The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
GERMAN COTS
LOOKED after
BY KAISERIN
Visits All She Can Each Day,
Giving Flowers to Wound
ed Soldiers.
DAUGHTERS GO WITH HER
Crown Princess Cares for Fa-
therless Children and Eats
in Soup Kitchens.
IMPERIAL FAMILY WORK
Kaiser Promised People His Sons
Would All Be Fighting If War
Were Declared.
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Berlin. Sept. &.-No small part of the
furtitude with which the women Of Ger
many are bearing up under the hard
ships Of war is due to the inspiring ex-
ample Of the Empress Augusta Victoria,
who is giving practically her whole time
TO visiting sick and wounded soldiers.
She has given up her residence in the
Potsdam palace and is living with her
dRughter-in-law, the Princess Eitel
Friedrich, in the quiet little Bellevue
palace, just on the Tiergartens.
Every morning a severely plain gray
motor car. not bearing the imperial
standard which usually hutters from
automobiles occupied by members of the
imperial family, draws up before the
palace door and the Kaiserin steps in
with one Of her ladies-in-waiting. FIRE.
quently she is accompanied by the Crown
Princess Cecilie, Princess August VIII
helm. Princess Eitel Friedrich, or her
daughter. Princess Victoria Luise. now
the Duchess Of Brunswick.
Takes Flowers to Soldiers.
The car is filled with huge baskets of
cut flowers which are intended for dis
tribution among the soldiers in the mil
itary hospitals of Berlin scattered over
a large area, from the garrisons at
Doebetitz on the northwest to the hos
pitsl sheds which are being erected on
tho Tempel Hoffre field.
To visit most of them in a week would
be impossible. but the Kaiserin is untir-
ing and conscientiously endeavors to
visit not only every hospital. but every
cot. When there is not time to finish
a hospital in the morning she comes
back the next day. beginning her visit
where she left of.
Not soldier is disappointed, not one
fails to receive a keepsake in the form
OF a flower, and it is pathetic to see the
care with which the wounded treasure
these souvenirs of her coming. However
busy her day may be, she usually finds
time for a few words with every man.
Princes Cares for Children.
Another member of the royal family
who is interchangeable in helping the work
OF the Red Cross and other relief organ
izations is the Crown Princess Cecilie,
whose popularity among all classes has
been immeasurably increased by her
hard and self-sacrificing work in behalf
Of the poor and relatives of the men in
the field.
Just as the Kaiserin is devoting her
self to the wounded soldiers, the crown |
princess has made fatherless families |
the subject of her special care, and the |
peoples kitchens which have been !
their success in no small measure to the |
energy with which she has thrown her
self into the work
She is a familiar figure at these kitch-
ems. where plates of soup and slices Of |
bread are distributed in generous por-
tons at the price of 10 pfennigs each. |
Not infrequently the princess has made
her own midday meal upon the regular
kitchen fare.
KaiHer'E Family Working.
Following her example. many of the
wealthiest and most fashionable women
in Berlin society have gone to work with
a will to help the relief societies, and
the spectacle Of a woman OF title with
her sleeves rolled up, ladling out bowls
Of soup for hours at a time is no longer
a novelty.
In one way and another every mem
Der Of the imperial family is now en-
gagged in war service of some sort
The Kaiser's personal movements, as
which drift back from his headquarters
on the French frontier show that he is
also tirSess in stimulating and encour-
aging by his example the millions Of
men who are fighting for him and the
An incident which occurred in one of
the field hospitals the other day gave
touching and unexpected proof OF the
loyal affection with which he is regarded
by the rank and file of his army A
badly wounded soldier In a ward which
the Emperor happened to be visiting,
was just recovering from an operation
As the effects Of the anesthetic began to
wear away, the injured man opened his
ayes and gave a feeble cry-"Hoch der
Kaiser:" The Emperor was deeply af-
fected. and, going to the mans bedside.
lG GhgaH hFp -, -.
comfort and good cheer.
Promised They Would Helm.
The Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.
rs all the world knows. is EalIantly lead
ng one Of the six great armies which
are facing the allies along the western
battle front. Prince EiteI Friedrich the
Emperor's second son. has already been
decorated for gallant behavior in action.
Prince August Wilhelm, together with ]
The Princes Joachim and Oscar, are also
IN the field, and one of them was lately :
wounded. He is now con- I
under the care of his mother :
It the Bellevue Palace. No one doubts !
hat Prince Adalbert, the naval member !
of the imperial family, will also dis
tinguish himself when the day comes /
,or the big sea battle I
1t is recalled in Berlin that several I
months ago the Kaiser, in a public !
ipeech, made the declaration that should I
Germany ever be forced into war his
sons would be found fighting with the
'ank and file for his country, taking
'isks and enduring the hardships of war
ike any other soldier. This promise has
'een more than fulfilled. There is not
'ne of his sons who is not now taking
BART somewhere in the great struggle I
md meeting the fortunes Of war as they &
'Ome. And among the women of Ger {
many who are taking up the new and !
'nerous tasks that war imposes. the J
<aiser's wife and the wives of his mar
led sons are bravely and unfinchinglv v
aking the lead {