The Washington herald., 1912-04-07

, OF the d9gInas Of the Roman Catholic
Church ana an absolute faith in the
mysterious divine origin OF dynastic
rule. all OF which. however, mixed with
a hilarity that Is unhampered by the
ballast of a thorough. deeper education,
and with fine appreciation OF charm
ing women. race horses, love OF opera
bouffe couplets. and last. II not least,
plenty OF Pomery brut of Veuve Cnquot
And there is another thing why the
Berlinese dislike to see their Kaiser make
use so often OF the hospitality OF his
friend. the South German grand seigneur
IN Baden, This Is 1.-The wholesale sIaugh-
ter Of small game, which Is aigpt1ed
by the polite name Of a chase l. read
in the Roland Won Berlin the follow
ing rather grewsome description OF how
poor reynard Is hunted in the drives
on the estate OF the prince when the
Empero is pesent:
The woods and forests on the Donan-
eschingeR estate OF Prince Max Egon zu
Fuerstenburg abound with foxes. Their
number is legion. and yet there do not
seem to be enough at that Therefore
each spring all the fox holes In the vicin-
ity are searched and the entire new lit
ters abstracted. These young aaImaIs are
placed in boasd with the officials ana
servants on tine princely estate. There
are hundreds OF them. When the Kaiser
arrives for a great fox chase. these tame
and confiding young beasts are placed
in large cages and transported to the
hunting grounds, where they are nber-
ated just before the chase begins. when
they are driven out from the sheltering
bushes anj underbrush almost up TO the
muzzle Of the waiting imperial hunters
and his fellow hunters guns OF course.
be II understood. that the Kaiser has no
idea that his marvellous success as a
marksman is due TO the fact that he
Is hunting tame. domesticated animals
who have been brought up TO fearlessly
approach human beings"
This proves that Prince Gregor Alex
androwitch Potemkin. who was able TO
make the great Empress Catherine OF
Russia believe that painted stage scenery
was fiourishiny village, still has apt
disciples Another thing. the Kaiser
likes nothing so much as to be taken
for a counterpart OF his famous ances-
tor Frederick the Great. and yet there
was not anything which that King so ab-
Of innocent animals. Iu unmsasured
terms Frederick. at Sanssoucie. was
wont TO condemn the practice. especially
in vogue among ruling princes and roy
atty. But what. do you think, would
that great man have said about royal
slaughter is mada easy by those who en-
Joy the royal favor?
Baron Denys Cochin. the latest French
Immortal" is very wealthy man. and
therefore can well afford the outfit re-
quired by every member Of the "Acad-
emie'' before he is allowed to take his
seat This. however, Is a serious matter
for some eminent authors, whose works
appeal only to a limited public. The
very lowest figure at which an Academi-
clan can equip himself for his formal re-
ception is SIS. For this he obtains a uni
form adorned with green palm leaves
on the tunic and gold lace bands on the
trousers, a white cashmere waistcoat,
cocked hat with ostrich feathers. a
sword and sword sash SO the price
charged is by no means excessive. sim,
IL swallows up close on half the first
years salary attached to the Office, and
many an Academician could probably
find a better use for the money.
FLANEUR
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