The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
THE KAIsER As AN ADMIRAL.

in October, 1SSo--his twenty
second birthday. and William the fol-
lowing February. just a month after
his twentysecond birthday This was
Roosevelt's first marriage that to Miss
Alice Lee. mother of the present Mrs
Alice Roosevelt Longwoth. When-just
after his. successful campaign for
Mayor OF New York. in 1SS6-Roose-
welt married the second time and
toured Europe on the wedding jour
ney which. in part, no lately retraced.
throne, for his grandfather, now in
his ninetieth year. was still reign
ing and his father was merely the
crown prince. Events were now to
fall thick and fact, however. William
I. died March Q. 1888, and the new En-
peror followed him to the grave scarce
hundred days later. William the
Second thus being unexpectedly ele-
waited to the throne June 10, 1883.
when he was twenty-nine years old.
At this time Roosevelt was having
! published his Ranch Life and the
Hunting Trail;' also his Essays on
Practical Politics" More than thirteen
years were to fall befone he was to
preside over the destinies of a great
nation.
lIlInCT OIL tHeSc young Ileu WoulO
ra Their have had a hand at soldering
than any other kind of diversion.
! William, who at eleven had wept be-
cause unable to go into the Franco
Prussian War. kept up his military
training from the start and while new
ranks were being conferred upon him.
Roosevelt, as best he might, was play
ing at the same game. At twenty six
he was a lieutenant and at twenty
eight captain in the National Guard
And later. when the Spanish War
seemed imminent, he vainly sought a
colonelcy In tho militia, this before his
commission as lieutenant-colonel OF
tho Rough Riders.
Have Other Hobbies In Common.
| Three other hobbies that the Kai-
ser and Roosevelt have in common arc
warships. horseflesh and hunting. Both
of them know the technical points of a
warship from keel to mast tip and
| both of them believe that the best
| thing for the inside of a man is the
outside OF a horse.
| Both of these geniuses have loved
| to play the role of lay-preacher almost
as we'll as that of soldier. navy builde,
or rough rider. William frequently
breaches an actual sermon. with Bib
| lical text, and on board his yacht hi
acts as chaplain, on Sundays offerins
prayer after preaching the sermon.
But where Roosevelt and the Kaise
resemble each other most in tempera
! rnent is in their multiplicity of inter
csts. Just as the American Presiden
collaborated In attempts at the revis
| ION of spelling, the writing Of books
the saving of forests. the exposure o
pseudo naturalists. the settlement o
strikes. the Improvement of countr!
life and the regulation of family life
the German Emperor makes drawing
1 for the statues made by the govern
| ment. rearranges operas, as we'll a
the musical programs for church serv
ices. selects church organs, rearrangc
the plots and scenic effects Of plays
| ships by inserting drawings of hi
own. 1t is also one of his hobbies t
visit laboratories where imp ortant sci
entifc experiments are being made
and thus he followed the development
:, of tri-color Photographic, OF DR.. Koch
tuberculin, of diptheria experiments, Q
the X-ray and liquid air. His talent TO
!, painting Is said to be inherited fror
his mother. When he was twenty-sev
|, en- the Berlin Art Exhibition displaye
!, a large marine canvas from his brush
He Is further talented as both plan
list and linguist. His French is sal
. to be perfect and his English Yer
j rapid and free from the usual Germa
a harshness.
81 In exuberance OF spirit the Kaise