The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-04-06

bottle of French wine for the Ger
man wine, which it had been the ex-
pressed stipulation of the emperor that
Miss Alice Roosevelt should break
over the bow of the boat.
Mr.. Tower was strongly criticised
for sponsoring the Lehrs, and if En-
perOr William had chosen to take Of
fetal notice of the matter, the United
States department of state would have
no recourse but to recall Mr.. Tower,
and then out of this trif1ing incident
all his lavish expenditure of years to
build up a position of influence would
have been ended in disaster and fail
ure.
Since the departure of Mr.. Bellamy
Storer from the diplomatic service,
Mr.. Tower has become dean of the
American ambassadorial corps.
He is in love with the service, and
has spent his money more lavishly
than any Of his predecessors. The
Tower fortune, made by his father in
Pennsylvania anthracite coal lands, is
in excess of ten million dollars, and
every year two hundred thousand dol
lars are expended in seeing that Uncle
Sans legation at Berlin is conducted
on proper plane of elegance.
While representing the United
States in Vienna, Mr. Tower occupied
the palace Of a grand duke, and at one
of his dinners there he laid plates for
200 guests.
In st. Petersburg, where Tower was
ambassador for time, his wealth daZ-
zled the Russian court. Here he ap-
peared in cooked hat, court sword and
gold embroidered court uniform. This
outfit, required by the court chamber
lain, was reproduced by Mr.. McCor-
mick, his successor.
At Berlin Mr.. Tower has maintained
/ the same pace. For the Koenigsplatz,
his magnificent Berlin residence, Mr.
|, Tower pays $4,000 yearly, which is
more than his salary. This, as previ-
ously stated, is the first American en-
bassy at which the emperor of Ger
many ever dined.
This occasion was deliberately de-
scribed at the time, and gave other
ambassadors many dark days of jeal-
ousy. The emperor, accompanied by
distinguished officers of his suite, ar
/ rived at the Tower palace at 7 o'clock
/ in the evening, and was received at
the entrance by the ambassador, sur
rounded by the staff of the embassy
| At the top Of the grand staircase, Mrs
! Tower awaited the emperors coming
| A distinguished company Of ladies and
! gentlemen, invited for the occasion
were assembled in the west salon.
Here the emperor held circle, in
which he only spoke a few cordial
words to all present, but paid fatter
ing tribute to his host and hostess
/ The table was set for thirty, in. a large
room opening into the conservatory
/ His majesty and Mrs. Tower on his
right, and George Won L. Meyer on his
! left. After coffee had been served, his
majesty had a conference for two
hours with the ambassador, during
which time he spoke at length of dip
lomatic relations between Germany
and the United States.
This was the beginning of a close
friendship between the emperor ant
diplomat that continued without thu
slightest friction to the time of thu
Lehr incident.
The emperor made point of special
| ly welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Tower a
all court functions. This admiration
the empress shared, and she made ;
! special point of saying that dress
which Mrs Tower wore at cour
ball--it was decorated with spangle
which cost $3.50 apiece. and Their
were hundreds on .it-was the mos