Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

praise Of his fellow-countrymen, the
Bavarian soldiers.
yours" he exclaimed. what splendid
fellows they are! They have done good
and brave work! And they're going
forward everywhere. God be praised!'
last meeting. on the occasion of the
performance of one of Ganghofer's
plays at the crown princes palace in
Berlin.
Who could have imagined them"
went on the emperor. that what has
now happened could ever come to us ?
And that we should meet again in
France!
After that the party adjourned to the
dinner table in a room hung with bunt-
Ing trophies won in the Argonne for
est. 1t was a short, quickly served
meal Few servants officiated Gang
hofer confesses that he was soIm-
pressed with being in the company Of
the kaiser and the other guests, all
high dignitaries of the army and inn
perial court, so interested in their con-
versation, he does not know what was
set before him.
And yet had left the train as hun
cry as a wolf and hadn't had a good
bite for twenty-four hours" he writes
So far as he knows there was nothing
put hsh. cold meat. potatoes. fruit, a
little French wine, and water-"and
war bread. no bread but war bread"
After the meal the kaiser and the lit
tie group of officers and courtiers be-
gan talking about the war in little
the German stage in many French
comedies"
Cigarettes and short pipes are lighted and
Munich beer is handed around in long glasses.
On the table by which the kaiser seats himself
are hlacs and roses, sent to him by the empress
from Berlin
The whole conversation turns the course of
events at b home ard important episodes Of me
tea tables. There at the saisers beadouart err
, we did not divide Ovid up tue world. snatch away
wee founded. nor was the map Of Europe
rected with pretentious pencils. lnere is 10
Of tue present; nobody mentions the future. From
all the weighty words which l hear rang the
work and win. Every thing else will come as it
must come and according to our deserts
And while this serious conversation
was going on the kaiser's little pet
dog kept leaping to his masters lap
as he wished, cuddling up in all sorts
OF positions by no means comfortable
for the emperor, without once arousing
the latter to impotence or anger.
Then they all adjourned through the
dark streets of the little Frenh town
to hall in which a young officer
showed moving pictures of a new mill
tary device. suitable for the fighting in
northern France. which the kaiser-had
not yet studied. While the pictures
were on the kaiser kept asking short,
sharp questions, promptly answered by
the officer. After the last picture the
emperor strobe up to the officer,
grasped his hand. and said:
Il thank you. That's a good thing
Do you think the French will copy 1t
from us?"
Not quite so fast" replied the young
officer. we've Just discovered it our
selves"
Next day Ganghofer attended a
church service with the kaiser and was
afterward invited to ride in the i'm
oerial automobile to the headquarters
II the German crown prince. Before
a regiment Of soldiers went
'winging past to the strains OF an in
'piring military march. and the kaiser,
lodding to- the Bavarian writer and
pointing to the marching men, ex-
claimed:
"Ganghofer, are you looking at them?