Evening star., 1918-08-09

in fun charge Of his depleted practice.
was not at all sure that the kaiser
would continue as my patient. There
were now number of able German
as well as many American dentists
practicing in Berlin. and I thought
one of them now that Sylvester was
gone.
A day or two after the tragedy.
however, I was looking out of the
window when the kaiser, walking
with two officers. passed my house
waved his hand in such a friendly
manner that concluded he intended
to come to me as usual.
Two or three weeks later he did pay
me a visit.
My. my. my. what has been going
on here?' he asked. referring to the
tragedy in the house. had Sylvester
He asked me for full particulars,
which I gave him. Then he told me
that he really believed Sylvester had
become insane because he had heard
that some time before the doctor had
struck his head violently against a
sharp point Of a low chandelier and
perhaps the blow had injured his
brain.
I told him that I planned to move
my office.
Yes. Davis. I suppose you will wish
you won't go above the ground floor.
I don't like to have to go upstairs"
Dentist Moved His Office.
Two or three months later I secured
a suitable place In the Lennestrasse,
overlooking the Tiergarten. and ap-
tasteful to his majesty. because he
came to me regularly during the
three years that I remained there.
MY omce faced the park and was
located on the ground floor. The
Kaiser and many other Of my more
not care to risk observation from q
house on the opposite side of the
street, and I kept that in mind when,
at the expiration Of my lease, I moved
to koeniggratezer strasse in 1908 and
to the corner Of Tiergarten strasse
and Bender strasse in 1911,
Kaiser Asks for Bill.
At the end of the year after sylves-
ters death received a personal call
from the kaiser's household doctor
asking me to submit a bill to the
kaiser for my professional services. i
knew that Sylvester had never rem
dered the kaiser bill. and / told the
doctor that / preferred not to do so.
= appreciate the honor Of treating
the kaiser" said. land I do not care
to put in bill for my work" I knew
ne had given Sylvester presents from
time to time. although never anything
of any intrinsic value. but I was
aware that had hard work ahead to
rebuild Sylvester's practice and that
the prestige of having the kaiser
help.
But the kaiser wishes it." the doc
tor persisted, "and besides every one
else Is paid-the kaiser pays his doc
tors; why shouldn't he pay his den
There was really no reason why I
shQuld work for the kaiser for moth
ing. Indeed. apart from the prestige
involved. working for the kaiser was
not particularly remunerative
proposition. 1t meant the demorali-
cation Of my routine for portion OF
the day whenever he called. and while
that was not SO serious in the early
days. later on when other members
of the royal family came to me for
treatment and expected to be taken
care of Irrespective of such other ap-
pointments as 1 may have made. the
situation was very provoking as well
as comical.
Kaiser Sends Double Amount.
Nevertheless: I submitted a very
moderate bill for my first year's-work,
charging only my regular fee for the
treatments had given the kaiser
during the year. Within a few days
there came q package containing new
bills in payment Of the account, and ]
was very much surprised to find that
his majesty had doubled the amount,
an act which was not at all in keeping
with the stingy character the whole
royal family was known to possess.
Indeed, some years later. when