Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-10-03

palace and the cathedral dimly seer
below.
i don't know just what this master
piece was meant to signify, but had Il
framed and placed it in my office. II
evoked from little boy who entered
the room with his mother the follow.
ing astonished remark: "Oh, mother
look at the kaiser in heaYenr"
postcard picture of the kaiser
signed by his own hand, was in his
OVID estimation one of the most price
less gifts he could bestow. l remem-
Der his donating one of them to an
American charity bazaar In Berlin to
De aucuoned off. He thought that the
TACT that the card came from his i'm
perlal majesty gave it a value which
could not be measured in dollars and
cents. A piece of jewelry or a sum
or money might have been duplicated
or even excelled by a gift of similar
character from any American million
alre-for whose wealth the kaiser fire.
quently expressed the utmost contempt
but what could surpass the value Of
an autograph Of the kaiserl
No doubt the royal banquets were
prepared much upon the same prin-
ciple, for it was a common saying
among the German aristocracy that one
had better feel well before going to a
banquet at the palace.
happened to mention to the kaiser
the reputation his banquets held among
his people. He was not at all taken
aback.
THAT'S good" he commented. "The
Germans are too fat, anyway. The ma
jority of the people eat too much"
Long after automobiling became
more or less general, the kaiser still
employed a horse and carriage for
ordinary travel, relying upon his free
use of the railways for longer dis
tances. When, however, the reichstag
passed law compelling royalty to pay
for their railroad travel, the kaiser
took to automobiles. They charged
him 1000 marks, he told me, for the
use of train on one of his shooting
trips, and that apparently was more
than he could stand.
"AutOS are expensive" he declared,
'but they don't cost me that much ~
The kaiser speaks English with but
the slightest trace of foreign accent.
His diction is perfect. He speaks
French, too, very fiuently, and, 1 be-
lieye, Italian. He is widely read on
almost all subjects and knows the lit
erature of England, France and Amer
lea as well as that of Germany. Mark
Twain was one of his favorite Amer
lean authors and Longfellow his choice
of American poets.
He prides himself on his acquain-
lance with history and has little re-
spect for the political opinions of 9TH
ers whose knowledge of history is less
complete.
Shortly after Carnegie had donated
five million marks TO Germany to fur
Their world-peace, happened to be
talking TO the kaiser of American mil
lionaires and the steelmaster was
mentioned.
"Of course, Carnegie is a nice old
man and means WELL" remarked the |
kaiser, condescendingly, "but he is to-
tally ignorant of world history. He's |
Just advanced US five million for |
world-peace. We accepted it naturally. |
but, of course, we intend to continue |
our policy of maintaining our army and |
navy in full strength"
Indeed, there is hardly any subject |
to which the kaiser has devoted any |
considerable attention in which he ]
doesn't regard himself as the final au-
thority.
AS an art collector and antiquarian |
he claims first place and he is rather
inclined to feel that second place
should be left vacant. He Always re-
scented very much the acquisition by |
American millionaireS of art treasures /
and antiquities which their wealth en-
abled them to buy, but which their
limited acquaintance with history and
their lack of culture and refinement |
made them unable to appreciate-in
the kaiser's estimation.
OF his own taste in art little need be |
said. The monuments which he caused
to be erected TO his ancestors and their
advisors and which adorn the Sieges
Alice, the street he had opened through
the Tiergarten especially for them, are
at the same time monument to the /
kaiser's ideas of art. They are the
laughing-stock of the artistic world.
They have been so frequently defaced
by vandals whose artistic taste they
offended that it was necessary to sta
ton policemen in the Sieges Alice to
guard them. Not long ago burglary
occurred in the vicinity. The burglars
were observed while at work and a
startled civilian rushed to the Sieges
Alice to summon one of the officers
who were known to be on guard there.
'If you hurry" exclaimed the civil
ian, excitedly, you can catch these
burglars red-handed."
I'm sorry" replied the policeman,
"But l cannot leave the statues"
Realism is the kaiser's idea of what
Is most desirable in dramatic art
When he put on "Sardanapal,' Greek
raredy in pantomime, at the Berlin |