
and advise him 10 go and consult a doc
tor. and 50 We made arrangements to
go TO the palace and SEE the emperor
and his son, the crown prince. who will
before long take the empire on his
shoulders If William is as sick as he
looks. You don't have to hire any mas
uuerade clothes TO call on the emperor
of Germany, like YOU do when YOU visit
royalty iu Turkey and Egypt for a
good frOck coat and d silk hat win take
sou anywhere I'm the daytime. and a
sWalloW-tdi is legal tender at night
so dad put on his frOCk coat and silk
hat. just as he would TO go and attend
an afternoon wedding at home and we
were ushered into a regular parlor
where the emperor was having fun with
his children. and the empress was do
ing some needle work.
Dad supposed we would have to talk
TO the emperor and the prince through
an interpreter, and we stood there wait
ing for someone 20 break the ice. when
someone told the emperor that an
American gentleman and his bow want
ed TO pay their respects. and the en-
perOr, who wore an ordinary dark suit
with no military frills. took one of the
young princes he had been playing
with across his knee and gave him a
couple OF easy spanks in fun, and the
whole family was laughing. and the
spanked boy tackled" the emperor
around the legs. below the knee like q
football player, and the other princes
pulled him or. and the emperor came
up 20 dad, smiling as though he was
having the time of his life and spoke
10 dad iu the pUrest English. ana said
he was glad 20 see the Bad Bow man
because he had read all about the
uranks Of the bad boy, and bid dad
to Germany, and he didn't look
sick 1T all
Dad was taken all OF aheaD. and
didn't know what TO make Of the Ger
man emperor talking English. hut |
when the ruler of Germany turned To /
me and said, And so this is the cham
Dion little devil of America" and Dat /
ted me on the head. dad felt that he /
lad struck a friend of the family and he 1
sat down with the emperor and talked 1
FOR half an hour, while the young
princes gathered around me, and we sat |
Down on the floor and the boys got out /
heir knives and we played mumblety |
peg on the carpet. just as though we /
we're at home, and all the boys talked /
english. and we had a bully time. The \
princes had all read ''Peck's Bad Boy |
md [ think the emperor and empress |