The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-06-25

BY STEPHEN BURNETT.
Berlin. June 25.-If the boil on the
kaiser's wrist did nothing more it GER
tainly gave the Berliners an opportun-
ity TO learn d little more of the char
acter of the crown prince, whom the
kaiser. Intentionally or not. always
manages to keep pretty we'll out of the
limelight
Crown Prince Frederick has always
been known to be simple and unpre-
tentious in his life and ways, more
fond OF sport perhaps than of work as
was his father to the same age. and
the kindly disposition towards him
was deepened by his marriage to a
princess, clever, goodlooking and As
unpretentious as her husband. But
the scene at the palace after the re-
view OF the troops when the crown
prince got off his horse in the Platz be-
fore the palace to avoid Inconvenience
ing the crowd with his horse. quietly
pushed aside the policeman who OBJ
sequiously tried to force way for him
and then five minutes afterwards ap-
peared smiling and bowling with his
consort and shildren on balcony Of
the royal apartments. caused storm
of cheers to break loose, the sincerity
and heartiness of which left no roocl
for doubt as to the fact that the crown
prince enjoys the popular affection.
Whether the outburst pleased the kai-
ser as 1t evidently did his son and
daughter-in-law is not easy to say
For the last three or four reigns Ho-
henzollern monarchs have invariably
made it plain in times of personal dis
ability to govern that they meant to
let slip from their hands just as little
of the ruling power as they possibly
could and regarded not without jeal-
ousy. any symptom Of popular liking.
In the recent case the monarch prac-
! tically let none of the power go, for
he transacted state business and re-
ceived his minister in his working
cabinet at Potsdam exactly as before.
the only difference probably, being
that he did not walk up and down the
room impatiently. as usual, brandish-
ing the blue pencil over the report he
was about to annotate in the margin.
| Another aspect of the incident of
the boil was that it reminded the
public as much of the kaiser's left
as of his right hand. The malforma-
ton of the monarch's left arm and
hand is at all times a delicate topic
and tactfully enough Germans very
rarely allude to it. The kaiser, too, l
am told, ignores it as much as possible
though he is known always to have
keenly felt it's inconvenience. 1t is
shortening of the arm from the time
of birth, and is accompanied by CON-
parative powerlessness of the left
hand. But the natural defect has been
largely triumphed over. strength it
still possesses and partly by appliances
which turn it almost into as useful a
member as the right hand. special
set of forks in a leather case is always
placed beside the kaiser's plate at
meals, each fork having one of its
prongs supplied with an edge for cut
ting purposes. Similarly when the
kaiser is on horseback he is supplied
with a wooden holder for the reins in
case he should require to take them in
the left hand But, on the whole, the
disability is hardly noticeable.
The diet OF Baden has once more re-
jected the governments proposal for
the restoration" of the famous Hell
delberg Schloss. One of Germany S
most picturesque medieval monu-
ments is thus saved intact for some
time to come.
in, x,inU of
ing condition of the Schloss, the gov
ernment appointed a commission to
examine the ruins, and suggested the
expenditure of $4,000 on rebuilding
the facade of the main, or so-called
Otto Heinrich, building. Popula;
opinion, as represented in the diet. has
always been opposed to any tamperine
with the Schloss. and is satisfied that
the genuine ruins are preferable to a
construction of a mixed ancient and
modern character.
Most people perhaps, visit the
Schloss for purpose OF seeing the enor'
nous Heidelberg Tun" about nine
yards long and eight yards broad: but
the satisfaction of curiosity in this re
spect is nothing to the delightful i'm
preston left by the harmonious work
ing together on the Schloss OF, history
art and time. Almost all foreigners
agree that much of this impression
would be lost if the Baden govern
ments plans for reconstruction were
carried out.
Every entertainment manager IN
Berlin is up in arms against the cltj
fathers for declaring their intention
of putting a tax on amusements OF al
. kinds from October next.
Theaters, concerts. circuses. varie
ties and cinematograph shows, dance
reunions, masked balls. races, bazaars
panoramas, nd performances OF al