The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09

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The German Emperor has offered
some Of his castles for sale because
he is said to be in sore need OF
ready cash.
He can spare few, for he has al
least sixty scattered over the empire
Some of them he bought, but most
Of them came to him from his an
cestors.
The German people are shocked al
the Thought that some of these places
may fall into the hands of trades
men, to be changed into hotels, per.
hsps There is I3rdmansdorf, In the
Silesiam moutains, for instance, the
former home of Count Gneiseuau, thC
MOltke of the German war of liberty
against Napoleon l. II was pur-
chased by the Crown after the mar
shal's death. and all the rooms arc
preserved i'm the condition they were
in during CHEESEMAN'S life. A kind
of German Mount Vernon, is amnu-
ally visited by many thousands. And
now it is to be disposed of to the
highest bidder together with all the
relics it contains. But the Kaiser
needs the money.
William ii is The first Hohenzol-
lem to ego broke. There was cne
the first king of Prussia, VINO spent
a great deal of money In a mild eff
fort to emulate Louis XIV, the Roi
Soleii, but he never went beyond his
means, though he erected some OF
the finest buildings in mis- capbtal
among them the magnificent old pal
ace at Berlin All the others were
saving, some even persimonious.
Frederick the Great never bought a
new coat until his valet had torn the
old one ITO pieces. He said proudly
that he lived cn his private means
and had never used a cent of The
states money for his personal eX-
penses, The Bedlineys point with
pride to the statue Of Frederick VIII
liam III in the Th!ergarten, because
the sculptor, Drake, placed patch
upon the left boot of the King to i'm
dicate his simplicity. William l.
lived well but frugal.y, and increas-
ed his private fortune Immensely by
saving large part of his income
and investing 1t carefully.
But the present Kaiser is different.
He throws money away with a law
ish hand, sometimes almost aim
lessly He acts as IL he wore only
happy when buying at wholesale.
And there Is very little refinement
about his methods. Everything must
be big, gorgeous, oatentauicus. When
he bought the Achilleicn in Corfu,
where he spends two or three weeks
each year, THE castle had to be com
pletely rebuilt from plans drawn by
himself. Several new buildings were
erected, a large dwelling for his re-
tainers, a garage and power homse.
Thirty Thousand electric lights we're
installed and every rose bush was
illuminated by an incandescent lamp.
mobiles were sent to Corfu to Sc
mobiles were sent to Ccrfuto Sc
cure the comfcrts Of home for fort
might.
When the KAISER first trlave,led
he engaged a first-class compartment
for hlhself and his aide. Even for
the short trip from Potsdam to Berlin
the regular trains were not coed
enough his special is always waiting
ON a siding ready TO start at a mcn-
cnt's notice. The little station of Wild
park, where William l. used to wait
In small rcom lor the train TO Ber-
lin, was torn down and a large stat
ION erected in dts place.
But since the automobile has come
into fashion the Kaiser prefers Ii to
any other conveyance. He has dozens
of motor cUs of all makes and sizes
He seems newer so happy as when
pushing from Potsdam to BerFfn
and thorough the strests of the capt.
tai at speed that would bring dire
punishment upon the ordinary citi-
zen.
He has "a perfent manIa for mo-
tlon--Tapid motion. Whether at the
head OF 10000 horsemen leading am
attack, In high-power machine, i'm
yacht or I'm a fast railroad train
does not seem to make very mach
difference, so long as he is not com.
PEELED 10 remain in the same place
He Is forever travelling and visiting
monarchs, Always with an immense
retinne and in the most magnificent
style. AT every visit of this kind
presents have to be distributed, moi
only medals and stars or crosses, but
diamond rings and SNUFF boxes OF
swords covered witit Jewels.
1t Is even difficult for him to stay
longer than a few hours in the same