The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
KAISER PREPARING
STORY OF HIS LIFE
Will Probably Run Into
Three of Four Volumes
TO VISIT VIENNA
Will Be Guest of Franz Josef Imme-
diately After Marriage of Duke of
Brunswick-Homburg Is
Picturesque Town
By MALCOLM CLARKE
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Berlin March 22.-The Emperor vii
liam is not going to entrust the .esk oi
thinning his life to the chance pens oi
Iposterity. He Is preparing his obituary
himself. The work-one OF the most
lstupendous auto biographies of the
lage-will probably run intoi several
volumes. The first will deal with his
boyhood, the maxims of his grandfath-
er and the personality and influence oi
Bismarck. AT last, the world will be
told the true story of why on finding
his feet" he dismissed the imam OF
blood and iron" But that will come in
la later chapter. His imperial majesty
ldeclies to discuss his manuscript ex-
lcept with his intimates and these are
pledged to inyiolate secrecy.
There was a serious accident recently
i'll the new Deutsches Opernhaus al
Cnarlottenburg. One of the iron supports
of the heavy mass of iron, asbestos and
plaster which form the sky for the For
tuny system of lighting broke while the
apparatus was being lowered a few
inches before the evening performance
and the whole fabric, Weighing about q
tons, shattered to pieces on the stage
As the stage is, always cleared during
movements of the SKY" nobody was in
jured. The only other theater here
which has the Fortuny system of light
ing is the Deutsches theater, but there
the "sky" structure Is immovable.
IT is the intention of Emperor William
to go to Vienna as the guest of Emperor
Franz Josef of Austria Immediately after
the marriage of the Duke of Brunswick,
as he is now generally called by the pa
pers, to Princess Victoria Louise. which
| will take place on May "a simultaneously
with the celebration of the silver we'd
ding of Prince and Princess Henry oi
Prussia. The newly married couple will
at first occupy villa at Rathenow,
| where the bridegroom's regiment, the
Ziethen Hussars, is stationed 1t Is
added the emperor will abandon his con-
templated holiday in Corfu.
Homburg, nesting among the spurs
of the Taunus mountains, is one of the
Oldest, as we'll as one of the best
known, towns in Europe. The Romans
had camp in the vicinity and are
even said to have used the mineral wa
| ters at a very early date. From 1922
| to 1866 it was the residence of the
| I.andgraves of Hesse- -Homberg, and To-
day it boasts of a population of over
| $4,000 with something like l2,000 VS.
| itors annually, about one-third OF
whom are Americans or English. Pro-
tected from the cold northern winds
| by the neighboring mountains, the
| town vet retains the advantage of a
climate moderately tempered by
breezes from the surrounding forests
and the cool woodland paths offer an
Irresistible temptation to any one who
delights in long tramps. The kurnaus,
| the chief rendezvous of all visitors
was built in 1S41-3 and has been en-
larged a number of times since looV'
It contains several very nanusone
| na rtments. including terrace partial
| " covered with glass, which is the IA
,-orita rasort in fine weather