The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10
KAISER FOND OF
 MOVING PICTURES First Operator Secured Dip lOmatic Appointment "MUSHTA" IS DEAD Mushta Was Fayorite Siamese Cat of Empress-Woman Aged 78 Is
 Mother of 49 Children and
 270 Grand Children
"MUsHTA" IS DEAD
nr MALCOLM CLARKE

l Berlin. November 9-(Special.) )-kaiser William of Germany is the latest victim
 of "movitis e. Y. the gnu diction-
 aries). The emperor has become -o in-
 fatuated with the cinematograph that he
 has ordered a machine and operator in stalled in the Palace theatre and spends
 several hours nightly before the white
 screen, seeing the latest attractions of l the impresarios of the film.
 The first operator, with an eye very
 likely to a future commandery in the Order of the Black Eagle thought it good policy to literally intersperse melo-
 drama, comedy and the rest of the
 movie" fare with pictures including the
 kaiser himself. The emperor saw through tho rogue's rude and unyarHishea flat tery and sent for his master of amuse-
 ments, Herr Von Plegeler. Won Pleg-
 eler." directed his majesty, "get another
 operator This gentlemen is needed in
 my diplomatic corps-at St. Petersburg" !" The kaiser never can resist the tempta- ton to take rise out of M Sazanoff, whom he has nieknamed "Von der Boor."
 Mushta the favorite Siamese cat of the German empress, Is dead. During the illness of her imperial majesty ser
 want over-fcd Mushta The cat fingered until a few days ago when she died from indigestion.
 The empress has one of the finest col
 lections of Siamese cats known to exist in Europe The first of this rare breed housed at Potsdam, were brought from Siam and were actually from the palace of the king, for no one else possesses
 such perfect animals. The dark and silky hair in contrast with the brilliancy of the eyes forms a feature of the val uable creatures, one of which was lent by her majesty for the geological gar dens in Berlin. Naturally the prefer ence of the empress has set the fashion, and Siamese cats are eagerly sought after by many ladies. The sum of $1000 was paid the other day in Paris for Siamese
 Frau Wheila NJ de Beer, widow, 7s years. of age, residing at Leipsic, prob ably holds the worlds record in matr- monial ventures. At the age of IS she married Petrus Jacobus Lubbe, who died, leaving her with one child. Ten months later she took another husband, a widower, with three children. A year and five months Afterwards he also died. leaving her with four children.
 WFnln nVe months she married Tor the third time, another widower, this time with seven children. With him she lived for II years, and had several children when he also died. After five ! years widowhood she married for the fourth time, on this occasion a widower with eight children. With him she had four children, and after II years he. too, died. Five years later she married a man nemed Hendrick Hopper. Another Il years elapsed, and then her fifth hus- band died, leaving her with 10 chill dren.
 In two years time she contracted an- other marriage with Hendrix Van Wyk, 6 widower, who brought five children to swell the family. Another II years passed, and he. too, went the way of his predeacessors, his death occurring only recently.
 Frau De Beer is now the mother and stepmother of 49 children and the l grandmother of 270.
 six others. Even for the Kurds a New l Testament has been prepared