The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-11

hand, The Hohenzollerns do not wear
dressing gowns"
With three hundred uniforms in his
wardrobe and usage reqI-ring that he
should change his attire to receive an
admiral. a general. a diplomat, review
a regiment, receive q civil deputa-
ton, ride, dine or preside at court or
social function, the kaiser's habits and
routine would leave little time for
lolling in a dressing gown. His ward
lars, and required the attention OF
twelve Wallets besides a corps OF tailors.
Some thirty-five uniforms were re-
quired to take him thru the ordinary
functions. The others were required
only on state occasions or when he
visited foreign courts.
william II had more than fifty
titles-more probably than any Euro
pean sovereign except the Austrian
King OF Prussia. Margrave OF Bran
denburg, Grand Duke of Lower Rine-
land and Posen. Duke of Silesia. Glatz,
Saxony, Westphalia. Engern, Pom
erania, Luneburg. observation-disclosures,
Magdeburg. Bremen. Geldern. CleVe,
Juliers and of the Cassubes, Landgrave
OF Hesse and of Thuringia, Prince of
Orange, Count-Prince OF Henneburg.
Count of the Mark. of Ravensburg. of
Hohenstein, Of Lingen and Techlen-
burg. Of Mansfield. Sigmaringen, YER
ingen, and of Hohenzollern; Burgrave
of Neuremburg: Siegneur of Frank
furt, Rugen, East Friesland. Pader-
born. Pyrmont, Halberstadt. Munster.
Minden, Osna bruck. Hildesheim, YER
| den. Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and
Moers.
The vagaries of the kaiser were il
Illustrated in his famous trip to the
Holy Land in 1923, when he visited
~, n hr,t1 fn
his order and occupied the pulpit him
self during the service.
| He had planned it all in details in
advance, even to the crusaders cos
| tune which he wore. Most remark
| rble OF all. perhaps. was that he as
| sayed the role of an architect and de-
signed the bell tower for the church.
| In order that the dignity of his entry
F., into the Holy City might be enhanced.
he had breach in the wall made. as
the gate was not wide enough to ad-
! nit his cavalcade in the panoply of its
| medieval array.
| On the Mount of Olives too. the kali
ser built a palace under the guise of a
hospice for Christian travellers. but
which 1t was afterward declared was
from which he intended to rule the
whole world after his conquests had
| been won.
The vampires that turn into bats in
order to visit human habitations have
their parallel in the dual personality
| of the kaiser. Arthur N. Davis. the
kaiser's dentist, says, in his book.
THE Kanser as I Knew Him" (Har-
per's), II he had come away from
Germany in January. 1914. instead of
in January. 1918. he would have de-
scribed a man who in general appear
ance and bearing was every inch an
emperor and yet who could exhibit
all the courtesy. affability aud gentle
. ness OF the most democratic gentle-
| man.
The war brought out the real man,
who struck medals for the sinking of
the Lusitania and applauded the news
of bombing of hospitals.
This was the man whose various
acts of consideration toward me.
| whose talents and personal charms
had made such a favorable impress
sion upon me! How trivial and in
consequent they all seemed now!
| Clearly. they were all a part OF the
role he had been playing for years.
While he was outwardly displaying all
the earmarks of a gentle character he
was plotting to dominate the world.
For twenty-five years he maintained
the peace of Europe-this he con-
stantly made his boast. lie main
tained- peace-just long enough to
complete his final preparations for the
wickedest war that was ever waged."
Ray Stannard Baker, in McClures
ma gazine in 1901, gave the following
account of the kaiser's well known
fondness for being photographed:
ANY one of the seventy eight court
photographers, more or less, in Berlin,
will tell you how carefully William al
ways arranges the gSoupings when he
is to have his picture taken in COM
pany with others. and a study Of the
resulting photographs will show how
almost invariably, William looms tall
above the shorter men who surround
him. A favorite picture represents the
kaiser standing side by side with the
famous artist, Mcneil, whose four feet
something of stature give william the
frame OF Goth. In one of the gal
leries there Ia a portrait of the kaiser
in full naval uniform, standing on the
bridge of one of his ships of war. The
canvas. which Is SO hung as to strike
the visitor as he enters the doorway.
is of enormous size. and the figure of
the emperor stands oht of 1t with gi-
gantic impreasivesness. Even in many
OF his smaller pictures. the cabinet
photographs. the camera has been
moved so close that the kaiser's face
nearly fills the plate. thereby giving
an extraordinary impression of huge
ness. The caricaturists have naturally
exaggerated the suggestions given by
, these various portraits. and 1t Is with
something of a shock that one realizes
for the first time. that the kaiser is
after all. only a man of common stat
ure. or less"
/, The ka,ser's two sports have been
, shooting and yachting, and the i'm.
perinl boar hunts Of Germany gave
him opportunity to obtain personal
advertising IN a way 10 other ruler
, | would have thought Of
|, 1t was his custom to aff1x a silver
plate with the imperial monogram and
, date about the neck OF any particular
. fine specimen of wild boar that fell to
his rife and the head afterwards was
, stuffed and shown at the annual hunt
ing trophy exhibition in Berlin. while
, it was not uncommon to see stag and
. boar in the stores of leading Berlin
. purveyors with a placard proudly an
, nouncing:
"shot by H. Ne. the Emperor and
King