The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-08

every morning. The afternoon he usu- ally spends In rapid automobile trips through the New Forest and the beau tifui South Coast scenery.
 The latest version of the Kaiserins twice altered mind about the visit to England is the following Her excuse Of her daughter r-in-law's chickenpox' was only made to hide serious differ- cnce between the imperial pair. The Kaiserin keenly resented the scandals revealed in the Moltke Harden suit, and told the Kaiser pretty plainly what she thought of his choice of friends
 Aiiing and irritable, the Kaiser re- sented this, and there was scene which resulted in the Kaiserin declin- Ing to accomtany her husband to Eng land. King Edward. who was anxious that the visit should have the import ance of A double event" got Queen AL axandra h write the Kaiserin implor- ing her to reconsider her decision.
 This had the desired enect, but as soon as the state visit to Windsor was over. the Kaiserin returned to the Con- t,rant' leaving the Kaiser to proceed aione to Highcliffs Castle. She did not ever, trouble to see what her husband's s .'rest-cure" house was like.
 King Buries Hntchet.
 if ia now known in court circles in Berlin and London that the King and Kaiser 'sburied the hatchet" when they met at Windsor Castle. The king mas not been on good terms with his impe- rial nephew for many years. Their loriginal quarrel was about family finan- cial matters. l The Kaiser always blamed his royal uncle for "tippng off" the King of Greece that the Kaiser was appropri- atinx to his own uses the sequestered funds of the Guelph family estate.
 The King letter was seen by Prin, l cess Waldemar, who for spite betrayet l it's contents. to high funtionaries at tn' Berlin court.
 1 Sofebody inforemd the Kaiser. wht | became angry and spoke his mind" tt l King Edward and the King of Greece 1 Since which time there has beer 4 marked coolness between the three monarchs.
 l If is known in Berlin that the Kaise | isn't a very rich man. for an Emperor | He is the most extravagant monarch in Europe His craze for splendid dis play has frequently made money tigh | in the imperial household.
 It freuuently has been the gossip o | financial circles in Berlin that Barol yon Bleichroder. the wealthiest banke has been a friend in need" to the!ex trayagant Kaiser. While the Empero
 is spendthrift, the Empress Is fru gal.
 | Thieves Embarrassed.
 l Fifteen thousand dollars worth c
 stolen platinum is proving an embar
 rassment to thief or thieves some
 where in England. Thefts of platinum
 are extremely rare, because Of tn E scarcity of the metal. which makes l difficult to dispose of
 The stolen platinum is in the forl \ of a chemical retort or kettle, whic ! was used for certain costly expert
 nients at d laboratory at oker in tn l Hartz Mountains. Germany. Platinui
 being indestructible and impervious corrosive acids, was the only materi; < suitable for making the retorts used
 the experiments.
 The retort disappeared mysteriousl < from the laboratory shortly after pei
 mission had been granted to photo
 graph it, and the London police ha, ; been notified that 1t has probably bee
 brought to this; country for disposal. aPoke-Bonnet" Revival. 'l revfval of the 'tpoke-bonuet'