Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-22

THE SHOSHONE JOUR
mend, pnd. before ting war. he VA
liberal In his praise OF many d on
qualities and achievements.
He was very much interested. To-
Instance. In the experiments and dis
coveries OF Luther Burbank. To max,
Germany seif-supporting as far a,
food resources were concerned was on<
Of his dearest ambitions. He realized
that In the event Of q world war his
people would probably suffer more
from lack OF food than they would
from hostile bullets, and he was hoping
that he would be able to obviate that
condition before his country was put
| TO the test. He was constantly preach.
Ing simplified diet and the conserva-
lion OF food reserves. and he had great
hopes that much could be done In a
scientific way to help solve general
food problems. When attending din
ners given him by his officers, his
wishes respecting simple menus were
HfNA1F tdi tihiiJ iOiiDNtU-
The kaiser enjoyed American hui
NOR. He was very fond OF Mark
Twain, and he followed one or two OF
the American mouthlies and weeklies
more or less regularly. He told me
that, one evening while In his sitting
room In the Berlin palace. reading
something in an American magazine,
he ran across a story which caused
him to laugh go much and so loud that
the ladies OF the court. who heard him
In an adjacent room. came running In
with their knitting to see what the
matter was.
The kaiser had little respect for our
architecture. He thought our sky
scrapers, of which he had seen Illus |
trations. were hideous.
How terrible TO desecrate the land |
scape with such tall buildings" he
They hurt the eye. How
tnii people live in themT'
] explained that most OF the build
ngs to which he referred were Office
but that we did have four
cen and fifteen-story apartment houses.
md hotels. and even higher ones, in
which the upper floors were used for
svlng purposes Just the same as the
over ones. He couldn't believe ii
'osslble that people would consent to
I've so far above the ground. and from
lis own aversion TO visit a place that
vas even one story above the ground
Ioor, / rather got the idea that he was
fraid OF height. Under the building
avs prevailing In Germany no build
ng of more than five stories may be
reeted.
Perhaps the quality that he envIed ,
lost In us was our inventive genius. ,
ghen oryille Wright was flying at ,
Field. in Berlin, In the :
arly days OF aviation, the kaiser
ould not restrain his admiration.
II wish could encourage my people /
} become great inventors. such as q
merica has produced" he declared, a
lther hopelessly. Il admire your h
onderful inventive genius" Is
The kaiser objected very much to the k
Ict that many of the foreign opera
ngers We're attracted to New York v
, reason of the fabulous sums paid n
em at the Metropolitan opera house. n
Despite the fact that the kaiser ac- Il
lsed us Of spending our money too
vishiy. he repeatedly charged the el
ngIlsh as wen as ourselves with be- ii
& moncy-worshipers. 81
'The Anglo-Saxons worship man. le
on. and they try to gloss II all over Sc
tn show OF religion" he said. W
our rich Americans have so much
,ney. Davis. that they really don't II
ow what TO do with II. Why, re- IN
ntly one OF your millionnIrcs saw II,
7 castle at Corfu and sent one of his
to the court. with the cd
esumptuoas message. please tell the nc
iser that will buy his castle at hs
rfu. and ask him what's his price = ct,
lad word sent back that the castle SIN
$ not for sale. The American then tic
4 my representative that he wouldn't
'e mo- for an answer. The cheek OF x,
mani He said he didn't care how 90
ch II cost. l sent word back to no
( man that there were not enough ,vt
lars In the world 10 buy that castle. vel
ere are some things that your dol ON
5 won't buy. Davis. and one OF them ws
ny beautiful castle at Corfu !" sb,