The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-17

tCopJnSht, lH3 By A. D. JecooonJ
A good story was told at one OF the
many banquets in garrison town on the
occasion of the Kaiser's recent silver
jubilee as ruler. Here 1t 10:
Some time ago Kaiser Wilhelm heard
that the captain of one Of the Infantry
Guard regiments at Potsdam had nxed
the regulation hour Of schooling Tor MS
men at 6 o'clock In the morning. Tnougn
doubling the fitness Of such an early
hour for the lesson. and the ability OF
a popular young officer to keep them up
10 this rather exacting standard OF
early rising. the Kaiser one day walked
into the barrack room at o'clock Inc
captain was not there. but the Emperor
showed neither annoyance nor surprise.
He asked where the lesson was 10 ne
found In the books and. without more
ado. to the mingled anxiety and deisnt
Of the men, he took the lesson In hand
and explained the passage In history
which was the subject of the day. IL
was nearly o'clock when the captain
showed himself. The Kaiser returned
his salute, made no allusion TO his crest
fallen countenance,- but handed him the
lesson book after pointing out how FAR
the class had got, and then left the
room.
Nothing was said or heard Of the in
cident until a few days later. when the
captain received a handsome alarm clock.
evidently from the Kaiser. What the
officer wrote In his letter Of thanks was
not revealed by his brother Officers.
The presence of khe King and Queen
Of England at EPSON recently recalls the
fact that the late King Edward insa-
tuted a sweepstake among the members
Of the royal family who visited the Deroy
year by year. An amusing incident toSx
place in 1909 The late King did nos te-
iieve that 'Minoru'' had q chance, and mis-
disgust was manifest when he discov-
cred that lie had drawn his own horse
He promptly offered to sell his chanc. for
half a crown, and his offer was taken by
Prince Arthur of Connaught. who had
himself drawn the inevitable blank The
Kings face was quite study when his
horse won and Prince Arthur demanded
his money from the stakeholder. the 2res-
ent Lord Stomfordham.
Though the Queen disapproves Of gam
bling, she In usually prevailed upon to
take a share In the royal Derby sweep
A few years ago she drew the favorite.
after having laughingly protested against
being made to take part. The late
Prince. Francis Of Teck cher brother) Of
fered to buy the ticket from her. but
Queen Mary's objection to taking part
did not 20 quite to that length. and she
announced that she would hold it. And
furthermore, she demanded her winnings
within ten seconds Of her horse passing
the post as a fairly easy winner.
The King recalls the fact that he had
backed the winner of the Derby only
once in his life. That was the occasion
when Diamond Jubilee carried on the
race in the royal colors. The late King
Edward strongly urged his son to have
bit on" King George placed five
pound note on the race and considered
| that that had completely settled its
chance Of winning. II may be added
, that expended the money he had won
| upon the purchase of a new bangle for
| the Queen.
The late King Edward, when he was
the Prince of Wales, set and introduced
| many fads and fancies. As a younger
| man he was somewhat stockily built,
and the high pointed linen collars in
vogue at that time would irritate him.
! One night he grasped the points, bent
\ them over and it didn't take long for
| the English dressers to find the scheme
an excellent and practical one to adopt.
thus paving the way for the present
| turn-down collars.
The origin of the "beauty-spot Ia In
teresting. The Duchess de Montmor-
rillon, suffering with a boil on her
chez, resorted to putting bit OF black