Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-04

quite proper, tho excessively hard on
others, had it not, in the course or
years, became mania. NO one
blamed his majesty for postponing the
Wurttemburg maneuvers in the sum
mer OF 1893. when cholera was rag
irg. But 1t is quite another thing
when the kaiser refuses to confer with
state officials because some member
OF their families may be indisposed'
Easily Tricked.
The empress, who faithfully copies
all her husbands fads, is as bad as
he. Members of the royal household
not living in the palace can enjoy a
holiday at any time by simply fur
nishing a doctors certificate stating
that somebody with whom they are
domiciled in the city is Ill. This ap-
plies to the kaiser's adjutant generals
as we'll as to the chamberlains, equer-
ries, danes of the palace, chasseurs,
coachmep. cooks and sculliops.
More than once have l seen his
ma 10 isty abruptly start away from q
person with whom he happened to be
colversing at a. reception or bail,
leaving the unhappy lady or gentle
man speechless and crushed, because
OF an innocent admission that son
or daughter, or perhaps an uncle, had
tho measles or q cold. AT the very
mention of the fact the war lord fled
like the lion hearing q cock crow.
AS every domestic arrangement in
the palace Is fashioned with view
to the preservation of the kaiser S
health, the doors and WINDOWS near
the imperial bed are double screened
by heavy portieres, summer and win
ter; for the faintest possibility OF
drafts is dreaded and even the down
20 hla nkpfS fashioned
at the bottom and side that their
ma ajesties must needs crawl into bed
one leg at q time there being only q
breadth of about twenty inches left
open.
The HohenZollern household never
enjoyed the reputation for more than
superficial opulence, and the paueity
of its linen has often been the sub
ject of ill-natured comment at other
courts To be sure, Augusta Victoria
has laid down a role stipulating that
the royal couch be furnished with
clean linen every day in the year; but
as there is only a limited stock to
draw from II happens sometimes that
| only one clean sheet Is available, and
in that case the upper sheet of the
two used on the previous night Is
taken for the under. Whenever that
happens, her majesty is exceedingly
anxious tnat tNe KAISER SuOulu HO'
| find IL out, for, as may well be mag
| ined, such evidences Of penury would
lar on his notions Of divine appoint
ment. If one thinks himself little
short of deity, 1t is embarrassing 10
! discover that ones linen chest af-
fords only a single sheet at certain
seasons.
Always Prepared.
Before the imperial couple retire
| the household goes thru a series OF
routine work. Above all, his majes
TVS nickel warming pan must be
heated 10 the proper degree and
placed at his, the right, side OF the
bed. This is done all the year around
except in July and August. Next
| folding screens are SO placed as &c
surround the bed on all sides.
For cases of emergency, pair OF
| long woolen stockings, white cloth
knickerbockers, d.. flannel-llned pea
Jacket, soft hat, and gloves must be
placed on one corner of the lounge
that is at the foot Of the bed, and q
similar accident toilet" Is provided
for her majesty.
| The kaiser Is undressed by two o.
his five valets in his chamber de toi
lette, from which he stops Into the
joint bedroom, attired In q single gar
ment and bath clippers. the empress
eoing thru her part Of the perform
snce In her own chamber. While th'
imperial bedroom IL remarkable FOL