Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30

tax had been paid on its behalf. On
the other hand. another idiosyncrasy of
the kaiser had been humoreJ 10y de-
failing for duty at the castle all the
tallest troopers of the horse guards.
The kaiser likes tall men. and when
he visited the King of Italy some years
ago he took with him a retinue OF
giants such 8 appalled, the diminutlve
| monarch of that realm. His majesty is
habitually an early riser. and he is
called at o'clock every morning at
Windsor putting in a couple of hours
work before breakfast
The kaiser is a man of many tastes and
| hobbies. but his pet fad is for delicate
| white. finely shaped hands. All the ladies
| he has most admired have had these
Generally speaking. he admires no wom-
an, however beautiful, who Is not en-
dowed in this special manner. Even II
really ugly and devoid of personal charm,
| woman with artistic hands is sure to
attract his attention.
People used to be astoniShed that he
should wear SO many rings until they
discovered that most of them were copies
of those he had admired on dainty fin
gers. At ceremonious court functions the
| wearing of gloves is compulsory. and the
| kaiserin, who has not very pretty hands,
insists on this regulation being strictly
observed. But at dinner. after ball, at
| supper or after concert the kaiser will
| often request certain ladies to remove
| their gloves. When he observes one with
| really dainty hands he makes her a pres
ent of jewelry, and in most German cities
| there are ladies who proudly display these
| trophies. The kaiser remembers a dainty
| hand, even when he has only seen 1t
| once, just as other monarchs remember
a face. He used to- take intense interest
in fortune-telling and palmistry. not be-
| cause he really believed in those weird
accomplishments, but because their prac-
| tice gave him excellent opportunities for
closely examining any lady's hands that
| he might admire.
| 1t is curious how little interest the pub
| lie seem to feel in the Orleans wedding.
Certainly. very few people appear to be
| interested in the historic side of the af-
| fair or to recall that If the Count Cham
| bord had seen his way to accept the tri-
color flag the Duke Of Orleans might to-
day be Philippe VII, King of France and
| Navarro. OF course the Duke of Orleans
has never been very popular here, 1t is
nearly sixty years now since a Bourbon
reigned in France, and the present gen.
Grafton have almost forgotten that mod
ern France was ever anything but a re-
| French throne on the deposition of
| Charles X the general belief in England
was, as Prof Dicey has told US, that
the house of Orleans would last as long
as the house Of Brunswick in this coun-
| try. The revolution of As made this opin-
ion look rather foolish.
| However, though he behaved badly in
the matter of the Spanish marriages.
England took a keen interest in Louis
| Philippe and his sons and grandsons. The
Duke d'Aumale and the Comte de Paris In
their first exile made themselves popular
They took a keen interest in English
| labor questions. and even wrote articles
in English magazines. The. Duke of Or
leans has done nothing of the kind. One
wonders whether the duke has acted OF
will act with regard to this marriage as
| he did about his own. and. in the old man.
| ner of Versailles. officially notify the fact
| to the dukes of France. His doings on
the occasion of his own marriage hardly
increased his popularity with the French
aristocracy. There are good many per-
! sons claiming to be dukes in France
whose claims to represent the old noblesse
| of France are far inferior to those OF
French aristocrats who content them
selves with humber titles.
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