Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-22

he kaiserin before she mace clear to
ne that she possessed a most dicta,
.orial manner, which was quite IN coh-
:rast with that of the, kaiser, at least
when he was in my Office.
She objected strsGuously to remoV-
ing her hat-and she usually wore
large one with ycil-but finally yield-
ed when I explained that could mol
accomplish my work satisfactorily III
less she did. When l placed Gotten
rolls in her mouth, she insisted that as
she did not like the sensation OF the
cotton against her lips or tongue,
would have to ercase the cotton IN
rubber.
I told her politely but firmly that my
work would be done in my own way,
and she finally acquiesccd, adding:
swell, if you make such q point OF IT,
'octor, I suppose I shall have to let
GU have your way.
From that time on the kaiserin came
HE more or less regularly. her
ackey USUALLY followed her into the
!ousc carrying an artistic lunch box or
.ac containing sandwiches and~bouil-
n, OF which the empress -7artook IN
nv. office. The Princess Victoria
.ouise, the kaisar's only daughter, /
,,ay mention, usually came similarly
crowded. no German ever lets any
lng interfere with his .econd break
81.
The empress never spoke On poGtl'
subjects. She was not particularly
fnianl ana evidenced some reluc-
nee to air her views on international
f2irs, as thnunI he were not quite
re Of i.cEseif. Certainly, she was not
.!rly as iaikaJive as the kaiser.
ae9 she did unEurden herself, it was
y y in connection with domestic
.i.cts. 1t was said in Germany that
: oniv interest il life was represent
i,y lie three KS Kinder, kirche
Kuche-children, church ana
.c:taa--and there isno question about
.::at she seldom spoke on other sub
Is WREN talking with me.
.tt:e kaisorin came to me after the
.;c with America started, but appar-
sflv she had felt some hesitation
.,a1lJ doing SO, because the kaiser told
. shortly before her visit that she
isc2ded coming, but pointed out that
- had decided to do so only upon. his
commentator.
in June, 1917, T received letter
an the kaiserin's physician incl0s-
= one which he said had been Writ
"A by the kaiserin, but which was
9th unsigned and unaddressed. It
,oGuested me to visit the royal palace
uonburg V. d. Hohe, which, in con-
uctica with the adjoining town Of
>relzG.ch, was then the location OF
he great army headquarters.
During Tie ;ii1e / was there / could
cot help Observing how extremely TIM
& the servants seemed to be of the
iaiserin. One expected to find the
Utmost servility among the kaisers
.nderlings, but confess it came rattl-
= as q shock to ME to see the maids
talking so timidly and talking so fear
,uiiy when in the presence Of their
Thite-haired royal mistress. | noted
particularly how very gently they
;nocked at the door before entering
nd how, after knocking, they immedi-
.tcly placed their heads against the
,anel that they might catch the
:aiserin's low command to enter tie
irst time, and so make it unneccs-
:ary for her to repeat it. Their de-
aeanor was particularly noticeable be-
.aUse the kaiscrin never seemed to
display the slightest Impotence or Ill
.emper when dealing with her serY-
lnts. Indeed, she seemed to me to act
10 differently from the humblest haus-
srau in the country.
Before I left Homburg, she asked ne
neither was comfortably situated and
everything was al right for me-.
told her that everything was quite
satisfactory and mentioned particular
y how nice it was to have food exactly
IS we had had it before the war.
Yes" she replied, 1--WE have every
hing. l am very careful what I eat
{ watch my health very closely"
/ remarked, too, how wonderful 1t
must be to have sixty palaces like the
.Iomburg establishment, the beauties
+ which had deeply impressed me,
.Gding: "His majesty, I understand,
rs sixty of them, has lie not?"
"Not quite sixty" she corrected. "Be-
,yeen fifty and sixty"
Between fifty and sixty palaces
/ could not help thinking of the re-
mark the kaiser once made to me when
talking of the manner in which Amer
.can mi!lionaires made their fortunes:
1T breeds socialism,"
When the time came for me to re-
turn to Berlin, the kaiserin babe me
adieu, but uttered not word of thanks
COR my having given up my practice
sor three days to work exclusively for
her.
CHAPTER XII.