The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
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out for his only war. a campaign against
Charles XII of Sweden. he left behind
him these violently earnest, written in
structions to his Queen: LAS l am a
man and may he shot dead. l command
you and all to take care of Fritz, as God
shall reward you. And l give YOU all.
may punish you in Time and Eternity
if you do not. after my death. bury me
in the vault of the Schlosskirche at Ber-
lin
Yet here he rests in the Garrisonkirche
at Potsdam. And ny his side is his
Fritz. who. at the height of his military
glory. dreamed that his stern parent
reappeared To him. when the dutiful
asked. Have | behaved myself WELL
father" and the shade answered, Yes,
yes
The old woman who sells the =
pfennig admission ticket TO the painfully
| was standing just where Napoleon
stood. in 1896. when he came to look on
the tomb Of Frederick and to tell the in
sensate dust that if the soldier King
not be. The Emperor was at his petty
worst that afternoon in the Garrison
Church and he took Frederick's sword
from the sarcophagus. The imperial
purloiner sent it to the Hotel des In
valides. and ! understand that when the
avenStnS PrussianS We're at the gate of
Paris in 1911. the custodian of the In
valides made haste to throw the stolen
sword into the Seine.
The Kaiser Ii Coming
Having now turned the last leaf in
the kaiser's family album. II may be
remarked in all politeness that he need
not blush for his ancestors, consider
ing that they were hereditary despots
pulsion TO behave like other folk. On
the whole. they have been fairly
clean-living. honest-acting lot. far and
away the best of all their kind. Final
ly. il is interesting to note that, un-
like some other royal families. they
have preserved in the wholesome habit
recollection serves, having passed out
with his boots on.
1t happened one day that / saw
the Kaiser himself and thus am en-
fleeing portrait of the twentieth of
the sceptered Hohenzollerns. Inter
den Linden was crowded and raucous
with the flowing life of a great city.
when suddenly the helmeted police
stopped the traffic that was pouring
in by the intersecting streets. while
broad mittelallee between the double
row of linden trees in the center of
the wide avenue.
The quiet alacrity with which the
within that parkway. and the abrupt
ness with which my taxi and all
other vehicles came to a full stop and
crowded as closely as possible to the
popular discipline in well-drilled ma
ton. Virtually every man except the
foreigners had been a soldier and all
obeyed with the silent readiness of an
army.
Nearby, the Brandenburg Gate rose
like a portico at the end of the street,
where Inter den Linden loses itself
amid the flowers and trees of the
Thiergarten. There at the gate the
blue-coated guards sprang from the
guardhouse on either side, shouldered
their rifles and lined up in stiff ar
ray to present arms.
The Kaiser is coming! The Kaiser
is coming" hummed the multitude be-
ceived the warning and the people
had instantly and correctly interpre-
ted the scene that followed
The Kaiser Himself.
After a hushed suspense had rested
upon the great throng for several
minutes and the blockade in the side
streets had heightened two and three
squares, n yellow automobile was seen
speeding along the cleared way. which
stretched for u mile. from the Schloss
chauffeur a uniformed man sat. blow
ing n pretty fanfare out of the muz-
zle of n long trumpet.
After few more protracted seconds
a full dozen other yellow automobiles.
one after another. came and flew by
with princes and princesses and cour-
tiers leaning back in the cushions Be
hind them rolled a wave of cheers as
the Kaiser and Kaiserin followed in
their yellow car.
Hats were OF and hands were in the