The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-05

Written by Count won M. K. -
 (By a Former German Nobleman who Married an American Woman and Whose Two Sons Are Now Fight ing With the American Forces in France.)
 (Second Instalment)
 It remained for the following morn ing to exemplify how His Majesty could turn humiliation into an asset
 All hands and guests were com manded to assemble on deck after breakfast. Nordhaus stood at his ac- complished place on the bridge.
 There is a man after whom my navy may well pattern," the Emperor said. Again we were dumbfounded.
 Makes Theatrical Display
 '"To him a rule is a rule, a regula- tion is a regulation and discipline the fabric into which they are woven. A rule has been promulgated by me that the pilot is the absolute master of his ship. Yesterday, there arose a cer- tain condition under which this man might have waived the rule without | becoming amenable to discipline. As
 
 | done, this man refused to waive the rule.
 That he may forever be remem- bered by the German navy as a para gon of the virtules it possesses, he is appointed the official pilot of your Emperor in Norwegian waters and I have directed that he be decorated l with the medal of -" q have for |
 told that story to my wife some eight years ago. At the time I was striving to impress her with the fact that Wilhelm's vanity has killed his every good impulse as I argued that Germany needed a silent serious and deep ruler instead of the cinemato- graph actor that she possessed. Then she was tolerant, completely deceived as was the rest of the world by Will. helms 'camouflage," if I may make use of that overworked word. } Is Veritablc ''Movie" Actor. Speaking of Wilhelm as a ctnemato graph actor suggests still anothe, story that illustrates the devious man ners in which he worked that hi vanity might be fIattered. During al audience with His Majesty, I com mented on the remarkable progres of the moving picture industry il 5 America that I had noted on my las visit to my wifes home. Some 0 my wealthy American friends hav
 machines of their own" I added. ) A month later my wife was inform : ed by Victoria Louise that the Raise
 had made her the present of a ma 3 chine.
 f Poor Victoria Louise!" I recal t saying. "she is to be pitied. Fron
 now on she may label her cards witt
 official moving pictute photographic
 to His Majesty the King of Prus
 sia." My wife was indignant at tn joke in it's savor of lese majeste bu z it proved to be almost literally true
 At first the Princess enjoyed talk ing pictures of her father in intimat scenes of their home life at Potsdar - but when the Kaiser impressed he
 into taking pictures of him in confer g ences with his political and militar :, leaders, she rebe1led. Whereupon court photographer was assigned t
 the task, accompanying the Kaiser O 3 all his journies. How He Hates Himself Sooner or later, the motion pictur :, idea would have occurred to the KaiE II CT, but on these occasions when I sa U in the private theatre at Potsdam be holding Wilhelm on the screen in hun ! dreds of different poses during exht
 bitions that. lasted more than tw y hours, I bitterly rued my plantin U of the seed.
 How Wilhelm refrained from lead
 ing the applause when a picture ( = him leading a regiment of his favor ite troops was thrown on rne scree is very much of a mystery. one ca a almost surmise that scenes withoI = the presence of the Emperor wer l. of short duration.
 = I have no Hesitation in declarin d that Wilhelm was the most-photc q graphed man in the world. It is e certainty that no stage favorite coul
 vie with him for posing. There is r J. way of correctly estimating the nun |; Der of times that he has faced tr d camera as an Emperor, father, 90 IS dier, sailor and sportsman. It run IS however, into the thousands. e Tt is of the greatest importanc e that my picture should be in th l. hands of every one of my people an n soldiers" Wilhelm confided in m
 during one of my last visits. = "It pleases them to have many pi,
 lures of their Emperor and fs
 more important to his Majesty. |"
 pleases me to pose for the pictures
 he explained.
 \ More Vanity-His Wardrobe \ "Every one of my regiments an } everey one of the foreign armies
 which I hold commissions have pi
 lures of me in their individual un f forms" said His Majesty with no COT cealment of his pride in the facts.
 may enlfghten my readers to kno
 that at the time more than thre
 hundred Prussian infantry, artiller ., and cavalry regiments had their ow [ particular uniforms and that mar f more Saxons, Bavarian and Wurten ,t burg regiments also wore different LII 70 forms. Wilhelm neglected to mel t ton the navy and it's different un =, forms.
 7. To anyone but Wilhelm 1t sure ,o would be bewildering to think tn; if these hundreds of different uniform I call for an endless collection of cap