The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-09
1T COSTS SOMETHING TO
BE ENPERoR OF GERMANY

clothes IL Is stated that his ward
robe contains more than 1000 diff
frerent uniforms, one for every re.
giment of his own army and Others
fer the numerous honorary titles
that have been bestowed upon him
by other rulers. During his journeys
to foreign countries cne whole car
of the special train Is devoted to his
wardrobe, and His Majesty frequently
changes his clothes between every
two stationss Then there are special
costumes for hunting, autoing, yacht
ing and every other Imaginable oc-
cupation.
When the Kaiser takes part in the
annual, army maneuvres or field
drill he does not, like his grandfather,
who was soldier to the core, sleep
in the nearest city. He camjes with
him a complete house, made OF
asbestos and built in sections. This is
transported on large vans, and can
be put together or taken apart I'm
little more than an hour. 1t con-
tains three rooms and is fitted up In
splendid style. He follows the move
ments of the troops, if they extend
oSer a large area in a specially built
automobile, constructed somewhat
like small drawing room car. and
containing a handsome writing table
end four high backed chairs. 1t is
lighted by electricity and the floor Is
arpeted his machine is also used
for long Journeys.
His love for display is almost alb
normal. He Is forever changing the
uniforms of the regiments Cf the
army and inyenting new marks OF
distinction. When he buys castle
CIR restores the NUNS of some ancient
stronghold there are invariably ded-
ioaticn services with a gorgeous his
tcrical pageant illustrating the past
of the locality. His courtiers appear
as former lords of the castle, and
whole regiments of soldiers are Co.'S
TUNED as Romans or mediayal
knights to lend color to the picture.
to the money expended when the
Kaiser decides to produce a ballet or
an cDera I'm realistic style. For the
revival of "Sardanapai,' and old
ballet by Taglioni, a dozen Assyriol-
oglsts were kept busy for months de-
signing correct costumes and deco
rations, and am enormous amount
was spent to have every detail his
torically correct. In spite of all this
the product!cn was fiat failure just
as was his production of the opera
'"Les Hugenots," for which all the
costumes and aTmor had been made
after specimens preserved in half a
dozen museums.
When the Kaiser became con-
WINGED that Berlin did not contain
enough monuments of his ancestors
he did not ccnfine himself to order
ing a few more, but he lined wide
drive i'm the Thiengarten with white
marble statues OF all the HohenEol-
lerns since the family became inn
pCrtant. There are thirty-two of
them, and the whole lot was ordered
at cne and the same time and paid
for by the Kaiser, because the city
of Berlin did not take kindly to the
plan when IL was first broached by
His Majesty. he city also declined to
His Majesty The city also declined to
vaEaSle buildings in BERLIN I'm order
to s,rrcInd the Old Palace with an
artihcial lake. So the Kaiser is
sai'ing, an1 there he Keeps on the
Lakes of the HIaYel complete min
ieture navy, a pleasant toy, not al
together useless, but certainly very
expensive.
Cne of the strangest traits of this
remarkable man Is tllat he constant
ly comse!s his subjects to live eco
nomically. He Is especially fond of
admcniSring the officers Of the army
to avoid running into debt, but
whenever he invites himself to dim
uer at o reglmental mess am eXpea-
sive meal has to be served with
wines and plenty of champagne and
there must be flowers and suitable
decorations.
For twenty years the Kaiser has
been spending without counting the
cost, ordering marble statues and
uniforms by the gross, buying, build
ing and renovating castles, satisfying
every whlm and feeting desire, and
Now, I'm slpite OF an income conserv-
ative!y estimated at $10OO0,O0 a
year, his obligations are SO large
that he must dispose of some of the
palaces THAT were handed down to
him by his ancestors like almo- I
priceless lheirlooms. New York
World.
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