Evening star., 1912-09-01
DRUMS own TRADE
Emperor of Germany's Ex-
ample Followed by Brothers.
POTATOES EATEN MOSTLY
Found to Be Chief Article of Diet of
Peasants-Enjoy Horse
Racing.
POTATOES EATEN MOSTLY
BERLIN, August 1S. 1912


The emperor. who is sometimes face
tiously called "the imperial drummer be-
cause of his activity in drumming up
trade for the royal Prussian porcelain
factories, is not the only Hohenzollern
who does not hesitate to use his personal
efforts to further German industry
Prince Henry of Prussia, grand admiral
of the fleet, has now followed his imperial
brothers example by publishing in the
General Automobile News an article over
his own signature, in which he appeals to
German motorists to use German liquid
fuel. by-product of coal distil1ation, in
stead Of foreign one. He cites his own
experiments and those of others to show
that the German fuel will go as far. quart
for quart. as any other. and points out
that 1t costs less. Aside from this, how
ever, Prince Henry finds his strongest ar
gument in the national interest He says:
1.-THE prices for the ordinary liquid fuel
are dictated for us by foreign countries,
bile world is as yet entirely dependent on
importations, and this is a great national
menace in case of war. Every automo-
bile owner should. therefore. quite apart
from pecuniary considerations. do his part
to see that the domestic product made by
German workmen and German producers
from German products shall be more
generally employed. to the end that in
case of necessity the German industry
can supply Germany's needs"
Potatoes Chief Diet.
The agricultural chamber of the Rhine
province has just published some statis-
tics which afford striking confederation
of a statement made recently by social
list In the reichstag to the effect that po-
tatoes are the chief diet OF the poorer
classes in large sections of Germany
The agricultural chamber, which is a
body legally constituted to gather in
formation for the government on agricul-
tural matters. has been studying how the
peasantry lives. 1t publishes the family
budgets of thirty peasant families with
annual incomes ranging between $471 and
$3.50. About two-thirds of them had the
higher figure and owned small farms of
from ten to forty-seven acres.
It was found that the average daily
consumption of potatoes of the thirty
families was nearly 3 1-3 pounds for each
person, whereas the consumption of meat
was less than 3 ounces; of butter. lib
ounces and slightly more than / pint of
milk, of which nearly half was skim mil (
or buttermilk.
The most important article Of diet after
potatoes was bread, of which each per-
son consumed nearly IA 2-3 ounces daily,
besides ounces Of flour. The only other
article Of food mentioned in the report
was eggs, of which each person ate one
about every fourth day.
Horse Racing Popular.
Horse racing has become the sport
of kings" as never before in Germany,
the number of sovereigns and royal
princes engaging actively in it being
greater than in any other land in
Europe. The King of Wurttemberg and
Prince Ludwig Of Bavaria own large
racing stables, and, though the emperor
himself is far less interested in racing
than military circles would like him to
be. the crown prince, in partnership
with his adjutant, owns and races
stable of runners. Prince Eitel Fritz.
second son of the emperor, in spite of
his weight and steadily growing waist
line. recently rode and won a race for
officers Of his regiment, and Prince
many races on his own horses.
The finest cavalier of them all is,
however Prince Friedrich Karl of
Prussia, the nineteen-year-Old cousin of
royal stable boy In the world. The
young prince. not having attained the
dignity of stable of his own, but be-
ing passionate rider frequently goes
to the racetracks at Hoppegarten and
Karlsnorst in the early morning and
rides the horses in training there On
these excursions he Is sometimes accom-
panied by his older brother. Prince
Friedrich Sigismund. who would, IL per-
mitted, prefer to steer aeroplanes, of
which he has designed a successful ex-
ample. Prince Friedrich Karl was one
of the German officers participating in
the Olympic games at Stockholm and
won prizes there against the most ex-
perienced army riders of the world