The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-19
EMPEROR WEARS | VISION CORRECTORS Detract From Williams
 Warlike Appearance READS A TREATISE On the Reclamation of Marsh Lands. Armored Cruiser Leaves For
 South America-Terrible Prison Scene


 the .warlord now wears eyeglasses, which detract somewhat of his warlike appear ance. One day recently he appeared in public with pnce-nez, which he used for the purpose of reading lengthy paper on
 the reclamation of peat and bog lands before the German agricultural council, whom he told what he knew about farm ing. The Emperor described with humor
 the work of retaining large tract of marsh land on the estate of Cadinen,
 ago. He said that he would like to draw the attention to private undertaking which he had himself carried out at Cad inen. He described the estate as 1t was before reclamation. The land was GOV cred with aders, edge and rank grasses. There was some fair duck shooting, and
 here and there one might find a roebucn, but as soon as one attempted to shoot tliem one sank into the swamp and was in danger of drowning. T accordingly gave orders he said, .that this state of
 things should cease and after the scru pies of the steward in respect of my
 privy purse had been overcome Qaughter) the necessary means were provided and
 work began"
 The Emperor turned his attention to
 improving the breed of his milch cattle. He applied to Herr Hagenbeck and Herr Hagenbeck had obtained good results with
 the Bos zebu indicus major. The Emper- or observed, amid laughter, that when he said "major" they must not suppose | that the beast, admirable as he was, would find his way into the army, cer- | tainly not into the ranks of staff officers. | The Emperor then took from the minis
 ter of agriculture picture showing some of the calves which he had obtained and l held it up for the audience to see. He re- gretted that he was not in a position to
 bring photographs with him. Because
 the animals could not be made to stand still.' However, his porcelain painter
 from the imperial majolica factory had
 been at some pains to portray parents
 and child Qaughter), and they could see 1 what an enormous creature was the re- suit (Renewed laughter)
 | The laughter increased when he told | the story of one of his experiences as a young lieutenant. He said: "I once saw
 a booth in a fair at Potsdam with the an-
 nouncement Progeny of a heaver and
 d duck to be seen here.' I went to sec | what it was like. Inside the booth I I l distress and said, Herr Lieutenant, | dreadful thing has happened. The prog | eny is dead-but the parents are still alive l then asked to see the parents, l upon which the man showed me a large crop, and sad Sometimes they are out
 side and then you can see them, and
 sometimes they are inside and then you can't see them." Oproarious laughter) | The Emperor then turned the subject of | ft,a ,f t1a fn1. at referring to an after-dinner speech which | the imperial chancellor delivered to the 1agricultural council, said that before he enddet, he wished to support the appeal which had been made to them to increase | the numbers of live stock. They must l aim, before everything else, at making
 the German people Independent of foreign
 meat supplies.
 domestic servant at Heidelberg ad- vertised for a position maid-of-all-
 work, announcing that she would be glad | to receive offers of employment in keep. | ing with her special talents Forty-five replies reached her. Forty were cast aside as unworthy of notice, either be- cause of insufficient wages or because the would-be mistress lived in an undo sirable'' locality, or higher than the sec
 ond story.
 The five ladies received notice that she would do herself the pleasure of calling on them the succeeding day. She de- voted the afternoon to informing herself as to the manner of living of each family, the periods at which rises in wages might be expected the amount of entertaining done, the character and value of gratui- ties and presents customarily given to servants. how many free evenings month were allowed and how long sum mer holiday might be expected.
 After imparting the desired information the ladies were informed that their offers would be taken into consideration and de- cision notified by post Four got the fol- lowing note next mcrning I regret 10 be compelled to inform you that my choice has not fallen upon you"
 Two burglars in evening dress were sur prised the other night while trying to break through the wall of an empty shop into an adjoining establishment. In an effort to escape one hurled himself against the plate glass window smashed through into the street and took to his heels. When finally he was tripped up by policeman he was found to be bleed-
 ing from a dozen wounds
 The other burglar dashed upstairs and attempted to escape across the roofs. He stepped on to a skylight, crashed through
 into the room beneath and broke his neck, dying soon afterwards.
 The armored cruiser Von der Tam, was commissioned September 1, last, left Wilhelmshaven for South America. The object of the cruise is stated officially to be the testing of the seagoing qualities of the vessel and of certain new devices which are being tried on board her for the first time, but it will also serve the pur- pose, as the Hamburger. Nachrichten said in September last, of Infringing before the eyes of the South American Repub- lies, whose attention Is now largely oc- cupied with the creation of strengthening of their navies. an example of the capa- biity of the German shipbullding indus try
 The Kaisers son, Prince Adalbert, who l is a lieutenant in the navy will serve as | an officer of the Von der Tam during her | cruise A complete itinerary of the voy- | age has not been publlshed,' but it is ex- | pected that the cruiser will conclude her | outward run at Panama, and that in ad- | dltion to the principal ports on the south | cast coast of South America she will visit | Chilian and Peruvian ports after passing l through the Straits of Magellan
 The steam trials of the Won der Tam | fast year raised the question as to wheth- | CT she was the fastest armored vessel in | the world It. is claimed that in deep i waters the vessel could make not less | han 2S knots If using her engines to their. |