The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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Americans Greeted at KEEL BY
Crowds Of RTownsfolk, Fill
H ing the Streets
SOMETHING, ABOUT EMPEROR |: I'' }! |; /
Not SO Fierce and VVar;like' as.
He lis Pictured Reception MI
on Yacht. S55s
81 Edith Brownell.

~ Edith Browf1ell. Il d
KEEL. July -'rhe Journey from
London to n f<iel Is really an ii. 4. ex !:
scellent S preparation for the a IlNs.s
rcstfulhess 81 the lovely llttle IS mr. hn :.
lis located II lisa sorry sort OF f1lntter
that TRIP. It begins with the ever. merry 'i
voyage across the English Channel (, Oh q. q
pltohy little steamer. It follows Win t1 D., g
dusty ride through Holland, where you 'u
see ono windmill to every twenty miles
or 50, + ana bear lasting grudge tagallln n.a
the deception OF Delft pottery
It ends With Id saunter Into Germany y
the funny little foreign carrlngcs, w Y
MONO OF the guards understand !. q wore 81 y
English. and where, II one 81 German u. Us Is
confined 10 ~ ali" 'Nen" and M ELI II
Gott," one is soon reduced to an elaborate g
system Of wigwnggtng as means ans 81
Communication. And then-thei', JUS Sc =. ass
YOU cant endure It another second. you
pull fif, at d veritablo little heaven Y, u u
quaint gabled shops, odd German villas tl'g
buried IN tail hillsides OF linden trees,
and the wide liarbor slsirted Win d w
homes and liaunts Of the royal EIatnlly! z
III you are the daughter Of a Pres1den NJ
YOU are greeted BY d seething crowd {. ct
jblg-hearted German townsfolk, filling th e
statonynnd lining botl sides OF the I, street,
all calling 100 rnh, Hoo rah w. u my
l,Allus-A Illus! which proves to pc s p, tl
for Alice. Ii Then you are driven 70 ~, ,iic
great hotel attached to the yacht cup
house, bowling and smiling your ac ld.l W
}edgmet1tSo Of the hearttest welcome tlln I
has greeted you since you let Your M
tive shores. II you are not the daus nlel
of Presid ent. you engage n q MY, ,,,.s
pantomime with q bleary German c "a
who removes you to your more .mo Q ,
ihostelry for the Sum Of eighty pfennls ~
Now # eighty anything sounds \: y e: q, a.
CANT but when you realize that y lakes az,
one hundred pfennigs to make one or our l
American quarters, you feel better el ana
.you waken In the night to find yoursseel II
trying to figure out this German imam l1',
cial problem Is II it takes four pfenhlgs
to equal one PIPER cent VIVA. : ., on EARN
could you buy for one pfennig
illumination Of Harbor.
It's ever so much moro sport, to go
into a foreign land without knowing inc
Language. It's like playing game game q
blind mans bun you simply feel arc n
without KNOWING Just whore you are, and and
then ace what you got. We had ever 80
much run ordering our dinner on the
dining car, for instance. The menu was vin z
,of a course, B worded In the most stylish
German imaginable and utterly beyond 9
ia. 5S Not knowing what anything was,
Ne Il ordered { BY II tho looks of the words.
as Il was part OF the game not to ask
The boon 8 companion finally cfo ''e'
"Schinkcn und eier& oder elm TIL Il pcso on
ders. d u accused her Of taking 4alt Pc Pc
ausc she thought she was getting SO SO
much more for her money. which Drought
forth the defiant confessio that she Just
mn d "a know what ''besonders''4 We're.
When she found that all she got was nan q
and eggs ana that her adding 'beson-|
.ders', resulted In her getting only q nails
!orfi or at that, she was So dlsgusted strt.t
53she refused to speak again during the
meal, M ennwhle II ii had taken "ko 'hnll
solely because II hadn't an inkling rs 70
what d Il was. or couse when \ was as !, CON
fronted with cabbage, q choice delAc -
which i have ever T. va NV
3the sulks, too. Then we. cau&Gh NJ " ea ca !
cher ewes. laughed Ill we cried o.
onled nv choosing comfortable unlnlss'
taxable beefsteak n = y. "
once in Kicl, however, wo found !'1' Eng,
Nan king walters, and 4 soon relax t
mentally sufficiently to go down 70 tn nt
water front to see the great llu ~
ii the harbor. This was sunday n ~,
and was one OF the most ~ s' !' 20
possible Down the middle OF the me sntr-
nor layN the twelve great German mem
4 81 war. Bobbing all about them were
scores OF little craft-yachts and tugs,
steam ana electric launches, sa SAIL g
and rowbonts-n :. brightly hun 6 WI ~ !
fcolored lanterns, Darkne IS doesnnot 1alls
il northern Germany until about u ~
o'clock at night. and SO ~ was. nearly earl
that time before the boats Lighted up.
soon nil the buildings along the 5shore
bust into light being outline Win +. elec.
trio lamps, and then It was seen tll 13ti
on the front Of the Yacht Club Hotel was
n, great American flag in colored electric
Sliuhts-just below the windows OF H the
rooms occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth. This was the sign for wild cheer
ing on the part OF Kielerites and some
Jumping In the Threats OF at least TWO
American lovers OF Old Glory, g z nae t 9
been feeling very far g way from nome
sion, curying In and out among the dark
3bnttloships, and just as they had com-a
3pletely surrounded them tho * war Yes-
sells too, burst into n blaze OF light. q
gorgeous spectacle it43Wns, indeed, but
a moment later 1t was intensified. for
N from each battleship flashed great
fsearohl!ght, For a moment the long
lines OF light wavered; then they settled.
nll twelve OF them in unison, upon tho
Stars ana Stripes. There could not have
been d prettier tribute to the American
guests. The playing of the searchllghtsi
and tho elaborate nroworhs which fol-
lowed were very effective indeed. This
illumination Is always ia feature OF
Keller woche or "Koll-week," but they
say 1t has never been quite 80 gorgeous.
before. 5ia s
Glimpse Of Kaiser,
This festiyity followed tho dinner on
tile steamer Hamburg, by which the
Kaiser initiated his attentions to MI
and Mrs, Longworth, The Hamburg Is
ono OF tho nnest vessels Of the Halnburg-
American Line which has been sumptu-.
ously3 rehtted and turned over to the
Kaiser FOR his personal use this summer.
Tho dinner was that delightful combine
ston Of state and informally which must
result when royalty is on sporting
cruise. Most of the wealthiest and most
aristocratlo personages of Germany HAYS
summer homes at Kiel, and the assem-
blage Included all Of these, from the Ex-
cellence Admiral down, Mrs. Iongworth5
occupied q seat some distance from the
Emperor, on the opposite side Of the.
table. next Prince Adalbart, Il another
question of tho DrOper col rt precedence