The chronicle=news., 1913-01-16
GERMANY H0N0RS
IT'S WARuKE KAISER

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with the empress and his children.
iiemarkabl. simplicity marks the
meals of the German emperor. ~"
almost never takes drink and
smokes sparingly
A, Christmas time the Kaiser al-
ways has tree, lie and the EN-
press tax" par, themselves In the
trimming OF II. and the gifts are
hung on II. even 'houeh mos, OF the
kaiscr's children hav" outgrown
Christmas trees.
Though William Is - years old he
might easily be mistaken for a. man
OF 80. His tremendous interest In
things has kcp; him young. Life is
a vital matter TO the Kaiser. There
are 30 many things that are worth
while doing and seeing and invcsti-
eating. \ few years ago he wen, TO
the Island OF Corfu. off the coast OF
Greece. to visi, archaeoiogis,s who
wcr. digging up tn" ruins OF Greek
temples there.
The fact that he Is emperor does
no, prevent his being interested In
the affairs OF common folk. One day
he was on, walking In civilian dress
when he was recognized by a corpor-
Ia, who saluicd him. The emperor
noticed that the man appeared
gloomy and asked what was the
matter. The corporal told him that
he was In love with the daughter
ni his sergeant major. hut that the
girls father refused to sanction the
marriage. No one ranking under
Very WELL" said III. Kaiser. "go
and tell your sergeant major tha, tho
emperor has mad. you n sergeant"
Years ago. soon after he came to
the throne. tho Kaiser once visited
\ school where he was not expected
Tn. master was late In arriving and
finally the emperor began to conduct
tn. lesson himself. When the school,
master came in. - half hour late. the
emperor left tn. building. The un.
hary schoolmas,ar fcl, surc he would
iose his job. \ day or two later he
received n parka." from the Kaiser.
II contained an alarm clock.
A hunting story told about the
Kaiser Is characteristic ot the en-
ihusiasm and impulsivcncSs OF the
man. lie had been on hunting
had been unusually bad and William
had not killed half the number Of
does that had fallen before his rifle
the year before. The last day OF the
holiday gamekccpcr cnme to the
emperor and told him OF n great stag
that he had tracked to covert In u
swamp. The Kaiser was off with the
man at once. followed him through
thick underground. crawlcd on HIS
stomach TO the place where the stag.
Ia creature which had been pursued
often though unsatisfactory before.
lay hidden. The stag raised his head.
the emperor fired and the big ami
NAL fell over. The Kaiser jumped ZIP
with n shout. slapped the forester on
the back and plunged over to where
the animal lay. He was pleased ~
any boy could have been over his
first deer. And he insisted that the
xamekccpcr share u small bottle OF
champagne which had been brought
along in the imperial motor car.
When they returned to the chateau.
the emperor suck his Tyrolcan hat
on the end OF his gun barrel and
waved /, to The empress. who was
on n balcony shouting the good
news 10 her,
At work or at play. the emperor Is
famous for this quality OF enthus-
iasm. He is Interested and in arm
est. and, II may be added. generally
in hurry. And about twenty-four
hours out of the day he is devoting
to doing or planning something for
Ccrmnny