Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-04
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Back l went to the hotel and en-
planned the situation, offering TO
show the clerk the letter and te!e-
gram l had received from the kai-
serin, but they refused to look at
the papers and suggested that l go
back TO the police station, ring the
bell to arouse some one and register
in compliance with the regulations
There was nothing to do but con ply
and il was nearly two in the morn
ing before l finally got to bed and
had to rise early to catch my tram.
The consequence was that when l
arrived at Homburg l was not only
tired but rather displeased. a big
Mercedes car, which was waiting Tor
me at the station, took me TO the
palace, where l was given two rooms
on the ground floor, bedroom ana
sittingroom. They were SIMPLY
furnished but commanded a splen-
did view of the grounds. Second
breakfast was waiting for me and
consisted of white bread and cold
meats and cold Mosel wine. l may
say here that all the food 1 had
during the three days l remained at
the palace was of pre-war quality.
and there was no evidence that the
royal household was suffering in
the slightest degree fIom the food
shortage which was causing the peo-
pie at large so much distress.
After breakfast l was conducted
upstairs to a magnificent Oriental
room, the doors and walls of which
were richly inlaid with old woocs
and which contained a number OF
, Oriental relics and works of art. A
subdued light addeG to the effect.
-, ad
me more cordially than usual, in
quiring whether 1 had experienced
any difficulty in getting to Homburg.
I told her what my experience
had been and she expressed surprise,
stating that she had given orders
TO General Won kessel, the COM
mander of the Province of Branden-
burg. to Sc that everything was ar
ranged so that I would suffer no
inconvenience on the way. No doubt
the reason I had been overlooked
| by that old general-he was seventy
siX-was because he was very much
occupied just then in his coming
nuptials with a young woman OF
thirty-six.
1 arranged a large upholstered
chair near a window overlooking
the beautiful park at the rear of the
castle. but the Kaiserin would not
be seated until her maid, Martha.
had left the room, and she seemed
very determined that none of her
servants should be aware of the ma
ture of the work I was doing for
her.
When it was found that I needed
a table in connection with my work,
the Empress summoned Martha
loudly. When the maid appeared
she was directed imperiously to "go
to Majesty's room and bring the
small mahogany table which Is
there" 1 noticed that the Empress
| always referred to the Kaiser as
Majesty" when addressing the serv-
ants instead of saying his Majesty"
as is more customary, but perhaps
the supreme war lord" was entitled
to less Difference in his own house
hold.
During the time I was there I
could not help observing how ex-
tremely timid the servants seemed
to be of the Kaiserin. One expected
to find the utmost servility among
the Kaiser's underlings, but I con-
fess it came rather as a shock to me
to see the maids walking so timidly
and talking so fearfully when in the
presence of their white-haired royal
mistress. I noted particularly how
very gently they knocked at the door
! before entering and how, after
knocking, they Immediately placed
! their heads against the panel that
they might catch the Kaiserin's low
command to enter the first time,