Arizona republican., 1917-08-31

officers attended, were a good example
 for hostesses in this country. The in-
 vitations read for s o'clock and that
 meant s o'clock. A cold dinner of per- haps four courses is immediately served
 on the arrival of the guests, who, with the exception of a very few listin-
 guished ones, are not given any par
 ticular places. At a quarter to the
 dancing begins, supper is at about II
 and the guests go home at F, at an hour which enables the officers to get to bed early.
 r During the season there were balls at the British and French embassy and performances by the Russian ballet then in Berlin at the Russian embassy The wonderful new royal library de- signed by lime, was opened on March P. The emperor attended, coming in with the beautiful queen of Rumania walking by his side. She is an exceed | ingly handsome woman, half English ! and half Russian Some days later I i was presented to her at a reception held at the Rumanian ministers and | found her as pleasant to talk to as good 1 to look upon.
 i At the end of March there was q rorse show The horses did not get | prizes for mere looks and manners in
 trotting and cantering as here. They
 must all do something; as the horse 1 is considered primarily as a war horse. l For instance, stopping suddenly and
 turning at word of command, etc. l The jumping was excellent, officers rid
 ing in all events. It was not function
 of society" but all society" was there and most keenly interested, for in a | warlike country, just as in the Middle Ages, the masters life may depend l upon the qualities of his horse l I have always been fond of horses
 and horse racing, and the race tracks | about Berlin were always an attraction l for me.
 l Many of the drivers and jockeys were ! Americans Taral was d successful l jockey for my father in law. Marcus ! Daly. He is the trainer of one Of the
 best racing stables in Germany, that of l the brothers Weinberg, who made a
 fortune in dyestuffs. Pop Campbell l who trained MT. Dalys ogden, a Flu turity winner, is also a Berlin trainer.
 The top-notch jockey was Archibald, of | California. McCreery, who once trained for one of my brothers, had the stable 1 which rivaled the Weinbergs. that of Baron Oppenheim, a rich banker of Cologne.
 The German officers are splendid ridA | CTS and take part in many races. The
 crown prince himself is a successful jockey and racing stable owner.
 On June 5 at the annual hunt race
 the big steeplechase of the year, the
 emperor himself appeared at the Cru
 newald track, occupying his private box, a sort of little house beyond the finish.
 Bookmakers are not allowed in Ger.
 many The betting is in mutual pools About F per cent of the money pai6
 is taken by the jockey club, the stat. and charities, etc, so that the bettor
 with his percentage running always against him has little chance of ulti
 mate success.
 Many of the races are confined tt horses bred in Denmark and the centra
 empires.
 ! All of us in the embassy joined tn Red White Tennis club, situated in tn, Grunewald about five miles from tn, center of Berlin. The crown prince wa , a member and often played there H , is an excellent player, not quite up {, championship form, but can give
 good account of himself in any com ] pany short of the top class. He ha
 the advantage of always finding tha 5 the best players are only too glad t : have an opportunity to play with him At this tennis club during all the perio, 1 of the feeling of hatred against Ameri
 ca we were treated with extreme cour l tesy by all our German fellow member: e[ We saw a great deal of the two ex change professors an the winter c n 1913-14. Prof. Paul Shorey, of tn s University of Chicago, and Prof. Archi e bald Coolidge. of Harvard. These ex i change professors gave courses and lee = lures in the universities and their fir! : appearance is quite an event On tn ). first day in 1913 they each delivere = a lecture in the University of Berlil
 and on this lecture day Prince Angus e Wilhelm. representing the kaiser at
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