The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-30
KAISER WILHELM
 MUCH CONCERNED Socialistic Outbreak by No
 Means Impossible
SHOW WOMAN'S WORK
Exhibition Intended to Signify Peace Between Woman's Ideals"-Wo- men Artists Give Dress Ball.
 Engaged for 30 Years

| Germany today. but it is a fact that he 1 is very seriously concerned. So much SC | in fact memorandum has been privately
 drawn up with full details for the instruc-
 tion of the whole of the court-official and
 menial alke-for their preservation should
 any revolutionary crisis precipltate itself | To those who know the Germans, and 1 their ideas of socialism, this may seem a l very unnecessary precaution. History tells another story, however. The Kaiser s grandfather knew what it was to have to scurry like a frightened sheep from his Berlin stronghold to England in times of socialistic strife, and his present majesty has seen more blood shed around the best known generals have seen in times of war. Berlin is for this reason the
 most curious anachronism in all Europe. Tn times of tranquility the crowd upon the Unter den Linden is the most peaceful
 and prosperous looking in the world. But let king mob for one brief moment get the upper hand in Berlin and there Is no city in the whole world where he is more bloodthirsty.
 
 which would lead one to look for riotous demonstrations here, but few will deny that there is abroad throughout Europe a
 revolutionary spirit which may develop in stalling manner, at almost any time and
 nearly anywhere.
 The coal strike, the great socialist suc- cesses, the unrest among all classes of
 laboring men, dissatisfaction with the
 high cost of living, all are potents 10
 nrhi ba I<aie hp iC
 keenest observer among European mon
 archs is thoroughly alive. Like good
 general, he is preparing for whatever may
 happen.
 Considerable sensation has been caused
 in German liberal quarters by the news that the Heidelberg Professor Ozerny, celebrated clnicist, has been dismissed from his post as surgeon general of the army for having taken part In sym posum organized by the "Berliner Tage- blatt' before the second ballots, and hay ing recommended supporting social dem ocratS in all cases where they were op- posed by members of the Black Blue" block.
 This is another straw which shows the tension.
 The Empress was present at the open ing of an exhibition entitled Die Frau in Haus and Beruf," which is being held on large scale in the exhibition build ings at the geological gardens. The pres ident, Frau Hedwig Heyl, said that this exhibition was the flourish of trumpets"
 which sgnihed peace at last between the rival claims of woman's two great
 spheres of work-the home and her pro- fession-which had at first appeared an tagonistic to one another, but were now seen to be mutually complementary. Woman's work in Germany for the family and the nation was no longer confined
 to isolated effort. It was scientific and corporate, and was filled with the con- sciousness of now duties demanded by the time which led the woman worker to seek a vocation. and to take part in social and industrial work, and her con templative sister to seek to be surround ed with things of truth and beauty. This exhibition was a sign that woman was. seeking to find her own path. and 1t was a landmark in the history of a sex which advanced with every century. The new ideals, however, were in no wise op- posed to the cooperation of both sexes.
 The designers of the exhibition seem to have had two objects in view, to give some account of the work which German women have done in various fields of activity, both at home and abroad, and at the same time to put before the pub lie certain ideals to guide them in their cnOlce or lire lukuI1eS ana HeCtSSltleS. Thus, while a large amount of space was devoted to articles. photographs, statis- tics. in pictorial form, models. and so forth, which illustrate the work for eX- ample, of the Red Cross mission, and woman's activity In educational and charitable work, and her achievements in the arts and sciences, industry and sport and to the records of the various women's guilds in Germany. no less prom ra fhn odt tiSaf ootc t,, the form of most artistically arranged groups of models of desirable hats and skirts and a series of model dwelling rooms suitable respectively to the work mans wife or the successful lady nov
 elist. The exhibition was as a whole remarkably interesting. ~ That it should be- illegal for a girl to
 marry unless she can produce official evil dence of having done one years house. | hold service. was the novel proposal made at the opening session of the congress. l Discussing the project recently preached l for compelling German women to do some | form of military service. Frau Gnauck- l kuehne urged that the home and mother l hood were women's most important sphere and that the service year. of girls should
 be spent preparing them for it. Our girls" she said. should be prepared by | year of service to fulfill their duties | as wives just as our young men are prepared for the duties of national de- | fense which the country may call on them l to perform.
 l NO girl should have legal right to marry unless she can show evidence of
 having prepared herself by years train l ing for household management" Frau 1 l<nauck- K uehne also advocated placing household finances on legal basis where | by a wife should have a right to demand fixed annual budget commensurate with the husbands income.
 | Great success attended a fancy dress | ball from which men were excluded and which has just taken place under the 1 auspices of the Society of Women Art | ists in Berlin. A helmeted member of the fire brigade and male orcrestra hidden behind palms and shrubbery were 1 the only men in the hall Many of the leading society women of Berlin attend ed. including several princesses. It was called porcelain ball." because those
 who danced had to wear costumes rep resenting we'll known brands of china ware.
 Many of the most graceful figures typi- fled men. At least two dozen ladies came as "Cavalers Of the Rose" in various representations of the leading character in Dr. Richard Strauss's opera. There
 was charming quartette in white and blue who called themselves the "Wedg- ball ended with the universal verdict l that man is not essential to ball After an engagement extending over thirty years Herman Hessberg. slipper
 maker of E,lbing. Germany. has just mar ried the woman of his heart. When he
 was 2s marriage between the pair was