El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-16
DESCRIBES THE
KAISER At HOME
War Lord Loves a Joke, Is
Fond of Home and De-
voted to Daughter.

days when the German kaiser is IN the
field with his troops. fighting almost
all the rest Of Europe. it is refreshlhs
to get a glimpse Of the crested "aI
lord at home
The man without his shining ar
NOR" is shown very intimately IN her
new book, Memories Of the Kaisers
Court" published here today by MISS
Anne Topham, who was English teacli-
er to emperor Williams only dausn-
ter. princess Victoria Louise, now the
duchess of Brunswick
Naturally. therefore, We ger HleLs
intimate glimpses Of the royal !atL -,--
on the domestic side as papa 49,
makes "spOrTiVc jokes with ms 4Al-tLs
at the breakfast table and is even &C
casiOnally guilty Of the more alEoClo-i.s
form OF pun" Once at the emperor
hunting lodge IN east Prussla---Wi mere
the Russians now are-Mlss lolliAllt
said something about the uny-e -- Ii55,
ness Of the chairs. Here We AFe
hardly" quoth the emperor with
laugh, and he asked every otheI Gay
If the chairs were getting any soLtet-
Miss Topham's first impression OF
the kaiser humanity was, however
distilled through the alembic or ms
little daughters mind" One day she
amused herself with the schoolDoy
trick of making with her mouth the
pup u q EAA1lAAN e1eaL-G IA ---
subsequent gurgle Of the flowing VINE
Puts 1t on Papa.
Who ever taught you these accom-
plishmentsg' I asked, in the reproving
tones appropriate to an instructor OF
youth.
.'s-s-sh, It was Papa" she answers
gleefully, repeating the oIIenulns
sound with even more perfect lulIa-
ton than before. "he can do II splen-
didly." and she "gurgled" with perse-
vering industry
Keen. blue ewes Of rather Quizzlcal
brightness-5lue eyes almost too vio-
lent in contrast TO the deep sunburn
OF his face, a hearty, almost palnIut
handshake, and q volume OF personal
questions this trus Miss IOpham S
first introduction 10 the kaiser They
had many a talk often on English sub
jects, and out Of one Of these spranS
the remarks by him;
You English people, you drink those
awful fiery spirits horrible stuff,
whisky. brandy, what mott how can
you imbibe such quantities Of poison
Gus liquids II is running your con-
stitutions Simply running them
whisky and soda everywhere-nO it's
awful; I tasted It once, like liquid
fire. eghi Your drinking habits are
fearful"
There the emperor was not indictinE
a nation. but merely expressing MS
own repugnance TO strong drink de
showed. Miss Topham tells US, an in
tense love and admiration OF Engllsn
life as apart from English politics
for which he has a "perpleXed. irri-
tated wOnderment and contempt
'Oue of your ministers asked me
on one occasion how many ships OF
the line you have in your navy can
tell him, he can not tell me. And
your minister for war cannot even
ride I offered him a mount and
every opportunity to see the maneu-
vers. Thanks very much for your
"a See - Tone 7
can't accept it I'm no hOrseman, un-
fortunately A minister of war and
can't ride Unthinkable!"
He gave his short, sharp laugh BUT
side has for him irresistible charms
Admires EngInnds Relics.
During his visits to England he had
noticed our riches in relies and treas
ures OF past ages, and this led him TO
remark:
'Ah, you have never had a Napoleon
to plumber and burn your country
houses" sighed the emperor, almost
alphabetically, once, when talking OF
his English visit, your Reynoldses
and GainsbOrOughs, where would they
have been II NapOleOn's marshals or
his soldiers had seen them2 Perhaps
burned or destroyed, or sent 10 the
Louvre. Think what II means 70 the
children Of house TO live with one Of
those pictures TO absorb II uncon-
sciously into their mentaliues; they
must grow up with a love Of beautiful
things, they cannot help it We have
nothing Of the kind, our houses were
stripped and burned"
Fears Getting "Fat.7
One gathers that in his lighter mo-
ments the kaiser is friendly 10 jokes
and careless chat; not however, on
the principle OF laugh and grow fat"
for he has a horror Of getting stout,
and keeps the enemy at bay with
oh fs-Ns
Once at a fancy dress ball given by
prince Adalbert, his sailor son at kiel,
the emperor came to II, unknown TO the
guests, wearing the dress OF MS own
ancestor. the great electOr, a full bot
toned flowing wig and the long coat
and breaches appropriate to the period
During the first part OF the bail The
dancers were masked, and the emperor
was talking with a woman. who. be-
lieving him 10 be the crown prince,
whom she knew very well. said archly;
Your imperial highness is splen-
didly disguised How did you make
yourself appear so stOut2 A little
cushion stuffed inside somewhere, I
suppose27
His majesty told the story against
himself several times "Of course
there was no cushion there was only
me but I believe she said IL on pur-
pose She knew who it was all the
time"
War and politics. art and music.
eNeTNLnlmBs as we Judge from MISS
Tophams book. has come within the
interest Of the kaiser. His patronage
OF music has been unfortunate, but
he comforts himself by inveighing
against the want Of musical taste
shown in Berlin
on my first visit to Wilhelmshohe.
as we wended our way to the little
chapel in one wing Of the palace, the
emperor said that he hoped I would
sing in a loud deep voice" in church
because the singing was usually very
bad. I commented on the slowness Of
German hymn singing and his majesty
told me how surprised he was once,
when visiting at Windsor, with
grandma a year or two before she
died, to hear the organ burst out sud
denly into the Austrian national an
them. not knowing that il had been
adopted as an English hymn tune
His Love for His Daughter.
His love for his daughter is en-
phasized by Miss TOpham:
Her bright. alert intelligence evil
IDENTIFY responded TO something in him
self; her constantly exhibited affec-
ticn, her love for his society nattered
him irresistibly, as they would any
father in the world. He wrote Ions
letters to her when away, sent her
picture postcards, and small trlfling
presents from places where ne was
staying. Her first letter to him IN
English was something Of an event
written with the greatest care ana
after much anxious consultation with
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