Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
BUSY AND TIRELESS KAISER
Everyday Life of the Energetic Ger.
nan Emperor.
RIDING AND HUNTING HIS SPORTS
Energy in His Play ms Well ms HIS
wOrk-ModeratiOn at h Table
Surprisingly Frank of
Speech 10 visitors.

BERLIN. Feb. 5.-The kalser's voice was
originally strong by nature, and 1t remains
SO to this day. 1t never seems tired even
when. as he often does, he reads aloud Tor
the pleasure and benefit of himself and a
party OF friends. 1t often occurs that he
will pick up one of his ancient favorites,
Horace or Homer. or a modern publication
and read aloud from It for an hour or an
hour and a half at a time. Frequently the
publication chosen is a periodical or a
newspaper.
Nor is his reading aloud confined to
classical or German books. He is equally
given to choosing works in English or
French. When he reads these he is fond
o. doing so with a particularly clear and
distinct enunciation, partly as practice for
himself and partly that his hearers may
understand him with certainty. There in
variably follows a discussion upon what has
been read, and in It the kaiser takes a
constant and often emphatic part. 1t has
been remarked tina at the close Of the
longest sitting of this character his voice
is as strong and sonorous as 1t was at the
beginning.
The human voice is usually a good index
TO the state of a persons general health.
This is true Of the kaiser. Born with an
exceptionally sound constitution, he has
not failed to develop and strengthen 1t by
careful treatment. He is a friend Of cold
water. a Partially which may have been
fostered by the training OF his English
mother. He has the English belief in the
virtues of a daily tub. The bath invariably
ends even on the ~frostIest of mornings in
a cold douche. At sea he has a liking for
sea water and regularly bathes in it.
Loves Lawn Tennis.
Notwithstanding the difficulties created
by the partial uselessness of one arm, the
kaiser is a great lover of lawn tennis.
Golfers would probably explain this by
saying that he has never learned to play
golf. He has been fond of the game since
J his school days at Cassel and still con-
tinues to play it, notably at Kiel, where
his brother, Prince Henry, has a fine tennis
court, and at his castles in Berlin and at
Potsdam.
He takes it seriously, as he does all
things, and IL is seldom that he ceases play
before he has had two hours exercise al
} 1t. He is fair player and wisely chooses
partners and opponents Of greater skill
than himself so that he must put forth al
his powers to keep level with them.
Riding and hunting, however, are his pei
sports and he has said that he is never 81
> happy as when on horseback. His ordi.
3 nary rides usually last for an hour Oh
3 moro and he gallops many a mile. Hi!
5 suite are supposed to keep up with him
. though at some little distance to the rear
but 1t often happens that he leaves then
{, far behind.
The same impetuousness of tempera
|, ment causes him when walking to fall int,
: a longer and faster stride than that o
s most men, talking often Uninterrupted
Q and fast to those who may accompan.
o him. 1t is the same when he is mountain
: eertng; his companions have difficulty ii
: keeping pace with him. His climbing /
: mostly done in Norway. where at leas
one peak he has assembled bears his name
TireIens Also at work.