The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-11-14
By
Arthur n. Davis,D DDS.
American Dsnffss
70 shs Kaiser from
1904 70 1918

use Of the railways for longer dis
When. however, the %reichstag
n law compelling royalty to pay
Tor their railroad travel. the kaiser
took to automobiles. They charged
him 1000 marks. he told me. for the
use of n train on one Of his shooting
and that apparently was more
than he could stand.
"Autos are expensive" he declared,
but they don't cost me that much"
The kaiser speaks English with but
the slightest trace Of n foreign accent.
His diction Is perfect. He speaks
French. too. very fiuently, and, ! be-
lleve. Italian. He Is widely read on
almost all subjects and knows the lit
erature of England, France and Amer
lea AZ well as that Of Germany. Mark
Twain was one Of his favorite Amer
lean authors and Longfellow his choice
Of American poets.
He prides himself on his acqusin-
lance with history and has little re-
spect for the political opinions Of 9th
ers whose knowledge Of history Is less
complete.
Shortly after Carnegie had donated
Ave million marks to Germany to fur
Their world-reace. I happened to be
talking to the kaiser Of American mill
llonaires and the steelmaster was
mentioned.
"Of course. Carnegie is . nice old
man and means WELL" remarked the
kaiser, condescendlngly. "but he Ii to-
tally ignorant Of world history. He's
Just advanced us i've million for
world-peace. We accepted It naturally.
but, Of course, we intend to continue
our policy of maintaining u army and
navy In full strength"
Indeed, there Is hardly any subject
to which the kaiser has devoted any
considerable attention in which he
doesn't regard himself as the final au-
thority.
AS an art collector and antiquarian
he claims first place ard he Is rather
should be left vacant. He Always re-
scented very much the acquisition BY
| American millionaires Of art treasures
and antiquities which their wealth en-.
nbled them to buy, but which their
limited acquaintance with history and
their lack Of culture and refinement
made them unable to appreciate-lr
the kaiser's estimation.
OF his own taste In art little need b.
said. The monuments which he caused
to be erected to his ancestors and theiI
advisors and which adorn the Siege,
Alice, the street he had opened through
the Tlergarten especially for them. arr
at the same time a monument to thu
kaiser's ideas Of art. They are tn
laughing-stock Of the artistic world
They have been SO frequently deface'
by vandals whose artistic taste the,
offended that It was necessary to sta
ton policemen in the Sieges Alice t
guard them. Not long ago a burglar,
occurred In the vicinity. The burglar
were observed while at work and
startled civilian rushed to the Siege
Alice to summon M of the officer
who were known to be on guard there
III you hurry" exclaimed the clvi
iuup CACitCuiys yOu Nan NotSA tAco
burglars red-handed."
"Tm sorry" replied the policeman
But I cannot leave the statues"
Realism Is the kaiser's idea Of wha
Is most desirable In dramatic ar
When he put on "Sardanapal," a Gree
tragedy In pantomime. at the Berli
opera house. he sent professors I
the British museum to secure the mo.
detailed information available regart
ing the costumes Of the PERIOD Ever
! u%tensil, every article of wearing al
parel, every button, every weapon,
> fact, every property used In the pla
l were to be faithfully reproduced, pa
ticular pains being taken to produce
: most realistic effect in a funeral pyI
I scene In which a king ended his LII
I The kaiser sent me tickets to see II.
] King Edward attended the perforr
: ance at the Berlin Royal opera and
+. asked the kaiser now the king Of En-
land enjoyed 1t.
my gracious" the kaiser reptile
3 unable to repress his satisfaction
: the effect the pantomime had had {
: his royal uncle. "why, the king WI
very much alarmed when the funer
o pyre scene came on. He thought Il
e whole opera house was on FIRE"
Perhaps the kaiser's love for detail
b might b. attributed to his keen Obse
walton. Nothing. no matter how trl
n ial. escaped his attention.
d A couple Of years before the war
had the empire furniture In my wa
ing room reupholstered. On the We
, first occasion of the kaiser's calling
u my Office after the change he noticed
II my. my. how beautiful the chai
look !" he exclaimed. "GoOd enough I
. Napoleon himself"
l. On another occasion, between two
the kalser's visits. / had had put
% In the waiting room a new portrait
q Mrs. Davis. The kaiser noticed 1t I
4 moment he came into the a
~ mQd0 soma complimentary rema