El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-15

q h0ALE CUM pan. ANlNa lIaaa rs NOM lLE
met on the Italian front and TO whom
I he took a fancy. Workman was edu-
Gated and trained for the army, but
resigned as lieutenant 10 become
newspaper man until war was de-
Clared.
Very soon after succeeding TO the
throne. the young emperor decided
that he must get into closer contact
with his peoples Very wisely he
came 10 the conclusion the best and
only way TO do thar. would be
through the press of his country, or
rather of his several Countries. He
sent for Workman who was at the
italian front. and explained his ideas
TO him. He attached the newspaper
man TO his personal suite with the Of
fetal title Of press adjutant,' or
press aide de camp
Travels with Ruler.
Clpt Workman reports directly 20
the emperor himself He aCcOmpa-
mics Charles wherever he goes. There
is always a special train with steam
UP. ready for the emperor at an
hours When the emperor goes to
the front i'm an automobile. his press
aide de camp either Is I'm the car
with him or i'm the car Immediately
behind that Of the young emperor
During trip 20 the front this spring
the second motor car i'm which was
Workman. went into the ditch The
press de aide de camp sustained
fracture Of two ribs
capt Workman is the direct link or
Intermediary between the emperor
and the Austrian Hungarian news
p7apermeu. He accompanies the en-
pero- everywhere. gives out 10 the
press such official communications
as are TO be published and aside
from that tells the newspapermen
many little interesting details and in
Cldents about the emperor dolnES,
which bring the personality. aims and
activity Of the latter closer to his
people
The press aide de camp" makes
daily reports TO the emperor upon
the press utterances not only in AUS
tria Hungary. but i'm Germany and In
the foreign press so far as they have
a bearing upon the dual monarchy.
There is a department in the min
istry of war which reads and clips
all newspapers An emperor. like a
president Of the United States. is too
busy man TO read the entire press
Of the world
Monarch Reads Papers.
But. not even satisfied with that.
Young Charles may often be seen
stopping his automobile at a little
news stand on Maria HilferStrasSs- [
when on his way from the HofburE-
as the palace in the city is known. 20
his summer palace at Schoenbrunn IN
the suburbs. He buys all the Vienna
and Budapest papers, and Is espe-
ciaIly particular TO see he gets the
"Arheiter Zeituu-.' or Working
mems Gazette" the leaning Austrian
Socialist organ
Francis Joseph. the old Emperor. !
was an almost incredible martinez for
etiquette and ceremonial formallty. I
Even the barber who came every I
morning at o'clock 20 shave the en- I
ueror had TO aripesr In fun e-euinE I
dress With Immaculate shirt front F.
and Clzwhauuer CC---
Bans stiff Formally
Young Charles first action was 90
-eived in cUtaWay or Prince ALERT
coat. He then appointed a press
aide de camp" Next he broke all
HapsburE traditions and the rigid
Spanish ceremonial and etiquette by
personally receiving newspapermen-
Workman is man Of 80 years, tall,
stra ight. with rather round. sympa-
thetic face. and the polished. cour-
teous manners Of the Austrian CaVa-
top floor of the "HOfburE, or i'm
perial palace. i'm Vienna. II IS To-
'ated on the "Fraulein Gang or the
Misses" or "Nademoiselle COrri-
dor" so called because the rooms Of
some of the young women employees
in the palace are located on that cor
ridor-
Young Charles has the ambition OF
wanting 10 be a democratic, popular
with a press aide de camp TO IN
form the public regarding himself
and keep informed about press and
people of his countries. viii undouht-
eddy be watched with interest by
other sOvereiEns.