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

: neither great splendor nor simplicity.
II is not without psychological inter-
est. There is the emperors table to
notice, for instance, whose upper
drawer. at night always half open.
contains self-cocking revolver fully
loaded.
IF Alexander of Bulgaria had slept
with siH-shooter, he might have
founded a dynasty and perhaps still
be alive" is Williams answer to his
wife's pleas to discard the weapon.
which alarms her.
Another gruesome object in the
room Is the so-called sterbekommode.
an old mahogany chest of drawers,
tho top OF which is loaded with en-
blcms OF death and sorrow In the
center stands a large engraving, in
a brown carved frame. representing
our Saviour with "A crown of thorns,
while ar the sides are placed por-
traits of the Emperor William | and
Frederick III, Of the late Empress
! Augusta and, Ludwig of Bavaria, all
clad in shrouds. These pictures We're
made especially for his majesty, and
are not procurable anywhere. The
morbid nemento mori has to be sci
up in every imperial residence where
the court stops for any length of time,
| The kaiser is 4 good husband, and
| is adCred by his wife, tho Augusta
| Victorias love for him is only equaled
| by her fear. William forever enforc'
| ing his own will, his notions, his idio-
syncrasies and downright crabs, by
sheer force of sublime egomania, the
| kaiserin perpetually In a futter to
carry out his demands and make
everybody else dance TO the imperial
piper's tune; that fits the case exactly
Only in one respect does he consult
her majestys wishes without regard
10 his own inclinatlons, namely by
hardly ever absenting himself from
the marriage bed when at home
Even his majesty's terror of disease
capitulates before the above.
In q small alcove opposite the win
dows of his majcsty's dressing room
stands single brass hedstead for his
afternoon maps. On the right OF the
alcove, built in he wall. closet con-
tnins the kaiser's body linen, not
much Of it, All the historical half
dozen shirts Prussian monarch. or
prince is entitled to are there, but,
horrible dictu! the article is innocent
OF cuffs, commodity william at
taohes with the aid of buttons and
pulleys, like any poor lieutenant, who
looks upon men sporting an English
made dress shirt as veritable plung-
ers OF socks, never above a dozen
pairs are in use, half yellow, half
| brown, and, like the underwear, OIL
Isle. But the Hohenzollern house
laws seem to impose no restriction
as TO handkerchiefs, which evidently
come grosswise, all like the shirts
drawers and socks. inscribed with
"W" and the royal crown.
His majesty's washstand IL OF truly
royal Dimensions and elaborateness
To II the batn furnishes a formidable
contrast, being an ordinary zinc tub
painted. But the most astonishing
thing about it is it's situation. Ger
many's kaiser, twice o. king, as many
times a grand duke, Is times duke
N three times a margrave, once bur
grave, twice prince, nine times a
count and fifteen times seigneur
besides being a bishop. bathes behind
a curtain in stuffy corridor, the con-
Meeting link between his dressing
room and the conjugal bedchamber
The love Of risque stories is a Ho
henzollerr failing. Contemporary
writer's agree that Frederick the
Great Stunned women's society be
cause it obliged him to bride his
tongue and observe the ordinary de-
cencias OF life. The romantic" Fred
erick Willian,LV was a trafficker ir
classical and modern pornographt'
literature. And tho present kaiser'l
grossness Of speech is notorious.
, likes to Swap Stories.
!, Three quarters OF the time wher