The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-12-26

| 20 use such small guns. Again. II n
| Of those masts were hit II would send
n shower Of steel about the heads Of
the men on board, and would not only
| put many of them out OF action. but
would be In the way. Suppose. too.
| the mast were struck down and hung
over the slider II would drag through
the water. and would not only serious
lly impede the vessel, but II would
cause the chip to list and expose a
larger area on n side than would be
safe. No. Davis. your fighting masts.
us I have said. might answer first-rate
for serving tea. but I don't think much
CT them for active service"
But II the kaiser saw much In
American ways and customs to con-
denim, he likewise saw much to COM
mend. and. before the wnr. he was
liberal In his praise Of many Of our
qualities and achievements.
He was very much Interested. for
instance, In the experiments md dis
coveries Of Luther Burbank. To make
Germany self-supporting as far AS
food were concerned was one
Of his dearest ambitions. He realized
that In the event Of n world var 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 slimplified diet and the conservn.
ton Of food reserves. and he had great
hopes that much could be done In a
scientific why to help solve general
food problems. When attending din.
ners given him by his officers. his
wishes respecting simple menus were
always carefully followed.
The kaiser enjoyed American hu
NOR. He was very fond Of Mark
Twain, and he r..Howed one or two Of
the American mohthlies and weekiie,
more or less regularly. He toto ms
that, one evening while In his sittInS
room In the Berlin palace, readinI
something In an American magazine
he ran across a story which cause.
, him to laugh SO much and so loud thu
] the ladies' of the court, who heard hin
} In an adjacent room, came running II
with their knitting to see what tn,
! matter q
> The kaiser had little respect for on
architecture. He thought Dur sky
scrapers, Of which he had seen Illus
: trations. were hldeous.
; "How terrible TO desecrate the land
] scape with such tall buildings" h
commented.
l. Perhaps the quality that he envie'
y most In us was our Inventive genius
When Orville Wright was flying a
Tempelhofer Field. In Berlin. In tn
: early days Of aviation. the kaise
could not restrain his admiration
|" II wish I could encourage my peopI
to become great inventors. such a
. America has produced" he declare,
" rather hOpelessly. II admire you
= wonderful inventive genius"
The kaiser objected very much to tn
fact that many Of the foreign oper
y singers were attracted to New yor
Q by reason Of the fabulous sums pal
. them at the Metropolitan opera hOus
u Despite the fact that the kaiser a,
e cused us Of spending vi money tc
u lavishly. he repeatedly charged Il
. English as well as ourselves with b
= ing money-worshipers.
" 1.-THE Anglo axons worship mar
mon. and they try to gloss 1t all ov'
- with a show Of religion" he sal
~ Your rich Americans have SO mut
money. Davis, that they really don
:, know what to do with Il. Why, r
Gently one Of your mi~llionaires So
my castle at Corfu and sent n Of h
representatives to the court with II
presumptuOus message, Please tell Il
kaiser that I will buy his castle
= Corfu. and ask him what's his price
l had word sent back that the cast
was not for sale. The American tn
told my representative that he wouldl
wv take no for an answer. The cheek
!. the man! He said he didn't care he
much II cost. ! sent word back
that man that there were not enouI
dollars In the world to buy that cast
There are some things that your d.
lars won't buy, Davis. and n OF tht
Is my beautiful castle nj Corfuf"
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